By JIM WALKER

Tribune Sports Editor

SOUTH POINT — It appears as if there is a pattern developing this season for the South Point Lady Pointers.

In yet another comeback effort, the Lady Pointers rallied from nine runs down early to edge the Chesapeake Lady Panthers 13-12 Wednesday in eight innings of an Ohio Valley Conference game.

“For a while I was worried that we were going to get mercied. It was definitely a slow start for us,” said Lady Pointers’ coach Tara Layne.

“But then again, three of our wins all ready have been come-from-behind, so I should learn to expect this from my team.”

South Point (4-1, 1-0) trailed 9-0 going into the bottom of the third inning before beginning their comeback.

The Lady Panthers (0-4, 0-1) got seven of their 11 hits in the first two innings.

Myky Harmon, Macie Allen and Ali Ransbottom had RBI singles and Anna Mayo grounded out to score a run as Chesapeake took a 4-0 lead in the first inning.

Chesapeake went up 8-0 in the second on two errors and RBI doubles by Caitilyn Heffner and Allen.

Each team got a run in the third inning and it was 9-1. South Point then scored twice in the fourth to trail 9-3.

After Chesapeake got two runs in the top of the fifth to lead 11-3, South Point scored five runs in the bottom of the inning RBI singles by Hannah Carey and Brianna Whaley.

Kayla Fletcher had a two-run triple and Andrea Kleinman drew a bases loaded walk to force in a run.

The Lady Panthers scored their final run in the top of the sixth for a 12-8 lead only to have South Point rally and tie the game in the bottom of the inning keyed by RBI singles by Fletcher and Katelynn Leonard.

Fletcher drew a one-out walk to get the winning rally started in the eighth. She stole second, went to third on a ground out and scored on Goodall’s hit into the gap in left-center.

Fletcher, Leonard and Goodall each went 2-5 as South Point had nine hits.

Sarah Rice was 3-6 to pace the Lady Panthers. Heffner and Allen each had two hits with a double.

The Lady Pointers took advantage of 13 walks but they were guilty of 11 errors.

Chesapeake 441 021 00 = 12 11 3

South Point 001 254 01 = 13 9 11

Sarah Rice and Caitilyn Heffner. Rachel Murnahan and Andrea Kleinman. W-Murnahan (K-1, BB-1). L-Rice (K-10, BB-13). 2B-Chesapeake: Caitilyn Heffner, Macie Allen; South Point: Ashley Goodall, Rachel Murnahan. 3B-South Point: Kayla Fletcher, Katelynn Leonard. Hitting-Chesapeake: Sarah Rice 3-6, Caitilyn Heffner 2-4, Macie Allen 2-5, Sarah Mayo 1-5, Myky Harmon 1-5, Jordan Porter 1-4, Ali Ransbottom 1-5; South Point: Kayla Fletcher 2-5, Katelynn Leonard 2-5, Ashley Goodall 2-5, Brianna Whaley 1-3, Rachel Murnahan 1-4, Hannah Carey 1-5.