Lead-off Classic, Game one -Brevard CC

The 2008 Lead-off classic in Panama City Florida saw many of the top teams in the nation take the field to battle it out for the trophy. Wallace State started pool play with a win against Brevard Community College in Florida with a solid 7-0 victory. Jennifer Sexton grabbed the win throwing 7 innings of shut out ball while allowing just 5 hits and striking out 3 in the effort. It took a couple of innings for the Lady Lions offense to get going but scored 2 in the third with a two run shot over the left field fence by Rachel Baucom. In the 4th, Amanda Rogers hit a 2-run homer to open the score up some only to be followed in the same frame by a second HR from Baucom. Baucom finished 3 for 3 with 4 RBI's, Dandi Ammons was 2-3 and Amanda Rogers went 2-4 with her HR. Hannah Strength added one hit along with one from Sallie Burch and Haley Allcorn.

Game 2 - WSCC versus Indian Hills

Game 3 - Aiken Technical SC

On Saturday the Lions came out with a new attitude and a focused offense determined to prove the belonged in the gold bracket. Aiken Tech struck first by scoring 2 in the first inning and waking up the Lions. The Lions answered with a run of it's own but gave up another run in the second to fall behind 3-1. That proved to be a mistake for Aiken Tech and the Lions offense got hot in the third scoring 7 runs. Brooke Allgood settled in and refused to give up any more runs as WSCC added 3 in the fourth and 6 in the top of the 5th. After the dust settled, WSCC produced 17 runs on 19 hits. Strength went 2-2 scoring 4 runs while Kaitlyn King was 4-5 with 3 runs scored. Franks and Sallie Burch each went 3-4 and scored 3 runs while Rogers, Baucom and Ammons contributed 2 hits a piece. Kaylea Brewer added another hit. Franks, King, Rogers each added a Home run to the effort. Allgood got the win throw 5 innings, giving up 3 runs on 3 hits while striking out 6.

Game 4 - Gold Bracket Play - Mississippi Gulf Coast

The first round of Gold play MGC jumped out to a 1-0 lead with a home run to right center off of pitcher Jennifer Sexton in the fourth. However, that would be all she would allow through 7 innings. Jennifer pitched a 1 hit, 1 run ball game while striking out 5. Then in the sixth inning the offense got going to give Sexton some help by scoring 3 runs in that frame and 3 in the seventh to seal the 6-1 win and move to the semi-finals on Sunday. Franks again lead the offense charge going 2-3 with 3 RBIS and 2 doubles. Sarah Wilson warmed up with 2 hits and 3 trips to the plate and Hannah Strength added a HR in the seventh as an exclamation point on the victory. Baucom added 2 hits with Allgood and King adding 1 hit each.

Game 5 - Gold Bracket Semi-finals - Miami Dade

Sunday started off with a game against National Ranked foe Miami Dade whom WSCC lost to at the National tournament last May. Today would prove different as Holli Hill picked up where Sexton left off the night before. Hill threw 8 shut-out innings while giving up just on hit. She allowed 4 other base runners though, on 3 walks and one reaching on error. They failed to move as the runners tried to advance against catcher Dandi Ammons who threw out 4 of the 5 total base runners to thwart any scoring threat. The offense finds a way to put on run on the board in the first extra inning which would be the winning result. In the tie breaker, Franks started out at second base and was moved to third with a sacrifice bunt by Brooke Allgood. Pinch hitting, Jennifer Sexton delivered a single to left center to the score the winning run. Hill then held on for the victory with some strong defense behind her. Franks, Sexton and Baucom had the only hits for WSCC.

Game 6 - Gold Bracket Championship - Indian River CC Florida

The championship game places the number 5 team in the Nation Indian River, versus the number 14 WSCC. The battle would be fought for 8 innings with the Lions coming up on the short end of the stick losing 2-1 in the bottom of the 8th. Jennifer Sexton took the loss going all 8 innings while giving up just 3 hits and striking out 7. Strength, Baucom, Franks, Sexton and Allgood each had a hit while King scored the only run and stole a base. The tournament was great with good weather and the best competition as 7 of the top 25 teams were in attendance.