MEA LADY KNIGHTS WIN 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!
This weekend marked the final games of the 2012 season. The Lady Knights went into the State Tournament as the #1 Seed from the region, and were matched up with #4 seed, Tuscaloosa Academy in game one on Friday afternoon. The Lady Knights defeated TA, and waited for Wilcox Academy in the 4PM game. After defeating Wilcox, MEA advanced to the Winner's Bracket game Saturday morning and were matched up against region rival, Glenwood. Trailing 1-0 going into the bottom of the 6th inning, The Lady Knights found a spark. Deven Kennedy began the inning with a single into left field. Abby Adams then bunted her over, and Cameron Redding drew a fielder's choice giving the Knights bases loaded, 0 outs with Senior, Haley Floyd, coming to the plate. On the 2nd pitch of the at-bat, Floyd blasted a homerun over the fence in center field to give the Knights a 4-1 lead. They would go on to win by that score. With this win, the Lady Knights were in the Championship series and awaited the winner of Glenwood/Kingwood. Once again, in poetic fashion, the Lady Knights would have to face region nemesis, Glenwood, for the Class AAA State Championship. After 2 scoreless innings, Lady Knights unleashed a scoring attack of 8 runs in the top of the 3rd inning, and added 3 more in the top of the 4th inning to give the Lady Knights the 11-0 victory. Freshman, Bailey Singleton, was named State Tournament MVP, and her All-Tournament Team members included, 8th Graders, Jesi Garrett & Paxton Searle, and Senior, Haley Floyd.
The Lady Knights ended their season 52-8. They recorded more wins in the season than any other Macon East Softball Team. Congratulations to the 2012 Macon East Softball Team & Coaching Staff on an incredible season!
Macon East Knights attend breakfast with 3-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Leah O'Brien-Amico
Friday, the Lady Knights softball team attended a breakfast sponsored by FCA with guest speaker 3-Time Olympic Gold Medalist, Leah O'Brien-Amico. Amico spoke to softball teams from Montgomery and surrounding areas about the importance of keeping Christ as a top priority on and off the field. Along with the Lady Knights, softball teams from PCA, ACA, and Trinity attended this breakfast.
LADY KNIGHTS WIN REGION CHAMPIONSHIP
On Thursday, the Lady Knights defeated the Glenwood Gators 7-3 for the Region Championship. The Lady Knights will be the #1 Seed going into the State Tournament next weekend (May 4-5) at Lagoon Park. They will play Tuscaloosa Academy Friday morning.
JV SOFTBALL WINS 2012 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP! The JV State Tournament began on Thursday, April 17, 2012 and concluded Sunday afternoon around 4:30 with the Lady Knights being crowned 2012 State Champions! The Lady Knights began the tournament on Thursday with Morgan Academy. The Lady Knights defeated the Senators 13-2 and were scheduled to play Friday night against Pickens Academy. After scoring 4 runs in the top of the first inning, The Lady Pirates scored 2 of their own on a homerun. The Lady Knights never looked back scoring 13 runs defeating Pickens 13-2. Saturday afternoon's game of the winners bracket was set up for a 3:00 showdown with Marengo Academy. The Lady Knights took a 1-0 lead from a Homerun off the bat of 8th grader, Jesi Garrett. After scoring 2 more runs to make the score 3-0, the rain moved in pushing the remainder of the tournament to Sunday. Macon East finished the game in progress with Marengo by a final score of 5-1 putting the Lady Knights in the Championship game. Lowndes Academy defeated Marengo matching up with Macon East in the JV State Championship which began at 2:45pm. Macon East scored 2 runs in the bottom of the second inning and played tremendous defense throughout the game and eventually extended their lead to 7-0 before getting the final 3 outs in the top of the 7th inning to win the 2012 JV State Championship. Congratulations to Marengo Academy on finishing 3rd, Lowndes Academy, State Runner-Up, and the Macon East Lady Knights on the 2012 JV State Championship!
All Tournament Team Members:
8th Grade - Jesi Garrett
8th Grade - Paxton Searle
9th Grade - Deven Kennedy
9th Grade - Cameron Redding
9th Grade - Adrienne Stephens
Tournament Most Valuable Player - 9th Grade - Bailey Singleton
LADY KNIGHTS WIN MACON EAST INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT
This past weekend, the Macon East Lady Knights played host to an 8 team tournament with incredible competition. MEA began the weekend against region opponent, Fort Dale Academy. The Lady Knights defeated the Lady Eagles 10-0. In the second winner's bracket game, the Lady Knights took on the Glenwood Gators for the third time in tournament play. The game went into the 8th inning, but the Lady Knights prevailed with a 2-out hit off the bat of Senior, Haley Floyd, to win the game 2-1.
On Saturday, the Macon East Lady Knights dedicated the tournament to former MEA student and teammate, Hartley
Carter. Friday marked the one year anniversary of her death, and in memory of her, the Lady Knights' Softball team, the Varsity Baseball team, and both Boys' and Girls' Soccer teams released balloons.
This time last year, the Lady Knights dropped out of the tournament in honor of her, and this year, the tournament was dedicated to her memory. The first game of the afternoon was a 10-0 route of Marengo Academy. After this win, the Lady Knights awaited the winner of the bottom half of the bracket. The championship game began at 8:15, taking on the Marengo Longhorns once again. Through 5 full innings of play, there was no score, but in the bottom of the 6th inning, the Lady Knights came to life offensively scoring 6 runs, and eventually getting the win by that final! The Lady Knights accepted their 1st Place Trophy with their former classmate in mind and quickly said a prayer before snapping pictures!
All Tournament Team Members included:
Jesi Garrett - 8th Grade
Deven Kennedy - 9th Grade
Bailey Singleton - 9th Grade
Mary Kaylin Veach - 10th Grade
Haley Floyd - 12th Grade
Abby Adams - Tournament MVP
Congratulations to the Lady Knights!
MACON EAST WINS 18TH ANNUAL EDGEWOOD TOURNAMENT
Macon East began play on Friday against Kingwood Christian School. The Lady Knights defeated the Lady Lions 9-8. The Lady Knights took on the Patrician Academy Saints in the second game and won 9-1. These games gave them the overall 3 seed in the tournament for play on Saturday.
On Saturday morning, the Lady Knights defeated the host team, Edgewood, 3-0. In the semi-final game, MEA defeated the Kingwood Lions 5-0. This win put them in the Championship game against the defending state champions, Glenwood Gators. After scoring one run in the top of the first inning, the Lady Knights did not score again until the top of the 7th with a Home Run off the bat of 8th Grader, Jesi Garrett. This sealed the 2-0 win for the Lady Knights. All tournament team members include Freshmen, Deven Kennedy & Cameron Redding; Junior, Abby Adams, and Senior Haley Floyd. The Tournament MVP was Freshman, Bailey Singleton! Congratulations to the MEA Lady Knights!
MACON EAST LADY KNIGHTS: PATRICIAN TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS!
The Macon East Lady Knights traveled to Butler, AL this past weekend and late Saturday night, they were crowned Patrician Tournament Champions! Congratulations to The MEA Varsity Girls and the Coaches!
Friday 3/2 - The Lady Knights began the weekend by defeating the Wilcox Wildcats. They then had to take on defending 2A State Champions, Marengo. The game was suspended due to weather, and continued Saturday morning.
Saturday 3/3 - Picking up in the top of the 5th inning, the Lady Knights were down 3-0. 2 Knights reached base safely with 2 outs and Victoria Henderson came through with a 3-run homerun. The Lady Knights lost in extra innings 4-3, drawing the 4-seed for tournament play. The first tournament game MEA defeated Wilcox Academy 5-3. The second game, MEA defeated the Host team, Patrician Academy 17-3. Haley Floyd, Mary Kaylin Veach, and Jesi Garrett all hit Homeruns in the game. This win put them in the championship against Glenwood. The Lady Knights fought back from a 3-0 deficit to win 11-3.
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