Monitor Photo/Blaine Clamon
Emma McAda pitches for Kemp in the Lady Jackets’ March 29 home game versus Blooming Grove.

Monitor Photo/Blaine Clamon
Kemp first baseman Autumn Riddle swings at the plate in Kemp’s March 29 home game against Blooming Grove.

KEMP–The Kemp Lady Jackets hosted district action March 29, welcoming the Blooming Grove Lady Lions. A pleasant Friday afternoon in Kemp saw the Lady Lions flex their offensive muscles and hold the Lady Jackets at bay in a 10-0 game.
The Lady Lions plated a run in the top of the first inning to lead early, 1-0. They would extend the lead to 5-0 with four runs in the top of the third. Laci Johnson started by capitalizing on a throwing error with an inside-the-park home run, Ava Eldridge scored McKenna Davis and Carli Cunningham with a 2-run RBI double and Brooke McGraw had an RBI single. Kemp got out of the inning with a flyout, McGraw was thrown out at home and Emma McAda tossed a strikeout.
With two outs in the top of the fourth, Eldridge’s 2-run RBI single built Blooming Grove’s lead to 7-0. The top of the fifth inning saw an RBI triple from both Eldridge and McGraw to make it 9-0. The Lady Lions would finish their scoring with Johnson’s RBI double in the top of the seventh inning to lead 10-0 and that would be the final score as Blooming Grove shut out the Lady Jackets.