The Gloucester High School varsity softball team defeated the Kecoughtan Warriors at home last Wednesday by a 12-7 margin.

The Lady Dukes took an early 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, with Grace Sinko Van-Liew’s single, driving in two runs. In the third, Gloucester added three more runs as Kimber Rainey and Samantha Carlton each hit a single, bringing runners home and stretching the team’s lead to 7-0.

Kecoughtan came back to score three runs during the top of the fourth inning, but Rainey brought two runners home with a single at the bottom of the fourth.

Hailey Hardaway added an RBI single in the sixth inning. Chickey Boles hit a single in the seventh inning, driving in two runs to raise the final score to 12-7.

Manor

The Lady Dukes lost to the Mustangs from Manor High School in Portsmouth on Friday, 2-1. Manor scored one run in the first inning and took a 2-0 lead in the fourth. Makayla Hernandez hit a single in the sixth inning and later scored on a Must...