The Polk County Wolverines Angel division won the championship of the Boiling Springs first annual Bench Clearing Classic 2011 tournament.
Only two runs were scored against the Wolverines throughout the tournament, which was held on April 30, 2011.
Nine girls’ softball teams participated from Boiling Springs, S.C., Spartanburg, S.C., Polk County and others throughout District 5 in Spartanburg County.
Polk County won the first game against the Strikers 10-1, with Kendall Hall hitting a grand slam and throwing nine strike outs. Haley Fowler and Callie Burnette each hit triples, with Ansley Lynch, Haley Fowler and Hall hitting singles.
The Wolverines won the second game 4-0 against Westside, with Hall throwing 10 strikeouts and Hannah Emory, Fowler and Anna Hodge hitting singles.
The Wolverines won the final game for the championship against the Attitude 3-1, with triples hit by Fowler and Hall, doubles hit by Hall and Kiri Ashley and singles by Fowler, Chloe Adair, Sidney Metcalf and Hodge.
Hall threw 10 strikeouts in the championship to add to her 29 total throughout the tournament.
The Polk County Wolverine Angel Division softball team is part of the Cal Ripken league and includes girls in the fourth and fifth grades.
– submitted by Carey Emory