Hundred Lady Hornets. Front row - left to right: Eden Mackey, Rosalie Reynolds, Rhianna Hawkins, Laila Stoenking, Gracelyn Morgan, Peyton Lippencott, Raegan Reynolds, Mariah Eddy, Aireonna Howard, Maddy Tennant Back row left to right: Bill Reynolds, Reese Reynolds, Aubrey Fluharty, David Mackey, head coach Michelle Reynolds, Bobby Lippencott, Ray Stoneking,

In the 4th-8th grade Marion County 14U fastpitch girls softball league, the Hundred Lady Hornets finished an impressive season against tough competition and mostly older girls with an 8-2 regular season record.

They followed that up by going 4-2 in tournament play losing to the 3x defending champion “Lil Rush” a great team composed of girls from all over Marion county, plus a standout pitcher, Maddie Miller, from Wetzel Counties Shortline School.

The Hornets lost in the second round to a team named Game Changers 9-6, but then came back strong and reeled off three straight wins in the losers bracket including a revenge win over the Game Changers 13-5 to send them to the championship round.

Playing in the championship they had to find a way to defeat the defending champs twice. Game one was a thriller that went five extra innings capped off by the Hornets in the 12th to get the win and force a deciding winner take all championship.

With the double elimination format they had to find a way to beat the defending champs twice.

And in game one, they went to 5 extra innings, 12 innings in total and beat Lil Rush 7-6 to force a deciding winner take all championship. In the final contest Lil Rush got the win 13-6.

The Lady Hornets also played Hundred in the Summer Slugfest in Morgantown A 14U travel tourney. The tournament included teams from Maryland and Pennsylvania mostly made up of 14 year olds. The Hornets lost in the opening round 13-2 to a very good team named the Rebels and then fell again to a team from Pennsylvania 10-5. Errors and youth led to that loss.

They’re next game was against a team made up of 8th graders and one freshman. Hundred with its team of younger girls from the area held their own, but eventually fell 13-10. Several opposing coaches and players came over and complemented the Hornets on their play and ability for their age. The young ladies from Hundred proved to be among the best and with the loss of their high school this team gives the local Hundred area a team to cheer for, for several summers to come.