TNV FIRST SCORE: Bats fail Draft softball, fall to Bees

STUARTS DRAFT — Facing the Seminole District’s Pitcher of the Year was bad enough for the upstart Stuarts Draft softball team.

Committing two first-inning errors to spot Brookville’s Nicole Defilippo a 3-0 lead before she even sniffed the circle was worse.

The bats falling asleep? That just sealed the Cougars’ fate as they could only muster three hits en route to a 7-1 loss to the Bees in the Region III quarterfinal round.

“[The bats] never really came around for us,” said Draft coach Michelle Campbell. “You can’t win a game with [three hits.]”