The Gloucester High School varsity softball team achieved two shutout wins this past week on the road against the Kecoughtan Warriors and Hampton Crabbers.
The Lady Dukes finished their two-game sweep against the Warriors with a 13-0 win last Thursday. Autumn Cookson pitched the whole game, giving up five hits and striking out 12 hitters without issuing any walks.
Gloucester took a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Cameron Palas walked, Hannah Horsley singled and Tessa Carteret hit a double RBI to drive her teammates home.
The Lady Dukes padded their lead in the third inning when Avery West singled and Palas hit a home run over the left center-field fence for a 4-0 lead. In the fourth inning, Kyndall Sales doubled and later scored on an Addison Keister single for a 5-0 lead.
In the fifth inning, Horsley and Carteret hit back-to-back singles to lead off the inning. Alexis Dishman drove in Horsley, while Carteret and Sales, who walked, scored on a Keister double for an 8...