Polk County's Sarah Vitale takes aim at the plate during Thursday's game

Landrum pulls away late to upend Polk softballers

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Polk County grabbed an early lead Thursday, but Landrum roared back to take an 8-1 victory over the Wolverines in a matchup of Thermal Belt rivals played at Polk County Recreation Complex.

Polk County dropped to 4-5 with the loss. Landrum improved to 2-1.

How it happened: The Wolverines took a 1-0 lead in the first inning as Chloe Young delivered a double and Sarah Vitale followed with an RBI single to stake Polk to its early advantage.

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Landrum responded with two runs in the top of the third to take the lead, then scored three runs in the fifth without a base hit, putting together four walks and an error for the three runs.

The Cardinals then added three more runs in the sixth as an error on Gianna Delucca’s two-out fly ball with the bases loaded allowed Landrum to clear the bases.

At the plate: Young, Vitale, Laney Littlefield and Miya Jackson each had base hits for Polk.

Next up: Polk County returns to campus on Friday to host Hendersonville in a 4:30 p.m. conference game.

Polk County and Landrum met Thursday at Polk County Recreation Complex as part of a doubleheader with Polk County and Landrum middle school teams

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