Lady Blue Knights Softball: Welcome

This Friday the Knights travel to Carterville for a tournament. They will be playing on two fields on Friday and Saturday.

To Carterville Field: take Greenbriar from John A. Logan campus and head north to the 4-way. Turn left at 4-way. Continue straight until the next stop sign and make a right onto the school's driveway. The field is located on right of school.

Logan Field: Located just off of Rt. 13 on N. Greenbriar.

Friday:

vs. Rend Lake at Noon: Carterville Field

vs. Logan at 2:00: Logan Field

Saturday:

vs. Mid-Continent at 10:00: Carterville Field

vs. Forest Park at 2:00: Logan Field

The Lady Knights will be putting on softball camps in July.

Hitting Camp:

Ages 6-12 will be Monday, July 13 and Tuesday, July 14 from 8 to 9:30 AM.

Ages 13-17 will be Wednesday, July 15 and Thursday, July 16 from 8 to 9:30 AM

The cost is $30.00.

All Skills Camp:

Ages 6-12 will be Monday, July 20 and Tuesday, July 21 from 8 to 9:30 AM.

Ages 13-17 will be Wednesday, July 22 and Thursday, July 23 from 8 to 9:30 AM.

The cost is $30.00.

Pitching Camp:

All Ages

Friday, July 17 from 9:00 to Noon.

The cost is $30.00.

All camps will be held at the OCC Softball Field. Insurance form and payment can be completed day of camp.

Please make checks payable to: OCC Softball.

You can pre-register by contacting Coach Nick Short at 618-395-7777 ext. 2223 or by email: shortn@iecc.edu.

Seven Lady Knights were named to the Great River Athletic Conference All Academic Team for spring 2009.

They are:

Lindsey Wedding (Evansville, IN), Chelsey Sechrest (Olney), Selena Roman (Terre Haute, IN), Teddi Helsel (Carmi, IL), Brittany Collyear (Indianapolis, IN), Bianca Costantino (Olney), Morgan Clapp (Shelbyville, IN).

Five Lady Blue Knights earned post-season honors for the 2009 season. The Knights finished 22-25 and third in the region. The honors are:

All Region 24 First Team:

Chelsey Sechrest    Sophomore/OF

Lindsey Wedding    Sophomore/OF

All Region 24 Second Team:

Amanda Hostettler     Sophomore/INF

Jamie Lytle               Sophomore/DP

Teddi Helsel              Freshman/INF

GRAC All Conference:

Chelsey Sechrest

Lindsey Wedding

Region 24 All-Tournament Team:

Chelsey Sechrest

Lindsey Wedding

Teddi Helsel

The Lady Knights finished their season in 3rd place in the Region 24 Tournament. In an elimination game, the Knights were defeated by Lake Land 6-1. The Knights had beaten the #1 ranked Lady Lakers in the first semifinal game Tuesday 2-1.

Due to wet field conditions, the games were moved to Mattoon, IL.

The Knights finished the year with a 22-25 record.

Wabash Valley earned a trip to the National Tournament by defeating Lake Land 9-2 in the final game Wednesday. Lake Land needed to beat Wabash twice to advance.

The Lady Knights would like to extend their appreciation and thanks to Rend Lake coach Dave Ellingsworth and his Rend Lake players for their work during the tournament and in trying to get their field playable. The Knights would also like to thank the Mattoon recreation department for getting their fields playable so the region tournament could be completed. Both crews worked extremely hard and it was greatly appreciated.

The Lady Knights finally got on the field in the Region 24 Final Four tournament hosted by Rend Lake. The Knights won the first game of the contest 2-1 against nationally ranked Lake Land. The Lady Lakers, #11 in the nation in the latest NJCAA Division I poll, took a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning. Lindsey Wedding led off the bottom of the seventh with a solo homerun to tie the game. Teddi Helsel then hit a single to left, and was replaced on the basepath by Jessica Allen. Amanda Hostettler then laid down a sacrifice bunt, which was misplayed by the Lakers third baseman, leaving runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs. Jamie Lytle then sacrificed them to 2nd and 3rd with one out. After a strikeout, Emily Arnold drove in the winning run on a hit between the 3rd baseman and shortstop.

After sitting out two games, the Knights then took on Wabash Valley, who earlier beat John A. Logan 7-0. The Knights could only muster one run and lost, 4-1. Wabash Valley (#15) will await the winner of Olney and Lake Land tomorrow at 1PM.

Lake Land eliminated Logan 8-0 in the afternoon contest on Tuesday.

Game 1: OCC 2, LL 1

Game 2: WV 7, JAL 0

Game 3: LL 8, JAL 0

Game 4: WV 4, OCC 1

The Knights (22-24) will play Lake Land (45-7) in an elimination contest Wednesday starting at 11 AM.

The Region 24 Tournament will now take place Tuesday, May 5th starting at 10 AM with the Lady Knights taking on Lake Land. Wabash Valley and Logan will follow at noon.

The Region 24 Final Four Tournament has been postponed to Saturday, May 2nd and Sunday, May 3rd due to weather. The schedule remains the same. Olney opens against Lake Land at 10 AM, with Wabash Valley and Logan following at noon.

The losers of those games play at 2 with the winners playing at 4.

Here is the schedule for the Region 24 Final Four Tournament. All games will be played at Rend Lake College in Ina, IL.

Friday, May 1st:

Game One-10 AM: #1 Lake Land (44-6) vs. #4 Olney Central (21-23)

Game Two-12 PM: #2 Wabash Valley (40-3) vs. #3 John A. Logan (26-11)

Game Three-2PM: Loser game 1 vs. loser game 2 (loser eliminated)

Game Four-4PM: Winner game 1 vs. winner game 2

Saturday, May 2nd:

Game Five-11AM: Winner game 3 vs. loser game 4 (loser eliminated)

Game Six-1PM: Winner game 5 vs. winner game 4

Game Seven-3PM (if necessary): winner game 6 vs. loser game 6

The Lady Knights won a marathon Saturday afternoon against Rend Lake. In the deciding third game of a best-of-three series, Olney outlasted the visiting Warriors from Rend Lake 4-3 in 12 innings.

The win puts the Knights overall record to 21-23 as they advance to the Region XXIV Final Four next Friday at Rend Lake. The Knights will face the #1 seed Lake Land team at 10AM.

Katie Harmon pitched 6 solid innings, leaving the game with the Knights up 3-1. Rend Lake bounced back in the top of the 7th to tie the game at 3. Kelly Fougerousse picked up the win for the Knights, as Amanda Hostettler singled in Chelsey Sechrest to end the contest in the bottom of the 12th.

Both teams made big plays throughout the hard fought contest.

The Lady Knights split their first round Region 24 games Friday against a visiting Rend Lake team.

The Knights won game one 8-0, then fell in game two 15-13.

Katie Harmon pitched a 5-inning shutout in game 1.

Game 2 saw a big 5th inning, with Rend Lake scoring 8 runs to take a 12-5 lead, only to see Olney come back and score 7 runs in the bottom of the inning to tie it.

The third game of the best-of-3 series is Saturday, April 25th beginning at noon.

The Lady Knights finished the 2009 season in 4th place in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference, allowing them to host a first round contest beginning this Friday, April 24th, starting at 2PM. Here is a breakdown of the tournament:

1. Lake Land

2. Wabash Valley

3. John A. Logan

4. OLNEY CENTRAL

5. Rend Lake

6. Lincoln Trail

7. SWIC

8. Kaskaskia

9. Southeastern

Kaskaskia will host Southeastern this Wednesday in a best of 3 series to determine the 8th seed in the tournament.

(Best of 3 series: double header Friday at 2PM, single game Saturday at noon if necessary)

Lake Land will host the KC/SIC winner.

Wabash will host SWIC.

Logan will host Lincoln Trail.

Olney will host Rend Lake.

The 4 first round winners will then meet at Rend Lake on May 1st and 2nd in a double elimination tournament to determine the Region 24 champion and National Tournament qualifier. The national tournament will be held in St. George, UT May 13-16.

Sunday's GRAC contest with Kaskaskia College has been rained out. There will be no makeup to the game.

The Knights continue play Monday, April 20 in Decatur, IL for a non-conference contest with Millikin University. First pitch is set for 4PM.

The Knights got a little revenge Saturday against Southwestern Illinois College by sweeping the Blue Storm. SWIC beat OCC twice Wednesday. The Knights won game one Saturday 11-3 and game two 8-0.

Kelly Fougerousse picked up the win in game one. She gave up 3 runs in the first inning, then settled down and shut the Blue Storm out the rest of the contest. Jessica Jonas had a homerun while Teddi Helsel and Jordan Maurer each had RBI doubles.

Katie Harmon picked up the win in game two, pitching all five innings the shortened contest. Angie Camp collected a couple of hits, including a homerun in the contest.

The pair of wins puts the Knights at 19-22 overall, 14-14 in the GRAC.

The Knights split a doubleheader with John A. Logan Friday afternoon in Carbondale. The Knights won game one 8-4 before dropping the second contest 8-0. Kelly Fougerousse picked up the win in game one, going the distance.

Angie Camp went 2-2 at the plate to pace the Knights in the first game.

Amanda Hostettler had a double in game two.

The Knights lost both games of a double header at SWIC Wednesday. They lost game one 7-3 and game two 5-4. That drops the Knights to 16-21 overall, 11-13 in the GRAC.

Next up for the Knights is a double header with John A. Logan on Thursday. The game has been moved to SIU-Carbondale at their softball complex for a nighttime double header beginning at 6PM.

The Lady Knights got a pair of road wins Tuesday at Rend Lake. The Knights won game one 8-5 and game two 16-7.

Chelsey Sechrest went 4-5 while Amanda Hostettler went 3-4 in the first game. Teddi Helsel, Jamie Lytle and Jordan Maurer all had homeruns.

Katie Harmon picked up the win. Kelly Fougerousse got the save.

The Knights scored 4 runs in the second, 7 in the fourth and 5 in the fifth inning of game two. Helsel went 2-4 with 3 RBI while Hostettler, Traci Sanders and Jamie Lytle all had homeruns, Lytle's being a grand slam in the fourth inning.

Chelsie Cowman got the victory.

The Knights (16-19, 11-11) continue action on Wednesday, April 15th at SWIC in Belleville. First pitch is set for 2PM.

The Lady Knights will now travel to Rend Lake on Tuesday, April 14 for a GRAC double header beginning at 3PM. The regularly scheduled contest against Southeastern has been rained out and rescheduled for Tuesday, April 21 at Harrisburg.

Julia Camp, a catcher and infielder from Carmi, IL, recently signed a letter of intent for the Lady Knights. She will join fellow Carmi native Teddi Helsel on the roster starting in the fall. The Knights welcome her addition and the versatility she will bring. She is another signee that comes from a winning tradition of softball and that will only help the Knights in the future.

The Knights split a double header at Lincoln Trail Thursday in Robinson. The Knights won 6-5 before dropping the second game 6-5.

The Knights entered the top of the seventh inning down 5-4, only to score two runs and pull out the victory. Chelsey Sechrest led off the inning with a triple, and scored on a sac fly by Angie Camp. After a pop-out, Teddi Helsel walked and replaced by Bianca Costantino on the base path. Amanda Hostettler then hit an RBI double to score Costantino and give the Knights the lead. Trail led off the bottom of the seventh with back to back hits, but Katie Harmon buckled down and retired the next 3 in order.

Lindsey Wedding went 2-4 with an RBI and Teddi Helsel went 1-2 with an RBI in the game. Jessica Jonas had a solo homerun in the 4th inning.

Game 2 saw the Knights jump out to a 5-0 lead after 3 innings, only to let Trail come back and win in the bottom of the seventh. It was the fourth inning that hurt the Knights, as Trail scored 5 runs in the inning on 3 hits and two walks.

Wedding once again went 2-4 with 2 RBI, while Jamie Lytle went 1-3 with 2 RBI.

The Knights GRAC contest with Kaskaskia scheduled for Friday, April 10th, has been cancelled due to weather. It has been rescheduled for Sunday, April 19th starting at 1PM. The Knights continue action at the McKendree Tournament Saturday, April 11th, starting at noon against St. Louis CC-Forest Park. The Knights then play McKendree at 4PM. The games will be played at Trenton Park in Trenton, IL. It is located 10 miles east of Lebanon, IL on route 50.

Nationally ranked Wabash Valley, #12 in the latest NJCAA Division I poll, defeated the Knights in two games Saturday in Olney. Wabash won game one 5-2 and game two 9-1.

The losses dropped the Knights to 13-18 overall, 8-10 in the GRAC. Monday's game at home against Danville Area has been cancelled due to weather. No makeup date has been determined. The next game for the Knights is Thursday at Lincoln Trail in a GRAC contest.

Lake Land showed why they are one of the top teams in the GRAC by defeating the Knights in a double header Thursday afternoon in Olney. Capitalizing on Knights mistakes and big hits, the Lakers defeated Olney 9-0 in game one and 3-1 in game two.

The Knights could only muster one hit against Lake Land's Aubrey Frank. 

Teddi Helsel hit a solo shot in game two for the Knights only run, as miscues proved costly for OCC. Katie Harmon took the hard-luck loss.

The Knights (13-16, 8-8) continue action this Saturday, April 4th against GRAC foe Wabash Valley. First pitch is set for noon.

The Lady Knights took both games of a doubleheader against Rend Lake Monday afternoon. The Knight won game one 7-3 and game two 6-5 in 9 innings.

Lindsey Wedding led the attack in game one, going 2-4 with 3 RBI. Jordan Maurer went 2-3 with 2 doubles. Jamie Lytle, Amanda Hostettler and Jessica Jonas all collected RBI. Katie Harmon went the distance, giving up 3 runs on 4 hits while striking out 5 and walking 1.

Teddi Helsel started game two, going 4 innings while giving up 3 runs. Chelsie Cowman pitched 1 2/3 innings relief before handing the ball over to Harmon, who collected her 2nd win of the day. She pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings. Wedding was 1-5 with 3 RBI, Angie Camp went 2-4 with a double, and Jamie Lytle went 4-5, all singles, including the game winner in the bottom of the 9th to score Traci Sanders.

The Knights (13-14, 8-6) travel to Rend Lake Tuesday, March 31 for a regularly scheduled GRAC match-up.

The make-up date for Saturday's rainout (3-28-09) with SWIC has been made for Wednesday, April 15th starting at 2PM.

Due to the weather, the GRAC doubleheader at SWIC on 3-28-09 has been cancelled. No makeup date had been announced yet.

The next game for the Knights is Monday, March 30 against GRAC foe Rend Lake. It is a home game for the Knights, and a make-up game from March 10. First pitch is at 2PM.

The Knights dropped a pair of home games against John A. Logan Thursday afternoon. Despite a solid effort from pitcher Katie Harmon, the Knights dropped the first game 3-0. Chelsey Sechrest was 2-4 while Jessica Jonas and Jordan Maurer both notched singles. Harmon scattered 6 hits in giving up the 3 runs, all earned.

The second game saw the Knights fall 7-0. Angie Camp was 3-4 with a double and Lindsey Wedding was 2-4, but the Knights left 11 runners on base. Kelly Fougerousse took the loss.

The Knights (11-14, 6-6) continue play Saturday in a GRAC match-up at Southwestern Illinois College. Game one is set for a noon start.

The Lady Knights got back on the winning track Tuesday afternoon against Southeastern Illinois College. The Knights took game one 14-2 and game two 12-1.

After surrending two runs in the top of the first inning in the first game, the Knights got the bats going in the bottom, highlighted by Lindsey Weddings two-run homerun over the left field fence. The Knights had 3 round-trippers in the second inning to blow the game open. Jamie Lytle had a 3-run blast while Brittany Collyear and Emily Arnold went back-to-back. Kelly Fougerousse went the distance in winning the 5-inning affair.

Brittany Collyear added her second homerun of the day leading off the second inning for the Knights and Selina Roman hit her first of the year in the fourth as OCC completed the sweep. The fourth inning saw the first three batters (Lindsey Wedding, Jamie Lytle, Cally Hubbell) hit doubles before Roman's base-clearing shot to center. Morgan Clapp added a 3-run triple. Chelsie Cowman went the distance in the win.

The Knights (11-12, 6-4) continue with conference play Thursday as they host John A. Logan at OCC's field. First pitch is 2PM.

The Lady Knights lost both games to Wabash Valley on Sunday afternoon. The Knights lost game one 9-1 and game two 8-0. Their record falls to 9-12, 4-4 in the GRAC while Wabash improves to 21-0, 8-0 in the GRAC.

The Knights return to action on Tuesday, March 24 with a GRAC double header against Southeastern Illinois College. First pitch is 2PM.

The Lady Knights improved their record to 9-10, 4-2 in the GRAC with a sweep of Kaskaskia College Saturday afternoon. The Knights pounded out 14 hits in the first game, as all 9 batters recorded at least one hit. Jordan Maurer was 2-2 with a sacrifice and Chelsey Sechrest was 2-3 with a walk. Katie Harmon picked up the complete game victory as the Knights won the first game 5-1.

Olney won game two 8-3 behind some clutch hitting. The third inning saw consecutive hits by Sechrest and Angie Camp to lead off, and they were sacrificed over by Lindsey Wedding. Amanda Hostettler, Traci Sanders and Jessica Jonas then followed with singles as the Knights plated 5 runs in the inning. Lindsey Wedding added a two run homerun in the fourth inning as the Knights put the game away. Kelly Fougerousse picked up the win, giving up 2 runs in 4 innings while Teddi Helsel was solid in relief, giving up 1 run in 3 innings of work.

The Knights are back in action Sunday, March 22 at Wabash Valley for a conference double header. First pitch is slated for 1PM.

The Lady Knights defeated Lincoln Trail in a GRAC conference match-up. The Knights won game one 7-4. Kelly Fougerousse (3-3) picked up the win in relief of starter Chelsie Cowman. Amanda Hostettler led the Knights at the plate by going 3-3 with 2 RBI. Angie Camp and Lindsey Wedding each had 2 hits.

Game 2 saw the Knights jump out to a 7-0 lead after 4 innings, only to see LT mount a comeback. Three runs in the bottom of the 6th by the Knights helped preserve a 10-5 victory. Teddi Helsel (1-2) picked up the win, while Katie Harmon pitched a scoreless 6th and 7th inning in relief. Amanda Hostettler continued her hot bat by going 3-3 with a double and 2 RBI, while Angie Camp went 3-4 with 2 RBI. Jamie Lytle went 3-4 as well and Chelsey Sechrest, Lindsey Wedding and Traci Sanders all collected 2 hits apiece as the Knights pounded out 17 hits.

The Knights (7-10, 2-2 GRAC) continue conference play this weekend at Kaskaskia Saturday and at Wabash Valley on Sunday. There is a noon start in Centralia and a 1 PM start in Mt. Carmel.

The Lady Knights swept Danville Area Wednesday afternoon in Danville. OCC won game one 5-1 and game two, 7-0. Kelly Fougerousse (2-3) pitched a complete game in the opener. She scattered 7 hits while striking out four. Chelsey Sechrest was 2-2 while Amanda Hostettler was 2-3.

Katie Harmon (1-5) picked up the win in game two. She pitched five shutout innings and only gave up 1 hit. Teddi Helsel pitched the final two innings and gave up 2 hits. Lindsey Wedding was 2-3 with a double and triple while Jamie Lytle was 2-3 with a triple.

The Lady Knights (5-10) return to action Thursday at OCC against Lincoln Trail. The GRAC contest is set to begin at 2PM.

Follow GRAC play at the conferences new website: www.gracsports.com.

The Lady Knights gave up 8 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to lose the first game of their GRAC opener at Lake Land, 9-0. The Knights entered the bottom of the 6th down 1-0, but three errors and some timely hits were their downfall.

The Knights also lost the second game, 2-1, but had their chances in the 4th inning. The Knights got the bases loaded with no outs, but a base running error cost the Knights the chance at a big inning. A hard hit line drive to left field by Traci Sanders was ended up being the first out on a diving catch by Lake Lands left fielder, who then doubled off the Knight's runner on third who left the base to score. Sophomore Katie Harmon took the hard luck loss.

 The Knights (2-9, 0-2) continue play Sunday, March 15th against Lindenwood at OCC's field beginning at noon.

The Lady Knights struggled down south this weekend at the Wallace State Tournament. They pitched well enough to win, but couldn't put together the hits or defensive plays when it mattered. They opened with a loss to a very good Columbia State (Tennessee) team 8-1, despite only being down 4-0 after 5 innings. They then held a 2-0 lead in the second game Friday against another good team, Georgia Perimeter after 4 innings, only to lose 10-2. Saturday's morning game against Jefferson State (Alabama) was scoreless after 7 innings, causing an international tie-breaker.  Jefferson State scored 2 runs in the top of the 8th, only to see the Knights come back with 2 runs in the bottom. Jeff State got the bases loaded in the top of the 9th with two outs, and a dropped fly ball to the outfield allowed all 3 runners to score. The Knights could only manage one run in the bottom of the 9th and fell 5-3.  The Knights left 13 runners on base.

Bracket play began Saturday night at 8pm for the Knights, where they played Aiken Tech (South Carolina). The Knights fell again, 4-0, despite another solid pitching performance. Sunday's game was against Volunteer State (Tennessee), a team that the Knights split a double-header against on February 15th. Coach Lynn's team came out on top, 3-0, in the rubber match.

The Knights (2-7) were to host Rend Lake at 2pm in Olney on Tuesday, March 10th to open up GRAC conference play, but that game has been cancelled due to weather. No make-up has been scheduled yet.

The Knights traveled to St. Charles, MO to take on Lindenwood February 22nd for a double header. It was another cold day for the Knights, with gametime temperatures hovering around 30 degrees, with the wind making it feel even colder.  Game 1 saw Kelly Fougerousse go 6 innings, giving up 3 runs (1 earned) on 6 hits while striking out 3 and walking 1. Traci Sanders was 2-3 with 2 doubles while Jordan Maurer had 4 RBI. Chelsey Sechrest was 1-2 with 2 RBI, 3 walks and 2 stolen bases. The Knights won 14-3.

The Knights struggled in the first inning of the second game, surrendering 5 runs to Lindenwood while committing 3 errors. The Knights came back with a run in the 2nd, 2 in the 3rd, 1 in the 4th and 1 in the 5th, to pull within 6-5, but that was as close as it would get as Lindenwood won 7-5. Lindsey Wedding was 2-4 while Brittany Collyear, Amanda Hostettler and Jordan Maurer all collected RBI.

The Knights (2-2) return to action March 6th at the Wallace State-Hanceville tournament in Cullman, AL. They face Columbia State out of Tennessee at 10 AM.

The Lady Knights traveled to Madisonville, TN Friday in an attempt to play Hiwassee College in a doubleheader Saturday. However, due to rain, the games were cancelled. The Knights then loaded up and traveled to Gallatin, TN Saturday afternoon to play Volunteer State on Sunday.

Despite cold temps (35 degrees), the Knights got two games in against a very good Vol St. squad. The Knights dropped the first game of the year 10-2 despite taking a lead in the first inning. Amanda Hostettler drove in the first run on an RBI single that plated Jessica Jonas who got on by a walk that was followed by another walk to Kelly Fougerousse. That brought up Hostettler who singled up the middle of the infield. The other run was plated in the 5th inning after Angie Camp walked, then advanced on a sac bunt by Jordan Maurer. Camp moved up to third on a passed ball and scored on a groundout to second base by Jessica Jonas.

The Knights evened up their record with a 6-4 win in the second game. After falling behing 2-0 after 3 innings, the Knights scored 2 in the 4th, 2 in the 5th and 2 in the 6th to take a 6-2 lead going into the bottom of the 6th. After Vol. St. plated 2 runs in the bottom of the 6th and threatening with runners on 2nd and 3rd with two outs, Kelly Fougerousse came in and got a hot hitting Abbey Stepp to groundout to Brittany Collyear at first base. Stepp came into the at-bat 6-6 in the double header. Fougerousse pitched a 3-up, 3-down 7th for the save. Olney product Chelsie Cowman got the win (1-0), going 5 2/3 innings, giving up 4 runs (2 earned) while scattering 11 hits.

Hostettler was 1-3 with a 2 RBI double in the 4th, while Lindsey Wedding went 2-3 with 2 doubles and an RBI.

Next up for the Lady Knights (1-1) is Lindenwood University next Sunday (Feb. 22) in St. Charles, MO.

The Knights would like to thank Coach Lynn and Coach Buckner at Volunteer State for letting the Knights use their facilities for practice Saturday afternoon. The Knights greatly appreciate their hospitality.

The Lady Blue Knights welcome three pitchers for the 2009-2010 season. Mackenzie Thomas of Arcola, IL, Braddi Reed of Charleston, IL and Taylor Hueston of Clayton, IN will all have an immediate impact on the squad.  They are all hardworking, talented young ladies and the Lady Blue Knights welcome them to the program.

 The Lady Knights open their spring 2009 season this Saturday, February 14 against Hiwassee College in Madisonville, TN. They then travel to Gallatin, TN on Sunday the 15th to take on Volunteer State. Both are highly competitive programs that compete in the the Tennessee Junior and Community College Athletic Association (TJCCAA), one of the toughest divisions in the country. It should be a good gauge to see where the Knights are and where they need to be for the rugged GRAC season.