By HARVEY SIMPSON

Dispatch Sports Editor

GRIFFIN — Fatigue seemed to finally catch up to Crisp County High’s Lady Cougars during their weekend participation in the Spalding-Griffin Invitational where they posted a 3-2 record.

After beating Fitzgerald in a Thursday night scrimmage, coach Kevin Blampied’s girls scored a 6-0 win over Salem and a 3-2 victory over Newton County while winning their pool play on Friday.

When Saturday’s action rolled around, Crisp played three straight games back-to-back, dropping a 5-4 extra-innings decision to West Laurens, beating Dunwoody 12-3 and then bowing 4-0 to Lovett.

“Considering how much softball we had played since Thursday, I thought we did rather well here,” Blampied said. “Not taking anything away from Lovett, but we looked a little fatigued against them as having to play back to back to back is tough.

“All things considered, we got exactly what we wanted in the tournament — experience against tough competition in game situations. Hopefully, this will prepare us for our region (1-AAA) opener Tuesday at Cairo.”

A brief recap of the games played here follows:

Crisp 6, Salem 0

Striking for three runs in the first when Alston Waldrip’s two-run double turned out to be their only hit of the game, the Lady Cougars got off to a solid start and never looked back.

The mound win went to Ashley Holt who struck out seven, walked just one and allowed only two hits in a route-going effort.

Crisp 3, Newton County 1

Again limited to just one safety — Jamie Lee Yawn’s single —, Crisp emerged victorious by scoring all three of its runs in the fifth to break a scoreless tie.

Hallye Hobbs picked up the mound victory with a route-going two-hitter during which she fanned three and walked three.