NATCHEZ — Trinity Episcopal Day School topped Amite School Center last Monday and beat the Lady Rebels again Saturday in the ASC tournament.

The Lady Saints also dropped games to Copiah and Franklin academies in the tournament Saturday.

A major theme head coach Miranda Doughty said she’s noticed is the amount of errors piling up. And she’s none too pleased about it.

“Before the tournament, we went through the books and wanted to see how many runs we’d just given away,” she said. “Through four games, it was 31 runs — averaging almost eight runs a game.”

Doughty, a former pitcher, said she understands the frustration her pitchers must feel every time a defender lets them down.

“They’ve thrown good for me,” Doughty said. “It’s frustrating for them when the defense isn’t there to back them up.”

But Doughty also said she was encouraged by her defense in Saturday’s tournament.

“We had some errors, but nothing like we’ve been having — it’s not what lost us the games,” Doughty said. “We’re improving on that.”

Trinity (3-5) starts district play today, hosting Tensas Academy at 6:30 p.m.

“I told myself with district (beginning), I want them to see it as the season starting over,” Doughty said. “We want them to stay focused. We only lost by one run to Franklin Academy, so that showed we’re capable of playing with anyone if the girls focus and get their minds right.”

Adams County Christian School

The Lady Rebels softball team had a rough week last week, not winning a single game to fall to 5-4 overall, 0-1 in district play.

ACCS lost to Silliman and Central Hinds during the week before going 0-2 in the ASC tournament this past weekend.

“What I said all along was, our youth was going to show up, and it did,” ACCS head coach Forrest Foster said. “We just made some mistakes that you expect as a coach when you lose five seniors.”

Foster said after the tournament he and assistant coach Rick Fife re-evaluated their squad’s defensive lineup and made some changes. He also said the defensive miscues offer the team an opportunity to grow

“There’s a learning curve, and it’s a teaching aspect from my point of view,” Foster said. “We had to put some kids in spots that hadn’t been there, but that’s OK. I think we’ll be headed in the right direction right now.”

Unlike Trinity, ACCS has already begun district play with last week’s 13-3 loss to Central Hinds.

“Central Hinds is a good program, but they’re not 10 runs better than we are,” Foster said. “We have Prentiss Christian coming up, but if we don’t play any better, we’re liable to get beat.”

Foster said it would take more than talent to turn things around after this recent rough stretch.

“We have to play with a little more heart,” he said. “You have to have your mind on winning a ball game every time you step out there and dedicate yourself to the sport.”

ACCS hosts Prentiss Christian at 6:15 p.m. today.