Sr. League tournament continues

Morton’s stayed alive with a narrow victory, and the regular season champions from First National Bank rolled into the semifinals as play continued earlier this week at the Senior League baseball tournament.

The No. 2 seeded Morton’s, which was upset in the opening round by Outdoor Shop, righted its ship in the losers’ bracket, coming out on top of a 15-14 slugfest against Porter Roofing Tuesday night.

Sam Pryor picked up the win on the mound for Morton’s, which got three hits from Clay Parker and two from Derek Mikkola. Zach Fisher, Josh Moore, Jonathan Holland and Mark Tidenberg added base hits to Morton’s winning effort.

Cody Adcock led the way with three base hits for Porter Roofing, while David Colangione, Ryan Williams, Alan Taylor and Jesse Boyd all added hits.

Morton’s moved on to face Moore Properties, which was dealt an 8-0 shutout by the league’s No. 1 seed, First National.

Matt Jones, Tyler Hillis and Chase Officer combined for the win for FNB, while Hillis added a hit and a pair of RBIs. Officer, Lane McCoy, Beck Spurlock, Matt Jones and Yuta Nakashima also had hits, with Spurlock and Jones each driving in a run.

First National’s opponent in the semifinals will be Security Federal, which advanced Monday night with a 10-2 win over Outdoor Shop.

Cory Sullivan and Casey Dunn combined to pick up the win on the mound, and Dunn led the way with two hits and three RBIs. Clint Newman had a hit and drove in two runs, and Cody Ray had an RBI base hit. Brian Myers and Brad Parker added a hit each, and Ridge Nunley drove in a pair with a base knock to add to the winning totals.

Kyler Boyd had a pair of hits for Outdoor Shop, which dropped into the losers’ bracket and a matchup with Woodcarver.

Having fallen to Moore Properties in the first round, Woodcarver moved on in the tournament with a 10-0 win over Check Advance Tuesday night.

Darrid Wells picked up the win on the hill, and also had a base hit. Dylan Keith and Tyler Keaton had two hits apiece in the win, and Nathan Page added one.

Thursday night, Outdoor Shop was slated to take on Woodcarver, with Morton’s matchup against Moore Properties to follow. The winners of those two contests will play tonight at 7:30, following First National’s game against Security Federal.