BLC demolishes L&C Construction in tourney
The 7-8 boys coach-pitch tournament got under way Saturday with six games on the schedule. In the first game of the day BLC rolled past L&C Construction 25-4. BLC out hit L&C 32-11 in five innings.
L&C Construction scored two runs in the first and two runs in the third. BLC scored in every inning with three in the first, five in the second, six in the third, five in the fourth and six in the fifth.
For BLC, Skylar Thomas, Jaben Bouldin, Ethan Mikkola and Briar Ward led the way with five hits each. Lucas Estes and Zachery Estes had four hits each, Corey Richardson collected three hits and Mitch Owens added one hit. For L&C, Thomas Cantrell, Alex Cripps, Dylan George and Micah Martin had two hits each. Christian Wilkinson, Garrett Bond and Eli Lance added one hit each.
In the second game, with time expired Stewarts Farms and Stables came from behind in the fifth inning to down the Warren County Warriors 14-13. Keain Hildreth hit for the cycle including a game winning double to score Bradley Stewart.
The Warriors scored four in the first inning, three in the second and six in the third. Stewarts scored three in the first, four in the second, four in the fourth and three in the fifth to pick up the win.
For Stewarts, Hildreth had four hits, Stewart and Ethan Roberts added three hits each. Adrian Lusk, Grant Walker, Jack Davidson, Chance Wood and Brenden Southard had one hit each. For the Warriors, Holden Baker led with four hits, Cade Carlson, Jett Urtubees and Rayce Brewer added three hits each. Ethan Bandy and Matt Keeler had two hits each and Logan Mize added one hit.
In other action, Hoover and Son Insurance defeated Barr’s 20-14. Hoover scored seven runs in the first inning, two in the second, one in the third, five in the fourth and five in the fifth. Barr’s scored one in the first, two in the second, five in the third, four in the fourth and two in the fifth.
For Hoover, Tucker Garrison led the way with five hits. Ezra Dixson, Will Basham and Drew Roberts collected four hits each. Joshua Brown, Garrett Jones and Zachary Williams had three hits each and Jonathan Walker added two hits. For Barr’s, Trace Taylor had four hits, Rashad Wright, Matthew Savage, Joesph Webb and Ben Roller added two hits each. Jake Pennington, Anthony Palmer, Zech Clark and Tyler Millis added one hit each.
Dependable Brakes stopped Hoover and Son 18-1. Dependable scored six in the first, five in the second, six in the third and one in the fourth. Hoover’s only run came in the first. For Dependable Brakes, Nate Grandy had four hits, Merek McColloch, Tristan Reish, Nicholas Tilton, Holden Carter, J.C. Dryden and Hayden Carter had three hits each. Travis Smartt and Austin Cardin had two hits each and Mitchell Madwell added one hit. For Hoover, Will Basham had two hits, Joshua Brown, Tucker Garrison, Drew Roberts, Garrett Jones and Zachary Williams had one hit each.
Quality Mold slipped past Stewarts Farms, 12-11. For Quality Mold, Dusty Ledbetter, Chase Frye and Tyler Judge had three hits each. Wesley Parkhurst, Chandler Laxson and Braydon Lewis had two hits each. Eric Adamson, Aaron Justice, Joshua Clark and Bailey Moore had one hit each. For Stewarts, Bradley Stewart, Keain Hildreth, Adrian Lusk and Grant Walker had three hits each. Jack Davidson, Chance Wood, Ethan Roberts and Brenden Southard added one hit each.
Custom Tool defeated BLC 21-2 in four innings. BLC scored two runs in the first. Custom scored seven in the first, seven in the second and seven in the third.
For Custom, Brock Majors, Collin Smedley, Griffin Jones, Dylan Bound, Ryan Diamond and Brock Watson had three hits each. Dylan Tubb and Austin Spurling and Daniel McGee ahd two hits each. Malik King and Mathew Burnett added one hit each. For BLC, Skylar Thomas had three hits, Mitch Owens had two hits and Lucas Estes added one hit.