Broncos sweep on Sr. Night

The Boyd Bronco baseball team celebrated Senior Night with a doubleheader sweep over 9-A opponent Eagleville Monday. In the first game Boyd won 4-3, and they captured the second game by a 9-6 final.

The Broncos finished the season in fifth place in the district standings, and will have a rematch against the Eagles today in the first-round of the 9-A tournament. The team finished its season with a 4-11 record, winning four of its last six games.

As part of the games Senior Night festivities, senior Bronco players Dillon Childers, Brooks Palmer, Benny Jones and Henry Hall were recognized for their contributions to the team in a pregame ceremony.

In the first game Monday, Childers picked up the win for Boyd, going all seven innings. He faced 29 batters, giving up six hits with five strikeouts. The Broncos committed three errors.

Leadoff man Brently Panter drew a walk in the bottom of the first for Boyd. Palmer later singled to score Panter, giving the Broncos a 1-0 lead.

Eagleville sent all three of its runs across the plate in the top of the third. An error followed by a walk, a single and a home run by the Eagles? James Blackwell put Eagleville out in front 3-1.

Boyd pulled within one in the bottom of the fourth when Lucas Majors walked with one out. Tyler Hillis singled and a error scored Hillis.

In the bottom of the fifth, Panter drew a walk and stole second, then back-to-back hits by Palmer and Childers sent two runs to the plate to secure the victory.

Palmer picked up two hits in the winning effort, while Panter, Childers and Hillis had one hit each.

In the second game Boyd went to the plate first, scoring two runs in the first inning. Childers walked with two outs and Hillis slapped one to the fence for an inside-the-park home run.

In the bottom of the inning Eagleville scored three runs on three hits and a walk.

In the bottom of the second the Eagles scored two runs and added one run in the third, to take a 6-2 lead. In the fourth the Broncos scored one run and then added two runs in the fifth.

Going into the top of the seventh Eagleville held a 6-5 lead, but the Broncos worked their way back into the game when Panter and Palmer singled. Childers walked and Hillis had a check swing hit. Jones singled as Dylan Fernadez walked and Majors singled as Boyd sent four runs to the plate to take a 9-6 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh.

Eagleville put two runners on, but the Broncos? defense came up with the big plays to secure the sweep.

Palmer got the win in Game 2, as Childers picked up the save.