Cubs off to strong start in 7-8 coach-pitch league

Last Saturday, Barr?s opened the day?s action in the boys? 7- and 8-year-old coach-pitch league with a 13-8 win over Hoover and Son Insurance, scoring five runs in the top of the fifth to secure the victory.

Darius Wright and Aaron Whitaker both went 3-for-3 in the win, scoring two runs each. Sean Stafford, Payton Norris, Matthew Savage, Anthony Palmer, Ethen Phillips and Bryson Cope all had two hits apiece, while Ryan Nokes and Jake Pennington added one each.

Hoover and Son got a 3-for-3 day from Drew Roberts, Paul Cross and Harrison Wood, while Garrett Jones and Joshua Brown had two hits. They got one hit each from Adrian Lusk, Landon Walker, Hunter Moore and Ethen Cartwright.

? McMinnville Ford posted seven runs in the fourth to rally from behind for an eventual 16-11 win over the ABC Ice Reds.

David Jaco, Dustin Hale and John Haley all went 4-for-4 for the Ford team, while Jordan Hillis, Will Lupo, Nick Stern, Zack Lorenzten and Cody Frisby all recorded three hits. Tyler Morton had two, while Hayden Jennings had one hit on the day.

Isaac Golden went 4-for-4 for the Reds, while Lucas Rogers, Will Sweeton, Jack Sherrill and Elijah Gilbert had three hits apiece. Aaron Jones and Benjamin Sweeton added two each, and Paxton Smith and Christian Cleland had one.

? BLC scored five runs in the top of the sixth and held on to top NHC, 19-11.

For BLC, Skylar Thomas and Lucas Estes had four hits apiece, while Brendan Lane, Zachery Estes and Landon Scott had three. Ethan Mikkola recorded two hits, including a triple, while Corey Richardson Jr., Hunter Black, Gage Wanamaker and Roman Johnson had a hit each.

NHC got three hits from Holden Carter, two apiece from John David Keele, Ethan Bandy, Casey Owens, Travis Smartt, Hayden Carter and Austin Cardin, and one apiece from Jordan Bonner, Alex Ellis and Gavin Harper.

? Saturday afternoon, L&C Custom Homes held off a late rally to edge Quality Mold, 12-9.

L&C got three-hit days from Christian Wilkinson, Nicholas Williamson, Thomas Cantrell III and Justin Griffin, while Grant Walker, Eli Lance and Christopher Ryan Mellons had two apiece. Will Smartt, Trey Cantrell and Christopher Rambo added a hit each.

Quality Mold was led at the plate by Braydon Lewis, who tripled and finished 4-for-4, while Bracton Womack, Joshua Clark, Jacob Dodd and Japheta Henegar had three hits. Chandler Rockwell had two, and Blake Brumley, Bailey Henegar and Rylan Lorance had one each.

? Saturday?s final game saw the Custom Granite Cubs improve to 2-0 on the season, as they downed Brewer Amusement 11-8.

The Cubs tallied 15 hits, with Dylan Blake Tubb and Daniel McGee leading the way with three apiece. A.D. Majors and Malik King had two each, while Ulises Rios, Kade Burnett, Travis Lockhart, Connor Moore and Samuel Hillis had one each.

Holden Baker doubled and tripled for Brewer, and he and Reed Tucker Garrison had two hits each in their team?s efforts. Brewer got a hit apiece from Garrett Driver, Cameron Shelton, Joey Moon, Max Gallagher, Krojhn Calbert, Samuel Pack, Baylor Brewer and Ridge Brewer.

? On Tuesday, May 9, Brewer Amusement had little trouble getting by Quality Mold, winning 23-6.

Garrison homered twice in the win, and added a triple to go 3-for-3 on the night. Driver added three hits, as did Shelton, Calbert, Ridge Brewer and Sawyer Hall. Moon finished with two hits, and Baker, Matt Keeler, Mitchell Ryan Woodlee, Gallagher and Baylor Brewer had one apiece.

Quality Mold got two hits each from Womack, Austin Melton, Brumley and Rockwell, while Jonathan Chisam, Bailey Henegar, Japheta Henegar, Clark and Lewis had one each.

? In Tuesday?s late game, Custom Granite?s Cubs rolled past McMinnville Ford 17-6.

Lockhart went 3-for-3 in the winning effort, while King, Moore, Taven Newport, Tubb, Majors and Rios all had two hits apiece. McGee, Burnett, Bond, Gavin Gunter and Hillis had a hit each.

McMinnville Ford was led by Jordan Hillis and Lorentzen, who had two hits apiece, while John Haley, Taylor Morton, Hayden Jennings, Will Lupo, Dustin Hale and Matthew Carter notched one apiece.

Standings

Through May 12
Team REC
Custom Granite Cubs 2-0
Barr?s 1-0
BLC 1-0
L&C Custom Homes 1-0
Brewer Amusement 1-0
McMinnville Ford 1-0
ABC Ice Reds 0-1
Hoover & Son Ins. 0-1
NHC 0-1
Quality Mold 0-2