Rotary, Cherokee tied for 1st place

Cody Deason of Sundrop takes a cut at a pitch during his team?s game against Rotary Club Tuesday night.

Both Rotary and Cherokee Manufacturing stood at 4-1 on the season heading into this week?s action.

In last Thursday?s Rotary win over First National, Casey Myers pitched five innings, fanning seven batters on his way to the victory. Rotary also got a pair of hits each from Dakota Taylor, Brentley Panter and Myers, while Lucas Majors, Logan Seamons, Cody Fitts, Justin McGregor, Will Odom and Ethan Turner had a hit each.

Casey Dunn went 3-for-3 for First National, and took the loss on the pitcher?s mound, while Dylan Keith had a pair of hits and Caleb Underhill added one.

In other action last Thursday, Sundrop picked up a 13-1 win over Walker Nursery, with Dakota Logan claiming the victory on the hill. Houston Simons took the loss for Walker.

Tyler Glenn, Jason Johnson, Cody Deason and Ken Clayton had two hits each for Sundrop, while Derrick Mikkola and Logan had a hit apiece.

For Walker, Jeremy Southard, Josh Miller, Ridge Nunley, Roth Nunley, Simons and Cody Ray recorded a hit apiece.

? Last Tuesday night, Rotary Club edged Cherokee Manufacturing 6-5, with Brentley Panter fanning seven batters on his way to the win while Mark Harvey struck out nine and took the hard-luck loss.

At the plate for Rotary, Lucas Majors, Logan Seamons, Panter and Casey Myers all went 2-for-3, while Dakota Taylor, Cody Fitts and Beck Spurlock added a hit apiece.

Harvey helped his cause with a 2-for-3 night at the plate, with Caleb Northcutt, Dustin Rhea and Casey Solomon adding a hit each for Cherokee.

In Tuesday?s other game, Sundrop downed First National Bank 10-6. Dakota Logan took the win, while Dylan Keith was the losing pitcher.

Cody Deason went 2-for-3 for Sundrop, with Derrick Mikkola, Tyler Glenn, Jason Johnson and Logan adding a hit apiece. For First National, Casey Dunn and Lou Christian had two hits each, while Caleb Underhill, Cameron Bond, Tylan Martin, Andrew Sims and Hector Labrada had a hit each.

? Last Monday at Newman Field, Cherokee rallied to take a 9-8 win over Walker Nursery, with Matt McColloch earning the win while Roth Nunley took the loss.

Mark Harvey was 2-for-3 for the winning club, while Patrick Harvey and Caleb Northcutt had a hit each. Cody Ray, Roth Nunley and Josh Miller all had hits for Walker.

In Monday?s other game, Rotary edged First National 4-3, with Logan Seamons earning the win on the mound. Lucas Majors, Dakota Taylor, Seamons and Casey Myers had a hit each for Rotary, while Cameron Bond was 2-for-3 for First National Bank. Casey Dunn, Dylan Keith, Andrew Sims, Tylan Martin and Caleb Underhill also had hits for First National.