Friendship flawless in opening week of action

The five-team youth division of the 2007 Warren County Church League opened its season this week, with Friendship jumping out to an early 2-0 record with a pair of blowout victories.

On Tuesday night, the league leaders cruised past New Hope 26-3, with Montgomery Basham finishing 4-for-4 with a home run to lead the winning charge. Gage Myers and Justin Barnes belted a homer each, finishing with two hits apiece.

New Hope?s three runs came in the first inning, after Friendship had taken a 7-0 lead.

Frienship returned to the fairgrounds Thursday, and came home with a shutout victory, downing Covenant 20-0.

Gavin Lewis had a pair of hits, including a homer, for the winning side, while Myers was 2-for-5 and Taylor Bain led the hit parade with a 3-for-4 night.

In Thursday?s other youth game, Cornerstone cruised to a 35-3 victory over Pioneer, scoring 24 runs in the bottom of the first inning. Joel Rowland was 4-for-4, while Jacob York went 3-for-3 with a home run and Braydon Woodlee was 2-for-3 with another homer. Chelsea Soloman, Adam Hollingsworth, Mark Barnhill and Stephen Sloman had two hits each.