Central tops Temple in 67-run slugfest

Central won a barn-burner over Temple Tuesday night in the men’s division of Warren County Church League softball, batting around in the first two innings on the way to a 36-31 victory.

Sixteen of the first 17 Central batters reached base and came around to score in the first inning, as the team went through its entire lineup twice before recording its third out. The hits kept coming in the second, with 14 batters coming to the plate to help Central tack on 10 more runs.

Jef Chisam went 5-for-5 with two home runs, while Timmy Bryant had a grand slam as part of his three-hit night. Ben Dunn, Todd Gilley, Jef Vance and Brandon Jones were all 5-for-5, while Todd Dunn and Matt Rains had four hits each and Kenny Pride had three.

Randal Harrell played longball for Temple with three home runs, including an inside-the-park shot in the first. Dean Blankenship was 4-for-5 with a homer, while Brandon McGee, Zach Pelham, Rob Williams, Ben Cantrell and Andy Harrell all had four hits as well. Wes Williams added three base knocks to his team’s offensive totals.

In other men’s league games from Tuesday night:

Friendship 16,

Madison St. 12

David Talley was 3-for-4 with a homer, while Kyle Thompson had a home run and a single for Friendship. Tim Gillespie added three hits, while Travis Barnes and Brandon Locke had two apiece.

Jordan Elkins went 2-for-3 with a pair of homers for Madison Street.

Morrison 27, Biblebeaters 15

A nine-run fourth helped put Morrison on top, and Cody Adcock, Terry Allen, Mickey Ralph and Abraham Pryor had four hits apiece. Ryan Williams, Aaron Roberts and Jonnie Holt all added three.

The Biblebeaters were led by Josh Summers, who had three hits including a homer, and Justin Stevens, who was also 3-for-4. Calan Adcock, Tony Smith, Kevin Bottoms, Jamie Thomison, Bud Gutierrez and Dewayne McCormick had two hits apiece.

In Tuesday’s other scheduled game, North Hills defeated Apostolic Faith by forfeit.

Thursday night’s games included:

Covenant 26,

Locust St. 14

Brent Jacobs had a homer, and went 4-for-5 on the night s did Covenant teammates Johnathan Jones, Ryan Lawrence, Brad Gross, Cody Nabors, Albert Prater and Timmy Bryant. Gary Milstead had three hits.

Locust Street’s Chris Hennessee was 3-for-4 with a homer, while Ricky Talbert and Chandler Adams had four hits apiece. Duane Sherrill and Bryan Merritt were both 3-for-4.

North Hills 21, Covenant 17

Derrick Carter went 4-for-5 with two home runs, and was kept from a perfect night at the plate when he hit another homer which exceeded the league limit. Frank Southard, Trent Young and John Sparkman had four hits apiece, while Dustin Cherry, Stephen Hale and Kyle Fisher had three. Richard Felty was 2-for-4 with an inside-the-park homer.

For Covenant, Brent Jacobs had three hits including a homer, while Brent Aughinbaugh was 4-for-4. Brad Gross, Chris Madewell, Andrew Mansell and Ryan Aughinbaugh all had three-hit nights.

Pioneer 11,

Madison St. 10

Craig Mitchell had two home runs, and drove in the game-winner with a sacrifice fly which scored Chris Wanamaker. Wanamaker and Phil Mitchell had three hits apiece, while Kelly Carter and Jason Walker had two each.

Madison Street got a homer from Cody Young, as well as two hits each from Brandon Evans and Joel Lorance.

Pioneer 19, 1st United 3

Pioneer made it two in a row by closing Thursday’s action with a win over First United Methodist. Jason Johnson was 3-for-3, while John Hines, Perry Reed, Jason Walker, Dell Watson, Craig Mitchell, Kelly Carter and Peter Hines all had two hits.

First United got a hit apiece from Stephen Glenn, Ricky Stewart, Evan Cooper, Jonathan Bly and Skip Zwemer.