Madison Street claims spot in church finals
Madison Street earned a spot in the tournament championship game in the church league men’s ‘B’ division Thursday, topping Temple 24-13 after scoring 10 runs in the second inning and seven more in the fourth.
Madison Street will play for the title Tuesday night, taking on whoever comes out of the losers’ bracket, where Temple, the Biblebeaters and Central are still alive.
Jordan Elkins was one of eight Madison Street batters to finish with three hits in Thursday’s win, and had a second-inning home run to his credit. Joel Lorance had three triples, while Hobie Stewart, B.J. Woodlee, David Beard, Cody Young, Aubrey Green and Brandon Evans also had three hits apiece.
For Temple, Randal Harrell had three hits, including a pair of triples, while Wes Williams, Dean Blankenship and Rob Williams had two hits apiece.
In other action Thursday, Hebron eliminated Locust Street from the ‘A’ division tournament with a 24-9 win which featured a 10-run fourth inning.
Steve Sliger homered for the winners, and finished with three hits as did Jody Denny, J.B. Smith, Barry Taylor and John Blair. Locust Street’s Ronnie Talbert had a pair of hits, including a home run, while Josh Moore, Chris Hennessee, Bobby Christian and Jacob Lawrence had two hits apiece.
Central advanced to a matchup with the Biblebeaters by downing Pioneer 24-20, thanks to a four-hit night from Timmy Bryant, including a home run, and three hits from Jeff Chisam which also included an inside-the-park homer. Ben Dunn, Devin Mason and Brandon Jones added three hits apiece.
Pioneer’s Peter Hines and Dell Watson had four hits each, with Hines belting an inside-the-park shot. Bobby Dillon, Jason Young and Chris Wanamaker all had three-hit nights, while Jason Walker had an inside-the-park homer.
The Biblebeaters downed Friendship 21-7, with Chad Young leading the way with four hits, including a homer. ‘Bird’ Oleksik, Tony Smith and Kevin Bottoms had three hits each.
Friendship, which scored all of its runs in the third inning, got a pair of hits apiece from Jonathan Denton, Brandon Locke, Montgomery Basham and Adam Anderson.
North Hills awaits the winner of Monday’s game between Apostolic Faith and Hebron, who it will face in the men’s ‘A’ championship game Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
Their road to the finals consisted of a pair of wins: An 18-17 win over Locust Street and a 15-0 shutout over Apostolic Faith.
Against Locust Street, Victor Roller had four hits, including a homer, and Derrick Carter homered on a two-hit night. Dustin Cherry, Kyle Fisher and Richard Felty had three hits apiece.
Locust Street’s Josh Moore homered, while Ronnie Talbert had four hits. Casey Talbert, Chris Hennessee and Ricky Talbert added three hits apiece.
In North Hills’ win over Apostolic, Roller once again homered, finishing with three hits, while Cherry had three hits including an inside-the-park shot. Carter finished with three, while Trent Young, Fisher, Felty and Kevin Curtis had two hits apiece.
George Tate had two hits to lead Apostolic Faith.
Other scores from earlier in the tournament included:
Men’s ‘A’ Division scores: Locust St. 19, Covenant 6; Apostolic Faith 21, Hebron 20; Apostolic Faith 25, Covenant 20.
Men’s ‘B’ Division scores: Biblebeaters 19, Central 14; Temple 19, Pioneer 4; Central 22, Morrison 12; Temple 20, Friendship 6; Pioneer 23, First United Methodist 7; Madison St. 22, Morrison 21; and Friendship 26, First United Methodist 20.