Boyd Middle wraps year by sweeping Van Buren

The Boyd Christian Middle School baseball team ended a successful season Tuesday night with a sweep over Van Buren Middle at the Edley Newman field.

In the first game the Broncos defeated the Eagles 4-2 in five innings. Kaleb Rymer picked up the win for Boyd and Jordan Dennis got the save with one inning of work.

Boyd scored two runs in the bottom of the first and two in the third, while both of Van Buren’s runs came in the fourth inning.

Grayson Woods, Kaleb Tilton, Aaron Taylor and Rymer connected at the plate for Boyd.

In the second game the Broncos rolled over Van Buren County 15-3 in four innings. Dennis got the win, working three innings with five strikeouts, while Brody Fernandez worked the fourth fanning one Eagle batter.

After one inning of play Boyd held a 1-0 lead. The Broncos came out in the second inning and sent 11 runs across the plate. Van Buren scored all three of its runs in the third.

The Broncos put three more runs on the board in the fourth and the game was called due to the run rule.

Rymer, Dennis and Logan McCormick had two hits each. Logan Walker and Woods added one hit apiece.

The Broncos finished the year with a 6-2 record.