Cornerstone rolls into youth tourney finals

Thursday night in the church league’s youth division tournament, Cornerstone won its way into the championship game, blanking Covenant 16-0.

Cornerstone, which has only lost one game this season, will play for the title at 6:30 Tuesday night, taking on either Covenant ‘ which dropped to the losers’ bracket finals ‘ or the winner of a losers’ bracket game between Friendship and Pioneer. The losers’ bracket final is set for 5:30 Tuesday night.

In thursday’s win, Cornerstone batted around in the first inning, with Jacob George singling to get things going and belting a two-out inside-the-park home run to cap a 10-run frame.

Stephen Solomon finished with three hits, while George, Adam Hollandsworth, B.J. Woodlee, Dillon Presley, Brady Powers and Bill Raider had two apiece.

Covenant’s offense struggled, with Jamie Pitts doubleing and David Reed collecting a single for their team’s only hits in the four-inning game.

In Thursday’s other youth contest, Friendship stayed in the hunt for the title, downing New Hope 25-2.

Gavin Lewis connected for inside-the-park home runs in his first three at-bats on the way to a fourhit night, while Dakota Seamons had four hits, including two homers. Gage Myers had three triples and finished with four hit, while Will Basham and Montgomery Basham had three hits each.

New Hope was led by Matt Brady, who had two hits including a home run.