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Wednesday, April 6, 2005
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Gleason dominates
Yellowjackets for district win |
By Rory Higgins
Sports Writer |
On one of the sunniest and warmest afternoons this area
has had this spring, the Gleason Bulldogs visited Callins
Park in Greenfield on Monday to take on the hometown
Yellowjackets.
In the first couple innings of play, both teams did not make
any marks on the scoreboard, much less even get runners on
base.
In the top of the first, Gleason's Jacob Howington was first
up to bat and hit a single, but after Adam Bennett also hit
a single, Howington was tagged out at second after a
groundout from Justin Lyles to Jakob Perkins.
After one out in the top of the first, Greenfield ended
Gleason's at bat with a double play. First off, Jonathan
Grooms caught a hit for an out back in center field and, in
the confusion with the runners on base and the caught out,
tossed it to Josh Tharp at first base for the other out.
After two scoreless innings, Gleason came out of the top of
the third with some points.
After a couple walks and a single filled up the bases three
batters into the third, Bennett hit a single to send two
runners home. Following a strikeout, Bradley Maddox made a
hit and ended up getting out at first, but brought a runner
home in the process.
Before the third and final out after a groundout from
catcher Brett Perkins to Tharp on first base, Brandon Bailey
hit a line drive a little ways into center field for a
single to bring one more runner home, giving Gleason four
runs.
In the bottom of the third, Maddox got two strikeouts with
the first two batters and walked Aaron Davidson after he got
hit with the ball. Following this, Maddox closed out the
third with another strikeout with the next batter.
In the fourth, Gleason continued to gain on the scoreboard
after batters such as Bennett, Howington, and Maddox were
slowly knocking out singles, sending runners home one at a
time, and making their way around the bases.
After adding four more points to their score, a force out at
2nd from Lyles ended the top of the fourth for Gleason. The
rest of the fourth inning was quick as Greenfield went three
up and three down after a couple caught outs and a
strikeout.
Starting out the fifth inning, Gleason's first batter went
out after a caught out from third baseman Adam Ledezma. But
after this, Matt Smith made it to first after a hit on a
error on the pitcher.
The bases were loaded shortly after Byron Fuqua drew a walk
and Howington hit a single. Bennett hit a single after this
to send Smith home, but Fuqua was caught out at third by
Ledezma.
Slayton Gearin got a double following this to score
Howington, but the next batter's hit to left field was
caught out by Jonathan Dethloff, ending the top of the fifth
with Gleason leading by 10.
Now able to end this game by the fifth, Gleason just had to
prevent Greenfield from scoring. After Maddox walked the
first two batters, he struck out the next two.
A full count was reached with the fifth batter up until his
hit led to a force out at third by Bennett for the final out
to end the game. Gleason won 10-0.
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Dresden rallies to open district
play with a win |
By J. R. Peevyhouse
Sports EditorThe Dresden Lions, fresh off
their second place finish in the St. Jude Classic over the
weekend, began district play on Monday as they hosted the
South Fulton Red Devils in the first half of a home-and-home
series.
After falling behind 4-1 in the top of the fifth inning, the
Lions rallied to retake the lead in their half of the inning
before adding one in the sixth to get the 6-4 win.
After the Red Devils added two runs in the top of the fifth
inning, the Lions roared back in the bottom half of that
frame. Drew Vernon led off the bottom of the fifth with a
solo homerun to cut the lead to two points. After singles
from Derrick Hansen and Matt Thomas, Adam Clements tied the
game with a two-run double to make the score 4-4. Matt
Clements (courtesy runner for Adam Clements) then scored on
a Levister single to give the Lions a 5-4 lead after five
innings.
After Adam Clements struck out two of the three batters he
faced in the sixth inning, the Lions added their sixth run
as Vernon scored on an error to make the score 6-4.
Adam Clements struck out the side in the top of the seventh
to seal the win.
(Read the rest of this story in the April 6th
edition of the Dresden Enterprise.) |
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Lady Lions stop late GHS rally to get district win |
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By J. R. Peevyhouse
Sports Editor
The Dresden Lady Lions took an early lead on Monday
afternoon, but saw that lead slip to just one run late in
the game as Gleason added three runs in the top of the fifth
inning. But, Dresden answered with two runs of their own in
the bottom of the sixth inning to seal the 6-3 district win
over the Lady Bulldogs.
Dresden got on the board early as Rook led off the bottom of
the first win a double. After advancing to third on a passed
ball, Rook scored on a Jessica Neisler groundout to put the
Lady Lions on the board. The next batter, Brooke Levister,
plated another run as she singled in Kelly Filtz, who had
walked, to make the score 2-0 after one inning.
After a scoreless second inning, the Lady Lions got on the
board again in the bottom of the third as a Lacie Kelley
double plated two runs to make the score 4-0 after three
innings.
After threatening twice with runners in scoring position and
one out in two previous innings, the Lady Bulldogs finally
got on the board in the top of the fifth inning. With one
out, Brittany Pierce got an infield single. After Pierce was
lifted for a courtesy runner, Lacie Trevathan reached on an
error and Katlyn Gaylord singled to load the bases.
After a flyout gave the Lady Bulldogs two outs, a two-run
single by Taylor Whorton cut the Dresden lead in half.
Ashley Camp plated another run on a single, cutting the lead
to 4-3, but Dresden was able to get Wharton out at second
base to end the threat.
(Read the rest of this story in the April 6th
edition of the Dresden Enterprise.)
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