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Wednesday, March 23, 2005
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Lions defeat Tornadoes to
remain undefeated |
By Rory Higgins
Sports Writer |
Undefeated 4-0 and wearing brand new uniforms, the
Dresden boys took to their home field against the Union City
Tornadoes on Monday afternoon and took yet another win.
With Adam Clements pitching, Union City's first two batters
went out on strikeouts. But third up, Hunter Lindsey hit a
single to make it on first and then on to second on a wild
pitch with the next batter.
That next batter, Blake Gregg, knocked out a double way out
to right field to bring home Lindsey for the first point of
the game. However, Union City's offense was cut short in the
opening inning after Clements served up a strikeout with the
following batter.
For the next few innings, both teams remained scoreless and
were barely making it on base with a number of strikeouts
and ground outs to first coming from both teams.
In the bottom of the fourth, the black and gold earned some
points that would later give them the win. After Derek
Hansen drew a walk, a double deep between right and center
field from Matt Thomas put runners on second and third.
After this, Adam Clements hit a single to left field to
bring Hansen home, with Brett Turner running for Clements. A
ground out to first with the next batter brought Thomas
home, followed by a double from Wil Levister to bring
Clements home after another ground out between the two
scores.
The fourth inning ended for Dresden after Levister attempted
to make it to third on a wild pitch and was caught out at
third.
Dresden added another point to their score board the next
inning after Hansen brought Drew Vernon home on a single,
making the score 4-1.
With two innings left, the purple and gold attempted to make
the best of their last two opportunities at bat but fell
short by a point by the end.
Kyle Hitt was able to make it to first base after a dropped
third strike in the sixth inning, and then went onto make it
to second on a wild pitch and steal both third and home
plate to make the score 4-2.
In the top of the seventh, Gregg brought a runner home after
a couple outs to make the score 4-3 with runners on second
and third. Close to tying it up, the next hitter's shot was
caught by Clements at the pitcher mound and thrown to Jacob
Hatchel for a ground out to end the game.
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Lady War Eagle offense too much
for Gleason |
By J. R. Peevyhouse
Sports EditorThe Gleason Lady Bulldog softball
team showed improvement on Thursday afternoon, playing sound
defense during their contest with West Carroll. However, the
Lady War Eagle offense proved to be too much as the Lady
Dawgs fell 14-5 to West Carroll.
After West Carroll opened the game with a run in both the
first and second innings, the Lady Bulldogs were able to get
on the board in the bottom of the second as Amy Spain was
able to steal home to cut the Lady War Eagle lead to 2-1.
However, that score did not last long as the Lady War Eagles
scored three runs in the top of the third inning to push
their lead to four points.
(Read the rest of this story in the February 23rd
edition of the Dresden Enterprise.) |
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Dresden tops Westview in Charger season-opener |
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By Rory Higgins
Sports Writer
In Martin Westview's season opener on a cold, cloudy
last Tuesday, they traveled to Dresden to play against
the Lions, who had kicked their season off with a 5-4
victory the previous day against the visiting Peabody
Golden Tide.
Starting off the first inning, both teams were three
up and three down as Matt Thomas threw a couple
strikeouts and Westview's Brandon Pate and Matt
Fortner were more than happy to catch a couple pop
flies from Dresden batters.
After both teams seemed to warm up after that
scoreless opening inning, Westview's Brody Legens hit
a line drive out to right field that brought two
runners home in the top of the second.
With the bases loaded moments later, a hit caught by
Thomas and tossed to catcher Adam Turbeville at home
plate netted the third out and sent the Westview
offense back to the dugout.
(Read the rest of this story in the February 23rd
edition of the Dresden Enterprise.)
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