Dresden dominates West Carroll in five innings

    The Dresden Lions fell behind early, but only briefly as the Lions took a 17-7 five-inning win over visiting West Carroll in their final game during Spring Break last Wednesday at Dresden.
    The War Eagles jumped ahead early as an RBI single from Dunn put West Carroll ahead 1-0 in the top of the first inning.
    But, Dresden came right back in the bottom of the opening frame as an RBI single from Eric Evans tied the game. Zach Garner, who was a courtesy runner for Evans, then scored on a Chris Peeler fielder’s choice to give the Lions the lead. Peeler scored later in the inning on an error to give the Lions a 3-1 lead.
    Dresden added some more runs in the bottom of the second frame. Gatlin Hatchel plated one with an RBI single and Matt Beaty slammed a two-run homer to put the Lions on top 6-1 after two innings.
    In the top of the third, the War Eagles came back with a pair of runs as Wainscott got an RBI double then scored on a Singleton single to cut the Dresden lead to 6-3.
    The Lions responded in the bottom of the fourth with five runs. Evans knocked in a run on a triple and Peeler followed with an RBI bunt single. Josh Bone added an RBI single. Matt Janes scored on an error to push the Lions lead to 11-3 after four innings.
    The War Eagles came back with four runs in the top of the fifth. McClain and Dunn scored on an error while Cryer got a two-run single to cut the Dresden lead to 11-7.
    But, the Lions would put the game away in the bottom of the fifth inning. Beaty got the scoring going in the frame with his second two-run homer of the day. Daniel Harris followed with a two-run double then scored on an error. Hatchel then ended the game with a walk-off RBI double.

Dresden's Drake Campbell wins McKenzie 5K

   Drake Campbell won the 5K race held in McKenzie on Saturday, April 4 to benefit the American Cancer Society. Drake had a time of 19:11 on the course. The top three winners were all from Dresden. Drake had a time 19:11; second was Blake Gallimore with 19:12 and Ed Campbell with 20:04.
    A total of 31 runners participated from Dresden under the direction of head coach Todd Maxey and assistant David Hatter. The group included members of the Dresden Middle School Cross Country team as well as other individual runners from Dresden, all competing individually.
    Dresden runners also swept the 0-12 age group. Tyler Hutcherson won first with a time of 23.16; Timothy Huests won second with 24:10; Donovan Sawyers won third with 24:23; Sam Ellis won fourth with 24:55; and Donovan Davis won fifth with 25:54.
    Sarah Hatler of Dresden won second in the ladies' division of the 5K race; In the 0-12 age group, Carrie Hatchel won second, Carly Greer of Gleason won third, Rachel Parnell of Dresden won fourth, and Nikki Rosenberry won fifth. In the 13-15 group, Ashley Pitman of Dresden won second.
    In the age group 13-15 - Austin Maxey won first at 21:54; Justin James won second at 22:31; Bo Rockett won fourth at 27:45; In Age 40-49, Todd Maxey for first at 21:13.
 

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Central Tigers overpower WHS Chargers for non-district victory

    The Hollow Rock-Bruceton Tigers utilized the strong hitting of Haden Williams, Hayden Howell, Chance Ragsdale, Dylan Casteel and pitching of Aaron Runion to defeat the Westview Chargers 12-8 at the ESPN Classic at Huntingdon.
In the top of the first, Tiger lead-off batter Haden Williams ripped a double to left field. During Dylan Casteel's at-bat, Williams advanced to third via a passed ball. Casteel was hit by a pitch and was awarded first base. Williams stole third base. Tiger Will Roberts walked to load the bases with no outs. Tiger Caleb Hollingsworth hit a RBI grounder to short, forcing out Casteel at third as Williams scored. Tiger Hayden Howell smacked a RBI double, scoring Roberts. Bearing down, Westview pitcher Taylor struck out Tiger batters Brandon Harrison and Elijah Phillips to retire the side.
    In the bottom of the first, Tiger pitcher Aaron Runion forced the Chargers to go three-up, three-down via a fly-out to right, fly-out to left and ground-out to third.
    In the top of the second, Charger pitcher Taylor walked Runion and Ragsdale. During Tiger Haden Williams at-bat, the Westview catcher quickly retrieved a passed ball and threw-out Runion as he attempted to steal third as Ragsdale safely stole second. On the next pitch, Ragsdale stole third. Facing a 2-2 count, Tiger Williams ground out to second, scoring Ragsdale. Casteel followed with a ground out to short as Central increased their lead to 3-0.
Westview went three-up, three-down in the bottom of the second as Runion struck out Taylor, forced Garner to ground out to short and struck out Shell.
    In the top of the third, Central went three-up, three-down as Will Roberts ground out to short, Elijah Phillips flew out to deep center and Hayden Howell ground out to third.
In the bottom of the third, Westview's Stanton led off with a single to short centerfield. Tiger pitcher Runion worked the count to 3-2 before striking out Copeland. Runion walked Chargers Ramsey and Parker to load the bases. Swinging away, Westview's Parham lined out to short for the second out. Responding, Charger Hughes drilled a three-run RBI off the right field wall. Digging in, Tiger hurler Runion fanned the next batter to end the inning as Westview knotted the score, 3-3.
    Central stranded two base runners and failed to score in the top of the fourth inning.
    In the bottom of the fourth, Westview went three-up, three-down as Garner flew out to leftfielder Phillips, Shell ground out to second baseman Williams and Watson struck out.
    Central added an additional run in the top of the fifth inning via Casteel's towering homerun over the leftfield fence to recapture the lead, 4-3.
 

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