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    With one out in the bottom of the seventh and trailing the Dresden Lions 8-7, McKenzie batter Parker Jones thrilled the Rebel faithful by blasting a mammoth three-run homer over the left field fence to seal his team's emotional come-from-behind 10-8 victory.
    Following a scoreless first inning, the Dresden Lions' offense got on track in the top of the second as Lion's Dwayne Bailey and Matt Chappell singled. Following Lion pitcher Roe Hugh's ground out to second, Chris Peeler smacked a RBI single to right to score Bailey. Lion Daniel Harris reached first safely on a fielder's choice after Rebel third baseman Rusty Chapman's throw to first was wide of the mark, allowing Lion Chappell to score and give Dresden an 2-0 lead.
    Dresden batter Greg Alderice kept the momentum going for Dresden by ripping a two-run RBI double to right field to score Peeler. Lion Justin Hatler followed with an RBI single to center that scored Harris and increased Dresden's lead to 4-0.
    Following a timeout, McKenzie pitcher Tyler Holt was replaced on the mound by Parker Jones.
    Resuming play in the top of the second, Dresden batter Matt Bailey singled to right to score Hatler. Lion batter Eric Evans flew out to center as Dresden took a 5-0 lead.
    In the bottom of the second, McKenzie batter Holt led off with a single to center and advanced to third via Jones' double to center. Rebel Tyler Reeder followed with a sacrifice ground out to second that scored Holt. Rebel Clint Kee hit a sacrifice fly to center to score substitute runner Mark Newman and narrow the Lion lead to 5-2. Kyle Kirk ripped a line drive that was caught by the Lion third baseman to end the inning.
    In the top of the third, Dresden went three-up, three-down as Lion Dwayne Bailey flew out to right and Chappell and Hugh struck out.
    In the bottom of the third, Rebel Drew Brown led off with a single to left. Chapman ripped a two hopper to second and beat the throw to first to put runners on first and second. Derek Carr drilled a one-hopper through the gap at second, scoring Brown. Chappell followed by hitting a sharp grounder that was fielded by the Lion shortstop and thrown to the second baseman to force Carr out at second. Holt hit a grounder to short that was thrown to second to force out Chappell. The Lion second baseman turned and fired the ball to first to complete the double play as McKenzie narrowed the Lion lead to 5-3.

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Gleason dominates Greenfield in district softball tilt

The Gleason Lady Bulldogs picked up a big district win on Tuesday afternoon, blanking the Greenfield Lady ’Jackets 15-0 in Gleason.

The Lady Bulldogs got on the board early in the game, scoring an unearned run in the bottom of the first inning to make the score 1-0.

The Lady Dawgs then blew the game open in the bottom of the second frame, tacking on 13 runs in the bottom of the second before adding a pair in the bottom of the third to bring the mercy rule into play.

Bulldogs complete home-and-home sweep of Greenfield Yellowjackets

The Gleason Bulldogs completed a home-and-home sweep of Greenfield on Tuesday afternoon, taking an 8-7 win over the Yellowjackets in extra innings.

With the win, the Bulldogs clinched second place in the Eastern Division of District 14-A, via tiebreak with Greenfield.

The ’Jackets opened the scoring in the top of the first inning as Brett Perkins was hit by a pitch and Dalton Potts singled. Colin Medling followed with a three-run homer to make the score 3-0.

Gleason followed with in the bottom of the first as Cody Ezell scored on a sacrifice fly to cut the lead to two runs.

The Bulldogs tied the score in the bottom of the second as Matt Mayo and Nicky Spain singled, then scored on an Ezell triple to make the score 3-3 after two innings.

Greenfield answered in the top of the third inning. Singles from Daniel Ricketts and Steven Johnson, as well as three walks led to three runs by the ’Jackets to make the score 6-3.

The deficit remained at three until the bottom of the fifth inning when Gleason got a walk to Zack Wallace and Even Orr. After Alex Verdell was hit by a pitch, a Ryan Richardson single helped the Bulldogs plate two runs to cut the lead to one run.

Greenfield added another run in the top of the seventh inning as Colin Medling scored on a Brady Medling hit to make the score 7-5.

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