Lakeside Baseball
Coach Bob Gray’s Lakeside Warriors found a way to tame a Tiger over the weekend, taking two wins in a three-game set with the Many Tigers.
Lakeside 4, Many 1
Lakeside got on the board in the first inning when Gage Williams delivered an RBI single, then added what proved to be the game-winner in the third as Peyton Gray scored on a sacrifice fly.
Eli Campbell went the distance for the Warriors, giving up five hits, striking out six and walking one. Kaghan Miller took the loss for Many.
Jon Jon Dick led Lakeside with three hits in three at-bats and Williams had one hit and two RBI.
Lakeside 10, Many 9
Eli Campbell’s RBI single in the top of the seventh inning was enough to help Lakeside hold on for a 10-9 win over Many in a back and forth contest Friday.
Lakeside opened the scoring in the first on a Gage Williams ground out to score one run, then built a 2-0 lead in the third on Brock Case’s RBI single.
Many took a 4-2 lead in the bottom of the third thanks to singles by Kaghan Miller, and Evan Early, but the Warriors bounced back for a 6-4 advantage in the top of the fourth. Jake Glass grounded out, scoring one run, Hayden Williams grounded out to score another and Case drove in a pair of runs with a double.
Lathan Lee doubled to put Many into a 6-6 tie in the bottom of the fourth. After Many went ahead by one, Peyton Gray singled in two runs for a 9-8 Lakeside lead. Early’s RBI ground-out tied it in the sixth, setting the stage for Campbell’s game winner.
Drake Chreene earned the win for Lakeside while Lee took the loss for Many.
Lakeside tallied 11 hits in the game. Case went 2-for-3 at the plate and led the team with three runs batted in. Campbell had three hits in four at bats. Gray collected two hits in four at-bats and Jon Jon Dick stole five bases. Lakeside collected eight stolen bases for the game.
Miller, Warren, and Sylvia each collected three hits for Many.
Many 6, Lakeside 1
Many collected 10 hits for the game and Tuffy Cutrer gave up only one unearned run to lead the Tigers past Lakeside by 6-1 Friday, salvaging a win in the three-game set with the Warriors.
Lakeside scored its only run in the third on a single by Peyton Gray, but Many took the lead for good in the bottom of the fourth on consecutive doubles by Evan Early, Brock Sylvia and Gavin Roark combined with a Ky Warren single.
Cutrer gave up six hits and one run (zero earned) over seven innings, striking out three and walking one to get the win. Gage Williams took the loss for Lakeside.
Gray went three-for-three with one RBI to lead Lakeside. Jon Jon Dick and Gray each stole multiple bases
Roark, Cutrer, Warren, Sylvia, Early, and Cole O’Con each drove in one run for Many.
Lakeside Softball
Lakeside and Ruston combined for 34 hits Thursday and the Lady Bearcats finally managed to outscore the Lady Warriors 16-15 Thursday.
Ruston got off to a blistering start, scoring eight runs in the bottom of the first inning after the Lady Warriors had taken a 3-0 lead in the top. Big blow in the inning for Ruston was a grand slam by Aubrey Stoehr.
Ruston extended its lead with four runs in the bottom of the second, thanks to RBI singles by Jaiden Feeheley and Gracelyn Underwood. Lakeside managed a comeback, and tied the game at 12 in the top of the fifth on a Madilynn Squyres single.
Lakeside couldn’t overcome the Lady Bearcats after the team took the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning on singles by Feeheley, Annaliese Doss and Abby Holton and a sacrifice fly.
Sage Tolar earned the win for Ruston while Moose Jernigan took the loss for Lakeside.
Lakeside had 16 hits in the game with Meredith Robinson and Emily Jones each collecting three hits. Jernigan had two hits with three runs batted in from the number nine spot in the lineup. Squyres and Chreene each collected multiple hits for the Lady Warriors.
Ruston amassed 18 hits in the game. Stoehr had five runs batted in on a two-for-five day at the plate. Feeheley had three hits in four at bats. Holton, Underwood, Morgan Foster, Skylar Bowers, Atwood, and Tolar each collected multiple hits.
(Stats and info provided by GameChanger Media.)