Warriors come from behind to beat Cougars

Lakeside’s Warriors waited for their opportunity to rise, coming from behind to gain an 11-6 win over the Grant Cougars Tuesday.

Lakeside got on the board in the top of the first inning on Drake Chreene’s sacrifice fly and Jon Jon Dick’s steal of home, but Grant came back in the bottom of the inning to take a 3-2 lead.

Grant added to the lead in the bottom of the second inning before the Warriors pulled into a tie in the top of the third on RBI singles by Gage Williams and Jake Glass and a Noah Redding walk.

Lakeside went ahead 8-5 in the top of the fourth on the strength of a Brock Case bases loaded triple.

Williams earned the win for Lakeside, allowing five hits and one unearned run  over five innings, striking out four and walking none. Ryland Nation took the loss for Grant.

Glass and Williams each collected two hits for Lakeside while Case went one-for-three with three RBI. Lakeside waited out nine walks in the game with Chreene, Dick, Redding, and Peyton Gray collecting two free each.

Lakeside had a whopping 11 stolen bases in the game with Dick, Eric Jones, Williams, and Gray each collecting multiple steals.

Lady Warriors win in 20-hit attack over Winnfield

Emily Jones led a Lakeside 20-hit attack with four hits and four RBI to lead the Lady Warriors to a 14-9 win over Winnfield Tuesday.

Jones singled to center and Raleah Harris doubled to right field, each scoring a run, to get the Lady Warriors started. Lakeside extended the lead with four runs in the top of the second, thanks to RBI doubles by Meredith Robinson, Jones, and Harris.

After Lakeside’s 7-0 lead, Winnfield scored five runs on five hits in the bottom of the third to get back into the game.

McKenna Chreene earned the win for Lakeside, giving up 13 hits, nine runs and striking out six in going the distance.

Jones and Chreene each had four hits for Lakeside and Maggie Mandino, Harris, and Robinson each collected multiple hits.

(Stats and info provided by GameChanger Media.)