Contributed
(August 20, 2010)
Montgomery (62-59) managed just three hits and Chattanooga (57-64) pitching retired the final 13 Biscuits hitters in order to make an early lead stand, 3-2, Thursday at Riverwalk.
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John Gluschick and Brewbaker Tech will be short a couple of bats after Tuesday's ruling by the NFHS. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(July 14, 2010)
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) announced on Tuesday a ban on composite-barreled bats. The ban follows suit after the NCAA announced a similar ban last year.
The ruling could cost high schools hundreds of dollars in replacements since the bats will not be allowed during the 2011 season.
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The Montgomery Dirtbags recently finished third in the inaugural Omaha Champions Series. (Photo contributed)
Staff Report
(June 30, 2010)
AUM Gold scored 10 runs in the final two innings to beat Prattville, 13-12, in the Dixie Youth Sub-District tournament at AUM on Tuesday Mitchell Madore and Matthew Carter each had three hits each to lead AUM.
OMAHA, Neb. - The Montgomery Dirtbags 10-under baseball team finished third in the inaugural Omaha Champions Village World Series completed late last week.
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Van Wieren (left) spent 43 years as a broadcaster, most of which came in Atlanta with Bobby Cox at the helm and Skip Carey (right) at his side. (Photo contributed)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
(June 29, 2010)
Pete Van Wieren got a rare treat in his career as a broadcaster.
He became an icon as a voice of one team while becoming a household name at the same time, an accomplishment usually reserved for national broadcasters such as Howard Cosell, Curt Gowdy and Keith Jackson.
How it all came about made for a good book.
Of Mikes and Men: A Lifetime of Braves Baseball provides plenty of narratives and information that would appeal to any baseball fan. The stories include behind-the-scene accounts of the highs and lows of a team that built a following across the country.
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Contributed
(June 28, 2010)
Matt Sweeney cleared the bases with a two-out double in the sixth, and the Montgomery Biscuits (4-2) came from behind to beat the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx (2-4), 6-2, Sunday at Riverwalk, earning their third straight victory.
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The Montgomery Dirtbags 10-under team will participate in a new tournament in conjunction with the College World Series. (Photo contributed)
Contributed
(June 16, 2010)
The Montgomery Dirtbags 10-under baseball team will participate in a tournament in conjunction with NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Neb. beginning Saturday.
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Alabama's Taylor Dugas scored the first run for the Crimson Tide. (Photo courtesy Unv. Alabama Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(June 15, 2010)
CLEMSON, S.C. – Alabama’s remarkable postseason run ended two runs short at the 2010 NCAA Super Regional, as the No. 16 Crimson Tide fell to No. 13 Clemson 8-6 in the decisive third game on a hot and humid Monday afternoon at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
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Jake Smith homered in the second inning but Alabama could not overcome the large deficit in a 19-5 loss to Clemson. (Photo courtesy Unv. Alabama Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(June 14, 2010)
CLEMSON, S.C. – No. 16 Alabama could not overcome a six-run first inning deficit and fell to No. 13 Clemson 19-5 in game two of the 2010 NCAA Super Regional at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Sunday night.
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Alabama turned two key double plays Saturday including one in the fifth inning by shortstop Josh Rutledge . (Photo courtesy Unv. Alabama Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(June 13, 2010)
CLEMSON, S.C. – The No. 16 Alabama baseball team scored four runs in the second inning and then rode the clutch pitching of junior right-hander Jimmy Nelson, senior left-hander Jonathan Smart and senior right-hander Jake Smith to a 5-4 win over No. 13 Clemson in game one of the 2010 NCAA Super Regional in front of a jam-packed crowd of 6,346 fans at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Saturday night.
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Golden became the first player from Wetumpka selected in the MLB draft since 1986. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(June 9, 2010)
WETUMPKA - Reggie Golden went to bed on Monday night still wondering where he would play baseball in the immediate future.
Early Tuesday, the decision became a little more clear.
Golden, considered the top high school prospect in the state of Alabama this year, was chosen 65th (second round) by the Chicago Cubs. He now faces the decision of whether to become a pro or spend the next three years at the University of Alabama.
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Contributed
(June 9, 2010)
INDIANAPOLIS - The eight super-regional hosts were announced by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.
A minimum of 45 hours of super-regional television will be provided by family of ESPN channels, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Consult local listings for specific games shown in each area of the country. As many as 15 national broadcast windows could appear on the three ESPN networks from June 11-14.
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Bama piled it on after defeeating Georgia Tech in finals of the Atlanta Regional on Monday. (Photo courtesy Unv. Alabama Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(June 8, 2010)
ATLANTA -- Junior right-hander Nathan Kilcrease etched his name into Crimson Tide lore as he pitched Alabama into the NCAA Super Regionals with a 10-8 win over No. 8 Georgia Tech in the championship game of the 2010 NCAA Atlanta Regional at Russ Chandler Stadium on Monday night.
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Contributed
(June 8, 2010)
AUBURN - Auburn's magical 2010 season came to an end on Monday night at Plainsman Park as the Tigers couldn't keep pace with the Clemson bats in the regional championship game, falling 13-7, in front of a sold out stadium. Auburn finished its season 43-21 with a SEC West Division Championship and the privilege to host a NCAA Regional at its home park for the first time since 2003 on its resume, advancing to the SEC Tournament for the first time since 2003 and the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2005.
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Creede Simpson is greeted by his teammates after his home run lifted Auburn past Clemson on Sunday. (Photo courtesy Auburn Unv. Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(June 7, 2010)
AUBURN - Down by a run, facing elimination and down to its his strike, Auburn's Creede Simpson crushed a 1-2 Tomas Cruz pitch over the green monster in left-center to send Auburn to an 11-9 win over Clemson and force a winner-take-all regional finale on Monday night at 6 p.m. at Plainsman Park.
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Jake Smith was one of three hitters to club a home run in the first inning of Alabama's 8-1 win over Georgia Tech on Sunday. (Photo courtesy Unv. Alabama Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(June 7, 2010)
ATLANTA – Alabama sophomore centerfielder Taylor Dugas homered on the first pitch of the game, setting the tone for the Crimson Tide’s 8-1 win over No. 8 Georgia Tech in the 2010 NCAA Atlanta Regional at Russ Chandler Stadium on Sunday night.
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Alabama junior shortstop Josh Rutledge tags out Georgia Tech’s Chase Burnette on a stolen base attempt in the fourth inning. (Photo courtesy Unv. Alabama Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(June 6, 2010)
ATLANTA - Georgia Tech junior right-hander Deck McGuire pitched eight strong innings and sophomore second baseman Jacob Esch delivered a two-out single in the bottom of the sixth inning as the eighth-ranked Yellow Jackets defeated Alabama 5-2 in front a sellout crowd of 4,157 at the 2010 NCAA Atlanta Regional at Russ Chandler Stadium on Saturday night.
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Contributed
(June 6, 2010)
AUBURN - Clemson jumped on Auburn starter Grant Dayton for three first-inning runs while Clemson starter Casey Harman held Auburn to just two runs on five hits in a complete game effort as Auburn fell, 5-2, on Saturday night in the winner's bracket game of the NCAA Auburn Regional.
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Auburn's Dan Gamache was robbed of a grand slam but still hit a home run in the Tigers' win on Friday. (Photo courtesy Auburn Unv. Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(June 5, 2010)
AUBURN - Playing in front of a jam-packed Plainsman Park, Auburn used three home runs and the reliable relief pitching of Slade Smith and Austin Hubbard to pick up a 9-7 win over Jacksonville State in Auburn's NCAA Regional opening game on Friday night. The win pushed top-seeded Auburn into the winner's bracket, where it will face second-seeded Clemson at 6 p.m. CT on Saturday.
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Contributed
(June 5, 2010)
ATLANTA – The Alabama baseball team had a big day on offense at the 2010 NCAA Atlanta Regional and cruised past Elon with an 11-2 win at Russ Chandler Stadium on Friday.
Alabama (38-22), winners of nine of its last 10 games, advances to Saturday’s winner’s bracket final, where it will meet the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 6 p.m. (CDT). Tech beat Mercer 10-0 in Friday's second game.
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Combined Reports
(June 4, 2010)
AUBURN - Hunter Morris was named a Collegiate Baseball Second Team All-American on Thursday, the publication announced. The Southeastern Conference Player of the Year and a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy, Morris has helped lead Auburn to a No. 1 seed in this weekend's NCAA Auburn Regional... Alabama will be making its 21st NCAA Regional appearance when the Crimson Tide travels to the 2010 Atlanta (Ga.) Regional at Russ Chandler Stadium this week.
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Staff Report
(May 31, 2010)
Auburn, seeded first in its regional, will play host to Clemson, Southern Miss and Jacksonville State beginning Friday at Plainsman Park. Alabama will head to Atlanta for the Georgia Tech regional.
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Mitch Gaspard and the Crimson Tide fought back from three runs down but could not finish with the win on Sunday. (Photo courtesy Unv Alabama Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(May 31, 2010)
HOOVER – Alabama and LSU played a game for the ages on Sunday afternoon at the SEC Baseball Championship with the Tigers winning their third straight postseason title with a 4-3 victory in 11 innings at Regions Park in Hoover.
The game, which included two rain delays that totaled over two hours, featured a number of stellar defensive plays and some late-inning drama that had the crowd of 13,327 fans on the edge of its seats for much of the game.
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Contributed
(May 30, 2010)
HOOVER – Alabama sophomore left-hander Adam Morgan can add his name to the list of complete games thrown by Crimson Tide pitchers over the last three weeks.
Morgan tossed a seven-inning complete game as the Crimson Tide knocked off No. 4 Florida 5-2 in front of 11,532 fans at Regions Park on Saturday as Alabama advanced to the SEC Championship Game for the eighth time overall and first time since 2003.
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Contributed
(May 29, 2010)
HOOVER - Taylor Hashman's 10th-inning three run home run off of Bradley Hendrix ended Auburn's run at the Southeastern Conference Tournament on Friday evening as the No. 13 Tigers fell 10-7 to No. 21 Ole Miss.
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Auburn outfielder Justin Fradejas goes high for a catch in the Tigers' win on Thursday. (Photo courtesy Auburn Unv Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(May 27, 2010)
HOOVER - Grant Dayton and Austin Hubbard combined to hold No. 7 South Carolina to just seven hits over 12 innings and Trent Mummey delivered a one-out, two-run game-winning single in the top of the 12th as No. 16 Auburn won, 3-1, in an elimination game at the Southeastern Conference Tournament on Thursday morning.
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Contributed
(May 27, 2010)
SHREVEPORT, La. – In a game that didn’t end until close to 2 a.m. Thursday morning, the Alabama State University baseball team rallied for four runs in the final two innings en route to a 7-4 upset of top-seeded Texas Southern in the opening round of the 2010 Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament at Fairgrounds Field.
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Tide starter Jimmy Nelson threw just 97 pitches in Alabama's 7-1 victory over Auburn in the first game of the SEC Tournament on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy Unv. Alabama Athletic Dept.)
Combined Reports
(May 26, 2010)
HOOVER - Alabama head baseball coach Mitch Gaspard celebrated his 45th birthday on Wednesday at Regions Park, but it was junior right-hander Jimmy Nelson who took the cake.
The Niceville, Fla., native logged his third consecutive complete game, leading Alabama to a 7-1 win over No. 16 Auburn in the first round of the 2010 Southeastern Conference Tournament.
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Auburn first baseman Hunter Morris was named SEC Player of the Year on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy Auburn Unv. Athletic Dept.)
Combined Reports
(May 25, 2010)
BIRMINGHAM – Former Prattville star Corey Luckie was named the top SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the league coaches on Tuesday. He was one of six Auburn Tigers to receive All-SEC honors released by the conference office.
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Staff Report
(May 24, 2010)
BIRMINGHAM – College baseball in the morning apparently is not such a bad idea, particularly when two arch-rivals are involved.
The Southeastern Conference announced that reserved tickets for Session One of the 2010 SEC Baseball Tournament have sold out.
Thank you Alabama and Auburn.
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Contributed
(May 24, 2010)
The 2010 Sun Belt Conference baseball regular season title came down to the final conference weekend as several teams were in the running for the outright crown. Florida Atlantic which won two-of-three against FIU and Louisiana-Lafayette which swept Louisiana-Monroe are the SBC Baseball Regular Season Co-Champions after finishing the 2010 season with identical 21-9 conference records.
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Combined Reports
(May 31, 2010)
2010 SEC Baseball Tournament results at Regions Park in Hoover.
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Bishop Harris is one of two players from state champion Edgewood Academy invited to play in next month's AISA-GISA All-Star game in Troy. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(May 21, 2010)
The top baseball players are set for the Alabama Independent School Association all-star baseball game but with an added twist this year.
They will play somebody else.
The top 18 seniors will face the best from the Georgia Independent School Association in a game on June 7 at Troy University’s Pace-Riddle Field.
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Contributed
(May 20, 2010)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Faulkner’s season came to a crashing end here Wednesday morning, with the Eagles bowing out of the NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round on the heels of a 13-7 loss to St. Thomas (Fla.).
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Luverne's Monterio May was one of several reasons to take in the AHSAA state baseball and softball championships last week. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
(May 18, 2010)
Only one team from the River Region had a chance for a title last week – Alabama Christian Academy in the Class 4A softball.
Like the other teams, somebody else was missing – you.
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Luverne piles it on after winning the Class 3A state championship at Paterson Field on Wednesday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(May 12, 2010)
Monterio May homered to give Luverne a first-inning lead it would not relinquish. He then pitched the final two innings to preserve the Tigers’ 6-3 win over defending Class 3A champion Madison Academy and the first state championship in baseball.
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Combined Reports
(May 12, 2010)
The brother combination of C.K. and Glenn Irby combined to limit Leroy to five hits in a 5-4 victory in the first game of the AHSAA Class 2A state championship at Paterson Field on Tuesday.
The two teams meet again on Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Riverwalk Stadium...
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UMS-Wright eliminated the River Region's last team from the AHSAA playoffs in Alabama Christian last Friday. The Bulldogs play Alexandria on Thursday in the Class 4A championship series. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(May 10, 2010)
It doesn’t happen often but the River Region got shut out in this year’s Alabama High School Athletic Association Baseball Championships.
Alabama Christian Academy’s loss to UMS-Wright last Friday assured the Montgomery area of no team in the finals, the first time that has happened since 2007.
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Compiled by RRS Staff
By the numbers for the upcoming AHSAA State Baseball Championships which begin Tuesday at Paterson Field and Riverwalk Stadium.
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Contributed
(May 10, 2010)
Adam Bryant of Troy and Josh Rutledge of Alabama were two of the quarterfinalists for the Brooks Wallace Shortstop of the Year Award announced by the College Baseball Foundation. The revised list features 25 of the nation’s finest shortstops.
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Compiled by RRS Staff
Results of Alabama High School Athletic Association state baseball championships held at Riverwalk Stadium and Paterson Field.
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ACA players greet Chase Davis after his two-run homer in the first inning of Game 2 against UMS-Wright on Friday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(May 8, 2010)
All season, Alabama Christian Academy coach Don Gilliam had preached the virtuous message of two-out hits to his baseball team.
For the most part, all season, they had listened and followed instruction.
On Friday, that message wasn’t fulfilled.
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Former Montgomery Biscuits play-by-play man Jim Tocco had the good fortune to call a game with the legend Ernie Harwell. Harwell, the longtime voice of the Detroit Tigers, passed away on Monday at the age of 92. (Photo contributed)
By Jim Tocco
Special to RRS
(May 6, 2010)
Former voice of the Montgomery Biscuits looks back on the life of his idol, the late Ernie Harwell.
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Compiled by RRS Staff
Results of the semifinal round of Alabama High School Athletic Association state baseball playoffs. Winners advance to the state finals to be held in Montgomery May 11-15
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Chase Thornton and the Edgewood seniors enjoyed their final practice on Monday before the AISA state championship series against Marengo Academy, which is set for Tuesday at Paterson Field. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
(May 4, 2010)
ELMORE –Chase Thornton may not have a rags-to-riches story. He is one player who got a second chance but not where he expected.
Because of his endurance, he has a shot at a second state championship ring.
Thornton will be in the lineup as the designated hitter on Tuesday when the Edgewood Academy Wildcats take on Marengo Academy for the AISA Class AA state championship at Paterson Field (4 p.m.).
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Compiled by RRS Staff
Results of the Alabama Independent School Association state baseball finals held at Paterson Field.
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Edgewood coach Bobby Carr has his team back in the finals and will face Marengo Academy on Tuesday at Paterson Field. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
(May 3, 2010)
ELMORE – The Edgewood Academy Wildcats are back in the finals despite a lull at the beginning of the season, a team full of young players and a scare in the second round of the AISA state playoffs last week.
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Contributed
(May 3, 2010)
COLUMBUS, Ga. -- Brandon Stevens came off the bench to blast a two-run home run with two out in the 10th inning to help propel Brewton-Parker into the championship game of the Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament with a 10-9 extra-innings win over Auburn-Montgomery on Sunday at Golden Park.
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Contributed
(May 2, 2010)
COLUMBUS, Ga. -- Josh Smith carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning as he helped the No. 5-seed Auburn-Montgomery eliminate No. 2-seed Faulkner 10-0 on Saturday at Golden Park in the Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament.
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Edgewood's Hunter Myrick rounds third on the way to a run in the Wildcats' series win over Pickens Academy. (Photo by Art Parker)
By Art Parker
RRS Correspondent
(April 30, 2010)
Every good team needs an occasional kick in the pants. That’s what Edgewood Academy’s baseball team received Wednesday afternoon after winning over 20 consecutive games. That kick in the pants brought it back to its normal winning ways.
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Combined Reports
(April 30, 2010)
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Jacob Simmons scattered nine hits over seven innings and allowed only one earned run to lead Faulkner to a 15-4 victory over Southern Wesleyan in the opening round of the Southern States Athletic Conference tournament... Joey Delgado threw a complete game to lead the No. 4-seed Brewton-Parker Barons to a 7-6 win over No. 5-seed Auburn-Montgomery in the opening game of the SSAC Tournament on Thursday.
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Trinity celebrates the three-run homer in the sixth inning hit by Jack Poundstone (5) during the Wildcats' sweep of Gordo on Friday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(April 24, 2010)
Jack Poundstone was not having the best of days.
The senior second baseman for the Trinity Wildcats had been to the plate three times, struck out twice and was set up for the hat trick on his fourth at-bat.
Instead, he became the hero of Game 1 of the Best-of-3 series against Gordo on Friday.
Poundstone hammered a 1-ball-2-strike pitch over the right-center field fence to give the Wildcats the late lead in the first game of the Class 3A second-round doubleheader at Jason Armstrong Field. The home run was part of a four-run inning that overcame a 5-3 deficit in the sixth and helped Trinity win Game 1, 7-5.
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Edgewood first baseman Dylan Ingram fields a throw at first in the opening game of the Wildcats' sweep of Escambia Academy. (Photo by Art Parker)
Staff Report
(April 24, 2010)
It has become as predictable as the weather turning warm.
The Edgewood Wildcats baseball team hits the field and they win. Things were no different Friday afternoon as the Wildcats hosted Escambia Academy in the first round of the AISA Class AA state playoffs.
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Faulkner's Justin Maynard strokes a two-run homer in the first game of a doubleheader at Harrison Field on Friday. (Photo by Ryan Bartels/Faulkner Unv. Athletic Dept.)
Combined Reports
(April 24, 2010)
Michael Clayton's walkoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted No. 16 Faulkner to a 6-5 victory over Shorter in the first game of a Southern States Athletic Conference doubleheader Friday afternoon at Harrison Field, securing the second seed for the Eagles in next week's conference tournament. The Hawks rebounded behind righthander Tim Day's complete game in the nightcap, gaining a split with a 10-6 victory... CLEVELAND, Tenn.—J.J. Costantino drew a two-out bases-loaded walk to drive in the winning run in Lee’s 12-11 extra-inning win over Auburn Montgomery in today’s second game of a double-header. Lee also won the first game 3-0. With the wins, Lee University wins its second consecutive regular season championship and will enter next week’s tournament with the top seed.
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Faulkner starter Jacob Simmons won his 10th start Thursday over Shorter. (Photo courtesy Ryan Bartels/Faulkner Unv. Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(April 23, 2010)
No. 16 Faulkner scored seven runs in the eighth inning to pull away from Shorter College, 11-1, in a Southern States Athletic Conference showdown at Harrison Field on Thursday.
The Eagles’ eighth inning slugfest was capped with a walk off two-run shot by Kenny Miramontes.
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Contributed
(April 21, 2010)
Bruce Alter had three hits and three RBI to lead Auburn Montgomery to a 7-5 win over William Carey University in non-conference baseball action.
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Edgewood's junior varsity baseball team won the AISA state tournament this past weekend. (Photo contributed)
Contributed
(April 20, 2010)
The Edgewood Academy junior varsity baseball team recently won the AISA state tournament held at Macon-East Montgomery.
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Contributed
(April 19, 2010)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Auburn's perfect run on conference Sunday's came to an end when Aaron Westlake hit a walk-off home run off of Grant Dayton to send No. 23 Auburn to a 3-2 defeat at No. 18 Vanderbilt... LSU third baseman Grant Dozar’s walk-off home run ended the longest game in series history as the No. 6 Tigers beat Alabama 6-5 in 14 innings Sunday afternoon at Alex Box Stadium... For the second straight day, the Troy Trojans saw an early lead over Middle Tennessee fade into the distance on a Blue Raiders grand slam, lifting MTSU to series deciding 9-4 victory on Sunday.
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Staff Reports
(April 17, 2010)
Sophomore Danny Madison went 3-for-6 in the two games, driving in four runs to help the Alabama Christian Academy Eagles eliminate Handley 4-2 and 6-2, in the first round of the Class 4A AHSAA playoffs on Friday... Coston Allen pitched a two-hit shutout and struck out nine in Game 2 of Robert E. Lee’s doubleheader split with Enterprise in the Class 6A playoffs on Friday... GORDO – The LAMP Golden Tigers were unable to overcome a five-run deficit in the seventh inning despite loading the bases with no outs in a 12-11 loss in the second game of a doubleheader against Gordo. (MORE)
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Contributed
(April 17, 2010)
Troy University senior Andrew Dickinson held Middle Tennessee to just one run on five hits Friday night in a 10-1 Trojans victory over the Blue Raiders at Riddle-Pace Field. (MORE)
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Coach Tommy Goodson and the Prattville Lions open the Class 6A playoffs Friday against Northview. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(April 16, 2010)
The Prattville Lions (19-11) are one of several teams from the River Region that will open play in the Alabama High School Athletic Association state playoffs Friday. The first round will feature Best-of-3 series.
Four teams from the area earned first-round home games, including Prattville, which won the Class 6A, Area 5 title. The Lions will play Northview in a doubleheader on Friday.
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Compiled by RRS Staff
Results of the Alabama High School Athletic Association state baseball playoffs.
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Combined Reports
(April 14, 2010)
TROY - Visiting UAB used a pair of big early innings to doom the Trojans Tuesday night in an 11-5 Troy loss at Riddle-Pace Field... TUSCALOOSA – Alabama stranded a season-high 13 base runners, including bases loaded situations in the third and seventh innings, as the Crimson Tide fell to Samford 7-5 at Sewell-Thomas Stadium on Tuesday night.
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Contributed
(April 13, 2010)
For the second night in a row, the Biscuits blew a ninth inning lead then came from behind to walk off with a victory, taking the series from the BayBears and moving into sole-possession of 1st in the South Division with a 3-2 win Monday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Contributed
(April 12, 2010)
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The University of Alabama found itself down by nine runs entering the top of the sixth inning... AUBURN - With runners on the corners, none out and LSU employing five infielders in the bottom of the ninth, Justin Fradejas and Auburn executed a perfect safety squeeze to score Casey McElroy and give Auburn a 6-5, series-clinching win over No. 3 LSU... The Troy Trojans suffered their first Sun Belt Conference sweep since the 2007 season, failing to hold a late lead on Sunday afternoon in dropping an 8-5 decision at Louisiana-Lafayette.
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Trinity's Blake Barrow was one of several players selected to represent the River Region in next summer's All-Star Baseball game in Huntville. (Staff Photo)
Combined Report
(April 10, 2010)
Several players from the River Region have been selected to participate in the North-South Baseball and Softball games to be held during the 14th annual Alabama All-Star Sports Week, July 12-16, in Huntsville.
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Combined Reports
(April 10, 2010)
Bernard Davis clubbed two home runs and had five hits, six RBIs and two runs in Robert E. Lee’s sweep of Jeff Davis at Pete Lee Field on Friday. Lee won Game 1, 10-4 and followed with a 13-3 win in the second game... Jamal Golden had four hits and two runs scored while Bradley Roney and Will Smith each picked up victories in Wetumpka’s sweep of Auburn... The LAMP Tigers spotted Montevallo a six-run lead before coming back to earn a 14-8 victory on Friday.
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Montgoery's Cody Strait legs out an infield single as Mobile thirdbaseman Ricardo Sosa makes the throw during Thursday's season opener. (Photo by Chris Dunn)
Staff Report
(April 9, 2010)
Billy Gardner’s expectations were met in one phase on Opening Night.
He stated prior to Montgomery’s season opener that pitching would be solid.
But offense was lacking in a 3-2 10-inning loss to Mobile on Thursday at Riverwalk Stadium.
The BayBears opened the 10th with three straight singles to take the lead.
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The Biscuits work out prior to Thursday's season opener against the Mobile BayBears. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(April 8, 2010)
This time last year, Billy Gardner was contemplating the youth of his Montgomery Biscuits. His concerns had more to do with lack of experience rather than talent.
This year, he has a similar situation but with a better array of arms and even more talent, enough to challenge for the Southern League title.
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Contributed
(April 7, 2010)
Sam Judah had three hits and three RBI and Justin Williams added three hits and two RBI to lead Auburn Montgomery to a 9-5 win over the University of Mobile in non-conference college baseball action... The Huntingdon baseball team scored 18 runs and pounded out 22 hits, but a pinch-hit, two-run walk-off home run by Millsaps’ Drew Respess proved to be the difference as the Majors defeated the Hawks 19-18 in 11 innings (MORE)
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LAMP's Chris Thomas slides into second safely in LAMP's first win over Holtville on Monday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(April 6, 2010)
Ben Taylor pitched a complete game, scattering five hits and striking out four to lead Brewbaker Tech to a 3-2 victory over Opp in a key Class 4A, Area 2 matchup at Thompson Park on Monday... Bryan Young limited the Holtville Bulldogs to just six hits in LAMP’s 7-4 win over Holtville on Monday at Paterson Field. The Golden Tigers completed the sweep in the nightcap with a 9-5 victory. (MORE)
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Contributed
(April 5, 2010)
TAMPA BAY, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Rays have broken Spring Training, and Sunday announced the Montgomery Biscuits 25-man Opening Day roster.
The roster is highlighted by a pitching staff which boasts six of Baseball America’s Rays’ top 30 prospects.
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Contributed
(April 5, 2010)
TUSCALOOSA – Auburn hit three solo home runs and junior left-hander Grant Dayton threw six shutout innings as the Tigers avoided the SEC series sweep with a 7-1 win over No. 23 Alabama at Sewell-Thomas Stadium Sunday afternoon.... Arkansas Little Rock junior Calvin Drinnen handcuffed the Troy Trojans for 6 2/3 innings, long enough for his teammates to put together a five-run sixth to turn a tight game into a 9-4 UALR victory... MARYVILLE, Tenn. - Behind the senior arm of Scott Holloway, the Huntingdon baseball team avoided a series sweep with an 8-3 victory over Maryville College in the final game of the Great South Athletic Conference on Saturday at Scotland Yard.
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Alabama celebrates Jon Kelton's game-winning hit against Auburn on Saturday. (Photo courtesy Unv. Alabama Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(April 4, 2010)
TUSCALOOSA - No. 23 Alabama scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning en route to a 6-5 come-from-behind win over arch-rival Auburn in front of 5,036 fans at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The win clinches the SEC series for the Crimson Tide, which has won four of the previous six series against the Tigers.
AUBURN - The Alabama softball team completed the sweep over rival Auburn by earning two victories Saturday at Jane B. Moore Field. The Crimson Tide won the first game of the twin-bill 9-1 and then secured the sweep with a convincing 10-2 win in the night cap.
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Ryan Reece homers as part of a four-hit game for the Eagles on Saturday. (Photo by Ryan Bartel/Faulkner Unv. Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(April 4, 2010)
Faulkner's Topher Blanchette scored all the way from first on a throwing error by Berry pitcher Matthew McCalley in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Eagles to a 12-11 victory Saturday afternoon and a sweep of a doubleheader at Harrison Field.
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Contributed
(April 4, 2010)
Alabama State completed the series sweep over rival Alabama A&M following a pair of wins in Saturday’s doubleheader at Paterson Field. ASU took game one 8-6 before earning an 11-4 victory in the finale.
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Contributed
(April 3, 2010)
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - No. 23 Alabama rode a five-run third inning to a 10-5 win over arch-rival Auburn in front of a season-high 5,112 fans at Sewell-Thomas Stadium Friday night.
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Contributed
(April 3, 2010)
Anthony Ricciardi pitched a complete game in leading the Alabama State baseball team to a 5-0 shutout of rival Alabama A&M in the series opener Friday afternoon at Paterson Field.
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Julio Jones caught eight passes for 105 yards in Alabama's scrimmage on Friday. (Photo courtesy Unv. Alabama Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(April 3, 2010)
TUSCALOOSA – The University of Alabama football team held its first scrimmage of the spring on Friday afternoon inside Bryant-Denny Stadium.
The scrimmage lasted roughly 120 plays and was just over two hours under sunny skies and temperatures in the low 80s.
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Combined Reports
(April 2, 2010)
Josh Watkins pitched a complete game and scored three times in Trinity’s 9-4 victory over LAMP in the first of a three-game series at Paterson Field on Thursday... Brewbaker Tech recorded two shutouts of Bullock County to clinch a playoff on Thursday. The Rams won 12-0 and 22-0. (MORE)
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Contributed
(April 1, 2010)
TROY - Troy senior Shohei Fujita has a knack for coming through in the clutch, and he delivered again on Wednesday night with a two-out run-scoring single in the eighth inning to lift the Trojans to a 5-4 victory over Auburn.
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Prattville shortstop Sam Chambliss tags out Steven Potter on a steal attempt in the Lions' win on Tuesday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(March 31, 2010)
Prattville baseball coach Tommy Goodson was happy and disgruntled at the same time.
His joy came from the Lions’ 3-1 victory over Robert E. Lee in a key Class 6A, Area 6 game at Pete Lee Field. The disappointment was from the lack of offense in the win.
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Staff Report
(March 31, 2010)
TUSCALOOSA –No. 23 ranked Alabama scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning and four relief pitchers held Jacksonville State to one unearned run over the final seven innings, as the Crimson Tide posted a 7-3 win over the Gamecocks Tuesday night in Tuscaloosa.
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Contributed
(March 30, 2010)
The Tallassee Tigers tuned up for a key area game with a convincing 9-0 win over LAMP at Paterson Field on Monday.... Dalton Raybon scattered five hits in Alabama Christian Academy’s 6-0 win over Trinity on Monday. (MORE)
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LAMP's Bryan Young had seven hits including two homers over the weekend at Marbury. (Photo by Mike Peacock)
Staff Report
(March 29, 2010)
The Trinity Wildcats (15-5, 6-0 Class 3A, Area 5) pounded out 45 runs in their doubleheader sweep of Montgomery Academy over the weekend. The Wildcats hit six home runs in the doubleheader.... The LAMP Golden Tigers escaped with a 7-3 victory over Marbury in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Saturday to take the weekend series. (MORE)
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Combined Reports
(March 28, 2010)
The Auburn University at Montgomery needed a couple of solid outings on the mound, and that is what they got today in AUM’s 8-0 and 9-1 wins over Southern Wesleyan University in Southern States Athletic Conference baseball action... Faulkner rode the solid pitching performances of Jacob Simmons and Jhonny Montoya to a sweep of Truett-McConnell Saturday afternoon (MORE)
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Combined Reports
(March 27, 2010)
DEMOREST, Ga. ---- Senior Alex Sanford tied a career-high with 13 strikeouts and fellow senior Kyle Eller picked up his 200th and 201st career hit, as the Huntingdon baseball team opened its Great South Athletic Conference schedule with a 5-4 victory over Piedmont College... Matt Arrighi had four hits and three RBI to lead Auburn University at Montgomery to a 17-8 slugfest win over Southern Wesleyan University (MORE)
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Contributed
(March 25, 2010)
The Southeastern Conference's top offense got the better of the second-best pitching staff in the league as Auburn claimed an 8-6 non-conference win over No. 16 Alabama in the second annual Capital City Classic at Riverwalk Stadium on Wednesday night.
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Contributed
(March 25, 2010)
Zack Stanton had three hits and two RBI to lead Georgia Southwestern State University to an 11-8 win over Auburn University at Montgomery.
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Josh Rutledge leads Alabama against Auburn Wednesday in the MAX Capital City Classic at Riverwalk Stadium. (Photo courtesy Unv. Alabama Athletic Dept.)
Staff Reports
(March 24, 2010)
They try again.
After rain washed out the original date, the MAX Capital City Classic baseball game between Auburn and Alabama will take place at Riverwalk Stadium on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
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Hunter Morris hit four home runs during the week in leading Auburn to a sweep over Georgia. (Photo courtesy Auburn Unv. Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(March 23, 2010)
AUBURN - Hunter Morris was named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Week following his explosive outburst at Georgia last weekend, the conference office announced on Monday.
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Contributed
(March 22, 2010)
ATHENS, Ga. - Auburn accomplished something on Sunday that it hadn't done in almost seven full conference seasons as it defeated Georgia, 19-3, to complete a three-game sweep of a SEC opponent for the first time since 2003... Alabama had its eight-game winning streak snapped with a 5-4 loss to No. 16 Vanderbilt on a cold and windy Sunday afternoon at Sewell-Thomas Stadium... Troy came from 6-0 down to beat FIU.
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Contributed
(March 21, 2010)
MIAMI, Fla. – For a second straight night, the Troy Trojans battled tooth-and-nail with the FIU Golden Panthers for nine innings but, for a second straight night, it was FIU that came away with the victory.
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Combined Reports
(March 20, 2010)
ATHENS, Ga. - Justin Bryant had four hits, including two home runs, and drove in eight RBI while Cory Luckie was masterful on the mound as Auburn steam rolled its way to a 20-3 conference season-opening win over Georgia at Foley Field on Friday night... Alabama sophomore left-hander Adam Morgan held the SEC’s No. 1 rated offensive team to a season low one run in six-plus innings, leading the No. 21 Crimson Tide to a 4-1 series opening win over No. 18 Vanderbilt... The Troy Trojans dropped a 4-2 decision to homestanding FIU.
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Combined Reports
(March 17, 2010)
ALEXANDER CITY - Tallassee split a doubleheader with Centra-Coosa and Briarwood in the Lake Martin Classic on Tuesday. Trey Cochran-Gill, Michael Tinney and Caleb Parker each had RBIs in a 10-5 loss to Briarwood... Catholic defeated Sidney Lanier behind Tripp Watley... Chris Dunn got the win in LAMP's win over Southmoore, Okla.
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Combined Reports
(March 17, 2010)
ATLANTA - Seniors Scott Holloway and Alex Sanford each tossed their second straight complete game to lead the Huntingdon baseball team to a doubleheader sweep of Oglethorpe on Tuesday at Anderson Field. The Hawks (19-4) took game one of the contest 7-5, while winning the finale 6-1... Alabama needed a ninth-inning comeback to beat Minnesota... Auburn had little trouble with Alabama A&M... Troy held off North Florida.
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Staff Report
(March 16, 2010)
ORANGE BEACH - LAMP split two games in the first day of the Nike Gulf Shores Classic... Brewbaker Tech could not muster up much run support in a 3-2 loss to Class 6A Pinson Valley... The Trinity Wildcats (8-4) dropped two games in the opening day of the Baldwin County Home Run Club Spring Classic.
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Contributed
(March 15, 2010)
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama escaped an eighth inning jam to hold off the Stony Brook Seawolves 4-3 in the series finale Sunday afternoon at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.
Alabama carried a 4-1 lead into the eighth inning and turned the game over to junior right-hander Brett Whitaker, but saw the Seawolves put the first five men on base as they closed the gap to 4-3... After two days of too many strikeouts and missed opportunities, the Troy Trojans cut down on the Ks and took better advantage of their scoring chances on Sunday to take a 10-6 victory over Florida Atlantic... Auburn could not salvage the final game of its series at No. 2 Arizona State, falling 8-3, on Sunday afternoon at Packard Stadium.
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LAMP coach Rocky Smith earned his 100th victory in the Tigers' first win on Saturday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(March 14, 2010)
Coach Rocky Smith earned his 100th career win in LAMP’s sweep of Montgomery Academy on Saturday.
The Golden Tigers (11-6, 3-0) won 3-2 in the first game in come-from-behind fashion. They took the second game, 8-3... Brewbaker Tech swept Ashford, 13-1 and 6-1, in the Rams’ first area series of the season... Blake Barrow led Trinity both on the mound and at the plate in the Wildcats’ sweep of Montevallo in Class 3A, Area 5 play on Saturday.
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Contributed
(March 14, 2010)
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama baseball team got strong outings from starting pitchers Jimmy Nelson and Taylor Wolfe en route to a doubleheader sweep of Stony Brook on a cool and windy Saturday afternoon at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.
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Contributed
(March 14, 2010)
TEMPE, Ariz. - Auburn scored early off of Arizona State, holding a 3-0 lead after the top of the first and a 6-4 lead after the top of the second but neither lead was safe as No. 2 Arizona State scored 16 runs on 15 hits to claim a 16-7 series-clinching win over Auburn on Saturday night at Packard Stadium.
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Contributed
(March 14, 2010)
Faulkner's Mike Zenko scattered six hits and tossed a complete game as the Eagles beat Auburn Montgomery 5-1 in the opening game of a Southern States Athletic Conference doubleheader Saturday afternoon. The Senators gained a split in the nightcap, with David Barnett's RBI double in the sixth inning lifting AUM to a 4-3 victory.
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Combined Reports
(March 13, 2010)
TEMPE, Ariz. - Auburn built a five-run lead at No. 2 Arizona State on Friday night but the bullpen couldn't hold the lead as Auburn fell, 9-8, at Packard Stadium in Tempe. Arizona State answered Auburn's five-run top of the fifth with six runs in the bottom half of the frame, snapping Auburn's six-game winning streak in the process.... Alabama scored multiple runs in five of its eight innings en route to a 15-8 win over Stony Brook... Troy and Florida Atlantic combined to score 15 runs in the first three innings, but it was FAU getting the victory... Jalen Spraggins and Bryan Young each homered in LAMP’s 9-6 victory over Montgomery Academy (plus other high school scores).
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Contributed
(March 13, 2010)
Faulkner jumped to a big first-inning lead then had to battle from behind to beat Auburn Montgomery, 12-10, Friday night in the first game of a three-game Southern States Athletic Conference series at Harrison Field.
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St. James' Will Olsey, seen here in last week's FCA Tourney, had two hits in a losing effort on Thursday. (Staff Photo)
Combined Reports
(March 12, 2010)
OPP – Starting pitcher Gavin Free went the distance allowing just two hits in Opp’s 5-0 win over St. James in Class 4A, Area 2 play on Thursday... Josie Russell struck out 11 in the Lady Golden Tigers’ 7-5 victory over Trinity in Class 3A, Area 5 action on Thursday... G.W. Carver’s Shatavia Ferris and Roquez Johnson along with Jeff Davis guard Jatoria Carter will represent the River Region next summer in the annual North-South basketball games in the 14th annual Alabama All-Star Sports Week competition in Huntsville.
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Coach Keith Lucky and St. James will open area play on Thursday against Opp. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(March 11, 2010)
Shortly after a loss in the recent FCA Jason Armstrong Baseball Classic, St. James head baseball coach Keith Lucky chose to look ahead to games that would count more than an 11-4 loss to Trinity Presbyterian.
“Everybody is building towards the area games,” Lucky said. “We take what we can out of games like this and move on.”
The time has now come for the Trojans and many of the baseball teams in the River Region, which open area play this weekend. St. James is one of several teams that begin “the ones that count” on Thursday.
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Contributed
(March 11, 2010)
The senior arms of Scott Holloway and Alex Sanford helped the Huntingdon baseball team to a doubleheader sweep of visiting Hampden-Sydney on Tuesday, as the Hawks took game one, 3-1, before winning the nightcap, 9-3, at Neal Posey Field.
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Auburn and Alabama will battle at Riverwalk Stadium beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday. (Photo courtesy Auburn Unv. Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(March 9, 2010)
Cory Luckie gets the starting nod for Auburn in Tuesday's second annual Capital City Classic between Auburn and Alabama at Riverwalk Stadium.
Auburn won the inaugural contest, 8-7, behind a two-run ninth inning and captured three of four games from Alabama during the 2009 campaign.
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Brew Tech starter Ben Taylor pitched six strong innings in a win over LAMP on Saturday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(March 7, 2010)
Brewbaker Tech finished the FCA Jason Armstrong Memorial Baseball Classic with a perfect record, completing the tournament with a sweep of LAMP and Marbury on Saturday at Paterson Field.
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Combined Reports
(March 7, 2010)
It took much longer than anyone thought it might, but Troy University baseball coach Bobby Pierce picked up his 250th victory as the Trojans mentor on Saturday night as Troy ended a five-game losing skid with an 18-2 win over Bethune-Cookman.
Southern Polytechnic State University completed a weekend sweep of the Auburn University at Montgomery Senators with 7-0 and 9-1 wins at the AUM Baseball Complex.
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – The Alabama baseball team got a strong pitching performance from a trio of right-handers and the Tide manufactured enough offense for a 4-0 win over the College of Charleston on a sunny afternoon at Patriots Point Stadium.
AUBURN. - The Auburn bats pounced on the Miami (Ohio) pitching from the get-go, scoring seven runs on nine hits over the first three innings and rode the arms of Grant Dayton and Stephen Kohlscheen to a series-clinching 13-5 win on Saturday afternoon at Plainsman Park.
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Alex Guilford laces a single to left field to score a run in ACA's win over LAMP on Friday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(March 6, 2010)
Alex Guilford was happy to be on the mound Friday in Alabama Christian Academy’s 6-3 victory over LAMP in the FCA Jason Armstrong Memorial Baseball Classic at the AUM Dixie Field.
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Contributed
(March 6, 2010)
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – The Alabama baseball team used a pair of two-out rallies to post a 6-2 series-opening win over the College of Charleston on chilly, breezy night at Patriots Point Stadium.
AUBURN - Down by four runs heading to the bottom of the seventh, Auburn scored eight times on seven hits, a walk and two hit-batters in the bottom half of the frame to rally for a 14-9 win over Miami (Ohio) on Friday night at Plainsman Park.
Seniors Bryant Hall and Kyle Eller each drove in three runs to lead the Huntingdon baseball team to an 11-1 victory over Rust on Friday.
Brandon Chastain hit a grand slam and finished the game with five RBI to lead fourth-ranked Southern Polytechnic State University to a 12-3 win over Auburn University at Montgomery.
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LAMP's Hayden White had four hits to lead the Golden Tigers over Elmore County Thursday in the FCA Jason Armstrong Tourney at Riverwalk Stadium. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(March 5, 2010)
The LAMP Golden Tigers put together a solid hitting performance in an 11-5 victory over Elmore County in the FCA Jason Armstrong Memorial Baseball Classic on Thursday at Riverwalk Stadium.
But coach Rocky Smith was still looking for more.
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Contributed
(March 5, 2010)
ATLANTA - Six different players drove in multiple runs and the Huntingdon baseball team blew open a tie game with 10 runs in the seventh inning, as it cruised to a 17-4 victory over Emory on Thursday at Chappell Park.
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Contributed
(March 5, 2010)
The Alabama State University men's basketball team overcame a double-digit first-half deficit and 12 3-pointers by Grambling State to earn a hard fought 81-76 victory Thursday night at Dunn-Oliver Acadome.
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St. James catcher Taylor Poe tags out a Marbury base runner in the Trojans' win on Wednesday at Riverwalk Stadium. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(March 4, 2010)
Despite six errors, the St. James Trojans celebrated a victory over Marbury on the opening day of the Jason Armstrong Memorial Baseball Classic at Riverwalk Stadium on Wednesday.
The Trojans earned a 7-5 win in 11 innings, coming from behind early but then giving up the lead in the bottom of the seventh on an unearned run.
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RRS Staff
(March 7, 2010)
RResults from the 2010 Jason Armstrong FCA Baseball Classic.
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Edgewood's Mitch Greer has hit two home runs and has a victory on the mound in the early stages of the 2010 season. (Photo by Art Parker)
Staff Report
(March 3, 2010)
ELMORE - Edgewood began the 2010 baseball season exactly the way it wanted with victories in its first two outings. But things changed last week when Coach Bobby Carr’s Wildcats dropped 4 of 5 games.
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J.J. Sewell and the Montgomery Academy Eagles will play Wednesday in what is now the first day of the FCA Jason Armstrong Baseball Classic at Riverwalk Stadium. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(March 2, 2010)
The first day of the FCA Jason Armstrong Baseball Classic has been rained out.
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Contributed
(Feb. 27, 2010)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Troy University sophomore pitcher Tyler Ray kept the 16th-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks at bay for three innings Friday afternoon, but when the dam finally broke, the Hogs pulled away for a 10-1 series-opening victory over the Trojans.
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Faulkner's Ronald Tarvin slammed a two-run homer in the Eagles' win on Friday. (Photo by Ryan Bartels/Faulkner Unv.)
Contributed
(Feb. 27, 2010)
Faulkner opened a three game series with Southern States Athletic Conference rival Emmanuel College, blasting the Lions, 12-2, in just seven innings.
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Contributed
(Feb. 22, 2010)
MOBILE. - Alabama scored four runs in the final two innings to erase a two-run deficit and post 5-3 come-from-behind over South Alabama in front of 3,273 fans at Stanky Field in Mobile to complete the two-game sweep. It was the Crimson Tide's first series sweep over South Alabama since 2000 and the Tide's first win in Mobile since 2006.
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Contributed
(Feb. 22, 2010)
AUBURN. - Cole Nelson's Auburn debut was a memorable one as the junior college transfer kept Southeast Missouri off the board for 6 1/3 innings in Auburn's 6-1 series-clinching win on Sunday. He surrendered just three hits and four walks during his outing and never allowing Southeast Missouri to get a runner to third.
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LAMP infielder Martin Bryant had two hits in the Tigers' opening-season win at Catholic on Friday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(Feb. 20, 2010)
Montgomery Catholic baseball coach Jeff Clark admitted that he likes to start the season against LAMP due to the fact that the Golden Tigers will test his team in different ways.
Such was the case Friday when the two teams opened the 2010 baseball season at Catholic. The Tigers scored four unearned runs in the first inning on the way to a 9-1 victory.
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Contributed
(Feb. 20, 2010)
Tim Dunn pitched a complete game in leading Trevecca Nazarene University to a 10-2 win over Auburn University at Montgomery.
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Contributed
(Feb. 20, 2010)
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. ---- The Huntingdon baseball team pounded out 20 hits and got six strong innings on the mound from sophomore John Rice on Friday, as it defeated Roanoke, 17-5, at Armstrong-Shelley Field.
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Brew Tech's Ben Taylor struck out nine in five innings in the Rams' season-opening win over St. James. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(Feb. 19, 2010)
Ben Taylor pitched five strong innings giving up four hits and striking out nine in Brewbaker Tech’s 5-2 victory over St. James on Wednesday.
Dillon Patterson had three hits with two RBIs, and Chase Davis was 1-for-3 with an RBI in Alabama Christian Academy’s 11-2 win over Chilton County.
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Contributed
(Feb. 17, 2010)
MOBILE - Auburn University at Montgomery split a double-header at the University of Mobile, winning the first game 3-2 before dropping the second game 11-0.
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Contributed
(Feb. 15, 2010)
The Huntingdon baseball team split its doubleheader with Rhodes on Sunday, picking up its first victory of the season with a 6-3 win in the opener, before falling 11-9 in the nightcap at Posey Field.
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Contributed
(Feb. 8, 2010)
Tanner Williams’ two-out pinch-hit single, scored Charles Lester and sent Auburn University at Montgomery to a 5-4 comeback win over 11th ranked Tennessee Wesleyan College. The win for AUM was the program’s 900th win in the 23-year history of the program, and was also Q.V. Lowe’s 900th career win at AUM.
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Combined Reports
(Feb. 8, 2010)
The Huntingdon baseball team dropped its second-straight decision to open the 2010 season on Sunday, falling to in-state rival Birmingham-Southern, 16-4, at Posey Field.
The Panthers (1-1) blew the contest open with 10 unanswered runs, including seven in the ninth inning.
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McCarthy coached the Faulkner Eagles for the first time this past weekend, losing three of four games. (Photo courtesy Ryan Bartels/Faulkner Unv. Athletic Dept.)
By Sarah Hughes
RRS Correspondent
(Feb. 2, 2010)
New Faulkner head baseball coach Patrick McCarthy opened the season as well as his career this past weekend with a 1-3 start.
McCarthy took over from Brent Barker, who left to resume his athletic director position full time at Faulkner. While able to adequately serve as both head baseball coach and athletic director at Freed-Hardeman for many years, McCarthy is now able to give his full attention to his team.
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Contributed
(Feb. 1, 2010)
Timely Lindenwood hits and Auburn University at Montgomery errors led the 17th-ranked Lions to a 4-3 and 5-2 sweep over AUM in collegiate baseball action Sunday.
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Contributed
(Jan. 31, 2010)
Cody Chizmar hit two home runs to lead Auburn University to a double-header sweep of Martin Methodist College in the season-opener for both teams.
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Contributed
(Jan. 31, 2010)
Faulkner University opened its season with a home series Saturday against Lindenwood University at Harrison Field. The Lions darted out of the gate in game one and never looked back to sweep the series, 6-3 and 4-1.
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AUM coach Q.V. Lowe has led the Senators to nearly 900 victories in his tenure. (Photo courtesy AUM Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(Jan. 29, 2010)
The Auburn University at Montgomery baseball team will open the 2010 season, Saturday when it will host Martin Methodist College in a doubleheader.
The Senators are coming off a 37-23 season which saw them make an appearance in the program’s fourth NAIA World Series.
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Contributed
(Jan. 11, 2010)
The Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) has released the Preseason Baseball Coaches Poll and Auburn University at Montgomery has been picked to finish third in the conference race.
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Gardner will return for a fourth season as the Biscuits field manager, the team recently announced. (Staff Photo)
Combined Reports
(Dec. 26, 2009)
Billy Gardner, Jr. will return in 2010 for his fourth season as the Montgomery Biscuits’ manager, according to the Tampa Bay Rays announcement of minor league coaching staffs recently. With this announcement Gardner passes manager Charlie Montoyo (2004-2006) as the most tenured manager in Biscuits history.
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Contributed
(Oct. 17, 2009)
TROY - The Troy University baseball team will play its annual fall exhibition game against the Ontario Blue Jays this Sunday.
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Contributed
(Oct. 9, 2009)
The Huntingdon baseball team will wrap up its 2009 fall season with its annual Red-Grey Game, which will be played at 6 p.m. at Posey Field.
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Contributed
(Sept. 29, 2009)
The Montgomery Biscuits released their 2010 schedule Tuesday, along with an exciting promotional schedule for their seventh season highlighted by new post-game concerts, one-of-a-kind giveaways, special food offers and 15 MAX Fireworks Spectaculars.
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Contributed
(Sept. 8, 2009)
MOBILE - The Biscuits finished the season in style, rallying down to their final strike in the ninth inning to stun the Mobile BayBears, 7-5, on Monday night at Hank Aaron Stadium.
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Contributed
(Sept. 6, 2009)
The Biscuits raced out in front of the Mobile BayBears, and held off a late-rally to claim an 8-6 win in game three of a five-game series on Saturday night at Hank Aaron Stadium.
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Contributed
(Sept. 5, 2009)
he Biscuits claimed a see-saw affair from the Mobile BayBears, snapping a four-game losing skid with a dramatic 5-4 victory in game two of a five-game series on Friday night at Hank Aaron Stadium.
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Alabama defensive lineman Brandon Deaderick (95) returned to practice on Tuesday after being shot during a robbery attempt late Monday night. (Photo courtesy of Unv. Georgia media relations)
Combined Reports
(Sept. 2, 2009)
TUSCALOOSA – The Alabama football team practiced for two hours in full pads inside the Hank Crisp Indoor Facility Tuesday afternoon, as preparations for the 2009 season opener continue.
As of late Tuesday, Tuscaloosa Police had yet to make an arrest in the Deaderick shooting, which took place late Monday night.
Alabama head baseball coach Jim Wells will retire from his position effective Tuesday and will be replaced immediately by assistant coach Mitch Gaspard, according to published reports.
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Contributed
(Sept. 2, 2009)
Jeremy Horst took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, and ultimately turned in seven sterling innings as the Mudcats claimed a series win with a 6-4 triumph at Riverwalk Stadium on Tuesday night.
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Jennings became the third Biscuit to earn Southern League MVP honors on Monday. (Photo by Mike Peacock)
Staff Report
(Sept. 1, 2009)
Former Montgomery Biscuits' outfielder Desmond Jennings has been voted as the Southern League's 2009 Most Valuable Player. The 22-year old was also named a post-season Southern League All-Star.
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Contributed
(Aug.31, 2009)
The Biscuits scheduled game with the Carolina Mudcats was postponed on Sunday due to persistent rain throughout the afternoon at Riverwalk Stadium. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader beginning at 6:05 on Monday night. The doubleheader will consist of two seven-inning ballgames.
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Contributed
(Aug. 30, 2009)
Two big innings propelled the Biscuits to their second straight win over the Carolina Mudcats, 8-1, on Saturday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Contributed
(Aug. 29, 2009)
The Biscuits came from behind to defeat the Carolina Mudcats, 3-1, in the opener of a five-game series on Friday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Contributed
(Aug. 27, 2009)
HUNTSVILLE - The Biscuits blew a four-run lead and endured a 9-7 loss at the hands of the Huntsville Stars on Wednesday night at Joe W. Davis Stadium. A seven-run seventh inning led to the demise of the Biscuits and the series win for the Stars.
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Contributed
(Aug. 26, 2009)
HUNTSVILLE - The Biscuits were handcuffed for six innings by right-hander Brandon Kintzler and shutout by the Huntsville Stars, 5-0, in game four of a five-game series on Tuesday night at Joe W. Davis Stadium.
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Contributed
(Aug. 25, 2009)
HUNTSVILLE - The Huntsville Stars scored six unanswered runs to race past the Biscuits, 6-4, in the third game of a five-game set on Monday night at Joe Davis Stadium.
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Contributed
(Aug. 24, 2009)
The Montgomery Biscuits are proud to announce the 2009 Biscuits’ Jersey Auction, with all proceeds to support the River Region United Way. The silent auction will conclude during Biscuits Charities Night on Saturday, Aug. 29, during the Biscuits' 7:05 p.m. game against the Carolina Mudcats at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Contributed
(Aug. 24, 2009)
HUNTSVILLE - The Biscuits trounced the Huntsville Stars for the second consecutive day, taking an 8-3 win in game two of a five-game series on Sunday afternoon at Joe W. Davis Stadium. The win marked the Biscuits sixth consecutive victory over Huntsville.
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Contributed
(Aug. 23, 2009)
HUNTSVILLE - The Biscuits got the bats out and trounced the Huntsville Stars, 11-3, in the opener of a five-game series on Saturday night at Joe W. Davis Stadium.
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Contributed
(Aug. 22, 2009)
HOOVER - The Biscuits split a doubleheader with the Birmingham Barons on Friday night at Regions Park, snapping a 12-game losing skid to the Barons with a 4-3 win in game one and enduring a 7-3 loss in game two. The win in game one also allowed the Biscuits to avoid a five-game sweep in the series.
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Contributed
(Aug. 21, 2009)
HOOVER - Thursday's scheduled game between the Biscuits and Birmingham Barons has been postponed due to persistent rains in the Hoover area. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Friday night beginning at 5.
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Contributed
(Aug. 20, 2009)
HOOVER - The Biscuits woes against Birmingham continued on Wednesday night as the Barons swept a doubleheader from the Biscuits, taking game one 3-1 and game two 4-1. The Barons claimed the series as well and have now dumped the Biscuits in 12 straight contests.
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Contributed
(Aug. 19, 2009)
HOOVER - Tuesday's scheduled game between the Biscuits and Birmingham Barons has been postponed due to persistent rains in the Hoover area. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Wednesday night beginning at 5.
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Contributed
(Aug. 18, 2009)
BIRMINGHAM - The Birmingham Barons beat the Biscuits for the 10th consecutive time, shutting out Montgomery 3-0 in the opener of a five-game series on Monday night at Regions Park.
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Contributed
(Aug. 17, 2009)
The Montgomery Biscuits scheduled game with the Mississippi Braves on Sunday has been cancelled due to heavy rain in the afternoon that rendered the infield at Riverwalk Stadium unplayable at game time and more rain forecasted for the evening.
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Contributed
The Biscuits posted a five-run third inning en route to thumping the Mississippi Braves, 7-3, in front of 6,895 on Saturday night at Riverwalk Stadium. The win pulled the Biscuits even with the Braves in the five-game set.
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Contributed (Aug. 15, 2009)
The Mississippi Braves took an early lead and held on late to defeat the Biscuits, 3-2, on Friday night at Riverwalk Stadium. The Braves won for a second straight night to take the upper-hand in the five-game series.
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Contributed (Aug. 14, 2009)
Concepcion Rodriguez belted a solo-home run leading off the 10th inning and the Mississippi Braves outlasted the Biscuits, 2-1, in 10 innings on Thursday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Staff Report (Aug. 13, 2009)
LAUREL, Miss. -- Parker Chavers had five hits and four runs driven in to lead AUM Gold to a 24-11 victory over Sebring, Fla. in the loser's bracket of the Dixie Youth AAA World Series on Wednesday.
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Contributed (Aug. 13, 2009)
The Biscuits took an early lead and rolled behind a strong pitching performance to a 4-1 win over the Mississippi Braves in the series-opener of a five-game series on Wednesday night.
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Staff Report (Aug. 11, 2009)
LAUREL, Miss. - East Montgomery Red avoided elimination with a 5-4 win over Troup County, Ga. in the Dixie Youth Majors World Series on Monday.
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Contributed (Aug. 11, 2009)
The Mobile BayBears cruised to a 7-1 victory over the Biscuits in the finale of a five-game series on Monday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Staff Report (Aug. 10, 2009)
LAUREL, Miss. -After dropping its first game to Tennessee on Saturday night, the East Montgomery Red posted an extra-inning win over Woodville, Texas, 8-5, in the second round of the Dixie Youth Majors World Series on Sunday.
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Contributed (Aug. 10, 2009)
The Biscuits walked off win another win over the Mobile BayBears, as Chris Nowak's flare-single in the bottom of the ninth gave them a 3-2 victory on Sunday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Contributed (Aug. 9, 2009)
The Mobile BayBears snapped the Biscuits five-game win-streak, holding on for a, 4-3, win in front of 6,282 on Saturday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Contributed (Aug. 8, 2009)
For the third time in four home games, the Biscuits celebrated a walk-off win, defeating the Mobile BayBears, 7-6, in 10 innings on Friday night at Riverwalk Stadium
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AUM Gold opens the Dixie Youth AAA World Series on Saturday. (Photo contributed)
Staff Report (Aug. 7, 2009)
AUM Gold opens the Dixie Youth AAA World Series against Bedford, Va. on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. CDT.
The AUM team enters the Dixie Youth Baseball World Series undefeated and have outscored opponents 143-33 in 15 tournament outings.
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East Montgomery Red opens the Dixie Youth Majors World Series on Saturday. (Photo contributed)
Staff Report (Aug. 7, 2009)
East Montgomery Red will open play in the Dixie Youth Majors World Series on Saturday in Laurel, Miss. The team recently won the state championship in Lincoln. The team defeated Greenville in the finals to advance.
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Contributed
A five-run sixth inning propelled the Biscuits to a 7-4 win over the Mobile BayBears in the opener of a five-game series on Thursday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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PEARL, Miss. - The Biscuits cashed in three Mississippi errors to plate four unearned runs en route to a series-clinching, 6-3, win in the finale of a five-game series at Trustmark Park on Wednesday night.
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Staff Report
SENECA, S.C. - AUM is in the finals of the Dixie Boys 14-year-old World Series after their 5-2 victory over West Seminole, Fla. on Tuesday.
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PEARL, Miss. - The Biscuits jumped out in front and coasted to a, 5-1, victory over the Mississippi Braves on Tuesday night at Trustmark Park.
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PEARL, Miss. - The Biscuits rallied to split a doubleheader with the Mississippi Braves on Monday night Trustmark Park, falling 3-0 in game one, but coming back from an early deficit to take game two, 3-2.
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PEARL, Miss. - Two runs in the eighth inning sank Montgomery in a see-saw affair, as the Mississippi Braves claimed a 5-4 win in game one of a five-game series at Trustmark Park on Sunday afternoon.
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PEARL, Miss. - The Biscuits' scheduled game against the Mississippi Braves was postponed due to rain on Saturday night. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader consisting of two seven-inning games on Monday night beginning at 6:05.
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The Biscuits took their second straight walk-off win, 4-3, over the Huntsville Stars in 10 innings in front of 6,501 on Friday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
Soon after the win, Desmond Jennings was opted to Class AAA Durham for assignment. He leaves Montgomery leading the Biscuits in virtually every offensive category.
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Staff Report
MUSCLE SHOALS - AUM Gold overcame an early 2-0 deficit with a seven-run fifth inning to earn a 7-2 victory over Auburn Orange and advance to the World Series in the Dixie Youth AAA state tournament on Thursday.
LINCOLN - East Montgomery Red came from behind to win the Dixie Youth Majors state tournament, defeating Greenville, 5-4, on Thursday.
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HUNTSVILLE – North All-Star MVP William Johnson turned in the kind of point guard performance coaches dream about. The Decatur star, who scored 13 points in the North’s 75-72 win over the South Thursday night in the 65th playing of the North-South All-Star game, also sank 5-of-6 free throws to seal the win.
The North All-Stars outscored the South 14-6 in the third quarter Thursday night and went on to post a 50-45 win in the 13th annual All-Star girls basketball contest.
The North girls edged the South in four games Thursday afternoon in volleyball.
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Staff Report
LINCOLN - East Montgomery Red advanced to the championship game with an 8-4 win in seven innings over previously unbeaten Alexandria in the Dixie Youth Majors state tournament on Wednesday... AUM Gold also reached the finals of the AAA state tournament in Muscle Shoals.
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Contributed
Tuesday night's scheduled game two between the Biscuits and Huntsville Stars has been postponed due to rain and an ominous forecast for the rest of the evening. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader consisting of two seven-inning games on Wednesday night beginning at 6:05.
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Staff Report
AUM’s 14-year-old all-star team will play in the Dixie Boys World Series beginning on Saturday after earning the state championship recently... East Montgomery Red and White Dixie Youth Majors teams stay alive in state tournament.
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Contributed
The Huntsville Stars handed the Biscuits their seventh straight loss, 8-3, claiming the opener of a five-game series on Monday night at Riverwalk Stadium. Montgomery's current losing-streak is now a franchise record.
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Staff Report
East Montgomery avoided elimination in the Dixie Youth Majors state tournament on Sunday with a win over Smiths Station, 10-0.
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BIRMINGHAM - The Birmingham Barons completed a five-game sweep of the Biscuits with a 4-1 win in the series-finale on Saturday night at Regions. It marks the first time in franchise history that the Barons have swept the Biscuits in a five-game series.
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BIRMINGHAM - Daniel Hudson stymied the Biscuits for eight innings and the Birmingham Barons again coasted in a 3-0 win on Friday night at Regions Park.
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BIRMINGHAM - Justin Cassel turned in six solid-innings and the Birmingham Barons held on for a 3-2 win over the Biscuits in game two of a five-game series at Regions Park on Wednesday night. The Barons claimed the season-series with the Biscuits with the win, now holding a 13-3 record against Montgomery on the year.
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Staff Report
HOOVER - The Birmingham Barons rolled over the Biscuits, 8-1, in a lop-sided game one from Regions Park on Tuesday night.
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The West Tenn Diamond Jaxx shut down the Biscuits and rolled to a, 6-1, win in the finale of a five-game series on Sunday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Staff Report
EUFAULA – The AUM Dixie Boys (14-year-old) team has advanced to the winner’s brackets with two wins in the state tournament.
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Desmond Jennings enjoyed a big week that included a trip to the XM All-Star Futures Game in St. Louis. He followed with a .625 performance at the plate for the Biscuits and earned Hitter of the Week honors in the Southern League. (Photo by Mike Peacock)
Contributed
Montgomery Biscuits outfielder Desmond Jennings has been named as the Southern League's Hitter of the Week for the week of July 13-19.
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East Montgomery Red's Jared Norman was one of seven players to hit home runs on Saturday. (Photo contributed)
Staff Report
East Montgomery Red completed the Dixie Youth Majors (11-12) sub-state with a perfect record, finishing with a 19-4 win over White Plains on Saturday. The win earned a top seed heading into the state tournament which begins next weekend in Lincoln.
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The Biscuits scored eight unanswered runs and battered the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx, 8-1, in front of 6,737 on Saturday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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East Montgomery Red's Jack Hudson laces a double down the right-field line as part of a four-run fifth inning to beat White Plains on Friday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
Homestanding East Montgomery Red punched its ticket to the Dixie Youth Majors state tournament with two victories on Friday in the sub-state tournament.
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Chris Nowak drove in five runs and Aneury Rodriguez took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning as the Biscuits rolled over the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx, 11-3, on Friday night in front of 5,987 at Riverwalk Stadium.
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West Tenn scored six times in the third inning as it rolled over the Biscuits, 8-4, on Thursday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Former Montgomery Biscuit B.J. Upton and the Tampa Bay Rays will be honored on Friday for their American League pennant during the Biscuits' game against West Tenn. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Rays)
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The Montgomery Biscuits will celebrate their parent-club, the American League Champion Tampa Bay Rays, with Rays Night at Riverwalk Stadium on Friday as the Biscuits host the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx (Seattle Mariners) at 7:05 p.m.
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By Corey Hayes
RRS Correspondent
East Montgomery held off a late charge to defeat Southeastern Blue in the play-in game of the Dixie Youth Majors District 5 tournament at Ed Thompson Park on Wednesday.
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The Biscuits returned from the All-Star break with a lop-sided, 9-3, win over the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx at Riverwalk Stadium on Wednesday night.
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HUNTSVILLE – The North All-Stars downed the South 4-3 in game one and then fell 7-5 in game two as the 13th annual Alabama All-Star Sports Week officially got underway Monday night with the baseball competition at Joe Davis Stadium. The week-long all-star competition continues Tuesday with the North-South girls soccer match at 5 p.m. and the boys game following at 7 at John Hunt Park.
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Staff Report (Aug. 11, 2009)
Results and schedule for the Dixie Baseball tournaments for 2009. Dates and schedules are subject to change. Some scores have not been reported. If you have scores or would like to report scores, send them to gmd@riverregionsports.com
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LAMP's Miller Norman will play in Monday's Alabama All-Star Sports Week baseball game. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
Miller Norman has come full circle in his pursuit of excellence when it comes to the game of baseball.
When the 2009-10 school year begins next month, no longer will he be in the shadows of his former teammates Austin White, Richard Deloney or even those who moved on from the squad that played for the Class 3A state championship two years ago.
On Monday, Norman begins his role as part of the South squad in the Alabama All-Star Sports Week baseball game in Huntsville. He is one of six players from the River Region participating in the game, which is set for a 4 p.m. start at Joe Davis Stadium.
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Staff Report
AUM’s Dixie Boys 14-year-old team, a group largely made up of the team that won the 13-year-old World Series a year ago, will return to the state tournament after winning the District 5 tournament last week.
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Contributed
BOISE, Idaho - Huntingdon senior Kyle Eller has been named to the Boise Summer League Sawtooth All-Star Team and has been selected to participate in the Home Run Derby, the league officially announced recently.
Both the All Star Game and the Home Run Derby will be held on Monday, with the Derby being held at 1 p.m. CST and the contest between the Sawtooth’s and the Owyhee. Each of the six teams in the league put six members on the All Star squad.
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By Corey Hayes
RRS Correspondent
East Montgomery White earned a trip to the Dixie Youth Majors Sub-State beating East Montgomery Red, 7-4, in the finals of the Dixie Youth Majors District 5 Tournament at Ed Thompson Park on Saturday.
In the first game, East Montgomery Red defeated Southeastern Blue, 4-2, to advance to the district finals.
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KODAK, Tenn. - The Tennessee Smokies turned aside the Biscuits attempt to sweep a four-game series with a one-sided, 8-2, win in the finale on Saturday night at Smokies Park.
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Jonathon Waite pitched a complete game for East Montgomery White on Saturday. (Photo by Mike Peacock. For more photos of this and other events, visit www.fotosbymichael.smugmug.com)
Staff Report
Scott Simmons, Walker Glasgo and Ben Jones combined to pitch a four hitter in Southeastern Blue’s 5-2 victory over previously unbeaten East Montgomery Red in the winner’s bracket game of the Dixie Youth Majors (11-12) District 5 tournament at Ed Thompson Park on Friday... Also, East Montgomery White stayed alive with a 6-5 win over AUM.
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Contributed
KODAK, Tenn. - The Biscuits blitzed the Tennessee Smokies and posted their most lop-sided win of the season, 15-1, on Friday night at SmokiesPark. With the win, the Biscuits claimed both the current four-game series and also the season-series with Tennessee.
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By Corey Hayes
RRS Correspondent
Jack Hudson homered twice and had three hits in East Montgomery Red’s 10-4 victory over East Montgomery White in the Dixie Youth Majors (11-12) District 5 tournament at Ed Thompson Park (Montgomery American) on Thursday.
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Contributed
KODAK, Tenn. - The Biscuits powered their way to a second straight victory, defeating the Tennessee Smokies, 6-3, on Thursday night at Smokies Park.
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Staff Report
Results (through Sunday) and schedules for the Dixie Baseball and Softball tournaments for teams in the River Region. Dates and schedules are subject to change.
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Contributed
The Huntingdon baseball program and sixth-year head coach D.J. Conville has announced the addition of 27 newcomers who have completed their intent to enroll paperwork and have committed to play for the Hawks next season.
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Three runs in the ninth inning gave the Biscuits a, 6-3, win over the Tennessee Smokies at Smokies Park on Wednesday night.
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The Birmingham Barons completed a four-game sweep of the Biscuits with a 7-6 win on Tuesday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Three Birmingham hurlers combined on a five-hit shutout as the Barons defeated the Biscuits, 3-0, at Riverwalk Stadium on Monday night.
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East Montgomery's Dixie Boys 13-year-old team advanced in the winner's bracket with two wins over the weekend. (Photo by Mike Peacock. For more photos, visit fotosbymike.come)
Staff Report
East Montgomery Dixie Boys 13-year-old team picked up two wins over the weekend to advance in the District 5 tournament... Montgomery American Ponytails are in the championship round of the District 5 tournament in Opelika.
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Contributed
After a rain-delay of one hour and 15 minutes, the Birmingham Barons claimed a 5-3 win over the Biscuits on Sunday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL - The Suns scored five unanswered runs to race past the Biscuits, 5-3, on Friday night in front of 8,986 at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.
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Vosel hit .450 last season for the Trinity Wildcats. He will take his talents to AUM beginning this fall. (Photo contributed)
Staff Report
Stephen Vosel wanted a chance to play college baseball... anywhere.
He will get it, right in his own back yard.
Vosel signed a letter of intent to play with Auburn University Montgomery beginning next year. The Trinity Presbyterian catcher signed with the Senators earlier this week.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL - The Jacksonville Suns skipped off winners on Wednesday night at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville as Lorenzo Scott broke a 6-6 tie with a solo-home run to leadoff the 12th inning, giving the Suns a 7-6 win.
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The Tallassee Ponytails pose with the championship trophy after earning a 3-0 win over East Montgomery in the finals of the Sub-district tournament on Tuesday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
Tallassee wins sub-district tournament over East Montgomery... Southeastern, East Montgomery win in Dixie Boys 14-year old Sub-district... AUM Green advances to finals in AA District.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL - Biscuits' starter Heath Rollins worked eight strong innings to lead Montgomery to a, 5-1, win over the Jacksonville Suns on Tuesday night at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.
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Biscuits hurler Jeremy Hellickson has been selected as one of four players from Montgomery for this year's Southern League All-Star game at Regions Park in Hoover. (Photo by Mike Peacock. For more photos, visit www.fotosbymichael.smugmug.com)
Contributed
The Southern League has announced the roster for the Southern League South Division All-Star Team, with four Biscuits selected to participate. pitchers Jeremy Hellickson and Eddie Morlan, outfielder Desmond Jennings and firstbaseman Rhyne Hughes have been chosen to participate, but only Hellickson and Morlan will take part in the Southern League All-Star Game on July 13 at Regions Park in Hoover.
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East Montgomery players (from left) Blake Blackmon, Deon Lowery and Justin Frith close in on a pop fly during EM's 8-2 win over AUM on Monday. (Photo by Mike Peacock. For more photos of this and other games, visit www.fotosbymichael.smugmug.com)
Staff Report
Chandler Taylor pitched five innings of one-hit ball as East Montgomery Boys 13-year-olds defeated AUM, 8-2, in Dixie Boys Sub-District play at Montgomery American on Monday... Auburn and Montgomery American advanced to the Dixie Majors District final with wins on Monday... Southeastern 14s earns come-from-behind win.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville Suns won a wild one, 6-4, over the Biscuits on Monday afternoon at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla - The Biscuits recorded their first ninth inning comeback victory of the season, plating three runs in the ninth inning to stun the Jacksonville Suns, 6-5, on Sunday night at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.
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Staff Report
Auburn used a five-run sixth inning to pull away for a 7-3 victory over Southern in the first round of the Dixie Majors (ages 17-19) tournament at Montgomery American’s Thompson Park on Friday.
Montgomery American and Bellingrath each earned first-round victories.
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The Tennessee Smokies salvaged a series split with the Biscuits by holding on for a, 6-5, win on Saturday night at Riverwalk Stadium in front of 6,501.
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Biscuits outfielder Desmond Jennings has been chosen to represent the Tampa Bay Rays in the prestigious XM All-Star Futures Game on Sunday, July 12. Jennings, 22, was named to the roster of the U.S. team, which will face the World Team in the showcase event.
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Matt Spring fueled the offense with a home run and RBI double, while Brian Baker shut down the Smokies as the Biscuits claimed a 4-2 win in game five of a six-game series on Friday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Ryne Sandberg has continued his baseball career in the coaching ranks. He is in his third season as a manager in the Chicago Cubs organization, his first with the Tennessee Smokies. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
It’s not every day you find the hometown team using the name and photo of the opposing manager on a promotional billboard.
Yet, there stands former Chicago Cub star secondbaseman Ryne Sandberg in an advertisement inviting fans in the River Region to watch the Biscuits play against his Tennessee Smokies this week.
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The Biscuits plated eight unanswered runs and came from behind to upend the Tennessee Smokies, 8-4, on Thursday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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McCarthy comes to Faulkner via Freed-Hardeman University where he led the team to more than 150 wins in five seasons. (Photo by Ryan Bartels, Faulkner University Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
Patrick McCarthy was introduced as Faulkner’s new head baseball coach on Wednesday.
McCarthy comes to Faulkner after spending nine seasons – the last five as the head coach – at Freed-Hardeman University. He built the Lions’ program into a consistent winner in the TranSouth Conference.
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The Tennessee Smokies blanked the Biscuits for the second time in the series, taking a 6-0 win on Wednesday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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The Biscuits prevailed in a pitcher's duel, 1-0, answering their shutout loss in game one with a win over the Tennessee Smokies on Tuesday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Hellickson's return to the Biscuits' pitching rotation should bolster Montgomery's chances to improve in the second half of the season. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
Montgomery Biscuits manager Billy Gardner didn’t hesitate when asked just how much the loss of a couple of pitchers, their most potent home run hitter and a couple more to injuries affected the Biscuits’ first half of 2009.
“There’s no doubt it hurt,” he stated emphatically, “but we have to learn to overcome those things.
“… And we get to start over.”
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Millbrook National has opened the AA Machine Pitch sub-district tournament at AUM with two victories, scoring a total of 38 runs. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
AUM and Millbrook National have earned victories in their first two games of the Dixie AA (Machine Pitch) sub-district tournament at AUM. Southeastern Blue and American Orange open strong in respective sub-district... Montgomery American Angels earn berth in finals.
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JACKSON, TN - The Biscuits earned a 4-3 win in game one, but fell late in game two, 2-1, as West Tenn earned a split of a doubleheader on Saturday night at Pringles Park. With their win in game one, the Biscuits claimed the series win and finished the first half 33-37.
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JACKSON, Tenn. - Heath Rollins worked six solid innings and the Biscuits dispatched the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx, 4-1, on Friday night at Pringles Park.
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JACKSON, TN - West Tenn scored twice in the first inning and didn't look back, defeating the Biscuits, 7-2, in game two of a five-game series at Pringles Park on Thursday night. The loss drops the Biscuits record to 31-36, their 36th loss ensuring a losing first half.
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Troy University senior third baseman Brett Henry was one of just nine players in Division I Baseball to be honored as a Gold Glove Award Winner by Rawlings and the American Baseball Coaches Association.
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Staff Report
Tallassee, Montgomery Gray, East Montgomery all announced all-star teams in both baseball and softball recently. Also, the Tallassee Babe Ruth team was announced.
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The Chattanooga Lookouts jumped to the early lead and held on for a series-clinching, 5-3, victory over the Biscuits on Monday night at Riverwalk Stadium. With the win, the Lookouts managed a split of the season-series which concluded with Monday's series final.
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On a day when dogs were welcome at the park, Aneury Rodriguez shook off a rough beginning to fire seven strong innings and lead the Biscuits to a 3-2 win over the Chattanooga Lookouts on Sunday afternoon at Riverwalk Stadium.
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The Chattanooga Lookouts held off a late Biscuits charge to claim a 3-2 win in front of 7,024 at Riverwalk Stadium on Saturday night.
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The Biscuits erased a 4-0 deficit, waited through a rain-delay and finally dumped the Chattanooga Lookouts, 5-4, in 14 innings on Friday night and part of Saturday morning at Riverwalk Stadium.
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The Biscuits were knocked out of first half playoff contention with a 4-0 loss to the Chattanooga Lookouts in game one of a five-game series on Thursday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Staff Report
Due to conflicts with games in the area and ACT/SAT testing on Saturday, the Montgomery American Tri-County Showcase has been postponed this weekend.
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HOOVER - Brian Baker was again superb as the Biscuits rolled over the Birmingham Barons, 6-1, to salvage the final game of a five-game series on Tuesday night at Regions Park.
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HOOVER - The Birmingham Barons held off the Biscuits in a slugfest, 14-8, on Monday night at Regions Park, winning game four and clinching the series. The Barons have taken three of the first four games in the series.
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Trinity's Whittle was named Class 3A Coach of the Year by the Alabama Sports Writers Association. (Staff Photo)
Combined Reports
Trinity head baseball coach Ken Whittle and Edgewood Academy's Bobby Carr were named Coach of the Year for their resepective All-state baseball teams by the Alabama Sports Writers Association on Saturday.
Carr led Edgewood to the Alabama Independent School Association Class AA state title while Whittle led Trinity to the Class 3A finals before losing to Madison Academy.
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HOOVER - The Biscuits broke a scoreless-tie with three runs in the top of the 10th inning and defeated the Birmingham Barons, 3-0, on Sunday afternoon at Regions Park.
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Tampa Bay Rays DH/OF Pat Burrell will join the Biscuits on a Major League rehabilitation assignment beginning on Monday in Birmingham. Burrell, 32, is expected to appear in both Monday's and Tuesday's games as the Biscuits complete their five-game series with the Barons.
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HOOVER, AL - Lucas Harrell dominated for eight innings as the Biscuits were stymied, 6-1, by the Birmingham Barons on Saturday night at Regions Park. The Barons have taken the first two games of the series and six of the first seven meetings between the two clubs.
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Three Birmingham hurlers combined on a three-hit shutout as the Barons rolled to a series opening, 6-0, win over the Biscuits on Friday night at Regions Park.
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By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
Rocky Smith will be wearing another hat when the 2009-10 school year begins.
Upon confirmation at the next Montgomery County Board of Education meeting, Smith will be officially named the new athletic director at LAMP, adding to his current job as the school's baseball coach.
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Brian Baker and Rayner Oliveros combined on a four-hit shutout of the Jacksonville Suns as the Biscuits claimed a rain-delayed series finale, 3-0, at Riverwalk Stadium on Thursday night.
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The Jacksonville Suns finished off a game three win, 9-2, then rallied to sweep the night with a 4-3 come-from-behind victory in eight innings in the night-cap.
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Rays reliever Chad Bradford arrived in Montgomery this week hoping to return to Tampa from his elbow surgery later this month. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
Chad Bradford is in a Montgomery Biscuits uniform this week for rehab of his elbow, which had bone chips removed before the season began. The longtime Major League journeyman is expected to be back with the parent club before the end of the month.
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Heavy rains suspended play in the middle of the fourth inning of game three of a five-game series between the Biscuits and Jacksonville Suns on Tuesday night at Riverwalk Stadium. The Suns were leading 5-1 at the time of the suspension. The game will be completed on Wednesday night beginning at 6:05, with a seven-inning game to follow.
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Senior outfielder Kevin Leslie from Stone Mountain, Ga., was named an NAIA second team All-American for the second straight season. Teammate Austin Adams, a senior shortstop and pitcher from Millbrook, was listed as an All-American Honorable Mention.
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Staff Report
Results (through Sunday) and schedules for the Dixie Baseball and Softball tournaments for teams in the River Region. Dates and schedules are subject to change.
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Contributed
A five-run sixth inning propelled the Biscuits to a, 6-1, win over the Jacksonville Suns on Monday night at Riverwalk Stadium to even their five-game series at a game apiece.
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Lorenzo Scott homered twice as the Jacksonville Suns defeated the Biscuits, 5-4, in 10 innings in the series-opener of a five-game series on Sunday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Cody Shields, of Panama City, Fla., has been named to the 2009 NAIA Baseball All-America Second Team.
Shields, the Southern States Athletic Conference Male Athlete and Baseball Player of the Year, led Auburn University at Montgomery at the plate with a .461 batting average. He had seven homeruns, nine triples, 13 doubles and 43 RBI, all from his leadoff position in the lineup.
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ZEBULON, NC - The Carolina Mudcats pounded out 19 hits en route to a 9-3 win over the Biscuits in the series finale of a five-game series on Saturday night at Five County Stadium. The Mudcats claimed four of the five games in the series as the Biscuits finish their 10-game road trip with a record of 3-7.
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ZEBULON, NC - Chris Heisey clubbed a three-run home run in the first inning and ultimately drove in four runs as the Carolina Mudcats rolled past the Biscuits, 8-3, in game four of a five-game series on Friday night at Five County Stadium.
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ZEBULON, NC - A four-run sixth inning keyed a Carolina Mudcats, 7-2, victory over the Biscuits on Thursday night at Five County Stadium.
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ZEBULON, NC - Biscuits' left-hander Brandon Mann (3-2) carried a perfect-game bid for 6 2/3 innings, ultimately working eight shutout frames, as the Biscuits blanked the Carolina Mudcats, 3-0, on Wednesday night at Five County Stadium.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Biscuits used home runs from Fernando Cortez and Brandon Chaves to build a 6-1 lead and then held on for a 6-5 win over the Jacksonville Suns in the finale of a five-game series on Monday afternoon at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.
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Staff Report
The Alabama Crimson Tide will travel to Clemson, S.C. for the first round of the NCAA Baseball tournament regional.
Clemson is the host and top seed and will face Tennessee Tech in the opener, while second-seeded Alabama will take on No. 3 seed Oklahoma State in the double-elimination format. Game times have yet to be determined.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL - The Biscuits grabbed their first win in a five-game series with Jacksonville, defeating the Suns, 4-1, behind a strong performance from Heath Rollins on Saturday night at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville Suns used a bases loaded-walk to break a 2-2 tie and claim a 3-2 win over the Biscuits on Friday night at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.
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TROY - All season the Troy Trojans have been dominant in games when holding a lead in the late innings. Thursday night in the second round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, Troy found itself with a 9-6 lead in the eighth, but the Trojans failed to hold the advantage, as Western Kentucky roared back with six runs in the inning and went on to take a 14-11 victory.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL - The Jacksonville Suns used three pitchers to blank the Biscuits, 8-0, in the opener of a five-game series from the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville on Thursday night.
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The Mississippi Braves (18-20) used a four-run sixth inning to defeat the Biscuits (20-19), 6-5, on Tuesday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Alabama outfielder Kent Matthes was selected 2009 SEC Baseball Player of the Year, LSU’s Louis Coleman was named SEC Pitcher of the Year and Florida first baseman Preston Tucker and LSU reliever Matty Ott were named SEC Co-Freshmen of the Year by a vote of the league’s 12 head baseball coaches.
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Alec Pitts prepares to sign his letter of intent with Oglethorpe College as his mother, Kim, awaits. (Staff Photos)
Staff Report
Austin White and Alec Pitts may not profess to be pioneers. When the two LAMP seniors chose to play their sport at the next level, it was about doing what they love the most.
Yet, White and Pitts are paving the way for future athletes at LAMP High School, even if they do not acknowledge the fact that they are the first.
On Monday, the two all-state athletes announced their intentions to play in college next year. White will stay in town and play baseball for Huntingdon College while Pitts will head to Atlanta to play basketball at Oglethorpe.
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HOOVER - The LSU Tigers had to manuver through the loser's bracket but they did enough to earn their second-conseutive SEC Baseball Tournament title, beating Vanderbilt, 6-2, on Sunday.
The SEC also learned that three schools were named hosts by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.
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Sunday's scheduled game between the Montgomery Biscuits and Mississippi Braves has been postponed due to persistent rain in Montgomery. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Monday night at 6:05. The doubleheader will consist of two seven-inning games.
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MOBILE, Ala. With nothing but pride to play for on the final day of the 2009 regular season, the Troy Trojans jumped out to an early lead over South Alabama, coughed that lead up in one bad inning, and then stormed back to take a 12-7 victory over the Jaguars.
The Trojans (32-21, 18-10) will now prepare to host the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, where they will open play on Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. against the same South Alabama (25-28, 13-16) club.
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Madison Academy runs to accept its championship trophy from AHSAA executive director Steve Savarese after winning the Class 3A state championship over Trinity on Friday at Riverwalk Stadium. (Photo by Kristi Ingram) To order more photos of this or other games, visit www.kdpsportsphotos.com
Combined Reports
The Trinity Wildcats found themselves in a role reversal in Game 2 of the Class 3A state championship.
Only this time, the comeback fell short.
Madison Academy won its first state championship in baseball, beating Trinity, 9-8, in the second game of the Class 3A finals at Riverwalk Stadium on Friday. The Mustangs needed another seventh-inning rally to do it.
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MOBILE, AL - The Biscuits (18-17) recorded a season-high 13 runs to dust the Mobile BayBears (19-16), 13-3, completing a five-game sweep at Hank Aaron Stadium on Friday night. It is the first five-game sweep in the all-time series between the two clubs. The win also pulls the Biscuits over the .500 mark for the first time this season.
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Trinity's Clay Finkelstein singles through the left side to plate two runs in the fifth inning of Thursday's Game 1 in the Class 3A finals at Paterson Field. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
Andrew Parrish’s grand slam highlighted an eight-run seventh inning that lifted Madison Academy to a 9-6 victory over Trinity in the series opener at Paterson Field. The two teams will play again on Friday at Riverwalk Stadium beginning at 10 a.m.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Auburn University Montgomery was eliminated from contention for a spot in the NAIA Baseball Championship with an 11-3 loss to host and top-seed Embry-Riddle on Thursday.
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MOBILE, AL - Rhyne Hughes homered and drove in three runs as the Biscuits (17-17) beat the Mobile BayBears for the fourth consecutive game, 4-2, at Hank Aaron Stadium on Thursday night.
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By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
It was not his nature, but soon after a key hit during last weekend’s series against Luverne, Trinity Presbyterian senior catcher Stephen Vosel gave a rare fist pump in the air.
It was very Tiger Woods-esque.
But it spoke volumes of what was about to come.
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MOBILE, AL - The Biscuits rode a strong performance from Heath Rollins to their third straight win, defeating the BayBears, 4-1, in a ballgame delayed by rain for an hour and 21 minutes at Hank Aaron Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.
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Brantley's Anthony Gulley attempts to lay down a bunt in the Bulldogs' 3-1 win over Athens Bible on Tuesday. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
The Bulldogs (25-10) are one win away from their first state championship in baseball after a 3-1 victory over Athens Bible School in the Class 1A state championship at Paterson Field.
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MOBILE, AL - Aneury Rodriguez turned in five shutout innings and the Biscuits hung on again for a, 5-4, win over the Mobile BayBears in game two of a five-game series from Hank Aaron Stadium on Tuesday night.
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Results for the AHSAA State Baseball finals held at Riverwalk Stadium and Paterson Field. (River Region team in bold)
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Matt Steele led the Embry-Riddle Eagles offense as he was 3-for-4 from the plate with two RBIs in the Eagles 8-4 win over the Auburn University Montgomery Senators (35-22) in the NAIA Baseball Championships Opening Round at Sliwa Stadium.
In the opener, Daniel Holder held Union University to seven hits and a run in leading AUM to a 2-1 win in the opening game of the 2009 NAIA Baseball Opening Round Tournament.
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Capsules for teams in the AHSAA State Baseball finals to be held at Riverwalk Stadium and Paterson Field, May 12-15.
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By the numbers for the AHSAA State Baseball finals, which begin Tuesday at Paterson Field and continues through Friday at both Paterson and Riverwalk Stadium.
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The Birmingham Barons (20-8) held off a late charge from the Biscuits (13-17) to claim the series finale of a five-game set, 6-4, on Saturday night in front of 7,219 at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Ransburgh is greeted after finishing off the Luverne Tigers in the bottom of the sixth inning in Trinity's 11-6 win on Saturday. The Wildcats will play in the Class 3A state championship beginning Thursday. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
Nearly all season long, when the Trinity Wildcats have needed a key play, somebody has come up big.
Saturday was no different. The Wildcats (26-9) got a strong performance from starter Cam Ransburgh and the offense unloaded once again for double digits in an 11-6 victory over Luverne at Jason Armstrong Field on the campus of Trinity Presbyterian School.
ACA dropped two games at Thomasville in the Class 4A semifinals on Saturday.
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The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the participants in the opening tournament play of the 2009 NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round and the Auburn University at Montgomery Senators will be one of the 45 teams involved in the tournament.
The Senators will be playing in Daytona Beach, Fla., at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The Senators received the four seed. Embry-Riddle will be the top seed, followed by Union College (Ky.), Warner Southern (Fla.), AUM and Union University (Tenn.). The tournament runs May 12-15.
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Despite surrendering 18 hits to the Biscuits (13-16), the Birmingham Barons (19-8) claimed their third consecutive victory, 14-9, on Friday night in front of 5,221 at Riverwalk Stadium.
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The Birmingham Barons picked up where they left off in game two, routing the Biscuits, 9-2, in game three of a five-game series on Thursday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Severe rains and flooding have caused postponement of many athletic events on Thursday, including the Alabama Independent School Association state finals at Paterson Field... Game between Trinity and Dadeville to be moved.
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Former Trinity star Rory McKean has taken his talents to Ole Miss where he is one of the Rebels' top relievers. He won the Jimmy Hitchcock Award in 2005. (Photo courtesy of the Unv. Mississippi Athletic Dept.)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
Rory McKean has spent the last four years enjoying the life of a college student.
The winner of the 2005 Jimmy Hitchcock Memorial Award is not too far removed from his senior year in high school, although his demanding schedule doesn’t allow him the opportunity to return to Montgomery except for rare occasions.
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Several games have been postponed due to rain and thunderstorms on Wednesday.
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The Birmingham Barons (17-8) turned the tables on the Biscuits and cruised to a 13-4 victory to even the series at a game apiece in front of 5,987 on Wednesday afternoon at Riverwalk Stadium. The loss snapped the Biscuits season-long four-game win-streak.
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The Biscuits rolled to their fourth consecutive victory, 12-2, over the Birmingham Barons despite starter Jeremy Hellickson departing after two innings on Tuesday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
Hellickson, the Biscuits top-starter, left with a supraspinatus sprain in his throwing shoulder. He will be reevaluated in a couple of days, and is expected to miss his next start. The injury occurred while Hellickson was making a pick-off move to first base in the second inning.
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Trinity starter Jeremy Morgan scattered six hits in the Wildcats' 4-1 win over Dadeville in Game 1 on Tuesday. The two teams will play again on Wednesday to decide the series. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
Jeremy Morgan has made a full recovery from an injury that sidelined him for most of the 2009 season.
If there were any doubts, look up his statistics from Tuesday’s Class 3A quarterfinal win over Dadeville.
Morgan led the Trinity Wildcats to a 4-1 victory over Dadeville in Game 1 of the Best-of-3 series Tuesday. The Tigers rebounded with an 11-6 win in the second game to force Game 3 on Wednesday.
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Trinity's series win over LAMP started with Cam Ransburgh's leadoff single in Game 1. The Wildcats will look to advance to the Class 3A semifinals against Dadeville. (Photo by Mike Peacock. Order at www.fotosbymichael.smugmug.com)
Staff Report
When Alabama Christian Academy coach Don Gilliam learned that the Eagles’ quarterfinal-round Class 4A series against Bibb County would be pushed back a few days, he did what most coaches would do in the situation.
Schedule a practice game.
Baseball teams will be back in action on Tuesday for the Alabama High School Athletic Association playoffs, which were interrupted by a scare from the Swine Flu epidemic that has threatened the state.
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PEARL, MS - The Biscuits (12-13) used outstanding starting pitching and seven hits combined from Desmond Jennings to sweep a doubleheader from the Mississippi Braves (10-14) on Monday night at Trustmark Park.
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Results and schedule for the quarterfinal round in the Alabama High School Athletic Association state baseball playoffs. (River Region teams in bold)
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PEARL, MS - Due to torrential rains and heavy winds, the Biscuits and Mississippi Braves had game four postponed on Sunday afternoon. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Monday night beginning at 5:30 PM at Trustmark Park.
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PEARL, MS - The Mississippi Braves (10-11) brushed aside the Biscuits (9-13), 3-1, in game two of a five-game series in front of 3,022 at Trustmark Park on Friday night.
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Solo homers from Michael Dugan and Justin Williams led Auburn University Montgomery to an 11-4 win over Brewton-Parker in the Southern States Athletic Conference tournament in Columbus, Ga. on Thursday.
Top-seeded and fourth-ranked Berry rebounded from a shocking first-round defeat to eliminate Faulkner 4-2 from the Southern States Athletic Conference baseball tournament here Thursday.
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PEARL, MS - After rain showers delayed the start by 46 minutes, the Montgomery Biscuits (9-12) drubbed the Mississippi Braves (9-11), 9-2, on Thursday night at Trustmark Park.
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The Jacksonville Suns (12-8) piled up 19 hits and earned the series win with a, 13-7, victory over the Biscuits (8-12) in front of 3,213 at Riverwalk Stadium on Wednesday Night.
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COLUMBUS, Ga.—Bruce Alter had three hits and two RBI to lead Auburn University at Montgomery to a 10-7 win over Faulkner University in the first round of the Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament.
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PRATTVILLE – Before the season began, Prattville head baseball coach Tommy Goodson was all but certain the Lions would meet the Auburn Tigers in the playoffs.
When he created the regular-season schedule, he made it a point to put Auburn on the list of teams to play.
The Tigers played Prattville three times, winning all three, including a 3-0 shutout of the Lions in the final week of the season.
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A pair of two-run home runs helped propel the Biscuits to a 7-2 win over the Jacksonville Suns on Tuesday afternoon at Riverwalk Stadium.
Rhyne Hughes and Jason Bowers each clubbed a two-run homer as the Biscuits leveled their five-game series with the Suns at two games apiece.
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Schedule for the quarterfinal round in the Alabama High School Athletic Association state baseball playoffs. (River Region teams in bold)
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Biscuits firstbaseman Rhyne Hughes hit four home runs last week and hit .375 to earn Southern League honors. (Photo by Mike Peacock. www.fotosbymichael.smugmug.com)
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Montgomery Biscuits firstbaseman Rhyne Hughes has been named as the Southern League's Hitter of the Week for the week of April 20-26.
During the week, Hughes connected on four home runs, while batting .375 (9-24) and driving in seven runs. He homered three times in the Biscuits five-game series against Mobile and added a four-hit game on April 20. The 25-year old also scored five runs and added a pair of doubles.
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The Huntingdon baseball team fell short in its attempt to capture its first Great South Athletic Conference Tournament Championship since the 2005 season, as it fell to Maryville in the final game, 8-5, Sunday afternoon at Neal Posey Field.
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Results of the second-round in the Alabama High School Athletic Association state baseball playoffs. (River Region teams in bold.)
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Results from the first round of the Alabama Independent School Association state baseball playoffs. (River Region teams in bold.)
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The Biscuits were no-hit into the seventh inning and ultimately beaten in the series opener, 3-1, by the Jacksonville Suns on Saturday night in front of 7,125 at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Trailing 5-3 heading to the top of the ninth, the Huntingdon baseball team pushed across three runs, including the go-ahead run on a two-strike squeeze bunt, to keep its season alive with a 6-5 victory over LaGrange on Saturday evening at Neal Posey Field.
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Trinity's Jack Fain takes a high inside pitch in the first of two wins against LAMP on Friday. The Wildcats advanced to the Class 3A quarterfinals with the sweep. (Photo by Mike Peacock)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
The Wildcats battered the LAMP pitching staff in a sweep of the Class 3A second-round doubleheader at Paterson Field. Trinity won the first game in a slugfest, 16-11, and came from behind to take Game 2 and the series, 9-6, to advance to the quarterfinal round.
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ACA's Chase Davis combined with Chase Forest to upend Holtville in Friday's Class 4A second-round series. (Staff Photo)
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Chase Forest earned a win in Game 1 and came up with a clutch hit in Game 2 as part of ACA’s sweep of Holtville at the AUM Dixie Majors’ complex. The wins allow ACA to advance to the quarterfinals of the Class 4A state playoffs next week.
The Eagles (26-6) won Game 1, 12-2, and followed with an 8-2 win in the second game.
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Tallassee split a doubleheader with Beauregard... Prattville sweeps Enterprise to advance... Macon-East Montgomery advances with sweep of Tuscaloosa Academy
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Results of the second-round in the Alabama High School Athletic Association state baseball playoffs. (River Region teams in bold.)
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Results from the first round of the Alabama Independent School Association state baseball playoffs. (River Region teams in bold.)
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Jason Cromer returned to Montgomery and helped lead the Biscuits to a 4-2 win over Mobile in the series finale from Riverwalk Stadium on Friday night.
Cromer (1-0), added to the Biscuits roster on Friday morning, turned in six strong innings to earn his first win of the season at the Double-A level. He conceded a lone run on five hits while striking out three.
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In a game that featured 37 combined hits, it was a two-run double in the bottom of the ninth by junior Bryant Hall that decided the game and gave the top-seeded Huntingdon baseball team a 13-12 come-from-behind victory over LaGrange in the Great South Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament at Neal Posey Field on Friday.
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Trinity's Ransburgh (left) and LAMP's Deloney are scheduled to start Game 1 of Friday's series at Paterson Field. (Staff Photos)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
On Friday, LAMP (25-6) and Trinity (20-8) will face off in a second-round Best-of-3 series at Paterson Field with the winner likely taking the inside track to representing the south portion of the Class 3A bracket. First pitch of the doubleheader is scheduled for 4 p.m. A third game, if necessary, would be played Saturday at 1 p.m.
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ACA catcher Courtney Moss homered in last weekend's series against Handley. The senior hopes to lead the Eagles past Holtville this weekend in the second round of the Class 4A playoffs (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
Just a few days ago, both Alabama Christian Academy and Holtville were recuperating from a grueling three-game series that decided the Class 4A, Area 5 title and the right to be the host of this weekend’s second-round series.
ACA won the battle. Holtville would like to win the war.
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Cody Chizmar went five-for-five at the plate with four RBI in leading Auburn University at Montgomery to a 16-5 win over Shorter College on Thursday.
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The Mobile Bay Bears used a dominating pitching performance to turn aside the Biscuits, 6-1, in game four of a five-game series on Thursday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
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The Mobile BayBears used four 3-run innings to claim the third of a five-game series by beating the Montgomery Biscuits, 12-2, at Riverwalk Stadium on Wednesday.
For the second time in the series, Desmond Jennings led off the first inning with a solo-home run to left field. His second of the year came at the expense of Mobile starter Barry Enright and gave the Biscuits a 1-0 lead.
The lead was short-lived however as the BayBears responded with three runs to take the lead for good in the third inning.
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Results from the first round of the Alabama Independent School Association state baseball playoffs. (River Region teams in bold.)
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Three Mobile hurlers combined on a four-hit shutout as the BayBears beat the Biscuits, 4-0, on Tuesday at Riverwalk Stadium.
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The Montgomery Biscuits used two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to hurdle the Mobile BayBears and claim game one of a five-game series, 5-4, at Riverwalk Stadium on Tuesday night.
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Jennings currently has a .372 batting average, which is among the leaders in the Southern League. Montgomery returns to Riverwalk on Monday to begin a 10-game homestand. (Photo by Mike Peacock)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
It is apparent that Montgomery Biscuits outfielder Desmond Jennings is quickly becoming the talk of the 2009 season.
Actually, he was long before the season began 10 days ago.
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Jackson Aggies pither Logan Breedlove (6) celebrates with his teammates after their victory over Brew Tech on Saturday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
Brewbaker Tech’s Alphonso Lewis had it all figured out. It sounded so simple.
“We make the plays and we are playing next week,” he said. “But we didn’t and they did.”
Six unearned runs proved to be too much to recover from in Brew Tech’s 10-7 loss to defending champ Jackson in the first round of the Class 4A state playoffs at Ed Thompson Park on Saturday.
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Dixon dances home after a two-run homer in Brew Tech's 4-0 win in Game 1 of a three-game series against Jackson. (Staff Photo)
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Brewbaker Tech coach John Gluschick conceded that starting pitcher Ben Taylor did not have his best stuff.
But it was good enough.
The sophomore pitched into the seventh inning and was one-out away from a complete game shutout before Chris Dixon came in and put out a late fire in Brew Tech’s first-ever playoff win in baseball.
The Rams beat defending Class 4A champ Jackson, 4-0, in Game 1 of the Best of 3 series in the Class 4A first round at Ed Thompson Park on Friday.
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Davis had a big night at the plate in ACA's sweep of Handley on Friday. He finished with six hits including four extra-base hits in the two games. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
Chase Davis did a little bit of everything in Alabama Christian Academy’s Class 4A first-round sweep of Handley on Friday.
He hit, hit with power, stole a couple of bases and earned a win on the mound in the second game.
The sophomore was key in ACA’s dominance in a 13-3 win in the first game and a 15-4 win in Game 2.
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CHATTANOOGA, TN - The Chattanooga Lookouts (3-6) handled the Biscuits (3-6), 13-3, in game four of a five-game series at AT&T Field on Friday night.
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Alabama Christian Academy head coach Don Gilliam (center) leads his team into a first-round playoff battle against Handley on Friday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
Look closely at the teams in the south bracket of the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 4A baseball playoffs and notice the obvious…
The River Region is well represented.
Of the South’s eight first-round doubleheaders scheduled for Friday, four involved local teams. Should all win their respective series, all four will be involved in a matchup with their area rival next week in Round 2.
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Jay Taylor’s fielder’s choice scored Miller Norman with the winning run in the ninth inning in LAMP’s 5-4 win over Thompson on Thursday in a warm-up for the Golden Tigers playoff run.
The Tigers extended their winning streak to 14 games with an 11-6 win over Stanhope Elmore in the second game at Paterson Field.
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CHATTANOOGA, TN - The Biscuits (3-5) took the lead in the top of the first inning and never looked back, dumping the Chattanooga Lookouts (2-6), 5-1, in game three of a five-game series on Thursday night at AT&T Field.
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Auburn University at Montgomery was able to take advantage of five Mobile errors in route to a 6-5 win over the Rams.
WALESKA, Ga.—Alli Converse, Brandi Richards and Allie Bobo all had two RBI in leading AUM to a 7-4 win at Reinhardt College and earn a split in the softball doubleheader. Reinhardt won the first game, 2-1.
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Sealy is a three-sport star who has led the Lee Generals into the Class 6A baseball playoffs. Lee faces Enterprise on Friday in the first round. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
Cody Sealy doesn’t know the definition of an off season.
The junior from Robert E. Lee High School is a three-sport star, four if you count the times he used to run the mile in junior high school.
But he doesn’t have time for track and field. Or basketball.
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CHATTANOOGA, TN - Rhyne Hughes clubbed his first two home runs of the season and Jeremy Hellickson shut out the Chattanooga Lookouts into the sixth inning as the Biscuits cruised to a 9-1 series-opening victory on Tuesday night at AT&T Field.
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Results for the Alabama High School Athletic Association state baseball playoffs first round. (River Region teams in bold.)
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Columbus State earned a victory over homestanding Faulkner University in extra innings,14-12, on Tuesday.
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The Huntingdon baseball team dropped a 4-3 decision to in-state rival Birmingham-Southern on Tuesday evening at Posey Field.
With the loss, the Hawks fell to 21-12 on the season, while the Panthers improved to 24-7.
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For the second time this season, Huntingdon senior Brad Vest has been named the Great South Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week, the league recently announced.
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The West Tenn Diamond Jaxx defeated the Biscuits, 8-1 on Easter Sunday, using three home runs and a strong performance from starter Luis Munoz to claim the season-opening series with the win.
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Combined Reports
Trinity defeated MA, ACA split with Holtville to earn area championships... LAMP completes perfect area record with sweep of Marbury.
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The Biscuits used a three-run rally in the bottom of the sixth inning to claim their first win of the season, 3-2, over the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx Saturday night in a shortened seven-inning game at Riverwalk Stadium. West Tenn closed out the Biscuits, 10-1, in the completion of Friday's suspended game
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Robert E. Lee's Cody Sealy pitched a one-hit shutout in the Generals' 10-0 win over Sidney Lanier on Friday. (File Photo)
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Several teams from the River Region clinched Area titles on Friday, including Robert E. Lee, which defeated Sidney Lanier at Paterson Field.
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The game between the Montgomery Biscuits and West Tenn Diamond Jaxx was suspended in the middle of the 4th inning on Friday at Riverwalk Stadium as persistent rain showers and heavy lightning prevented the second of a five-game series from continuing.
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Biscuits starter Jeremy Hellickson was solid in his first start of the season but the relief staff could not hold the lead in the ninth. (Photo by Mike Peacock)
Staff Report
The Montgomery Biscuits were set up for a nice opener in front of a near-capacity crowd at Riverwalk Stadium on Thursday.
The Biscuits battled back to take a two-run lead into the ninth but the combination of three relievers was unable to hold it in a 7-6 loss to West Tenn in front of a crowd of 7,002.
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The Biscuits got to know the turf quite well during recent workouts at Riverwalk Stadium. The season opens on Thursday against the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx. (Photo by Mike Peacock)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
Billy Gardner doesn’t have any specific special memories when it comes to baseball’s Opening Day.
In some ways, they are all special.
Gardner, who begins his third season as the manager of the Montgomery Biscuits on Thursday, has spent more than 20 years in professional baseball and each year, he says, is just as big as the previous one.
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Scott NeSmith had two hits and three RBIs in LAMP's win over Montgomery Academy on Tuesday. The win clinched the area title for the Golden Tigers. (Staff Photo)
Combined Reports
LAMP clinched the area title... ACA and Holtville won to set up the weekend series to decide area champion
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Lewis pitched into the seventh inning to earn his fifth win of the season and clinch Brew Tech's first playoff berth. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
It was windy. It was cloudy. It was cold.
The conditions were not favorable for baseball on Monday, but the Brewbaker Tech Rams did not care. A berth in the Class 4A playoffs was on the line.
Mission accomplished.
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Daniel Holder has been named the Southern States Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week.
Holder won two games this week leading the Senators to a 16-3 conference win over Emmanuel College and following that up with a 13-3 win over 12th ranked Berry College. He had 11 strikeouts in the win over Berry.
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The Montgomery Biscuits, Double-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, have announced their opening day roster at the conclusion of Rays Spring Training in Port Charlotte, FL. Headlining the Biscuits opening day roster are three of the top-15 prospects in the Rays Organization in the estimation of Baseball America, including No. 5 prospect OF Desmond Jennings, who prepped at Pinson Valley High School.
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LAMP catcher Parker Ivey applies the tag at home to Trinity's Blake Barrow in the Tigers win over the Wildcats on Saturday at Paterson Field. (Staff Photo)
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Austin White stood confidently answering questions following the LAMP Golden Tigers sweep of Trinity on Saturday, holding a brand new bat in his hand. The handle end of the bat was literally hanging by a thread.
“It’s broken,” was all he basically said.
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Auburn University at Montgomery scored six runs in the first inning to propel them to a 13-3 win over Berry College in Southern States Athletic Conference action. Berry came into the game as the top-ranked team in the conference.
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CENTRAL, S.C.—The Lady Senators softball team continues to have a standout first season of competition as it went to Southern Wesleyan University and swept the Lady Warriors 8-0 and 13-4.
Berry College swept AUM in a baseball doubleheader on Saturday, 3-2 and 7-4.
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Prattville's Chad Oates (12) slides in safely to score a run as Lee catcher Jesse Skaggs awaits the throw in the Lions' sweep of the Generals on Friday. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
Prattville starting pitcher Tyler Norwood likes what he has seen lately.
The senior led the Lions a step closer to clinching Class 6A, Area 6 with a sweep of Robert E. Lee at Pete Lee Field on Friday. The 10-3 and 8-6 (12 innings) victories pushed Prattville to 15-9, 6-0 in area play.
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Deloney gave up just three hits in a shutout win over Trinity on Friday. The Tigers meet the Wildcats again on Saturday at Paterson Field. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
Richard Deloney lives for Friday... especially when he is pitching.
The LAMP senior was well aware of the implications of the Golden Tigers Class 3A, Area 5 meeting with Trinity Presbyterian. A win would move his team one step closer to the regular-season area title.
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Senior Brad Vest tossed his second complete game of the season, scattering just four hits in the victory, to lead the Huntingdon baseball team past Maryville, 7-3, on Friday evening at Posey Field.
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Staff Reports
The City of Montgomery Parks and Recreation Department has announced that Thursday's Opening Ceremonies scheduled for Montgomery American and Southeastern Leagues as well as the Miracle League has been cancelled due to threatening weather.
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Huntingdon senior Dane Vansant has been named the Great South Athletic Conference Hitter of the Week, while junior pitcher Alex Sanford has been selected as Co-Pitchers of the Week, the league announced on Thursday.
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Staff Report
The rain continues to wreak havoc on baseball and softball schedules this spring. But Doug Singleton wants his show to go on Thursday evening.
Singleton, the league Commissioner for the Montgomery American Dixie Youth Baseball/Softball, has plans to go forward with the annual opening ceremonies provided there is no dangerous weather before or during the 6 p.m. scheduled start time.
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Bruce Alter’s double in the bottom of the 11th inning scored two runs and gave AUM a 7-6 win over West Alabama, the 11th ranked team in NCAA Division II.
Alter’s game winner came after UWA scored the run in the top of the inning when Sam McCormick dropped a perfect two-out bunt to score Nick Wheeler with the go-ahead run.
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LAMP's Scott NeSmith slides safely into second after one of his three hits in the first game of the Tigers' doubleheader sweep of Montevallo on Monday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
The LAMP Golden Tigers were slow getting out of the gate in both games of the doubleheader against area foe Montevallo on Monday.
But once out, the Tigers were in control, sweeping the two games, 8-4 and 9-1, at Paterson Field.
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Contributed
Two Auburn University at Montgomery athletes have received weekly honors from the Southern States Athletic Conference.
Cody Shields, Panama City, Fla., of the AUM baseball team has been named the SSAC Player of the Week. Shields led AUM to a 2-0 record on the week.
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FRANKLIN SPRINGS, Ga.—In a rare double-team, doubleheader, Auburn University at Montgomery defeated Southern Wesleyan University 7-3, and then defeated Emmanuel College 9-3.
In softball, AUM and Reinhardt College split a softball doubleheader with Reinhardt winning the first game 5-2 and AUM winning the second 6-1.
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The Huntingdon baseball team dropped both games of its Great South Athletic Conference opener, falling to Piedmont 4-0 in game one and 7-6 in the nightcap on Sunday at Posey Field.
MARIETTA, Ga. ---- The Huntingdon women’s golf team earned the first victory in the program’s young history, winning the Reinhardt Spring Invitational on Sunday.
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Staff and Combined Reports
Due to inclement weather, several baseball and softball games have either moved or been cancelled.
Nearly all games on Thursday were postponed and most games on Friday and Saturday have either moved to next week or been cancelled.
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With a "helmet salute" LAMP's Jay Taylor (right) is greeted by Taylor Watson (34) and Jalen Spraggins (2) after Taylor's solo home run in the second inning. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
For five innings, Alabama Christian Academy and LAMP were locked in a rare pitcher’s duel.
Only LAMP’s side of the duel would hold.
Three pitchers combined to limit ACA to just four hits in a LAMP 8-1 victory at Paterson Field on Tuesday in a warm-up game for area play later in the week.
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Faulkner split a doubleheader with the University of Mobile Tuesday with the Eagles winning Game 1 in extra innings, 12-11. Mobile won the nightcap, 7-4.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. --- The Huntingdon baseball team completed its four-game road trip undefeated after sweeping a doubleheader from Greensboro College on Monday, winning game one 10-5 and game two 7-2 at War Memorial Stadium.
The Hawks, now 15-8 on the season, also swept a doubleheader from Atlanta Christian on Saturday, 10-1 and 5-4.
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MA's J.J. Sewell had a big day at the plate as well as on the mound in the Eagles' sweep of Montevall on Friday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
Montgomery Academy coach Russ Brooks is giving everybody on the Eagles’ roster a chance to prove what they can do.
On Friday, it was an eighth-grader’s turn.
Marshall Lee had four hits in the two games to lead MA to a sweep of Class 3A, Area 5 foe Montevallo, 8-4 and 3-2, at Bowman Field.
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Kevin Boyd hit a grand slam home run in the top of the 12th inning to lead Faulkner to a 7-2 win over AUM in SSAC baseball action.
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By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
FOLEY – Catcher’s interference doesn’t routinely come up in conversation among baseball junkies.
Ask a member of the LAMP baseball team about it today and you might get a comment or two.
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By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
FOLEY – Brewbaker Tech enjoyed a banner day on Wednesday, earning two wins in the Gulf Coast Classic.
For openers, the Rams beat second-ranked Childersburg, 7-3, and followed with a come-from-behind victory over Buckhorn, 11-8. Both games were played at Foley High School.
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Despite allowing just one hit in the frame, a four-run fifth inning proved to be the difference as the Huntingdon baseball team fell to Wisconsin-Platteville 6-3 Wednesday afternoon at Neal Posey Field.
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By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
GULF SHORES - Over the course of the next few days, River Region Sports will be on the road with two teams playing in the prestigious Gulf Coast Classic baseball tournament in Gulf Shores.
Both LAMP and Brewbaker Tech are scheduled to play four games during the four days. RRS will cover the different aspects of the tournament including what the players and coaches do on a four-day trip.
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Faulkner blasted the Mid-Continent Cougars 16-4 in five innings in Game 1 and after an aggressive start in Game 2, held on for the 8-6 victory.
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Junior Alex Sanford tossed 7.0 innings of six-hit ball to lead the Huntingdon baseball team to a 6-4 come-from-behind victory over Wisconsin-Platteville Tuesday evening at Posey Field.
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By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
GULF SHORES - Over the course of the next few days, River Region Sports will be on the road with two teams playing in the prestigious Gulf Coast Classic baseball tournament in Gulf Shores.
Both LAMP and Brewbaker Tech are scheduled to play four games during the four days. RRS will cover the different aspects of the tournament including what the players and coaches do on a four-day trip.
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Contributed
Auburn University at Montgomery’s Brock Piper, Wichita, Kan., has been named the Southern States Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week.
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Staff Report
Richard Deloney pitched a complete game, giving up just two runs and two hits to lift LAMP (9-3, 1-0) to a 7-2 victory in a key Class 3A, Area 5 game against rival Montgomery Academy (3-7, 0-1) on Friday at MA.
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The Huntingdon baseball team scored seven runs in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back as it cruised to a 10-1 victory over Blackburn Friday evening at Posey Field.
With the win, the Hawks improve to 10-7 on the season, while the Beavers fall to 1-5.
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Faulkner took on No. 2 Lee University in a doubleheader Friday evening at Harrison field. The Flames entered the competition undefeated in conference play and the Eagles were looking to bring that streak to an end. The home team stunned Lee 7-4 in game one, but a weak first inning anchored Game 2 for the Flames, 4-2.
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Staff Report
Montgomery Academy head baseball coach Russ Brooks has taken into consideration all of the issues that his team faces this weekend when it takes on top-ranked LAMP in the first Class 3A, Area 5 series of the season.
But, he believes his team is prepared. It is, after all, the first time it has faced a team in Class 3A.
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Lewis was solid last week in the FCA tournament. He and the Rams hope to take that momentum into area play this weekend. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
Brewbaker Tech has spent the last three weeks facing some of the top teams in the River Region.
The Rams are about to find out if that will pay off in Area wins.
Brew Tech is one of several baseball teams opening Area play this week. The Rams (6-3) play a three-game set against Ashford beginning Friday.
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MIAMI, Fla. – The Troy University Trojans had been waiting for almost three games for someone to get a big hit against a tough FIU pitching staff.
When the big hits started, they came in a hurry as Troy got solo homers from Ryan Ditthardt, Miles Hoyle and Trevor Tyre in the final two innings on Sunday to battle back for a 6-5 victory over FIU.
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LAMP's Anthony Todd played a key role in Saturday's win over Brew Tech. He had two hits and two stolen bases in a 6-4 Tiger victory. (Photo by Mike Peacock) To order more photos of this or other games, visit www.kdpsportsphotos.com
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
LAMP head baseball coach Rocky Smith got just what he wanted this week during the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Jason Armstrong Memorial Tournament… playing time for his returning players, innings for his pitching staff. And four victories.
All that was missing was the overall title.
The Golden Tigers earned the Blue Division championship with a 6-4 victory over Brewbaker Tech at Riverwalk Stadium Saturday to finish 4-0 in the tournament. Wetumpka also earned a win on Saturday to finish undefeated and won the tiebreaker of least runs allowed between the two teams.
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Wetumpka's Reggie Golden scores the first run for the Indians in the first inning of a come-from-behind victory. Golden later put the Indians ahead for good with a solo home run in the fifth. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
Don Gilliam didn’t hesitate when asked about pitching to Wetumpka slugger Reggie Golden in the late innings of a tie game.
“No question, we pitch to him,” said Gilliam, head baseball coach at Alabama Christian Academy.
ACA did and Golden made them pay.
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ROME, Ga. - The Auburn University at Montgomery Senators got 29 points from Robert Johnson and 22 points from Quadavious Brown in an easy 81-61 victory over Southern Polytechnic State University in the semifinal round of the Southern States Athletic Conference tournament on Friday.
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MIAMI – Florida International used early offense to grab the lead as it defeated the Troy Trojans, 5-0, in Sun Belt action on Friday night at University Park.
The win improved the Golden Panthers to 5-2 and 1-0 in Sun Belt play. Troy dropped to 7-3 and 0-1 in league games after the loss.
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Kevin Leslie, Chris Myles and Austin Adams each delivered solo homers to open the game in Faulkner's 13-3 win over Brewton-Parker on Friday.
Austin Adams led the assault with an impressive 4-for-4 performance that included five RBIs. The senior delivered an RBI double and a three-run blast in addition to his first inning home run. He also had a stolen base.
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Xavier Cunningham of Jeff Davis pitched in Tuesday's loss to Montgomery Catholic. The Vols are still looking for their first win of the season. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
For Jeff Davis head baseball coach Greg Parker, being a psychologist is part of the job. It is a necessity considering the tough times the Volunteers have suffered recently on the diamond.
The Vols are still looking for their first win of the season after three weeks of play.
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Staff Report
Here are the recaps of the games from the FCA Jason Armstrong Memorial Tournament.
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Compiled by RRS Staff
Results from the Jason Armstrong FCA Baseball Tournament held March 3-7 at various locations.
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Contributed
A visit from 23rd-ranked Alabama brought the second-largest crowd to Riddle-Pace Field in the history of the program and warmed up the bats for the Trojans in the middle innings.
Troy rode the momentum of the crowd and continued to swing a hot bat from the weekend, claiming a 6-2 victory over Alabama.
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Reggie Golden has put up impressive numbers for Wetumpka. He is garnering attention from college and pro scouts. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
WETUMPKA - It would be too easy to make comparisons when watching Wetumpka outfielder Reggie Golden swing the bat. Then watch him run as the ball sails over the fence at Bazemore Field.
Can it be… Vincent “Bo” Jackson?
Some might say too worthy of a comparison, at least right now. Besides, he is just a junior.
But the accolades are piling up rather quickly.
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By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
Trinity head baseball coach Ken Whittle has watched baseball players come and go in his three decades of coaching. He can remember the names and their successes.
One of his players, Jason Armstrong, will have a special place in his heart, but not just because he tragically lost his life at a young age.
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TROY - Troy junior Miles Hoyle was a little down following the Trojans' home opening loss to Memphis Friday night, but the Odenville native bounced back quickly on Saturday, hitting for the cycle to lead Troy's 25-hit attack in a 19-3 victory over the Tigers.
The two clubs will play the rubber game of the weekend series on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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The Huntingdon baseball team battled tough weather conditions and a potent Birmingham-Southern offense, as it dropped a 13-1 decision to the Panthers in a rain-shortened game at Posey Field on Friday.
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Staff Report
WETUMPKA - Reggie Golden enjoyed another banner day, hitting a pair of home runs and earning a total of six hits in the Indians' sweep of LAMP at Bazemore Field on Tuesday. The Indians won the first game, 14-3 and followed with a 9-3 win in the nightcap.
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The Montgomery Biscuits will be hosting National Anthem tryouts on Saturday, February 28th beginning at 11 a.m. at Riverwalk Stadium. The tryouts will be held from 11:00 to 1:00 with the main gates opening right at 11:00 a.m. Tryouts will be first come first serve.
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Shaun Spearman hit a two-out single scoring two runs in the top of the eighth inning to give Columbus State University (6-6) a 6-5 victory over Auburn University at Montgomery.
The run-scoring single capped a comeback which saw the visitors trailing 5-1 heading into the seventh inning.
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MOBILE - Michael Colley hit a pair of home runs including a grand slam as Faulkner split a doubleheader with Mobile in college baseball action here Tuesday afternoon. Colley's heroics lifted Faulkner to a 13-6 victory in game 1, with the Rams displaying some power of their own to win the nightcap 7-6.
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Freshman Caleb Astin capped a 3-for-3 day with a go-ahead RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning, as the Huntingdon baseball team defeated Frostburg State, 3-2, on Sunday afternoon at the Armstrong-Shelley Complex.
ATLANTA -- The Huntingdon softball team earned its first win of the 2009 season behind a 3-for-3 performance at the plate and a complete-game effort on the mound by senior Nicole Hill, as it defeated Rhodes 5-2 on Sunday at Cooper Field.
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Brock Piper (1-0) pitched six innings allowing five hits and three runs as AUM defeated Trevecca Nazarene University, 6-3, in the second game of a doubleheader in Nashville.
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Behind six strong innings from senior Casey Garner and four hits from sophomore Drew Harrell in the opener, the Huntingdon baseball split its two games on Saturday, defeating Roanoke 10-3 and falling to Methodist 12-11 at the Armstrong-Shelley Complex.
In the contest against the Maroons (4-4), the Hawks (5-3) trailed 3-2 after three innings, but scored seven unanswered to earn the victory.
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Auburn University at Montgomery concluded its three-game series at Trevecca with a tough 17-10 loss to the nation’s 20th ranked team. The two teams had split yesterday’s double-header.
The Senators defense and pitching did not come through in today’s game as the Senators made three errors which led to six unearned runs, including five unearned runs in the bottom of the eighth inning as AUM was trying to hold on to a 10-8 lead.
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Staff Report
Robbins signs with Huntingdon... Bama/Auburn open baseball season... AISA Class A champs... Faulkner softball tourney opens
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Austin White pitched a two-hit shutout in LAMP's season-opening win over Jemison on Monday. White also added four hits in two games offensively. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
JEMISON - Austin White pitched a two-hit shutout and added four hits offensively in two games to lead LAMP to season-opening victories on Monday in high school baseball action.
The Golden Tigers (2-0) opened the 2009 season with a 12-0 shutout of Jemison and followed with a 16-6 victory over Shelby County at Jemison Field.
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The LSU Tigers are predicted to win the 2009 Southeastern Conference baseball championship, as voted by the league’s 12 baseball coaches in the 18th annual preseason SEC poll.
The Tigers, ranked as high as No. 1 nationally in multiple preseason polls, seek to capture their league-leading 14th SEC Championship and first since 2003.
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Jimmy Voelker was 4-for-4 at the plate with 10 RBI to lead Campbellsville University to a 16-0 in Game 2 of a double-header sweep for Campbellsville on Saturday.
Voelker hit two home runs and had a double and a bases-loaded single to give Ian Pick (1-0) all the runs he would need in the shut out win. Pick went all five innings of the shortened game allowing only four AUM hits and striking out three.
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Auburn University at Montgomery Senators picked up a 4-1 win over 11th-ranked Cumberland in a game that was shortened to six innings due to rain on Friday.
Cody Shields and Brooks Glover had two hits each and Cody Chizmar drove in two runs as the Senators pushed their record to 6-1 on the season.
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Local officials listened intently to instruction on Saturday during a special "Umpire Day" at Paterson Field. More than 25 high school umpires participated. (Staff Photo)
By Graham Dunn
RRS Editor
Kevin Bradley has been a part of baseball for more than 31 years. Most of that time has been spent as an umpire. He's lasted that long for a reason.
"I love the game of baseball," he said. "This is my way of staying a part. I just have a passion for it."
Bradley along with several other baseball officials spent much of last Saturday tuning up for the upcoming college and high school baseball season. The groups were split by longevity with the less experienced umpires working at Pete Lee Field and others spending the day at Paterson Field. Several local high school teams participated in the event, which lasted all day.
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Below is video shot on Feb. 10, 2008, as local umpires attended "Umpire Day" at Paterson Field.
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AUM earned a 15-5 win over third-ranked Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University on Saturday. Stephen Yates (2-0) pitched five innings in picking up the win allowing four hits and two runs. He had four strikeouts during his work. Robby Davis came in and finished the game pitching the final four innings allowing three hits and three unearned runs.
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The Huntingdon baseball team opened up the 2009 season in dominant fashion Saturday afternoon, sweeping a doubleheader from Concordia behind stellar starting pitching from seniors Brad Vest and Casey Garner.
Vest and Garner each earned their first victory of the season, recording 11 strikeouts and no walks.
In the opener, the Huntingdon bats provided more than enough insurance for Vest. The Hawks pounded out 19 hits, led by junior Kyle Eller, who finished 4-for-6 with a home run and four RBIs. Junior Chad Green matched Eller hit for hit as he also went 4-for-6 with three RBIs and runs scored. Junior Josh Bennefield also chipped in with three hits and four runs scored.
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Auburn University at Montgomery built a 5-0 lead through seven innings of action, only to see Trevecca score three runs over the final two innings to put a scare into the Senators in a nail-biting 5-3 win.
Ridgely Plaines (1-0) pitched five shutout innings to pick up his first win of the season, allowing only four hits as AUM led 4-0 when Plaines left the game.
AUM added another run in the bottom of the sixth to lead 5-0, but there is where it started to get shaky.
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The Montgomery Biscuits will hold their sixth annual Job Fair on Saturday, February 7th, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium.
The organization will hire in the areas of retail staff, food service, promotions, ticket operations, janitorial services, wait staff and guest services in preparation for the upcoming season. Front office staff members will be on site to conduct interviews.
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