Month: March 2017

Results for Monday March 27

BASEBALL

Radford 17 Bland Co. 2 – 5 inns.

Galax 8 Graham 8 – 10 inns. – Called Final

Glenvar 7 Covington 1

Richlands 13 Marion 0

Va. High 10 John Battle 5

SOFTBALL

Galax 15 Graham 0 – 5 inns.

Giles 10 Eastern Montgomery 0 – 5 inns.

Fort Chiswell’s 2017 Varsity Baseball Team

Photo courtesy Tina Quesenberry

Pictured are: left to right: front row: Sean Morgan (9), Dylan McGlothlin (4), Coltin King (16), Cy Underwood (23), Cody Burkes (21), Dallas Beasley (12).
Second row: left to right: Coach Clinton Beasley, Konner Rotenizer (30), Jacob Coake (33), Aaron Crawford (6), Head Coach Derrick Jackson, Tanner Bailey (2), Chance Davis (7), Leighton Dunford (25) and Coach Josh Wingate.

The Fort Chiswell Pioneers defeat Radford Bobcats

(Photography courtesy Tina Quesenberry)

Max Meadows— Playing each other just last Friday in Radford, Fort Chiswell faced the Bobcats at home this Friday. The Pioneers came out on top of this one 4-2.

Pitcher Dallas Beasley

Pioneers starting pitcher Dallas Beasley went six straight innings as he struck out five and gave up just four hits to get the win.

Radford (1-2) got good performance from Michael Wheeler as he went three innings. He allowed two runs but was tagged with the loss.

The Pioneers scored in the bottom of the first as Chance Davis knocked in Tanner Bailey. Radford would tie the contest in the top of the third when Taylor Newcome singled to drive in Trace Shepherd.

Fort Chiswell would go ahead with two runs in the bottom of the fifth when Beasley helped himself with a single to score Bailey, and Sean Morgan would drive in his second run of the game.

Radford would cut the margin to two in the top of the sixth as Reese Williamson drove in a run to cut the margin to 4-2.

Chance Davis

Chance Davis would come on in the top of the seventh to get the last three outs to pick up his first save of the season for Fort Chiswell as they improved to 3-0.

“We played much better today,“ said Derrick Jackson head coach of Fort Chiswell. “Dallas pitched real well and Chance (Davis) closed it out for us. Tanner Bailey came through for us at the plate as did Sean Morgan.”

The Pioneers will travel to Marion Tuesday to play the Hurricanes at 5 pm.

 

Tanner Bailey

R H E LOB

Fort Chiswell 4 8 2 7

 

Radford 2 3 1 5

 

 

Fort Chiswell – WP- Beasley -(1-0), Save- Davis

 

Radford – LP – Wheeler

 

Cougars defeat Tigers for three in a row

Bluefield…Playing for the third time in three days, the Cougars won their third straight as they defeated Princeton 10-5.

Hunter Shrewsbury had three hits in the win as he scored one run and knocked in one. Camden Underwood and Trent Blankenship both had two RBIs. Thomas Anderson was the starting and winning pitcher for the Cougars. The Cougars got a season high 14 hits and all their starters had at least one hit except Dylan Dinner. He walked twice and was hit by a pitch as he reached base three times.

Princeton was led by Christian Shafer with three hits and scored a run and also had two runs batted in. He was the starting and losing pitcher for the Tigers, who are now 0-2. Ethan Webb has two hits and crossed the plate once.

Pulaski Co. used four pitchers in the win. They jumped on the Tigers for six runs in the top of the first. Princeton pushed a run across the plate in the bottom of the first to make it 6-1. Cougars would score three more in the top of the third to push the lead to 9-1.

Princeton would score twice in their half of the third and another one in the fourth to cut the margin to 9-4.

“We executed offensively early,“ said Cougar head coach Jared King. “Our pitchers did some good things tonight. I thought Brandon Neel got out of a tight spot in the third inning and Alex Akers and Trent Blankenship did their jobs on the mound. They threw real well for us.”

The Cougars (3-1) hit the road as they go to Christiansburg Tuesday with the first pitch slated for 5 pm.

 

Pulaski Co. 6 0 3 0 0 0 1-10

Princeton 1 0 2 1 0 0 1-5

 

 

 

R H E LOB

Pulaski Co. 10 14 2 10

 

Princeton 5 8 4 7

 

 

Pulaski Co. – WP- Anderson (1-1)

 

Princeton – LP – Shafer

Scores for Fri. March 24

BASEBALL

Pulaski Co. 10 Princeton 5

Fort Chiswell 4 Radford 2

Galax 7 Carroll Co. 0

Va. High 2 Hidden Valley 1

Glenvar 5 Alleghany 1

Chilhowie 17 Holston 10

Auburn 2 Covington 0

Floyd 6 Geo. Wythe 0

Rural Retreat 15 Marion 7

SOFTBALL

James River 3 Lord Botetourt 2

Cougars get big win over Tigers

Dublin…Playing on a sunny afternoon for their first home game of the season, the Pulaski Co. Cougars throttled the Princeton Tigers 11-1 in five innings.

Cougar senior catcher Andrew Lowe was two for three at the plate as he hit a three-run homer in the first and then a two-run double in the second to knock in two more runs. Senior Lefty hurler J T Thompson went three innings giving up just one hit and struck out five for the mound win.

Jon Osteen knocked in two runs and scored a run. Kam Hall had two hits and one RBI. Bailey Ayers, Jordan Lytton and Camden Underwood all have one RBI each and they also scored one run each.

Princeton, playing their first game of the season, was shaky at times as they committed six errors. Hunter Burnette was the starting and losing pitcher. The Tigers were held to just three hits by the Cougars pitchers. Tanner Lockhart had one of the hits and scored their only run. Zach Powell and Ethan Webb had the other hits for the Tigers.

“We got most of the team in the game and that’s always good to do,” said Cougar coach Jared King. “We had good pitching from Thompson, Prince and Dunnigan today. I thought we played well and we had some guys that stepped up.” He then said, “With us having to play multiple games a week we need different players to step up for us.“ When asked about Lowe and his early season hitting, Coach King replied, ”He’s a four-year player and he needs to be our leader. He needs to lead us offensively. I’m proud of how we performed today.”

The Cougars will be playing their third game in three days as they travel to Princeton. The Cougar junior varsity plays at 5 pm and the varsity is scheduled for a 7 pm start, all at Princeton.

 

 

R H E LOB

Pulaski Co. 11 11 1 4

 

Princeton 1 3 6 6

 

Pulaski Co. – WP – Thompson – (1-0)

 

Princeton – LP – H. Burnette

Results for Thurs. March 23

BASEBALL

Pulaski Co. 11 Princeton (WV) 1 – 5 inns

Christiansburg 4 Cave Spring 3

PH- Glade Spring 3 Holston 2 – 8 inns.

Chilhowie 14 Northwood 7

Tazewell 13 Marion 4

Salem 2 Wm. Byrd 1

SOFTBALL

Rural Retreat 12 Marion 3

Glenvar 11 Christiansburg 8

Holston 9 PH- Glade Spring 1

Abingdon 8 Blacksburg 2

Cougars defeat Glenvar for first win of season

Salem…Playing their second game on the road, the Pulaski Co. Cougar baseball team came from behind to beat the Glenvar Highlanders 5-3.

Down 3-1 after three innings, the Cougars would push two runs across the plate to tie in the top of the fourth and then score two more in the top of the sixth to get their first win and even their record at 1-1.

The Cougars scored first in the second as Hunter Shrewsbury singled and stole second. He would then score on a Braeden Blevins single to left.

Glenvar would answer with a three spot in the bottom of the second with Alex Thompson drawing a leadoff walk. Logan Lucas then singled to center and Austin Meadows would ground out scoring Thompson. R J Rorrer would put down a perfect bunt with Lucas breaking from third to put the Highlanders up 2-1. With two outs, Jacob Mullins would single to left and Adam Veverka would double him in to make it 3-1 after two.

The game would remain that way until top of the fourth when Cougar Jordan Lytton hit a ball that fell between the left and centerfielder for a double. Trent Blankenship would single putting runners at the corner with one out. Blevins would knock in Lytton and then Andrew Lowe would knock in Blankenship to tie the score at three.

In the top of the sixth the Cougars got a leadoff walk by Lytton and Blankenship got an infield hit. Blevins then would execute a perfect bunt to move both runners up to third and second. Jon Osteen then would hit a sharp grounder to third and the Highlanders got Lytton in a run down between home and third, but he stayed in the run down long enough to get Blankenship to third and

Osteen ended up at second with two outs. Lowe would then hit a fly ball behind the first base and the Glenvar first man would get in the pop up and as he fell to the ground he dropped the ball and both runners scored for the Cougars. Blevins finished the game with two hits and two RBIs, and Blankenship scored twice and had two hits. Lowe also had two hits for the winning Cougars.

Blankenship would then come in to relieve Cougar starting pitcher Dylan Danner and would face six batters and get six outs to pick up the save as the Cougars had come from behind for the win.

“We battled and we did just enough to win today,” said Cougar head coach Jared King. “I thought Dylan (Danner) and Trent (Blankenship) pitched extremely well for us. We had some quality at bats and got a couple key hits in the comeback.” He then added, ”Glenvar, year in and year out, has a very good baseball team and program. This was a good win for us.”

The Cougars will play their home opener this afternoon as they welcome the Princeton (WV) Tigers to Cougar land. First pitch will be at 5 pm.

 

R H E LOB

Pulaski Co. 5 9 1 8

Glenvar 3 4 1 1

 

Pul. Co. 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 – 5

Glenvar 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 – 3

 

 

Pulaski Co. – WP – Danner – (1-0), Save – Blankenship – (1)

 

Glenvar – LP – Lucas

Bobcats claw Craig Co.

Radford got their first win of the young baseball season as they walloped Craig co. 21-1 in five innings. Reese Williamson got the victory for the Cats. Radford scored three runs in the first and then but the game away as they crossed the plate nine times in the bottom of the second.

Ty Hamblin led Radford with three hits, scored twice and knocked in four. Conner Phillips also had four RBI and was two for two at the plate. Taylor Newcome had two RBI and Justice Marshall scored three times.

Craig Co. was held to just two hits , as Jake Robertson and Jessie Brizendine had those . Brandon Swingle knock in the lone run for Craig in the top of fifth inning ,with Chad Ryan scored their lone run.

Radford evened their record at 1-1 and will play Friday at Fort Chiswell. First [pitch is slated for 5 pm.

R H E LOB

Radford 21 15 1 6

Craig Co. 1 2 4 3

Radford – WP- Williamson ( 1-0)

Craig Co.- LP- Hutchinson