Region 1-D – Tues. May 29 @ Honaker
Patrick Henry ( GS) vs Eastside – 5 pm
Chilhowie vs Honaker – 7:30 pm
Wed. May 30 – 6 pm.- Championship @ Honaker
Region 1-C – Mon. May 28 – @ Higher Seeds
4 – Bath Co. @ 1- Auburn- 5 pm
3 – Geo. Wythe @ 2- Parry McCluer- 2 pm
4- Bland Co. @ 1- Covington- 3 pm
3 – Craig Co. @ 2- Galax- 4 pm
Wed. May 30 – Semifinals – @ Felts Park – Galax – 2:30 & 5:30 pm
Fri. June 1 – Championship – @ Felts Park – Galax – 5 pm
The Radford Bobcats baseball team was hoping that the third time was the charm as they took on the Floyd Bufflaoes. Floyd Co. had defeated the Cats both times in the regular season, but this game was the first round of the Region 2-C playoffs.
Floyd won the game 9-3 to advance to the quarterfinals as Radford committed four huge errors that lead to five of the nine Buffalo runs. Lupe Carrillo doubled in two runs and Tyler Bain also drove in two for Floyd. Josh Landreth pitched six innings as he struck out five, to pick up the win. Ian Berry, Pressley yates Avery Chaffin and Austin Gallimore all had two hits apiece.
Radford’s Chance Morris went the distance on the mound but the defense let him down as they committed four errors that lead to five unearned runs. He walked two and struck out two. He also had a single and scored a run. Eric Burdette singled in a run in the third for Radford and Jon Woods scored a run. Logan King had two hits in a losing effort. Radford head coach Greg Ridpath said, ” We made to many mistakes. That has been our season. ” He then added,” Today was a replay of our season. We didn’t get the big hit when we needed and Floyd did.”
Floyd will now travel to Chatham, for the Region 2-C quarterfinals as Radford season came to an end.
Floyd 9 runs, 12 hits, 3 errors, 6 LOB
Radford 3 runs, 7 hits, 4 errors, 7 LOB
Floyd – WP – Landreth
Radford – LP- Morris ( 4-4)
BASEBALL
Fort Chiswell 20 Martinsville 0- Region 2-C – 1st Rd. ( 4 HRS for Fort Chiswell – Dunford, T. Bailey, Morgan &Crawford) Dunford – WP
Glenvar 7 Buckingham Co. 2 – Region 2-C – 1st Rd.
Floyd Co. 9 Radford 3- Region 2-C – 1st. Rd.
James River 5 Giles 4 – Region 2-C – 1st Rd.
Cave Spring 5 Staunton River 3 – Region 3- D – 1st Rd.
Northside 3 Tunstall 2 – Region 3-D – 1st. Rd.
Lord Botetourt 9 Alleghany 2 – Region 3-D – 1st. Rd.
Abingdon 11 Christiansburg 1 – Region 3- D – 1st Rd.
Va. High 10 Graham 0 – Southwest District – Semifinal
Lebanon 3 Tazewell 0 – Southwest District – Seminal
Eastside 15 Holston 2 – – Region 1-D – 1st Rd.
Chilhowie 6 J I Burton 2- Region 1-D- 1st Rd.
Honaker 5 Rye Cove 3 – Region 1-D – 1st Rd.
Union 11 Central-WIse 4 – Mountain 7 District – Semifinal
John Battle 10 Ridgeview 0 – Mountain 7 District – Semifinal
Forest…Playing for the first time in nine days, the Pulaski Co. baseball team had a very bad first inning as they saw their season come to a halt, losing to Jefferson Forest 12-4. It was the first round of the Region 4-D playoffs for the two teams. Jefferson Forest Cavaliers scored six runs in their first at bat against Cougar starting pitcher Kellen Dalton.
The Cavaliers (16-5) jumped on Dalton scoring six runs on five hits. They sent 10 batters to the plate and they made the Cougars pay for two huge errors as well.
The score remained 6-0 going to the top of the fourth as the Cougars pushed two runs across to cut their deficit to 6-2. With two outs, Jonathan Minnick drew a walk and Braeden Blevins would then single to center. Hunter Shrewsbury would then drive both of them in as he doubled to left center.
Jefferson Forest would answer in their half of the fourth as Ben Holley doubled in Jaylen Calloway. Luke Fowler would knock in Holley and then Dylan Kramer’s sac fly would drive in Fowler for a 9-2 score.
Pulaski Co. (9-10) got two more runs in the fifth as Chris Remington singled in Logan Burchett and Blevins drew a bases loaded walk to score Trent Blankenship.
Jefferson Forest would score two more in the bottom of the fifth and one in the sixth to put the game away. The Cavaliers had seven batters to knock in at least one run, and eight players scored one run or more. Calloway had three RBIs as did Hunter Morrison. Kramer had two RBIs and scored a run. Luke Fowler and Holley both scored twice. The Cavs starting pitcher, Griffin Agee, went 4.2 innings as he struck out eight and gave up eight hits and all four runs. Jacob Helbing went 2.1 innings and struck out four and surrendered just two hits in relief.
The Cougars got three hits from Remington and two from Blankenship. “It was a bad night for us,” said Cougar head coach Jared King. “We had that bad first inning but the guys competed. We got some hits but we left too many men on base.” Coach King then added, “I’d like to say that these seniors have all had their moments with baseball to shine. They have been a great group to coach and they made me so excited to come to the field every day. They all have been great representatives of our program.”
The loss means the Cougar season is over as they will lose 10 seniors from the squad. They return just six players and the junior varsity players will need to step up.
R H E LOB
Jefferson Forest 12 10 1 10
Pulaski Co. 4 10 3 8
JF – WP- Agee
PC – LP – Dalton (5-2)
BASEBALL
Jefferson Forest 12 Pulaski Co. 4 – Region 4-D -1st Rd.
Salem 7 E C Glass 5 – Region 4-D – 1st Rd.
Wm. Byrd 4 LCA – 3 – Region 4-D – 1st Rd.
Amherst Co. 4 Carroll Co. 3 – Region 4-D – 1st. Rd.
Tazewell 10 Marion 3 – SW Dist. – 1st Rd.
Holston 25 Twin Valley 0 – Region 1-D Play-In
Pioneer District Semifinals and Championship have been canceled
Craig Co. 6 Eastern Montgomery 4 – Craig Co. – earns region playoff berth
BASEBALL
Craig Co 3 Eastern Montgomery 1 – 3 rd inn. PPD. – Pioneer Dist. 1st Rd.
Bath Co. 3 Narrows 1 – Pioneers Dist 1st Rd. – Bath Co. makes regionals
Ridgeview 4 Gate City 3 – Mtn. 7 Dist. – 1st Rd.
Union 8 Lee High 0 – Mtn 7 Dist. – 1st Rd.
Top 3 Teams get a first rd. bye- (1- Chatham , 2- Appomattox, 3- Dan River)
Thurs. May 24- 1st Rd.
13- Martinsville @ 4- Fort Chiswell- 5 pm
12- Buckingham @ 5 – Glenvar – 5 pm
11- James River @ 6- Giles – 5 pm
10- Nelson Co @ 7- Gretna – 5 pm
9 – Floyd Co @ 8- Radford – 5 pm
Quarterfinals – Mon. May 28
9/ 8 winner vs @ 1 – Chatham
7/ 10 winner vs @ 2- Appomattox
6/ 11 winner vs @ 3- Dan River
5/ 12 winner vs 4 /13 winner
Semifinals – Wed. May 30
@ Kiwanis Field – Salem, Va. – 4 pm & 7 pm
Final – Fri. June 1
@ Kiwanis Field – Salem, Va. – 5 pm
BASEBALL
Grayson Co. @ Fort Chiswell – Canceled
Alleghany @ Floyd Co. – Canceled
Tazewell 15 Richlands 2 – end of Regular season
Galax @ Auburn – Canceled – Auburn wins Mtn Empire Dist Reg. Season
Radford @ Glenvar – Canceled
(6) Bath Co. @ (3) Narrows – PPD – Pioneer Dist. 1st Rd – rescheduled Tues. May 22
( 5) Craig Co. @ ( 4 ) Eastern Montgomery – PPD. – Pioneer Dist. 1st. Rd.- rescheduled Tues. May 22
Eastside 4 JI Burton 3 – Cumberland Dist Championship
Abingdon 13 Central -Wise 0 – end of Regular Season
The regional playoffs will begin hopefully this week, weather permitting. Class 4 Region D -Pulaski Co. and Class 3 Region D will get underway. Region 2 C – Fort Chiswell and Radford are suppose finish their regular schedule Monday. Then later this week their regional play will get going. Region 2D – Tazewell, Grayson Co., etc will have some games as well Monday before all the seeds will be settled. Region 1C also still have some tournament games to play before their regional play starts. Mother nature has obviously put the schedules behind and in a lot of cases, district tournaments have been canceled. Stay tuned and keep checking the website for updates.
Wed. May 23- Play-In Game
( 9) Twin Valley @ ( 8) Holston ( 10-11)
Fri. May 25
( 7) Rye Cove ( 12-7) @ ( 2) Honaker (15-4)
Chilhowie ( 12-9) vs J I Burton ( 14-7) ??
Grundy vs Patrick Henry-Glade Spring ( 14-5) ??
Twin Valley/ Holston winner @ (1) Eastside ( 17-4)
