Fort Chiswell Pioneers will scrimmage J I Burton at Emory& Henry Aug. 10 and then will host John Battle Friday Aug. 17. Radford Bobcats will scrimmage Grayson Co. Friday August 10 and then will play a benefit game Friday Aug. 17 versus Pulaski Co. Cougars at Bobcat Stadium. Pulaski Co. will do their Touchdown Classic Saturday Aug. 11. Magna Vista and Bluefield(WV) are two teams that have committed to play so far. The Cougars then travel across Memorial Bridge to face the Bobcats August 17.
Month: June 2018
NRV Tiger commits
Tazewell southpaw pitcher/ outfielder Sid Willis has committed to Concord (WV) University to further his playing baseball career and future. Willis helped Tazewell to make the state regionals the last two years. He pitched last summer for the New River Valley Tigers. Willis pitched 66 innings this year for Tazewell, striking out 124. He had a 1.69 era. This past summer/ fall he had 47 k’s in 24 innings with a 2.05 era. NRV Tigers head coach Todd Davis remarked,” Sid has been with the Tigers since the original 2012 team. I’ve seen him grow and turn into unbelievable pitcher. He is very intimidating on the mound and I think D1 teams missed out. ” He then added .” Coach Smith at Concord told me they got a steal. Sid has grown into a great young man.”
NRV Tigers summer baseball travel schedule
June 15 -17 – @ East Tenn. St. Univ.
June 29- July 1 -@ Va. Tech / Radford
July 20-21 – @ Sevierville, Tn. – Smokies Stadium @ Kodak, TN. ( Minor League Park)
July 27 -29 – @ Va. Tech / Radford
Aug. 4-5 – @ Roanoke Showcase – Roanoke Area High Sch. Fields
Honaker , Virginia High both lose in State Championship games
Playing on a sunny Saturday for a state championship the Honaker Tigers were on the wrong side of a 13-1 score against the Gladiators of Riverheads. Riverheads ( 19-5) scored two runs in the first and then sent 11 batters to the plate in the second that produced eight more runs. Elijah Dunlap went the distance as he tossed a five-hitter against the Tigers. He walked just one and struck out five. He gave up one run that was unearned as Riverheads won the Class 1 State Championship. Grant Painter had a triple , two singles , scored twice and knocked in five runs. Dunlap helped himself with two hits , a walk and scored a run. Forrest Shuey and Jakob King both had two RBIs each. Honaker ( 21-6) scored their only run in the second inning to cut their deficit to one , 2-1 as Hartley Hilton singled and later scored on an error. Chris Marshall was tagged with the loss as he went 4.2 innings as he had control troubles, walking seven. Besides Hilton’s hit , Chase Miller , Blake Stinson, Jacob Compton and Levi Miller had a hit each.
In the Class 2 final Page Co. ( 27-1) won an exciting 5-4 game over Virginia High. Freshman southpaw pitcher T.R. Williams went all seven innings, gave up six hits. He walked just one and struck out five and had a no-hitter after four . He also scored knocked in a run, with a single in the second inning. The Panthers scored four times in the second as Nate Lucas knocked in Josh Good, Chase Combs singled in Lucas. Noah Hammer then scored on Williams hit and Tristan Eppard groundout scored Freddie Stidham. Combs had a single and double knocking in two. Williams, Eppard and Lucas all had an RBI each.
Virginia High ( 20-8) battled and fought back being down 4-0 going into the fifth. They would score twice and then cut the deficit to one 4-3 in the sixth. Down 5-3 and two-outs in the seventh they got a triple from Michael Bradley and he would score on a wild pitch. Then lead-off man Bobby Medley, would single . With the tying run on Jordan Dixon came to the plate but would hit into a fielder’s choice to end the game. Jamie Lathrop knocked in two runs in the fifth but as he was trying to score he got ejected by the home plate umpire for plowing into the Panther catcher for the third out. Zach Griffiths had the other Bearcat run. Dixon was tagged with the loss as he went five innings as he surrendered seven hits ,five runs , three earned, walked two and struck out two.
Class 1 – Final
Riverheads – 13 runs , 10 hits , 1 error , 5 LOB
Honaker – 1 run , 5 hits , 1 error , 5 LOB
Class 2- Final
Page Co.- 5 runs , 8 hits, 1 error, 7 LOB
Va. High – 4 runs , six hits, 1 erroe, 4 LOB
Scores for Sat. Jun. 9
BASEBALL
Class 1 – State Championship – Riverheads 13 Honaker 1- ( Riverheads -19-5)
Class 2 – State Championship – Page Co. 5 Virginia High 4 – ( Page Co. – 27-1)
Class 3 – State Championship – Spotsylvania 13 Abingdon 8 – 8 inns. – ( Spotsylvania – 21-5)
Class 4 – State Championship – Salem 2 Jamestown 1- ( Salem 19-3)
State Baseball Finals – Sat. June 9
Class 1 – 10 am – @ Rad. Univ.- Honaker (21-5) vs Riverheads ( 18-5)
Class 2 – 1 pm – @ Rad Univ. – Page Co. ( 26-1) vs Va. High ( 20-7)
Class 3 – 10 am – @ Memorial Stadium – Salem- Abingdon (23-2) vs Spotsylvania ( 20-5)
Class 4 – 1 pm – @ Memorial Stadium – Salem – Salem ( 18-3) vs Jamestown ( 19-5)
Scores – Friday June 8- State Semifinals
BASEBALL
Class 1 – Riverheads 7 Northumberland 1
Class 1 – Honaker 3 Patrick Henry- Glade Spring 2
Class 2 – Page Co. 5 Goochland 0
Class 2 – Va. High 5 Chatham 1
Class 3 – Abingdon 8 Fluvanna Co. 2
Class 3 – Spotsylvania 8 Brentsville 6
Class 4 – Salem 8 Fauquier 3
Class 4 – Jamestown 10 Grafton 8
Schedule for State Semifinals – Fri. June 8
BASEBALL
10 am – Class 1 – Northumberland ( 19-4 ) vs Riverheads ( 17-5) – @ Rad. Univ.
1 pm – Class 1 – Honaker ( 20-5) vs Patrick Henry ( Glade Spring) (18-6) – @ Rad. Univ.
10 am – Class 2 – Page Co. ( 25-1) vs Goochland ( 17-2) – @ Calfee Park – Pulaski
1 pm – Class 2 – Chatham ( 21-1) vs Virginia High ( 19-7) – @ Calfee Park- Pulaski
10 am – Class 3 – Brentsville ( 17-6) vs Spotsylvania ( 19-5) – @ Memorial Stadium – Salem
1 pm – Class 3 – Abingdon ( 22-2) vs Fluvanna Co. ( 15-6) – @ Memorial Stadium -Salem
10 am – Class 4 – Grafton ( 22-2) vs Jamestown ( 18-5) – @ Kiwanis Park -Salem
1 pm – Class 4 – Salem ( 17-3) vs Fauquier ( 19-6) – @ Kiwanis Park – Salem
Scores for Tues. June 5 – State Quarterfinals Class 3 & 4
BASEBALL
Class 3 -Abingdon 6 Western Albemarle 3
Class 3 – Fluvanna Co. 5 Northside 1
Class 3- Spotsylvania 5 Hopewell 2
Class 3- Brentsville 4 York 1
Class 4- Salem 7 Woodgrove 2
Class 4- Fauquier 3 Amherst Co. 2
Class 4- Jamestown 7 Dinwiddie 3
Class 4 – Grafton 3 Powhatan 0
Scores for Tues. June 5- Class 1 & 2
BASEBALL- State Quarterfinals
Class 1- Patrick Henry- Glade Spring 3 Auburn 2
Class1 – Honaker 2 Galax 1
Class 1 – Riverheads 11 West Point 6
Class 1 – Northumberland 7 Central-Lunenburg 0
Class 2- Va. High 4 Appomattox 1
Class 2- Chatham 13 Tazewell 4
Class 2- Page Co. 8 Maggie Walker 2
Class 2- Goochland 1 Stuarts Draft 0