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Covington, Ripley split two district games By STEVE HOLT sports@covingtonleader.com Covington and Ripley. Always a spirited match-up no matter the sport. Monday and Tuesday’s baseball games can be added to the list. The Tigers held home turf on Monday night with a 2-1 win over CHS. Covington scored in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead that starter Tommy Beasley (3-2) made hold up until the bottom of the fourth when the Tigers scored a pair of runs that were aided by miscues in they field. Beasley went six innings, surrendering six hits and striking out eight. Tuesday’s contest, won by Covington 4-1, was totally different. The Tigers loaded the bases without a hit in the top of the third, but came away empty as Jake Durham struck out the last two
batters to end the inning. Covington bats came alive in the bottom of the inning. Tommy Beasley provided the first Charger run with an RBI single to right and Bradyn McClain doubled off the fence in left to score two and the Chargers went to the fouth up 3-0. Montel Williams added a fourth run, doubling into the left field gap to score Carlos Williams in the top of the fourth inning. The Tigers made noise in the top of the seventh, loading the bases with one out on a double, an infield hit and a walk. A sharp grounder up the middle scored the runner from third getting an out on a force at second. Inexplicably, the runner who had been on second tried to score and was thrown out at the plate by Kirk Winberry to end the game. Durham (3-3) got the complete game win posting 10 strikeouts while allowing five hits and two walks.
The Chargers had a full week of baseball last week, opening the District 13-AA season with a home and home against Obion County April 1-2 and finishing up with the USA Classic in Millington last Wednesday through Saturday. Covington (13-7 overall, 2-1 District 13-AA) scored 22 unanswered runs against the Obion County Rebels, winning 14-0 at Obion and 8-0 at Chandler field. Brad Walker got the win at Obion on Monday, going five innings and allowing four hits with nine strikeouts and a walk. Carlos Williams scored four runs and had a pair of stolen bases and Tommy Beasley had a pair of doubles that plated 4 RBIs. It was more of the same on Tuesday as Bradyn McClain (1-2) recorded his first win of the season with a two-hit shutout. He struck out six and walked one in six innings.
Williams reached base four times without benefit of a hit, stealing three bases and scoring three runs in the 8-0 win. Clayton Click added a double and an RBI with a run scored and Dalton Carlton tripled and scored twice. The USA Classic pitted CHS against a who’s who of local and visiting talent. The Chargers opened with a 5-2 loss CBC St. Louis, a team picked to win the Missouri state championship in their division this year. Beasley (3-1) took his first loss of the season. He surrendered only six hits but was undone by eight errors in the field by his teammates. Covington had three hits in the contest. The CHS ship returned to course on Thursday with a 13-3 win over the three-time defending Indiana state champion Indiana Catholic squad. Jake Durham (2-3) got
the win with a five-inning outing in which he allowed two hits and three earned runs with 5 Ks and a pair of walks. Carlos Williams scored three times and Montel Williams twice. Bradyn McClain had three RBIs and Tommy Beasley two. The MUS Owls, last year’s Tennessee state champion in Division 2, was the next victim. John Bowers (1-0) was the winner in six innings. He gave up four hits and struck out five with five walks. The Chargers scored five runs on five hits. Walker had 2 RBIs and Carlos Williams and Tommy Beasley each added one RBI. Covington closed out a 3-1, ninth-place finish in the tournament with a 12-11 win over Briarcrest. It was an ugly game that featured 24 hits and seven errors combined from the two teams. CHS scored four times in the bottom of the
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Lady Cards rout North Side By JEFF IRELAND jireland@covingtonleader.com Brighton got its district schedule off to a good start earlier this week, defeating Dyer County 5-0 in Newbern on Monday and beating Jackson North Side at home in a doubleheader on Tuesday, 21-0 and 15-0. The Lady Cardinals (10-1 overall, 3-0 district) had 10 hits against Dyer County and score all of five of their runs in the top of the sixth inning. Ali Christmas was 3 for 3 with an RBI. Laura Judy tripled and Hadley Wilkins each singled. Becky Judy went the distance in the circle, scattering seven hits and striking out two. Seeley Lane pitched a four-inning perfect game in the game one win over North Side. She struck out nine. Laura Judy paced the offense with three hits and Wilkins drove in four. In game two, Laura Judy pitched a threeinning perfect game with six strikeouts. She also homered and drove in three runs. Brighton returns to district action today at home against Hardin County before playing in the Covington tournament over the weekend. The Lady Cardinals crossed into Mississippi over the weekend for the Southaven Invitational and fared very well, going undefeated in four games Friday and Saturday. Here’s the rundown on the four games:
seventh to overcome an 11-8 deficit. A pitch hit Tommy Beasley with the bases loaded to force in the winning run. Matt Folk (1-0) got the win in an inning of work. He was the fourth pitcher of the night. Carlos Williams had a pair of hits, scored three runs and drove in three. T.A. Watson scored twice and had two RBIs. Covington squares off against Brighton at Chandler Field at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow. They will play at Dyersburg on Monday and host the Trojans on Tuesday, both at 6:30 p.m. in a pair of district games. The Chargers will travel to Brighton on April 18 for a 6:30 p.m. game.
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• Brighton scored in all but four innings in the tournament opener on Friday to beat Fayette Academy 10-1 in five innings. Lulu Smith led the offense with a pair of doubles and two RBIs and Brianna McBride was 2 for 3. Becky Judy went the distance in the circle to earn the win. She struck out four, walked none and allowed five hits. • Brighton broke a 3-3 tie with single runs in the fourth and fifth innings to defeat Green County (Miss.) 5-3 on Friday. Laura Judy doubled twice and drove in a run and Christmas and Layne (2 for 3) each added doubles as Brighton banged out 11 hits. Craig was 2 for 3. Layne pitched all six innings, allowing four hits and three runs (all unearned) and striking out one. • Laura Judy scored the game winner off an error in the bottom of the sixth inning as Brighton defeated DeSoto Central (Miss.) 1-0 on Saturday. She also performed well in the circle, holding the Lady Jaguars to just three hits and striking out three in a complete-game, six-inning effort. Brighton managed just five hits, led by a 2-for-2 day from Smith. • Layne pitched a two-hit, six-strikeout gem for the Lady Cardinals in a 4-1 win over South Panola in the tourney finale on Saturday. Smith supplied the offense, going 3 for 3.
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