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The Brownsville States-Graphic
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Haywood splits with South Gibson By JEFF IRELAND jireland@statesgraphic.com Haywood picked up a key District 13-AA win on Monday in Medina with a key hit in extra innings. With the scored tie in the top of the eighth, Seth Birdsong came up with a two-out, RBI double to drive home the go ahead run. Blake Porch pitched a scoreless bottom of the eighth as Haywood Bo Gillispie and the Tomcats picked up a key district win over South Gibson on Monday. Photo by Oscar Esquivias
defeated South Gibson County 7-6. Birdsong led Haywood (7-19 overall, 3-5 district) at the plate, finishing 2 for 3 with a pair of RBIs. Jordan Fitzgerald doubled home a run Thomas Currie and Bo Gillespie each drove in a run as well. South Gibson got a little revenge on Tuesday in Brownsville with a 4-0 win. Haywood managed just two hits on singles by Scott Vanstory and Taylor Stokely. Hunter Roten took the loss for Haywood. The Tomcats return to action today at 4:30 p.m. against Madison Aca-
demic at Lambuth before playing at Humboldt tomorrow at 7 p.m. Haywood's final two district games come at Covington on Monday and at home against the Chargers on Tuesday. In other action: • Birdsong drove in three runs and pitched a complete game on Saturday in an 8-1 win over Brighton at Halls High School. Birdsong struck out 10, walked none and allowed just four hits to earn the win. Blake Esquivias and Blake Porch each singled twice and Fitzgerald, Currie, Gillispie and Stokely drove in one run a piece.
Tomcat soccer team downs Dyer County By JEFF IRELAND jireland@statesgraphic.com Last Thursday during the bus ride to Newbern, Haywood High soccer coach Mixon Moore didn't allow his players to talk, asking them instead to focus on the up-
coming task. Apparently the unorthodox approach worked. A couple of weeks after losing to Dyer County 4-0, the Tomcats controlled the match throughout and won 2-1.
“The guys were really focused,” Moore said. “We did some soul searching before that game. We rode up to Dyer County in silence … That's the closest they have come this year to playing how I want them to play.”
On an assist from Jovani Sagajon, Het Herrera got the first goal of the game to give Haywood an early lead. Moments later, Herrera got the ball to Martravious Tipton on the wing and he put it in the back of the net for a 2-0 lead.
“That's a combination I've been waiting on all year long,” Moore said. Dyer County scored a late goal, but Haywood held on for the win. “We finally found our offense,” Moore said. “That was the big thing.”
Last Tuesday, Haywood lost at Crockett County 5-1. Sagajon scored Haywood's lone goal on an assist from Herrera. Haywood (3-7 overall, 2-3 district) returns to action next week in the Best of the West Tournament.
Lady Cats defeat Gibson County By JEFF IRELAND jireland@statesgraphic. com The Haywood High Lady Cats softball team got some timely hitting and strong pitching Tuesday at home in the first game of a doubleheader against Gibson County to pull out a 4-3 win. Ann Marie Seals, Jalisia Williams and Kaleigh McCaslin each singled to lead Haywood to the win. Cassidy Hendrix took care of the rest, holding the Lady Pioneers to five hits
and striking out five over five innings to earn the win. Game two didn't go as well for Haywood. Gibson County scored five times in the first inning en route to an 8-1 win. Summer Cunningham, Williams and Seals each had one hit for Haywood. Kaitlyn McBride started in the circle for Haywood and took the loss. “The first game was a really good one for us,” said Haywood coach Holly Chilcutt, whose team is now 5-17 a year after win-
ning just one game. “We had great defense again our hitting is starting to come along … There are just a few little things we need to work on.” Haywood plays at Obion County today at 7 p.m. Haywood High's Ann Marie Seals makes contact with a pitch during doubleheader action against Gibson County on Tuesday in Brownsville. Photo by Jeff Ireland
Track team impresses at Houston meet By JEFF IRELAND jireland@statesgraphic.com Haywood High School track coach David Claybrooks had a decision to make last week. His team was scheduled to compete in the USJ Invitational on Thursday and Houston Track Classic on Friday and Saturday. Rainy weather moved USJ's event to Friday, meaning the track team could not compete in both. The Houston event always features much tougher competiton. "You ask yourself, do you want to go to a track meet where you know you'll excell, or do you travel to other track meets where you know you have the chance of breaking your winning streak?" Claybrooks said. "It was not a tough decision to make at all. I felt we could travel to Germantown and come out of there with our heads high." So Haywood went to the Houston meet and
performed well against some of the best teams in the area. The girls’ team scored one point, finishing 24th out of 31 teams, while the boys’ team scored 10 points, finishing 16th out of 31. In the girls’ prelims of the 100 meters, senior Roneshia Alexander ran a career-best time of 13.27, qualifying 13th for Saturday’s 100 meter finals. The girls’ DMR (Chelsi Jones, Natasha Bommer, Dannon Eubanks and Maija Bradford) broke the school record with a time of 15:17.91, placing 11th. Senior Darvis Jarmon ran a career-best time of 54.46. Darvis missed qualifying for Saturday’s finals by half a second. In the girls’ prelims of the 300 meter hurdles, sophomore Kayla Shaw placed 15th with a time of 53.61. It was Shaw’s first 300 meter race of the season. She missed qualifying for the finals by one spot. Senior Natasha Bommer placed 18th in the
girls’ 200 meters with a time of 28. Capping off a strong performance night for the Tomcats were the boys’ DMR (DeMarious Douglas, Willie Franklin, Joshua Wilson and Deonte Brown). Their time of 12:00.71 broke the school record they set last season by 17 seconds. The relay team also placed 8th overall. In section 3 of the track meet, senior Kaderran Bond, placed third in his flight in the shot put with a distance of 45-06.00. The throw was good enough to move him into the finals. Bond ended up placing 3rd overall with a mark of 45-09.00 In the Boys’ 4x800 relay, the team of DeMarious Douglas, Willie Franklin, Joshua Wilson and Deonte Brown continued to break the school record. Their time of 9:00.90 was good enough to finish eighth overall. In the finals of the100 meters, Roneshia Alexander ran the race of her life with a time of 12.92, placing sixth overall with
a career-best time. In the girls’ 4x400 relay, the team of Natasha Bommer, Dannon Eubanks, Maija Bradford and Roneshia Alexander) ran a season-best time of 4:34 placing, 11th. Capping off very successful weekend for the Haywood was the boys’ 4x400 relay team (Darvis Jarmon, DeMarious Douglas, Willie Franklin and Jalen Ellison) as they broke the school record with a time of 3:37.16, finishing in seventh place. “The student-athletes were focused all week," Claybrooks said. "It was very quiet at practice. It was the quietest week that we have had since the state track and field meet last season. I feel the student-athletes came into this track meet and made a statement that they can compete against anyone. Last year, I brought the boys’ track team to this track meet, and we went home very disappointed in our performance. This was our toughest track meet of the season, so this track
meet will prepare us for Sub-Sectional and West sectional in May." The track and field team returns to action tomorrow night in the George Hancock Memorial Invitational in Dyersburg. Kadarren Bond shows of the medal he earned at last week's track meet. Photo submitted.
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