After spotting Rock Creek an early run, Calera exploded for eight tallies in the second inning and never looked back on the way to an 18-8 Bryan County baseball victory last week at home.
The Bulldogs pushed across five more runs in the third stanza as well as the fourth to end it early and give the pitching triumph to Hoff Weil, who scattered four runs on three hits and struck out three over three innings.
Rock Creek snagged the early lead with a first inning tally on a Kelton Teal solo home run in the first inning, but that advantage was short lived.
Calera got things rolling with back-to-back doubles from Zaiden Craige and Jaron Varner to start the second stanza with Lex Carlton, Hazyn Applegate, Gary Chaffin and Logan Bumgarner each notching a single before there were two outs. Craige doubled home two more and Carlton knocked in the final two of the frame with his second single.
The Mustangs answered with three runs of their own in the highscoring affair, cashing in a two-run single by Aaden Feltman and RBI double from Konnor Ribera.
Calera continued the barrage with Demarcus Dunn’s double plating two more in a five-run bottom of the frame. He also smacked a home run in the fourth stanza and finished with five runs batted in to lead the offensive charge.
Applegate racked up three hits and scored three times while Craige, Varner and Carlton each tacked on two hits.
Rock Creek had six hits, which included two homers from Teal who also drove in five of their eight runs. Kenneth Ashby, Feltman, Konnor Ribera and Ryder Ribera all had one hit.
Colbert Baseball
The Leopards rode stellar pitching to a pair of victories and the finals of the Coleman Invitational before falling to Latta, 9-4, in the title tilt.
Kaden Neill twirled a complete game shutout in a 1-0 opening triumph against Stuart as the senior righthander scattered six hits and struck out eight.
Colbert notched a run in the first as Trevor Jackson doubled and came around to score the lone tally of the game.
In a 3-1 victory over Coleman in the semifinals it was a stellar pitching performance from Brett Parsons that fueled the charge as he tossed six innings, struck out 11 and yielded only three hits.
The Leopards pushed across two runs in the third inning and one in the fifth while cashing in just four hits in the game, two of which came from Jackson. Neill added a double and drove in two runs.
Colbert was nestled in a 4-3 battle with Latta through six innings of the title matchup but saw the Panthers score five times in the seventh to put it away.
Just two hits hampered the Leopards offensively as Jackson and Eric Hokett had the only singles. Isaiah Lopez walked and scored twice.
Silo Baseball
The Rebels finished off a 4-1 week by reaching the semifinals of the prestigious Hilldale/Fort Gibson Tournament They stopped Valliant twice (6-2 and 3-0) in District 3A-5 action before several high-scoring matchups in which they toppled Class 4A contenders Inola (13-10) and Verdigris (8-7).
Nolan Northcott scattered seven hits and struck out eight in the opening Valliant victory as the Rebels posted 10 hits, including a home run from Cannon Atwood.
Blane Beauchamp earned the mound victory in the second game as he teamed with Doc Nuffer to yield only two hits while striking out eight. Jacob Wright had a huge effort offensively with three hits and two runs scored.
Silo began the tournament with a 13-10 shootout win led by the hot bat of Northcott, who hammered two home runs and a double. He also drove in three.
Zane Sander added two hits, two RBI and two runs scored.
The Rebels followed with the 8-7 walk off over Verdigris as Sander delivered the walk off RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning. Atwood and Warner Bradley each had two hits.
Reign Scasta was credited with the pitching win, yielding one unearned run on three hits in two and one third innings to finish the game.
Aiden McCarty came alive with a home run as Sander, Atwood and Bradley all finished with two hits.
The Rebels hit the proverbial pitching wall in the semifinals as they dropped an 11-6 verdict to Skiatook.
