Facing off in the final round of the Caney Tournament last Saturday, Bryan County Conference foes Calera and Caddo battled to the wire before the Bulldogs scored twice in the seventh inning to prevail 4-2.
Caddo took an early 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the opening stanza and that looked like it might hold up through five stellar innings from Bruin starting hurler Jake McKay. Cale Wigington doubled to drive in McKay with the first run and they added a second following a Bayler Black single and Boen Proctor sacrifice fly.
Lex Carlton’s RBI single in the third looked like it might be Calera’s lone score as McKay worked out of a bases loaded jam, but the Bulldogs struck again in the sixth. Carlton and Talon Rose belted back-to-back doubles that evened things at 2-2.
That was all the push that Bulldog ace Logan Bumgarner needed as the senior settled in after the Caddo first inning uprising to blank the Bruins over the final six stanzas.
Bumgarner began the seventh inning rally with a single to leftfield. Hoff Weil coaxed a walk and both advanced on a wild pitch. That set the stage for a one-hit single to right from Jaron Varner that put Calera in front for the first time.
That’s all they needed as Bumgarner worked around a leadoff hit in the seventh by Kason Truett to retire the final three Bruins in order. The righthander ended up scattering five hits, struck out seven and walked three.
Carlton and Weil each contributed two hits for the Bulldogs with one each coming from Bumgarner, Demarcus Dunn, Varner, Rose and Zaiden Craige.
McKay tallied two of the five hits in the contest for Caddo as Wigington, Black and Truett added one apiece.
Colbert 8, Wright City 6 (Baseball)
Colbert cruised to a 7-0 lead midway through the fourth inning before having to hold on for their lives against the perennial power Lumberjax.
Six Leopards saw action on the pitching mound with Tucker Shields eventually credited with the triumph in relief.
The Leopards built the big early advantage on a series of long balls as Braxton Reese belted a solo home run while Trevor Jackson smacked a two-run homer. Shields also added an RBI single in a fourrun second stanza.
They scored two more in the third inning following consecutive hits from Kaden Neill, Reese and Eric Hokett. Neill smoked a run-scoring double in the fourth frame for the seventh tally.
Wright City stormed back with five runs in the fourth and another in the sixth before Shields was summoned to slam the door in the seventh.
Neill, Reese and Hokett contributed two hits each in pacing Colbert offensively.
Rock Creek 10, Achille 1 (Baseball)
After spotting Achille a first-inning lead, Rock Creek stormed back to end it early on the run rule.
The Eagles cashed in a leadoff single from Chey Hamilton and a walk on a Parker Coons base hit to right field.
Kelton Teal tied it with an RBI single in the bottom of the frame and Aaden Feltman put the Mustangs ahead for good. Ryder Ribera doubled in another run with Matthew Buchanan and Jarret Barfield also posting run-scoring singles.
Feltman finished the game with three hits and two RBI as Ribera, Teal and Barfield added two hits each.
That was all the run support that Holden Pair needed in twirling a complete game three-hitter while striking out five and walking five.
Silo 9-14, Tishomingo 0-0 (Baseball)
The Rebels cruised to a district doubleheader sweep of Tishomingo in dominant fashion.
In the opening 9-0 triumph, the trio of Blane Beauchamp, Jacob Wright and Warner Bradley combined for a onehit shutout while striking out 12 in the process.
Wright, who had a torrid offensive week, finished with three hits and drove in a run. Ty Hatley contributed a double and three batted in.
Doc Nuffer and Zane Sander combined to toss a two-hit shutout in the run rule shortened contest. Wright homered as part of his two hits while Beauchamp and Aiden Mc-Carty each doubled twice.