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April 23-24, 2004
Motlow State CC  vs  Hiwassee CC

Probable Pitchers

Probable Pitchers
Motlow State TH/class

W - L

ERA

 Hiwassee TH/class W - L ERA
Dale Pierce LHP/SO 2-2 3.16 Brent Gabel RHP/SO 8-3 3.69
Kirk Shoemate RHP/SO 8-1 4.16 Chris Nyman LHP/FR 3-1 4.12
Tyler Franklin RHP/SO 6-3 4.02 Barrett Grubb or RHP/FR 2-4 5.23
Closer       Brent Neas RHP/FR 3-4 3.00
               

Players to Watch for the Bucks

Players to Watch for the Tigers
Player Pos/class Stats Player Pos/class Stats
Mark Caprio SO/2b .394 16r Anton Standifer SO/OF .348 7hr 35rbi
Trevor Mickey FR/OF .389 9db 18r Justin Barnes SO/3b .345  19rbi
Glenn Rogers FR/DH .385 5hr 36rbi Corteze Armstrong SO/OF .360 22rbi  26sb
      Ashton Langley FR/SS .341 29rbi 18sb
Coaches comments: Coaches comments:
Don Rhoton - "As the regular season winds down it becomes increasingly important to enter the tournament with some momentum than where you finish in the standings. with that in mind both these teams have the need to win this series. Hiwassee is a team that delivers a lot of pressure on the opponents defense. we have to be able to handle this to have any chance of being successful this weekend." Jerry Edwards - "Motlow is the hottest team in the league. They have won 11 of their last 12. They are getting good pitching, good defense and timely hitting. They are going to be tough to beat. We are going to have to compete and execute every chance we get in order to have a chance to win. The pressure is on us, we are trying to get into the tour-nament and they are already in.  "
Game Scores and highlights :  
Game One
  at  Hiw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E
Mot St 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   2 10 1
Hiwassee 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 x   8 10 2
                           
Pitchers of Record W-L IP H ER R K BB    
WP- Gabel 9-3 9 10 1 2 8 3    
LP- Pierce

2-3

 5.1 7 7 7 5 5    
S -   0 0 0 0 0 0    
Top Hitters for Mot St
Name          H-AB  2b 3b  HR  RBI   BB   SB
Dylan Lynch   3-5
Glen Rogers   2-4                         Mark Caprio   1-3                    2
Alan Lyndsey  1-5   1
Guis. Rivas   1-5
Mark Nash     1-2   1
Kyle          1-4      
Top Hitters for Hiwassee
Name          H-AB  2b 3b  HR  RBI   BB   SB
Gabe Curtis    2-3   1          3    2   
Justin Barnes  2-5   1          1    
Ashton Langley 1-3                   2     1
A Standifer    1-4   1          1   
Jason Lamont   1-3              1    1
Brett Rampley  1-4   1               
T Urbanick     1-3   1               1
Eric Loy       1-4              1          1

A great starting pitching performance by both teams (Brent Neas -Hiwassee)(Franklin -Mot). Hiwassee broke open a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the sixth inning by going up 3-1.  In the seventh, Motlow tied the game with a big two run homer by Rivas. Hiwassee gave up the lead in the 8th and couldn't get anything started in the bottom half of the
inning.
                           
Game Two
at Hiw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E
Mot St 2 3 0 0 0 4 0       9 11 0
Hiwassee 0 0 0 0 0 1 2       3 7 1
                           
Pitchers of Record W L IP H ER R K BB    
WP - Shoemate

9-1

 7 7 3 3 7 2    
LP - Holman 2-1 2 6 5 5 2 3    
                           
Top Hitters for Mot St
Name            H-AB  2b 3b HR  RBI BB  SB
Dylan Lynch     2-5                           
Mark Caprio     2-4              1
Alan Lindsey    2-4              2   1
Nash            2-4   1                  1
Glen Rogers     1-4              1      
C. English      1-3   1          4       
Whaley          1-2                 
Top Hitters for Hiwassee
Name            H-AB  2b 3b HR  RBI BB  SB Ashton Langley   2-3                 1
Gabe Curtis      2-3   1     1   3       Justin Barnes    1-3   
Anton Standifer  1-4        1
Brett Rampley    1-3         
Motlow State's bats came alive in the first game of the double-header as they put up 9 runs off of 11 hits. Shoemate went the distance for the Bucks on the mound, shut-ing out the Tigers through 6. 
Game Three

at Hiw

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E
Mot St 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2     5 8 0
Hiwassee 0 0 0 1 0 2 0       3 12 2
                           
Pitchers of Record W L IP H ER R K BB    
WP - Neff

0-0

 2.1 3 0 0 0 0    
LP - Ellison 1-5 2 2 2 2 0 0    
                           
Top Hitters for Mot St
Name             H-AB  2b 3b HR  RBI BB  SB
Dylan Lynch      2-4            
Whaley           2-4              1       1 Mark Caprio      1-3                          
Alan Lindsey     1-4      
Guiseppe Rivas   1-4          1   2   
Luis Bautista    1-3              
Top Hitters for Hiwassee
Name             H-AB  2b 3b HR  RBI BB  SB Corteze Armstrong 2-5                     1  
Brett Rampley     3-4             1       1
Trevor Urbanick   2-4  1                  1 Ashton Langley    1-4                     1
Gabe Curtis       1-2                 1
Justin Barnes     1-4                  
Anton Standifer   1-4  1              
Eric Loy          1-4             1
                           
Series Wrap-up -  good series played by both teams.  Motlow did a great job of coming back after Friday's loss to win the series on Saturday. Once again, Hiwassee can't get the job done on Saturday's double-header after putting themselves in great position to win a series after winning the first game on Friday. Coach Edwards-"Motlow did a great job today, they had good pitch-ing performances, played good defense, and got the big hits when it mattered. They will be a big threat in the tournament."
Conference Standings after Week 10
Schools Conf W-L Next Opp.
Chattanooga St 9-21
Cleveland St 11-16
Columbia St 13-12  
Dyersburg St 12-13  
Hiwassee 12-15  
Jackson St 18-9  
Motlow St 17-10  
Roane St 7-20  
Southwest TN 16-11  
Volunteer St 11-16  
Walters St 22-5  
   
 

Week 2 Conference Recaps    Friday    Saturday    Sunday

Sunday Recaps (if neccessary)
Dyersburg 11 Roane 2
Saturday Recaps
Volunteer at Cleveland
Game 1  Cleve 7 5 1  Vol 3 13 1  WP - Hammons  LP - Funderburk

Cleveland                                                      Name                      H-AB      2b 3b HR  RBI   BB   SB
Kenny Reed                2-2       1  0  0   2     1    0
Brian Knapp               1-2       0  0  0   0     1    1
Dustin Tommey             1-4       1  0  0   0     0    0
Luke Matthews             1-3       0  0  0   1     0    0

Volunteer
Name                      H-AB      2b 3b HR  RBI   BB   SB
Ahmir Watkins             3-4       0  0  0   0     0    1
Mike Carter               2-4       0  0  0   0     0    0
Richardson                2-4       0  0  0   1     0    0
Humphrey                  2-4       1  0  0   1     0    0

Game 2   Cleve 7 8 0  Vol 4 7 1  WP - Primm  LP - Leatherwood

Cleveland
Name                      H-AB      2b 3b HR  RBI   BB   SB
Michael Courtney          2-4       1  0  0   1     0    0
Kenny Reed                2-3       1  0  0   1     0    0
J.D. Young                1-4       1  0  0   0     0    0
Brian Knapp               1-3       0  0  0   2     0    1
Chris Policastro          1-3       1  0  0   1     0    0
Ben Reel                  1-3       0  0  0   0     0    0

Volunteer
Name                      H-AB      2b 3b HR  RBI   BB   SB
Ahmir Watkins             2-3       0  0  0   1     0    1
Mike Carter               1-3       0  0  0   0     0    0
Micah Ketron              1-3       0  0  0   2     0    0
Ellis                     1-3       0  0  0   0     0    0
Fly                       1-2       0  0  1   1     1    0
Robinson                  1-3       0  0  0   0     0    0

Highlights:

Cleveland swept the doubleheader keeping themselves in playoff
contention.  Kevin Hammons and Zack Primm kept the Cougars in the games by
giving outstanding performances on the mound.  Michael Courtney and Kenny
Reed led the way for the Cougars with timely hitting.
SW 18 16 1 Columbia 8 9 4
Dyersburg 1/14  Roane 11/4
Walters St at Chattanooga St
Sixth ranked Walters State clinched the regular season TJCCAA conference title by sweeping the twinbill on Saturday at Chattanooga State. The Senators (42-8, 22-5) opened the day with an 11-1 mercy rule victory behind the strong pitching of Jon Kirby and the hitting of Boodle Clark. Kirby (8-2) gave up one earned run on five hits in six innings pitched.  Clark smacked his 10th homer of the season, and he added a triple in
the win. Mahal de Castro had an RBI single for the Tigers (26-27, 9-21).  Derek
Brewer took the loss after giving up seven runs in four innings. In the second game, Kyle Sullivan had three hits with two doubles, Tyler Westmoreland had two hits with a double, and Clark drove in the winning run in the ninth inning with an RBI double in a 4-2 victory for the Senators. Mahal de Castro blasted a solo homer for Chattanooga State in the loss. Clark (3-2) also picked up the pitching victory after giving up three hits in 3.1 innings of scoreless relief.  Brewer (3-5) took the loss in game
two as well for the Tigers after surrendering two runs on two hits in 2.2 innings.
Friday Recaps
Walters St at Chattanooga St
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The 6th-ranked Walters State Senators moved a step closer to the regular season TJCCAA conference title on Friday afternoon with a 15-0 victory on the road at Chattanooga State. The Senators (40-8, 20-5 TJCCAA) banged out 17 hits in the contest to end the game by the mercy rule after eight innings. Chuck Hargis (Powell, TN) led the way for Walters State with four hits, while Jon Edmonds (Johnson City, TN) and Kyle Sullivan (Nashville, TN) each had three hits. Sullivan also recorded four stolen bases in the win. The Tigers (26-25, 9-19) had six different players with one hit each. Michael Carter and Adam Cross each had a double in the loss. Adam Howard (Ooltewah, TN) improved his record to 11-0 on the hill for the Senators after allowing six hits and fanning seven batters in seven strong innings. Chris Combs (3-5) took the loss after failing to get out of the first inning. 

Friday’s Linescore          R H E

Walters State         5 1 0   0 3 0   0 6   15 17  1

Chattanooga State 0 0 0    0 0 0   0 0    0   6  3

Pitching: WS – Howard, Johnson (8) and Edmonds; CS – Combs, Kuhr (1), McBrayer (6), Warren (8) and DeCastro.

WP: Howard (11-0).

LP: Combs (3-5).

2B: WS – Hargis; CS – M. Carter, Cross.
Volunteer St at Cleveland St
Vol 5 10 0  Cleve 2 5 1  WP - Delabar S - Warren  LP - Koeneman

WP Stats:
IP   K   BB   Hits   R   ER  
8    17  4    3      2   2   

Saving Pitcher Stats:
IP   K   BB   Hits   R   ER
1    2   0    1      0   0

Losing Pitcher Stats:
IP   K   BB   Hits   R   ER  
6.2  3   1    8      5   3    

Vol                      H-AB      2b 3b HR  RBI   BB   SB
Ahmir Watkins             2-5       1  0  0   2     0    0
Carter                    2-4       0  0  0   1     0    0
Blackman                  2-4       0  0  0   0     0    0

Cleve                    H-AB      2b 3b HR  RBI   BB   SB
Michael Courtney          2-5       1  0  0   0     0    0
Southwest at Columbia St
Game 1   Columbia 13 18 0  SW 3 4 0   WP- Wilshire(5-1)   LP - Moody

Columbia                  H-AB      2b 3b HR  RBI   BB   SB
Nichting                  3-4       0  0  0   2     0    0
Crane                     3-4       1  0  1   2     0    0
Nickell                   2-4       0  0  1   2     0    0
Kennedy                   3-4       1  0  1   3     0    0

 Game 2  Columbia 5  SW 4  WP - Pugh  LP - Buford 

In the bottom of the tenth Mark Nichting leads off with a single. Matt Crane bunts and a throwing error led to a play at the plate where Nichting scores the winning run all the way from first.

Columbia                 H-AB      2b 3b HR  RBI   BB   SB
Nichting                  2-5       0  0  0   0     0    0
Fondren                   2-2       0  0  0   0     0    0
 
Roane St at Dyersburg St
This series will start on Saturday due to rain in Dyersburg last couple of days
Jackson State has bye this weekend