Wolves drop two in Gulf Coast Classic
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — A nine-run sixth inning doomed Lake Hamilton against University School of Jackson, Tenn. in the Gulf Coast Classic baseball tournament Monday.
Leading 5-1 after five innings, the Wolves lost 10-6 in their first of four games in the spring-break tournament.
Senior Zach Ross homered and drove in three runs while Kirk Shildgen had three hits in four at-bats with one RBI. Dylan Hudson and Tanner King each doubled, and Ben Slate singled and scored two runs.
Slate suffered the loss, surrendering six runs on three hits with one walk. Ross allowed four runs on two hits with four walks and eight strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings pitched.
Lake Hamilton (2-6) faced Brentwood, Tenn. Tuesday before closing out the tournament today against Boaz, Ala.
* The Wolves committed five errors in a 4-1 loss to Russell County, Ala. on Monday. Keaton Hixon gave up four runs on seven hits with three walks and three strikeouts in six innings pitched. Slate scored Lake Hamilton’s only run in the top of the sixth inning.
Lake Hamilton host to prep fishing tourney
Fishing League Worldwide’s Arkansas Open for high school anglers is Saturday on Lake Hamilton out of Arkansas Game & Fish Commission’s Hulsey Hatchery Access, starting at 7 a.m. and with a 3 p.m. weigh-in.
The two-person event is for students in grades 7-12 with online registration for anglers and their coach, who will provide the boat for competition,
at flwfishing.com. Teams may register until the morning of the event.
According to a release, the top 10 percent of finishers advance to the 2017 high school fishing national championships, June 27-July 1 at Pickwick Lake in Florence, Ala. The national champions each receive a $5,000 college scholarship to the school of their choice.
NPC hoop tryouts scheduled April 22
National Park College will hold tryouts for Nighthawk basketball April 22 in the school gymnasium, women practicing from noon to 2 p.m. and men from 3 p.m.-6 p.m.
The Nighthawks will begin a competitive travel schedule in the fall 2017 semester. Students must be enrolled on a full-time basis for the fall 2017 and spring 2018 semesters to be eligible to participate.
According to a release, NPC moved toward competitive sports teams in response to the number of requests from students and the level of participation in intramural teams launched last fall.
“We’re starting with basketball and will look at expanding to other sports in the coming year,” said Dr. John Hogan, NPC president. “Basketball had an incredible participation rate with our students this year, with more than 40 … playing on intramural teams.”
Jason Hudnell, NPC dean of enrollment, said Nighthawks basketball is “another opportunity for students to become engaged in the college atmosphere, whether that be as a player or spectator. It gives all students something to belong to and rally around.”