Ridgeland opens season against Catoosa Co. rivals
After a couple of washouts, the Ridgeland Panthers and Ringgold Tigers were finally able to get in their long-anticipated doubleheader last Tuesday, although due to unplayable field conditions, the games had to be moved to Ringgold. hits for the Panthers. Tanner Hill started the game and took the loss on the mound. Hill and Seth Pitts each pitched one inning, while Timothy Holister took over in the third inning and finished it out.
In the Game 2, a backand-forth contest saw the Panthers push home three runs in the top of the seventh before holding on for the victory.
Ridgeland got a grand slam homerun from Hill as part of a six-run top of the second,
The Warriors led 2-0 going into the top of the fifth last Tuesday, but the visiting Trojans would rally in the late stages of the game, including a six-run seventh
The Warriors found themselves in another shootout on Wednesday night, this time in Trenton. LFO came back from an early 3-0 hole to take an 8-5 lead in the sixth. But the home team would rally late and use a walk-off RBI-double in the bottom of the seventh to pick up the win.
LFO had eight hits, all singles, with Simpson leading the way with two. McCammon had two RBIs for the Warriors, while Simpson,
At Heritage High School on Saturday, in the first game of the Catoosa Children’s Fund Baseball Classic, the Warriors led 6-4 after four innings, but ultimately dropped the game to the Class 6A Catamounts in a game shortened to six innings.
Carroll was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs, while McCammon, Coots and Joseph Heinrich adding one RBI each. Coots threw
The Warriors would end the streak late on Saturday as they quelled a late Panther rally for a win in Rossville.
Hinton was the only Warrior with two hits. Mosier had three RBIs. McCammon knocked in two runs, while Coots and Kelley both had one RBI each. Mosier got the win by giving up just two earned runs in five innings. He allowed four hits and six walks with three strikeouts. Shields recorded a twoinning save for LFO (1-4), allowing two earned runs on two hits and two walks.