Pea Ridge outscores Gentry, 6-1

GENTRY — Pea Ridge baseball coach John King won his 500th career game on March 14 as the Blackhawks thumped Gentry, 6-1, behind the pitching of Bradley Wright.

Wright allowed just three hits and struck out 10 in a complete-game effort to power the Blackhawks to the 3A/4A Conference win. Chandler Tidwell was 2-for3 with a double and 2 RBIs to lead Gentry. Tyler Odell was 2-for-2 and Jakota Sainsbury drove in a pair of runs.

Ayden Smart took the loss for Gentry. The Pioneers got a solid relief effort from Myles McFerron, who struck out six batters in three innings and did not allow a hit.

Tanner Christie scored Gentry’s only run on a Sean Pierce single to second base in the bottom of the sixth. Christie singled on a fly ball to right to start things off for the Pioneers in the inning.

Photo by Randy Moll Cole Wright of Pea Ridge begins a slide into home while Myles McFerron, Gentry catcher, waits for the throw.