Blackhawks win two games
Take 2nd in tourney
The Blackhawks scored first when Cole Wright, who singled to right field, made it home on an error by the Gentry catcher in the top of the fifth.
The Pioneers responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning, but Eric Handkins hit an RBI double in the sixth, brining in Chandler Tidwell, who had hit a hard ground-ball single to left at the opening of the inning.
CJ Taylor was on the mound for the Pioneers and allowed only four hits and one earned run, but the Pioneers couldn’t get it done with their bats in the league game. Taylor threw eight strike outs in just under six innings.
Gentry’s only run came in the bottom of the fifth when Ayden Smartt singled to the short stop and later made it home when Taylor hit a hard ground ball to third and made it on because of a Pea Ridge error.
Wright pitched seven innings for the Blackhawks and sent away 11 Gentry batters swinging. He allowed five hits in the game and no earned runs.
GENTRY
— The Blackhawks got past the Gentry Pioneers in an away game on March 29, winning, 2-1.
The Blackhawks scored first when Cole Wright, who singled to right field, made it home on an error by the Gentry catcher in the top of the fifth.
The Pioneers responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning, but Eric Hankins hit an RBI double in the sixth, bringing in Chandler Tidwell, who had hit a hard ground-ball single to left at the opening of the inning.
Gentry’s only run came in the bottom of the fifth when Ayden Smartt singled to the short stop and later made it home when Taylor hit a hard ground ball to third and made it on because of a Pea Ridge error.
Wright pitched seven innings for the Blackhawks and sent away 11 Gentry batters swinging. He allowed five hits in the game and no earned runs.
Game results:
There were five hits by each team; one error by Pea Ridge and two by Gentry.
Winning pitcher was junior Blackhawk Cole Wright.
Hitting:
Eric Hankins — 1/3, DBL, HP, RBI Cole Wright — 2/3, DBL, BB Gage Cawthon — 2 SAC, HP, SB
LINCOLN 3, PEA RIDGE 19
On Thursday, the Pea Ridge Blackhawks defeated Lincoln at home.
Game results
There were 15 hits by Pea Ridge and eight by Lincoln; two errors by Pea Ridge and four by Lincoln.
Winning pitcher was senior Blackhawk Eric Hankins.
Hitting:
Cole Wright — 2/4, 2 R Zaine Holley — 2/3, 3 RBI Jakota Sainsbury — 1/3, 2 R, RBI Will Feemster — 1/1, 3R, RBI Chandler Tidwell — 1/3, HR, R, 3 RBI Bryce Beckmann — 1/1, 2 R, RBI Garrett King — 1/3, R, RBI Westin Church — 1/2, 2 R, RBI The Pea Ridge Blackhawk baseball team took second place in the Ozark Classic Tournament in Harrison this past weekend.
Game 1
5-4 win over Rose Bud
Game 2
9-4 win over Clinton
Game 3
8-6 loss to Stillwell, Okla.
Hitting stats for the weekend:
Eric Hankins: 5/12, 2 RBI, 2 SB, Gage Cawthon: 3/8, 2 RBI Garrett King: 3/8, 2 RBI Cole Wright: 4/11, RBI, 3 SB, 5 R Zaine Holley: 4/11, 5 RBI, R