Corrigan-Camden baseball pulled off an upset over its rival Friday night on the north end of Polk County, defeating the district leaders from Groveton 1-0.
Even so, the Indians closed out district play as District 24-2A champs.
Each team had trouble getting runners to third base, as defense and pitching kept both offenses off the board.
Threatening in the bottom of the second with the bases loaded and no outs, Bulldogs Kreek Johnson, Layton Cox and Braylon Levy had all collected hits. A fielder's choice off the bat of Will Ratliff was sent back to home for a force out. Then, a fly out to center field led to a play at the plate, where the runner was out for the double play to end the inning.
In the top of the sixth, Groveton's Cooper Shanafelt singled, and a sacrifice bunt from Trystin Ard moved him over. A sacrifice fly from Ty Torregrossa got him to third base, but a ground out to shortstop stranded the runner at third. That would be as close as the Indians would get to scoring Friday, dropping their first district game of the year.
On the mound, Groveton’s Blake Chaney threw 6 innings, allowing only one unearned run on 5 hits with 5 strikeouts and 2 walks.
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On April 14, Groveton run-ruled West Sabine 10-0 in 6 innings at home on senior night. This win clinched the 24-2A district championship.
Ty Torregrossa went 3-4 with two singles, an inside-the-park homerun, an RBI, and 3 runs scored.
Blake Chaney went 1-4 with a single and 3 runs scored.
Gunner Wilson went 1-1 with a sacrifice fly, a walk, a hit-by-pitch, a 3-run homerun, 4 total RBI, and 2 runs scored.
Jasper Due went 1-4 with an RBI single.
Cooper Shanafelt got hit by a pitch and scored a run.
Trystin Ard went 1-1 with two walks, a single, and a run scored.
On the mound, Canyen Hollis threw a no-hitter with 9 strikeouts and only one walk in 6 innings.
On Saturday we beat Diboll 6-3 on the road in a playoff warm-up game.
Jasper Due went 1-4 with an RBI double and a run scored.
Ty Torregrossa went 2-3 with a 2 RBI triple, a single, a hit-by-pitch, and two runs scored.
Gunner Wilson went 3-4 with a single, two doubles, and an RBI.
Cooper Shanafelt went 1-3 with a single, a walk, and a run scored
Jace Taylor went 1-2 with a single and two walks
Ethan Bowling went 1-4 with an RBI single.
Jett Arbucke had two walks, a stolen base, and two runs scored.
On the mound, we pieced it together with 5 different arms, starting with Jasper Due, who threw three innings allowing 3 runs (1 earned) on 2 hits with 5 strikeouts and 2 hit batters.
Everett Snyder got the win in relief, throwing one scoreless inning with one hit, 2 strikeouts, and no walks.
Jake Snyder threw one scoreless inning with one hit, a walk, and a hit batter.
Jace Taylor got the hold, throwing one scoreless inning with one hit, one walk, and one strikeout
Ty Torregrossa got the save, throwing one scoreless inning with one hit.
The Tigers had a great week last week, winning a pair of games over Crockett to wind down the season. On Monday, however, the team fell to New Waverly 10-0 in a game moved due to weather.
On April 14, Trinity downed Crockett 25-6 behind solid hitting performances by Brady Arnold and David Alexander, who both turned in 3 hits apiece. Craig Bass added a pair of hits, and Chance Barron’s lone hit turned out to be a dinger that put 3 runs on the board.
Austin Beasley and Brady Arnold shared mound duty, combining for 10 strikeouts while giving up only 4 hits and 6 runs (2 earned),
On Friday, the Tigers turned 8 hits into 24 runs, taking advantage of 18 walks and 9 stolen bases to put the final score of the run-ruled game at 24-14, the second defeat of Crockett for the week.
Jace Gambill led the way at the plate with 2 hits, while Brady Arnold’s lone hit, a triple, scored 3.
Five hurlers spent time in the circle, throwing only 5 strikeouts and giving up 14 walks, but allowing only 1 hit.
Trinity posted a 10-0 loss on Monday to New Waverly to close out the season.
Austin Beasley and Christian Vaughn had the lone hits for Trinity.
Hunter Ogden took the loss on the mound, giving up 4 hits and striking out only 1.
The No. 3-ranked Centerville Bulldogs have won 14 in a row since the start of baseball season after defeating Broaddus 20-0 on the road on April 14 and Lufkin JV 14-4 on Wednesday.
Senior Kolt Larsen drove in 4 runs on 3 hits including a 3-run home run. Larsen's homer, plus the dinger in the Wednesday game, made it 7 games in a row a player has hit a homer for Centerville, as 4 different players have hit home runs during this stretch.
Coach Geoffrey Hollis said it has been a historically dominant start for Centerville, who have outscored their opponents 176-10 on the season.
Offensively, Centerville has 5 players hitting .400-plus on the season, with Kolt Larsen hitting an incredible .658 with 2 HRs and 25 RBIs to lead the way offensively.
Defensively, the Bulldogs have only surrendered a combined 17 hits through 13 games. Centerville pitching has tossed 4 no-hitters already this season, one of them being a perfect game.
Sophomore Hardy Brown leads the Bulldogs on the mound having pitched 23 innings, only surrendering 9 hits and 1 earned run along with 37 strikeouts.
Sadly, that came to an end on Saturday as the Bulldogs were downed 11-1 by Shelbyville on Saturday.
Brown and Larsen, taking turns on the mound, threw 9 strikeouts and gave up 5 hits. Brown and Wyatt Clede had the lone hits for the Bulldogs.
The Eagles lone game last week was a 11-5 loss to Chester.
Cooper Campbell and Rance Howell split time on the mound, combining for only 3 strikeouts while giving up 9 hits. Ethan Leblanc and Howell each posted 2 hits to lead the offense.
