Josh Barnett - Sports Editor

The Lady Raiders made a late charge in the top of the seventh inning adding three runs to their total, but it was too little too late as they fell to the Switzerland County Pacers 9-7 in the first round of Sectional #44 at Lawrenceburg.

South Ripley struck first in the first inning when Jessi McConnell got on base stole second and was batted in by Chrystal Martin. From there the Lady Raiders wouldn't score again until the sixth inning.

The Lady Pacers took the lead in the third inning when they scored five runs on some costly SR errors to make the score 5-1. They scored four more in the fifth inning to push their advantage to 9-1.

Jenny Roberts, Erica Burress and
Jennifer Rogers all scored in the sixth inning to cut into the Switz. Co. lead. After six innings the score was 9-4 in favor of the Pacers.

South Ripley had one more chance to take the lead in the top of the seventh inning. They managed to score three runs, but it wouldn't be enough as the Lady Pacers walked away with the 9-7 win to put an end to the Lady Raiders' season.

Danielle Riehle was the losing pitcher, pitching 6 innings, giving up 9 runs (6 earned) on 9 hits while walking 2 batters and striking out one.

Chrystal Martin ended the game batting perfect, going 3 for 3 with a stolen base and 2 RBI's. Jessi McConnell batted 2 for 4 with 2 stolen bases and one run scored and Jenny Roberts went 2 for 2 with a run scored.

Josh Barnett - Sports Editor

Jac-Cen-Del's baseball team picked up a one run victory over North Decatur on the road on Monday night this week, then turned around and suffered a one run loss to Batesville on Tuesday at home.

Against North Decatur the Eagles defeated the Chargers 9-8 in a seven inning battle. JCD struck in the first inning with Chip Schuler scoring on an Adam Peetz hit to give the Eagles an early 1-0 lead.

The Eagles' Michael Busch scored in the second inning to give them 2 runs to the Chargers none. North Decatur finally got on the board in the bottom of the third inning scoring one run to make the score 2-1.

Jac-Cen-Del added three more to their total in the top of the fourth inning with Kyle Horan, Chip Schuler and Brent Comer all crossing home plate. The Chargers added one more in the bottom of the fourth to make the score 5-2.

The Eagles added another in the fifth but it was the Chargers who had the big inning, scoring four runs to push their total to 6. After five innings of play the game was knotted up at 6 apiece.

JCD retook the lead in the top of the sixth inning with three runs
to give them their nine runs. Adam Vollmer, Bryan Schwanholt and Damon Simon all scored in the inning to give the Eagles the lead.

North Decatur had one more chance in the top of the seventh inning, but they managed to score just two runs giving them 8 and the loss.

Brent Pettit was the winning pitcher, pitching all 7 innings and allowing 8 runs (5 earned) on 8 hits while walking just one batter and striking out 4.

Adam Peetz finished the game batting 2 for 3 with 3 RBI's. Bryan Schwanholt went 3 for 4 with one run scored and an RBI and Kyle Horan went 3 for 4 with a run scored and an RBI.

In their game against Batesville neither team scored until the bottom of the sixth inning when the Eagles scored two runs. Brent Comer and Bryan Schwanholt both crossed home plate to give JCD the 2-0 lead.

Batesville scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning to take the late lead putting the Eagles in a do or die situation. When the Eagles came to bat in the bottom of the seventh they needed at least two runs to keep the game going. Michael Busch was the first batter of the inning and he hit a homerun to cut the Bulldog lead to one. From there the next three batters got an out to
end the game at 4-3.

Bryan Schwanholt was the Eagles' pitcher, pitching all 7 innings giving up 4 earned runs on 2 hits, walking 3 batters and striking out 4.

The Eagles managed only 4 hits on the contest with Chip Schuler getting one of them going 1 for 4 with a double. Schwanholt had a hit going 1 for 2 with a run scored and Michael Busch went 2 for 3 with a homerun and one run scored.

TIM HILLMAN PHOTO

JCD's Alisha Lord tries to make a play at home as a Shiner attempts to slide during the first round of the sectional tournament at Shawe.