Osgood Journal Sports
May 23, 2006

Jac-Cen-Del Eagles claim Morristown Baseball Tourney Championship
Gary Franklin - Sports Writer

The Eagle baseball team treked to Morristown on Saturday, May 20, to battle in the Morristown tournament. In the two game competition by the Eagles, game one pitted them against Oldenburg Academy, where the Eagles won by a score of 16-1 to take their overall record for the season to 13-5. In the second game, the Eagles faced host Morristown, where they won by the score of 8-2, giving them the record of 14-5 thus far, and the Morristown tourney championship hardware.
Eagle Pitching
In game one, Eagle senior Tyler Bradshaw opened at the mound and went on to pitch 4 innings, during which the Twisters scored their only run of the game off a single by Eckstein leading off the 3rd inning, followed by a stolen base and a charged wild pitch, moving the runner to third base. A fly to center by White allowed for the run. Bradshaw rang up 5 batters to strike outs of the 16 he faced.
Brock Billman came in in relief to finish the game for the Eagles and only had to face three batters as he struck out 2 of the 3 to end the game.
Tucker Brown got the pitching nod for the second Eagle contest of the day. Brown pitched a complete 7 innings, facing 29 batters, gave up 5 hits, and 2 runs. His fanning of 4 and walking of only 1 made for a good outing for the Eagles.
Eagle Batting
In game one,
Adam Vollmer 2/4 - 1B, 1B, K
Matt Gehl 0/1 - K
Justin Huff 0/2 - W, W
Kyle Horan 1/3 - 1B, W
Bryan Schwanholt 3/4 - HR, 1B, 1B
Tyler Bradshaw 0/3 - K, W
Brandon Gehl 2/3 - 1B, 1B, W, K
Daniel Leonetti 2/4 - 1B, HR
Craig Horan 1/2 - W, 1B
Tucker Brown 1/1 - 1B
Blake Billman 2/2 - W, 1B, 2B
Brock Billman 0/1
Eagle Batting
In game two,
Adam Vollmer 0/5 - K, K, K,
Justin Huff 1/3 - 2B, W, W
Kyle Horan 2/5 - 1B, 1B, K
Bryan Schwanholt 1/3 - K, 2Ws, HR
Tyler Bradshaw 1/5 - K,K, 1B
Brandon Gehl 1/4 - 1B, K
Daniel Leonetti 0/2 - W, W
Craig Horan 1/3 - W, 1B
Blake Billman 2/3 - W, 1B, HR

Jac-Cen-Del Eagle senior Blake Billman moves into the defensive mode. Billman had an excellent weekend at the plate during the Morristown tournament going 4/5 with 2 walks, 2 singles, a double, and a home run.

Raiders blast Tigers in Saturday double header at Lwrenceburg
Gary Franklin - Sports Writer

The South Ripley varsity baseball team traveled to Lawrenceburg on Saturday, May 20, to take on the Lawrenceburg Tigers. That is putting it mildly as the Raiders exploded on the Tigers,winning the opener, 18-1 in 5 innings, following in game two with a second game win of 5-0. Raider bats were buzzing, as ball after ball went zipping into the Lawrenceburg field off the Tiger pitchers.
A pitcher's best friend is a strong defense behind him and a battery giving him runs, and the Raiders came across with that honor as well, allowing only one Tiger score through the two games of action while accumulating 23 themselves.
Raider Pitching
In game one, Raider Cory Yeomans led the charge from the mound allowing only one hit in his four innings of pitching, fanning 8 of the14 batters he faced, and walking 1. Tim Burcham entered to pitch the 5th inning where a double by the first Tiger batter he faced, led to the only run scored by the Tigers for the day. Burcham faced 4 batters and fanned 1.
BJ Sieverding opened game two, pitching 4 innings, striking out 7 of the 13 batters he faced. Josh Cumberworth entered to pitch the 5th and 6th innings and faced 10 batters striking out 2, and Tim Burcham again came in to pitch the 7th where in relief for the Raiders he struck out 1 of the three batters he faced to close out game two. A very productive outing by the Raider pitching staff of the day, as well as in the batter's box.
Raider Batting
In game one,
Michael Mathews 1/4 - 3B, W
BJ Sieverding 1/4 - Sac, 1B, K, K
Michael Fear 2/4 - 1B, 2B, W
Brandon Seabolt 5/5 - W, 2B, 4-1Bs
Dakota Walker 2/5 - 1B, 2B
Eric Landwehr 1/5 - 1B
Cory Yeomans 2/3 - 2-2Bs
Kyle Patrick 2/3 - W, K, 2-1Bs
Josh Cumberworth 2/4 - 2-2Bs
In game two,
Michael Matthews 2/4 - 2-1Bs
BJ Sieverding 0/4 - K, K
Michael Fear 2/4 - 2-1Bs
Brandon Seabolt 1/2 - 1B, W
Dakota Walker 0/0 - HBP, W
Cory Yeomans 1/1 - Sac, 2B
Eric Landwehr 1/4 - 1B, K
Cory Yeomans 2/3 - 2-2Bs
Kyle Patrick 1/3 - K, 1B
Josh Cumberworth 1/2 - W, 2B
The Raider varsity baseball team will face the Milan Indians on Wednesday, May 24, at 7pm, at SRHS for the last scheduled regular conference game of the season.
South Ripley will have their senior awards and recognition program during the above game for the sports of baseball, softball, track, and golf.
Friday, May 26, the South Ripley Raider varsity baseball team will travel to Jennings County for a 5pm start.