VINEMONT, Ala. – Danville made the trip to Vinemont High School for a matchup with the Eagles Thursday night and the Hawks were sent home with a 7-2 loss. Wyatt Thomason got the start on the mound for Vinemont and earned the win after tossing six innings, allowing just two runs on five hits and striking out eight Danville batters.
Clay Rogers singled and Travis Hopper drew a walk to give the Eagles a pair of base runners in the bottom of the first and after stealing third, Rogers scored on a fielder’s choice to give Vinemont a 1-0 lead. A hit batter put runners on the corners for the Eagles, but two quick outs ended the inning for Danville.
After two quick outs started the bottom of the second inning for Vinemont, Will Rhodes singled to reach first base. Rhodes stole second and Rogers singled into right field to bring home and stretch the lead to 2-0. Hopper drew another walk to once again give the Eagles runners on the corners, but this time Deacon Samples drove one into right field to score Rogers and make it a 3-0 game going into the third.
A quick and scoreless third inning took us into the fourth where the Hawks managed to get on the board and trim the lead to 3-1 going into the bottom half of the inning. Vinemont got the run back after Rogers singled to reach base for the third time on the night and Hopper knocked a triple into center field to bring him home and build the lead back up to 4-1. Thomason and the Eagles kept Danville off the board in the top of the fifth and Lucas Miller was able to steal home in the bottom of the inning to extend the lead to 5-1 going into the sixth.
The Hawks were able to string some hits together and put another run on the board to cut it to 5-2 in the top of the sixth, but Vinemont put things away in its half of the inning. Back to back base hits from Colby Miller and Rhodes gave the Eagles a pair of runners on the base paths and a single off the bat of Hopper scored them both to make it a 7-2 game going into the final frame.
Rogers took the rubber in the top of the seventh with two runners on and a chance to end the game and a strikeout and a double play sealed the win for Vinemont.
Rogers (one RBI) led the Eagles with three hits and Hopper (two hits) led them with three RBIs. Rhodes added a pair of hits and Samples (one hit) drove in two runs of his own. Vinemont improves to 5-4 on the year with the win and will try to stay hot on the road against Holly Pond Friday.
Other Thursday scores:
Cullman 5 – Decatur Heritage 5 (varsity boys tennis)
The Cullman varsity boys tennis team traveled to Point Mallard for a matchup against Decatur Heritage Thursday night.
Jackson Murphree took the No. 1 singles win 6-0, 6-0, Tucker Rainwater won at No. 2 singles 6-2, 6-2, Jaden Orr won No. 5 singles 6-4, 4-6, (10-4 in tie break), and Will Shirey won at No. 6 singles 7-6, 3-6 (11-9 in tie break). Jackson and Tucker won at No. 1 doubles 6-2, 6-0.
West Point 3 – Fairview 2 (varsity girls soccer)
The West Point Lady Warriors toppled Fairview 3-2 at home Thursday night to improve to 3-2-1 on the season. Grace Lee, Kali King and Mallory Campbell scored goals for West Point in the win.
Cold Springs 11 – Good Hope 1 (varsity baseball)
After toppling Holly Pond at home earlier this week, Cold Springs routed Good Hope 11-1 on the road to improve to 4-0 on the season.
Logan Rice got the win on the mound for the Eagles after allowing just one run four hits and striking out five in five innings of work. Brodee Bartlett and Dylan Gable (one hit) each collected two RBIs in the win and Rice (one hit), Lawson Burgess (one hit) and Roberto Ayala drove in runs for Cold Springs as well. Harper Chiaranda led the Raiders with three hits in the loss.
Hartselle 15 – Cullman 4 (varsity softball)
This one was over early for the Lady Bearcats. Hartselle racked up 12 runs in the bottom half of the first and needless to say, Cullman wasn’t able to make up that ground, falling on the road 15-4.
Carlie Burnham (homerun) drove in a pair of runs for the Lady Bearcats and Olivia Britton (one hit) and Faith Guest each collected RBIs as well.
Cold Springs 15 – Fairview 10 (varsity softball)
The Lady Eagles outpaced the Lady Aggies in a shootout Thursday night that saw 32 combined hits between both teams. Cold Springs jumped to a 10-2 lead after two innings and even though Fairview managed to chip away and make it 4-run game in the fourth, it wasn’t enough, and the Lady Eagles held on to win it 15-10.
Crimson Gann (two RBIs) and Emma Black each posted four hits in the win and Kylon Hamby (three hits) and Heidi Nichols (one hit) each drove in three runs for Cold Springs. Allyson Wooten blasted two homeruns in the loss for the Lady Aggies and collected three RBIs and Katie Ball posted a homerun and three RBIs of her own. Kaitlin Benson (one RBI) added four hits in the loss and Rebekah Deblanc finished with three hits and three RBIs.
West Point 5 – Hamilton 4 (varsity baseball)
After taking the area opener at home Tuesday night, the Warriors traveled to Hamilton Thursday with a chance to clinch the series. The Aggies led the way 4-1 going into the fifth inning but West Point plated a pair of runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth to pull ahead and win the game 5-4 and sweep the area series.
Aubry Cleghorn (homerun) led the Warriors with three RBIs in the win and Brody Rusk drove in a pair of runs as well. Whitt Laney, Will Cochran and Chase Sibley each added hits in the win.
Cleveland 9 – Holly Pond 5 (varsity baseball)
The Broncos jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning and led things 4-2 most of the way until a 6-run fifth inning allowed Cleveland to pull ahead and Holly Pond was never able to answer, falling on the road 9-5.
Dayden Floyd (one hit) drove in a pair of runs while John Martin (one hit), Charlie Huddleston (one hit) and Seth Whiting each collected an RBI in the loss. Thomas Bell added two hits for the Broncos.
West Point 13 – Arab 8 (varsity softball)
After Arab plated three runs in the top of the first, the Lady Warriors responded with four in the bottom half of the inning to take the lead and they plated four more in the second to stay in front for good. Arab chipped away at the lead in the fourth and fifth, but West Point put together another 4-run inning in the sixth to pull away with a 13-8 win.
Molly Pendley (three hits) and Gracie Thompson (two hits) each led the Lady Warriors three RBIs and Carlie Wilkins (two hits) and Bailey Brock (one hit) each drove in a pair of runs as well.
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