Saturday, May 16
2005 Game Summaries
| 2005 ATHENS DRIVE VARSITY SEASON |
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Game Played 5/10/2005 4:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Athens Drive 12 10 1 |
| SE Raleigh 3 2 4 |
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| Ottone Gets 6th Victory Jags Bats Come Alive To Top Southeas |
| Danbiel Ottone pitched no-hit baseball for the first four innings and yielded just two hits and three walks in his five inning stint. He also blasted his 4th Home Run of the season in the 4th. Andrew Barker closed the door on Southeast in the final two frames. Coach Bell started his seven seniors in honor of Senior Day and all of them delivered base hits. Stretching back three games, leadoff hitter Rhett Miller has now reached base nine consecutive times. |
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Game Played 5/6/2005 4:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Athens Drive 6 7 1 |
| East Wake High 1 7 3 |
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| Jags Get Key Hits Make Key Plays To Stay In Playoff Hunt |
| It wasn't one of the Jags best days at the plate but they managed just enough offense to turn back East Wake 6-1 on the strong right arm of Mark Weadon who improved his record to 5-1 with his 4th complete game of the season. As has been the pattern in 16 of their 19 games this year the Jags rallied in their half of the first inning. Rhett Miller walked to lead off, stole second and came home on Mark Weadon's single. Weadon then stole second and Mike DeMeo walked. Dan ottone drilled a single to right and Weadon and DeMeo both scored. The Jags once again, as they have so often this year, came up big on defense in fifth inning. Behind 3-1 East Wake got Weadon in trouble with runners at first and third and only one out. But with the infield in Zach Huttie made a short hop pickup of a hard hit grounder to second and whipped the ball to third where Ottone appplied the tag to the retreating runner. Weadon got family help on the next play when the batter lifted a long fly ball to right but brother Ben madde a nice running catch to end the inning. |
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Game Played 5/4/2005 12:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Athens Drive 5 9 1 |
| Cary 4 8 1 |
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| Athens Bounces Back To Trim Cary 5-4. |
| With little time to recover from a night- before-loss, the Jags got timely hitting from Mike DeMeo, Rhett Miller and Vance Williams to show resiliancy in trimming Cary 5-4 to push the Jags record to 14-4. Williams delivered his second straight strong outing with a 7-inning complete game to get his second win of the season. Mike DeMeo moved to shortstop in place of Mark Weadon who got hung up with a late starting AP test. DeMeo made two sparkling plays in the fith and sixth innings to preserve the Jags' one run lead. In the fifth, with a runner in scoring position, DeMeo backhanded a ball in the whole at short to keep the runner from scoring. The next hitter ripped a grounder but DeMeo converted it to an inning ending force out at second. In the sixth DeMeo came up big again. With the tying run on third and the infield in to choke off the run Mike took a high hoper and rifled it home to nab the runner at the plate. The next two batters flied out to Andrew Barker in left and the inning ended. After giving up four runs in the third inning Williams shut the Cary offense down and let the Jags' defense do its job. |
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Game Played 5/3/2005 7:00PM
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| Teams:R R H E |
| Garner 12 11 1 |
| Athens Drive 2 3 1 |
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| Athens Comes Out Flat To Take It On the Chin At Garner 12-2 |
| Athens brought its "C" game to Garner and went home the victim of a 12-2 rout as Garner took over first place in the TAAC. Mustering just three hits, the Jags fell in love with the fly ball as they lifted 10 balls into the air for outs in a five inning abbreviated game. It was both the lowest hit and run total of the year for Athens. The Jags had outscored their last three opponents 30-4. |
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Game Played 4/29/2005 4:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Knightdale 0 0 3 |
| Athens Drive 18 21 0 |
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| Vance Wiliams is Unhittable, Jags Go To 13-3 |
| Vance Williams continued the Athens combo of great pitching and scary hitting as he pitched five perfect innings in the Jags abbreviated, five-inning win over Knightdale 18-0. In garnering his second win of the season, the Jags only sophomore struck out 8 of the 15 hitters he faced in the slaughter-rule abbreviated game. Williams threw just 56 pitches. Equally impressive was the Athens hitting attack as they belted out 21 hits. Rhett Miller, Daniel Ottone and Mark Weadon each collected three hits while John Snotherly blasted a double and a home run and drove in 5 runs. Williams' perfomance on the mound was stunning as he was ahead of every batter in the game and didn't have a ball hit out of the infield. Ironically, the closest play of the night came on the last out when the Knightdale hitter dribbled a slow roller at second but Zach Huttie got up in time to make the play and Vance had his perfect game. |
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Game Played 4/26/2005 4:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Athens Drive 3 6 2 |
| Enloe 0 3 2 |
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| Ottone Leads Jags To 3-0 Win Over Enloe |
| Daniel Ottone pitched five strong innings and added to his cause with a second inning home run to lead the Jags to a 4-1 conference record and an overall 12-3 mark with a 3-0 win over Enloe. Andrew Barker allowed just one hit over the last two innings to collect his third save of the year. John Snotherly was a difference maker at first base with five spectacular plays on defense including a short hop pick up on a throw from Andrew Barker in left field to double a runner off first. Rhett Miller and Zach Huttie contributed two hits each and Mike DeMeo delivered a big RBI single as the Jags managed just six hits for their lowest hit output of the year. |
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Game Played 4/22/2005 4:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Apex 8 13 3 |
| Athens Drive 7 9 4 |
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| Injuries & Errors Make Difference As Apex Edges Athens 8-7 |
| Athens caame up just a bit short when Apex pushed home the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning to drop the Jags to 11-2 on the season. Athens battled all night after losing Shortstop Mark Weadon and Centerfielder Rhett Miller to injuries early in the game. Andrew Barker led all hitters going 4-4 with a double and two RBIs. |
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Game Played 4/21/2005 4:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| SE Raleigh 4 7 3 |
| Athens Drive 12 16 0 |
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| Jags Offense Erupts to Pound SE Raleigh 12-4 |
| Athens Drive pushed its record to 11-2 ripping 12 runs for the fifth time this season to defeat Southeast Raleigh 12-4. Mark Weadon got his fourth complete game win against one loss striking out eight as Mike DeMeo delivered the big blow, a grand slam home run in the seventh. Ben Weadon went 3-3 DeMeo, Rhett Miller, Dan OIttone and Zach Huttie each collected two hits as Athens drubbed three SE pitchers for 17 hits. |
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| The Athens slugfest began in the top of the first when Rhett Miller drilled a lead off homer to right center. Mark Weadon continued the rally with a single. SE got the next two batters out but Dan Ottone sliced a single to drive in the second run of the inning. John Chandler was hit by a pitch and Ben Weadon drove a single to left that got past the leftfielder and both Ottone and Chandler scored with Weadon ending up at second. Zach Huttie singled but Andrew Barker ended the inning with a strikeout. |
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| Weadon gave up two runs in both the first and third innings but struck out six and allowed just two singles in the last four innings. Athens broke the game open in the seventh when Ottone, Ben Weadon and Huttie each singled to load the bases. Barker's grounder handcuffed the shortstop and Ottone scored. Miller pushed a run home when he grounded out to the second baseman but Mark Weadon walked to load the bases again. SE changed pitchers but DeMeo unloaded on the second pitch to clear the bases with his second homer in as many games. |
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| Since its season opening loss, Athens has outscored opponents 115-34. |
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Game Played 4/19/2005 7:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| East Wake 0 3 6 |
| Athens Drive 12 17 0 |
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| ATHENS COLLECTS FOUR HOMERS, 13 HITS TO GO TO 10-2 ON THE S |
| MICHAEL SCHMIDT, MIKE DEMEO, MARK WEADON AND JOHN CHANDLER BELTED HOMERS WHILE DANIEL OTTONE COLLECTED THREE HITS AND ZACH HUTTIE, CHANDLER, RHETT MILLER, JOHN SNOTHERLY, ANDREW BARKER, AND MARK WEADON CHIPPED IN WITH TWO HITS APIECE AS THE JAGS PUSHED THEIR RECORD TO 10-2 WITH A 12-0 WIN OVER EAST WAKE. OTTONE STARTED AND GAVE UP JUST THREE HITS AND TWO WALKS OVER FIVE INNINGS TO GO 4-0 FOR THE YEAR. ANDREW BARKER FINISHED UP BY STRIKING OUT FIVE OF THE SIX BATTERS HE FACED IN THE 6TH AND 7TH INNINGS. THE JAGS PUT THE GAME AWAY IN THE SECOND INNING WHEN OTTONE DOUBLED TO RIGHT TO LEAD OFF AND SCORED WHEN CHANDLER'S LINE DRIVE CLEARED THE LEFT FIELD FENCE. BEN WEADON GROUNDED OUT BUT HUTTIE SINGLED UP THE MIDDLE AND BARKER DROVE HIM IN WITH A DOUBLE TO LEFT. MILLER FLIED OUT FOR THE SECOND OUT AND MARK WEADON CLEARED THE BASES WITH THE SECOND HOMER OF THE INNING. MIKE DEMEO REACHED FIRST ON AN ERROR AND SNOTHERLY DOUBLED TO CENTER TO SCOR DEMEO WITH THE SEVENTH RUN OF THE INNING. |
Saturday, May 16
2004 Game Summaries
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Game Played 5/21/2004 7:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Wakefield 7 14 1 |
| Athens Drive 8 7 0 |
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| State Playoffs District |
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| Jaguars Advance to 3rd Round With Win Over Wakefield |
| Athens Drive won their 2nd playoff nail biter in a row as they hung on for an 8-7 win at Wakefield. In both games the Jaguars came in the underdog. Our team is playing with a lot of confidence, heart and determination. Starting pitcher Daniel Ottone and reliever Justin Lilly did not have their best performances Friday night. Ottone struggled to throw a curveball for a strike and Lilly who was coming off a 108 pitch complete game performance on 3 days rest was not in top form. Ottone and Lilly both took advantage of whatever they could to get an out and did not give in or give up. If you look at their stats below they aren't that impressive but their effort and determination was. Their performance was inspirational. The defense was flawless behind the 2 as the Jags committed 0 errors. Hayes Hinson set the hitting tone early in the game working a 3-1 count off Wakefield ace Josh Dowdy before hammering a towering solo homerun over the leftfield fence to lead off the 1st. The message was "we are hear to play" and the Athens hitters did whatever was needed to jump to an 8-2 lead. One of the scouts who was in attendance made the comment after the game to "look at the uniforms of the 2 teams. Wakefield has more talent but every one of the Athens players was soaked in sweat and covered in dirt. They left nothing on the field." |
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| After Hinson's leadoff homerun in the 1st Will Chriscoe singled but the Jags could not do any more scoring damage. Josh Dowdy started for Wakefield and the Wolverine Jr. struggled early and throughout his 3 1/3 innings. Josh Dowdy and Alex Burt walked on 3-2 counts for Wakefield with 1 out but the Jag defense stiffened and kept the Wolverines off the board. |
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| The Jaguars went in order in the 2nd. Ottone recorded a strikeout and walk to start the Wolverine 2nd. A groundout moved the Wolverine runner into scoring position at 2nd. Kyle Staton singled to left. Athens leftfielder, Justin Garnett fielded the ball cleanly and fired a pea to the plate that catcher Will Chriscoe fielded on a short hop while blocking the plate and making the tag for the 3rd. out. |
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| Hayes Hinson led off the Jag 3rd with a walk. With 1 out Will Chriscoe walked. A flyball advanced Hinson to 3rd where he scored on a passed ball. Brandon Ausley walked to lead off the Wolverine 3rd. With 1 out Alex Burt singled. Stephen Halford got a 2 out single to score Burt and cut the Jaguar lead to 2-1. |
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| The 4th was Athens big inning as they scored 6 runs and opened an 8-2 lead. Justin Garnett singled to lead it off. After a strikeout, John Chandler pushed a great bunt by the right side of the mound that the Wolverines did not field cleanly to put 2 on. A fielders choice forced Garnett at 3rd. Hayes Hinson doubled in the right center gap to score Chandler and Mark Weadon. Mike DeMeo was hit by a pitch. Wakefield coach Ed Hall decided to make a pitching change change and brought in Zack Quate with a 1-0 count on Will Chriscoe. Chriscoe lined a 3-0 pitch into the right center field gap to score Hinson and DeMeo. Justin Lilly walked. Daniel Ottone singled to drive in |
| Marshall Gentry, who was running for Chriscoe. Lilly scored on a wild pitch. Athens allowed Wakefield a Kyle Staton double and a Josh Dowdy walk but did not allow a run. After 4 innings Athens held a comfortable 8-1 lead. |
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| Aftr 2 strikeouts in the Jaguar 5th Mark Weadon doubled on a flyball that fell in between 3 Wolverines who couldn't decide who would take it. Weadon's hustle, on what looked like a sure out, has become a trademark of this Athens team of late. Hayes Hinson walked but Athens couldn't push across any runs. Jesse Lewter led off the Wolverine 5th with a solo homerun to right. Zack Quate singled with 1 out. With 2 out Bobby Osbourne walked. Ottone got a line out to left to end the inning with Athens up 8-2. |
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| Athens had a 1-2-3 6th. Justin Lilly came in to pitch in relief of Ottone and quickly recorded 2 outs on flyballs to right. Alex Burt singled to left. Jesse Lewter doubled and took 3rd on a balk. After a Stephen Halford walk Zack Quate singled to score Lewter. The Athens lead was cut to 8-4. |
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| Athens went 1-2-3 in the top of the 7th. Kyle Staton led off the Wakefield 7th with a high fly ball to right that fell in out of everyone's reach for a single. Brandon Ausley walked. Josh Dowdy lofted a high fly ball to shallow right that dropped for a hit to load the bases. Alex Burt and Jesse Lewter singled to score Staton and Ausley. After a strikeout Zack Quate grounded out but drove in Dowdy to pull Wakefield within 1. Logan Issacs popped out to Mike DeMeo at 3rd on a 1-2 count to end the game. DeMeo made a nice catch in the Wakefield bench area. Final Score Athens 8 Wakefield 7. |
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| Athens Drive 101 600 0 8 7 0 |
| Wakefield 001 012 3 7(14)1 |
| Winning Pitcher - Daniel Ottone 5IP, 2R, 2ER, 6BB, 1K. Save Justin Lilly - 2IP, 5R, 5ER, 3BB, 1K |
| Losing Pitcher - Josh Dowdy |
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| Leading Hitters - Athens Drive: Hayes Hinson 2-2, HR, 2B, 3RBI, Will Chriscoe 2-3, 2B, 2RBI |
| Wakefield: Alex Burt 3-4, Jesse Lewter 3-5, HR, 3RBI, Zack Quate 3-5, RBI, Kyle Staton 3-4, 2B |
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| The Jaguars record is now 18-5. They advance to play Greenville Rose at Guy Smith Stadium in Greenville on Tuesday night May 25 at 7:00 PM. Greenville Rose advanced with a 10-3 win over Millbrook Friday night. |
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| Go Jaguars!! |
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Game Played 5/18/2004 7:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Green Hope 4 6 4 |
| Athens Drive 6 11 2 |
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| 1st Round State Playoffs |
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| Athens Advances With 6-4 1st Round Win At Green Hope |
| Athens Drive 001 131 0 6(11)2 |
| Green Hope 110 110 0 4 6 4 |
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| Winning Pitcher - Justin Lilly 7IP, 6H, 4R,2ER, 3BB, 6K |
| Losing Pitcher - Kory Judd |
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| Homerun: Hayes Hinson |
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| Leading Hitters - Athens Drive: Hayes Hinson 3-4, HR, 2RBI, Will Chriscoe 2-4, RBI, Justin Lilly 2-4 |
| Green Hope : Steve Newton 2-4, RBI, Matt Holt 2-3, 2B |
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| Athens Drive advances to the 2nd round to face Wakefield on Friday night 5/21/04 at Wakefield High School. Wakefield defeated Fuquay-Varina 9-2 on Tuesday night. The win pushes the Athens record to 17-5 overall. |
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Game Played 5/13/2004 4:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Athens Drive 8 3 0 |
| Enloe 1 10 1 |
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Game Played 5/11/2004 4:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Southeast Raleigh 3 8 1 |
| Athens Drive 9 4 1 |
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| Athens Defeats Southeast Raleigh 9-3 |
| Athens used a 7 run 3rd inning to power past Southeast 9-3 Tuesday afternoon. The Jaguars could only manage 4 hits on the afternoon but made them count to back the complete game pitching performance by Justin Lilly. |
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| Athens recorded 3 fly ball outs to left in the 1st inning. After Lilly struck out the lead off man for Southeast, Alex Graham and Mike Panella both singled. Mike DeMeo started a double play by stepping on 3rd on a grounder to force Graham then firing to first to end the inning. |
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| The Jags mustered a 2 out single by Justin Garnett in the 2nd but could not score. Southeast went in order in the bottom half. |
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| Southeast starter Kyle Threadgill walked John Chandler, Mark Weadon and Hayes Hinson to open the Athens 3rd. Mike DeMeo singled to score the 1st run. Will Chriscoe lined a 2-2 pitch over the left field fence for a grand slam homer to put Athens up 5-0.Justin Lilly walked and John Snotherly reached base on a Bulldog error. Justin Garnett scored Marshal Gentry who was running for Lilly on a ground out. Matt Williams drove in Snotherly on a groundout for a 7-0 Athens lead. Southeast's Alex Weathersby singled with one out in the home half of the 3rd. Chris Fiorito reached on an Athens error. ALex Graham got the Bulldogs on the board with an RBI to score Weathersby. Mike Panella singled to score Fiorito. Kyle Threadgill got an RBI on an infield fly call that was dropped in shallow center allowing runners to advance at their own risk. |
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| Mark Weadon walked to open the Jag 4th. With 1 out Mike DeMeo spanked a double to right center to score Weadon. DeMeo advance to 3rd on a line out to right and scored on a passed ball. Southeast went in order in the 4th with Lilly recording 2 strikeouts. |
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| ALex Graham represented the only baserunner for either team in the 6th as the Southeast senior collected his 3rd hit of the game. |
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| The Jag's Mike DeMeo started the 7th by getting hit by a pitch but 3 straight strikouts ended the inning. Ryan Howell and Chris Fiorito reached on infield singled for Southeast in the 7th but were stranded. Final score Athens 9 Southeast 3. |
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| Athens Drive 007 020 0 941 |
| Southeast 000 300 0 381 |
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| Winning Pitcher - Justin Lilly 7IP, 8H, 3R, 2ER, 1BB, 6K |
| Losing Pitcher - Kyle Threadgill |
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| Leading Hitters: Southeast - Alex Graham 3-4. Mike Panella 2-3 |
| Athens Drive - Mike DeMeo 2-3, 2B, 2RBI, Will Chriscoe 1-3, Grand Slam HR, 4 RBI |
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| With the win Athens Drive is 15-5 overall and 6-1 in the conference with 1 game to play. The Jags take on Enloe in the final home game of the year Thursday afternoon at 4:00 PM. |
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Game Played 5/8/2004 3:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Athens Drive 0 3 1 |
| Cary 7 11 3 |
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| Cary Defeats Athens 7-0 |
It is one of the sports highlights of the year for the Jaguars; a chance to beat cross town rival, Cary, in multiple sports in one day! The atmosphere was more carnival that sports as it was a beautiful day filled with barbecue, car washes, bake sales, and a host of other fundraising activities. This was the backdrop for the big grudge match between the two varsity baseball squads. Cary, still feeling like they'd let one get away the last time these two teams played to a nail-biting 8-7
Saturday, May 16
2003 Game Summaries
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Game Played 5/15/2003 4:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Enloe 5 6 3 |
| Athens Drive 12 13 2 |
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| Jags wrap up season on 3 game win streak! |
| The Jag's bats rained down on Enloe's field, instead of the weather. The Jags exploded for 12 runs, 3 Home Runs to finish the season with 3 straight wins. |
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| The Jags jumped out to a 2 run lead on a Home run from Tim Coble. He took eventual loser, Alex Krupa, out over the right center field fence. Enloe came back with a run in the bottom of the 1st, with an RBI single from Dustin Jones. The Jags came back and posted 3 runs in the top of the 2nd, sending 7 batters to the plate. |
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| Enloe plated 2 runs in the bottom of the 3rd, as Dustin Jones hit a 2 run Home Run, driving in Krupa, who reached on a single. Then came the 4th, as the Jags blew the game open. They sent 11 batters to the plate, scored 7 runs on 6 hits, with the big blasts by Justin Lily (3 run Home Run), and Derrick Morris (2 run Home Run). It looked like the Jags could have closed the game out in 5 innings, but Dustin Jones hit his second home run of the game, a 2 run blast, which closed the margin to 7 runs. |
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| Kelly Stracke, starting his final game for Athens, pitched a complete game, striking out 10 Enloe batters, while only giving up 2 base on balls. |
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| Winning Pitcher - Kelly Stracke |
| Losing Pitcher - Alex Krupa |
| HITTING STARS: |
| Tim Coble - 3-4, HR, Double, 4 RBI's |
| William Whitaker 3-3, 2 runs scored |
| Derrick Morris 1-3, HR, 2 RBI's |
| Justin Lily 1-3, HR, 3 RBI's |
| Ryan Reynolds 2-4 |
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Game Played 5/13/2003 4:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Athens Drive 7 7 1 |
| Southeast Raleigh 0 3 4 |
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| Senior Day Victory |
| Senior Day activities preceded the game and many family and friends joined us to celebrate the occasion and enjoy our last home game. Senior Derrick Morris started on the mound. The Jags faced Southeast Raleigh for the second day in a row. Our first extra inning game of the season ended after 10 innings with a victory, 10-4. |
| Derrick started out strong and had a 1-2-3 inning with 3 fly ball outs. The Jags began the 1st by scoring 3 runs on a double by Darren Buer followed by a double hit by Tim Coble. Kelly Stracke hit and scored on an error. |
| In the second inning, Darren Buer made a terrific running grab play to throw out a runner at 1st. The inning ended with a Southeast runner stranded who reached base on a bunt error. To begin the Athens 2nd inning, Drew Daniel walked, but was left on base to end the inning. |
| With 2 outs in the 3rd inning, Southeast's Andrew Bernard hit a bloop to short right field, which had Brian Peede diving and Kelly Stracke hustling to the ball for the out, but it fell in for a hit. A line shot to Coble at third left Bernard on base. Athens began the 3rd with a lead off single by Darren Buer, but he was forced out on a double play ball. No other hits in the inning. |
| Southeast went 1-2-3 in the fourth for Morris. A strike out and 2 ground outs ended the inning. With 2 Athens outs, Brian Peede walked and Drew Daniel hit a single. Neither were scored in the inning. |
| With one out in the 5th, Morris walked the batter, but Whitaker threw him out trying to take second. A strike out ended the inning for SE. Senior Ryan Reynolds led off the inning and was hit by a pitch. Darren singled again to move the runner. Stracke hit a single and Derrick got on base by error. Brian Peede hit a shot to center field and got on by error and scored the runner. Four runs would score in the inning. |
| The sixth inning began with the Jags getting 2 out before Southeast got a hit. The next batter was hit by a pitch and both advanced a base by a WP. No runs were allowed to score. Whitaker led off the inning being hit by a pitch. A fielder's choice play preceded another hit by Darren Buer who was also forced out in a double play. No runs scored. |
| In the 7th inning, Morris got 2 ground ball outs before giving up a single. The last and final out of the Senior Day game ended with a strike out. |
| Derrick pitched a solid game, coupled with some great fielding plays from our Jags kept Southeast from scoring. This shut-out performance by our seniors ended our season at home! |
| Darren Buer had a phenom day hitting 4 for 4 with a double. He also had great fielding plays which helped the Jags shut-out the Bulldogs. |
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| Southeast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 |
| Athens Dr 3 0 0 0 4 0 X 7 7 1 |
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| Winning pitcher: Derrick Morris, 3K's, 1BB, 1HBP, 3 hits |
| Losing pitcher: Blakely |
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| Hitter of Senior Day: Darren Buer 4-4 2B |
| Also: Drew Daniel 1-2, BB |
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Game Played 5/12/2003 4:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Southeast Raleigh 4 12 2 |
| Athens Drive 10 15 2 |
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| Jags outlast Southeast Raleigh in 10 innings!!!! |
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| Athens wins a 10 inning marathon |
| In the first meeting of the season, the Jags and Bulldogs played for over 3 hours, with the Jags pounding out 6 runs in the 10th for the win. |
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| The first inning looked promising for the Jags, but they left the bases loaded not plating any runs. Southeast scored one in the bottom (unearned), with Alex Graham plated on a double by # 10. Athens got the run back in the 2nd, as Ryan Reynolds doubled in Derrick Morris. The scoring was quiet until the bottom of the 4th, as Southeast scored 2 runs on 3 hits, sending 7 batters to the plate. |
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| Again, the Jags came back with a run in the top of the 5th, with Hayes leading off with a double, and scoring on a RBI groundout from Will Chriscoe. The game was looking to end in regulation, with the Jags trailing 4-2 in the top of the 7th. Kelly Stracke led off with a single, after two groundouts, Cody Schwartz drew a walk. This set the stage for a game tying triple by Derrick. He drilled the pitch from Mike Panella into the left center gap, scoring Kelly and Cody. |
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| Southeast had a chance to win in the bottom of the 7th, as with one out, Alex Graham singled to right center, but was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double. No more scoring until the 10th. |
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| After a lead off walk to Ryan, and Hayes being hit by a pitch, Tim Coble drilled a shot over the 325 mark in right for the game winning home run. Athens continued to put runs on the board, Kelly doubling off the right center fence, and singles by Darren Buer, Cody, and Derrick. Brian Peede got the win with 5 shutout innings of relief pitching. |
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| Winning pitcher - Brian Peede, 5 Ks, 1BB, 3 hits |
| Losing pitcher - #30 |
| Hitting stars: |
| Tim Coble 4-5, 3 RBI's, HR |
| Derrick Morris 2-4, 3 RBI's, triple |
| Cody Schwartz 2-3, 2 runs scored |
| Kelly Stracke 2-3, 2 runs scored |
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Game Played 5/9/2003 4:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Athens Drive 7 12 5 |
| East Wake 8 8 0 |
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| East Wake holds off Athens comeback |
| East Wake defeated Athens Drive 8-7 in a tough TAAC loss for the Jaguars. Athens out hit East Wake 12-8 but committed 5 errors to none for the visiting Warriors. In a close game errors are difficult to overcome and gain a win. |
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| East Wake did most of their damage in the 2nd when they scored 7 runs on 3 hits, a walk and 2 Athens errors. |
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| Athens had a big 5th inning scoring 5 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks. Justin Lilly had a 2 run homerun in the inning. |
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| Athens entered the bottom of the 7th down 8-6. With 1 out William Whitaker singled. After a fly out, Hayes Hinson doubled to drive in Whitaker to pull the Jags within a run. Tim Coble was walked intentionally to put the winning run on with 2 out. A groundout ended the inning and the game with a 1 run loss for the Jags. Even with the sloppy defense we were in a position to win at the end of the game. |
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| Kelly Stracke took the loss for Athens while walking only 2 and striking out 6in 6 innings. The 5 errors led to 6 unearned runs. Claude Craver got the win giving up 8 hits and 5 runs while walking 1 and striking out 1 in 5 1/3 innings. |
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| East Wake 070 010 0 88 0 |
| Athens 000 051 1 7125 |
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| Winning Pitcher - Claude Craver |
| Losing Pitcher - Kelly Stracke |
| Leading Hitters: Athens - Hayes Hinson 3-4, 3-2b, Tim Coble 3-3, 2b, Darren Buer 2-3, 2b, HBP, Will Whitaker 2-4 Justin Lilly 1-4, HR East Wake - Mark Carver 2-3 |
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Game Played 5/8/2003 4:00PM
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| Athens Drive 9 14 2 |
| Cary High 7 13 0 |
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| Another Victory over the Imps (9 to 7) |
On the 3rd and final outing this season against Cary, the Jags sent to the mound Ryan Eskew who threw for four full innings. Ryan pitched well and gave up 6 hits and 2 walks, struck out 5 and allowed 4 runs. Justin Garnett (Buzz) pitched the 5th and 6th innings, giving up 2 hits and no runs. Drew Dan
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2002 Game Summaries
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Game Played 5/14/2002 4:00PM
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| Athens Drive 6 7 2 |
| Southeast Raleigh 1 8 4 |
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| Jaguars Finish Season With Win Over Bulldogs |
| Athens Drive and Southeast Raleigh picked up their game in the 4th inning yesterday to complete a rain-shortened game from April 19th. Athens was ahead 6-1 after 3 when rain came on April 19. The score didn't change in the last 4 innings yesterday as neither team could score. |
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| All of the scoring came in the 1st inning of this game. Southeast got on the scoreboard first on an Alex Graham walk, Jake Eichenrod single and a Robert Wright fielders choice. |
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| Ryan Reynolds started the Athens first by getting on by error. Hilton Pittman then stroked a 1-0 pitch over the 350 foot marker in right center field to stake Athens to a 2-1 lead. Adam Paul doubled to right center. Tim Coble drove in Paul with an opposite field single. After Coble stole second, Cody Schwartz drove him in with a double to left center. A Kelly Stracke ground out moved Schwartz to third. Will Chriscoe then homered over the right field fence for the 5th and 6th runs of the inning. Derrick Morris got the 6th hit of the inning with a single to center. |
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| Adam Paul started the game for Athens and pitched the 3 innings on April 19. Kelly Stracke pitched the 4th and 5th and Brian Peede pitched the 6th and 7th. The 3 Jaguar pitchers combined to give up 8 hits, 1 run, 1 earned run, 2 BB and 8 Ks in 7 innings. |
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| Leading hitters for Athens were Hilton Pittman 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, Will Chriscoe 1-3 HR, 2 RBI, Adam Paul 1-3, 2B, Cody Schwartz 1-2, 2B. |
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| South East was lead by Jake Eichenrod 2-3 and John Schaefer 2-3. Bagley pitched 3 scoreless innings for South East in the 4-6th innings giving up 1 hit, 0 runs, 2 BB and 2 Ks. |
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| Athens Drive finished up the season 12-9-1 overall and 4-6 in the TAAC. |
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Game Played 5/9/2002 4:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Athens Drive 6 5 2 |
| Enloe 4 7 4 |
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| Jags Defeat Eagles 6-4 |
| Athens jumped on Enloe in the bottom of the 1st then held on behind a complete game performance by pitcher Adam Paul for the win. |
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| After Paul retired the Eagles in order in the 1st the Jaguars went to work. Ryan Reynolds led off with a single. Hilton Pittman singled. Adam Paul then drove in Pittman and Reynolds with a single to left. Tim Coble walked and Cody Schwartz moved Paul and Coble up with a ground out to second. Will Chriscoe then doubled to the right center field gap to score Paul and Coble. Chris Pond singled after a Justin Riney ground out to plate Chriscoe with the 5th run of the inning. |
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| Enloe got on the scoreboard in the 3rd. Phillip Zucchino singled and Alex Kroupa walked. After a fly out to center Austin Duke tripled to the left centerfield gap to score Zucchino and Kroupa. Duke then scored on an Athens error. |
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| Athens pushed across another run in the 4th. Chris Pond walked and later scored on an error on a fly ball to centerfield off Hilton Pittman's bat. |
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| Enloe scored the games final run in the 6th on a Jonathan Havlin single a wild pitch and an Athens Drive error. |
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| Paul closed out the 7th inning, and possibly last of his Athens career, by striking out 2 of the 3 batters he faced. For the game Adam gave up 5 hits, 4 runs, 2 earned runs, walked 3 and struck out 7. |
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| Leading hitters for Athens were Ryan Reynolds 2-4; Adam Paul 1-3, 2 RBI; Hilton Pittman 1-4, 1 RBI; Will Chriscoe 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI. |
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| Enloe was led by Austin Duke 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI and Jonathan Havlin 2-4. |
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| Adam Paul was the winning pitcher and Garrett Sherman took the loss. |
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Game Played 5/7/2002 4:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Southeast Raleigh 5 10 1 |
| Athens Drive 6 10 3 |
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| Jaguars 6 Bulldogs 5 |
| Athens won a thriller Tuesday afternoon at Southeast Raleigh by scoring the go ahead run in the top of the 7th then keeping Southeast off the scoreboard in their half. |
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| After 5 innings the game was tied up at 5. Hilton Pittman hit a homerun to deep center field leading off the 6th for Athens to put the Jaguars ahead. #3 Cameron ?, for Southeast homered with 2 outs in the bottom of the 6th to tie the game back up. |
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| William Whitaker led off the 7th for the Jaguars with a double. Ryan Reynolds moved Whitaker up with a sacrifice bunt then Hilton Pittman drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly to centerfield. Kelly Stracke who came on to pitch with 2 outs in the 6th shut out the Bulldogs in their half of the 7th to preserve the win. |
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| The hits were even in this game with each team getting 10. The Southeast pitchers struggled, giving up 13 base on balls. Tim Coble walked in 4 of 5 at bats. |
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| Leading hitters for Athens were: |
| Adam Paul 3-4, 2b; Hilton Pittman 1-3, HR, 2 RBI; Ryan Reynolds 2-2 2b, 2RBI; William Whitaker 2-2 2b, 2 BB, 3 runs scored. |
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| Brian Peede was the starting pitcher and went 3 innings. Derrick Morris pitched the 4th 5th and 2/3 of the 6th before being relieved by Kelly Stracke who closed it out. The 3 Athens pitchers combined for 10 hits, 5 runs, 3 earned runs, 5 BB and 9 Ks. |
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Game Played 5/3/2002 4:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Athens Drive 7 9 4 |
| East Wake 14 7 2 |
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| East Wake Defeats Athens Drive 14-7 |
| The Jaguars played well for 4 innings Friday afternoon at East Wake leading 6-3. The 5th inning turned out to be one all Jaguar fans would like to forget, however. East Wake sent 15 batters to the plate. East Wake benefited from 5 BB, 3 hit batters, 3 errors, and a wild pitch to go along with their 4 hits in the inning. They converted this into 11 runs to take a 14-6 lead and the Jaguars never recovered. Tim Coble hit a solo homerun to right to lead off the 7th for the final 14-7 score. |
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| The game started off promisingly for Athens. Ryan Reynolds walked to lead off the first and Hilton Pittman homered to left for an early 2-0 lead. Kimble for East Wake homered in the bottom of the inning to make it 2-1 Athens. |
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| In the 3rd Athens got on the board again on a Ryan Reynolds single, Hilton Pittman single and an East Wake error on Adam Paul's pop up to 2nd. East Wake scored in their half of the 3rd. The lead off man walked. Mark Carver singled. Both runners advance on an error in trying to pick Carver off 1st. Kimble walked to load the bases then Claude Craver got an RBI on an infield ground out. |
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| In the Jaguar 4th Derrick Morris singled and Ryan Reynolds walked ahead of Hilton Pittman's 2nd homer of the day to stake the Athens to a 6- 3 lead. |
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| Athens out hit East Wake 9 to 7. Hilton Pittman led the way on a 4-4 day with 2 homeruns and 5 RBI. Tim Coble was 1-4 with a homerun. 4 other Jaguars had a hit a piece. |
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Game Played 4/30/2002 4:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Athens Drive 7 10 2 |
| Garner 2 3 5 |
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| Jaguars Gain 1st TAAC Win |
| Athens Drive gained their first TAAC win Tuesday afternoon over the Garner Trojans. The Jaguars rapped out 10 hits on the afternoon and were aided by 5 Garner errors. |
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| The Jags jumped on top in the 1st. Ryan Reynolds led off the game with a single up the middle. Adam Paul ripped an opposite field double down the right field line to score Reynolds. Tim Coble reached on an error. With Paul on 3rd Coble stole second. Cody Schwartz walked to load the bases. Will Chriscoe then lined a 3-2 pitch for a ground rule double to right center to score Paul and Coble. |
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| The Jaguars got on the board again in the 2nd. Three straight singles by Hilton Pittman, Adam Paul and Tim Coble produced another run with Coble getting the RBI on an opposite field hit. |
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| Will Chriscoe led off the Athens 3rd by getting on by an error. Derrick Morris laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Chriscoe, who was running on the play, and he scored on an errant throw to 3rd after the sacrifice. |
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| Adam Paul was cruising on the mound having no hit the Trojans through 3 innings. Tim Martin walked to start the Garner 4th. After a strikeout Brian Smith doubled to left to score Martin. Adam Hamrick then singled to left. With runners on 1st and 3rd Smith scored on an errant Jaguar throw. Athens answered in their half of the 4th with 2 more runs for the final 7-2 score. With 1 out Hilton Pittman singled. Pittman advanced to 3rd on Tim Coble's second single of the game. With Cody Schwartz at the plate Athens scored 2 runs on a passed ball and a Garner error. |
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| Adam Paul got the win for Athens and Derrick Morris came on to pitch a 1,2 3 7th. On the day Paul struck out 7 walked 3, gave up 3 hits and 2 runs; 1 of which was earned. Morris struck out 1 of the 3 batters he face. Arik Hempy took the loss for Garner. The lefthander gave up 9 hits, 7 runs and only 3 earned runs while walking 1 and striking out 8. Adam Stanley relieved Hempy and struck out both batters he faced. |
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| Leading hitters for Athens Drive were Ryan Reynolds, Hilton Pittman, Adam Paul and Tim Coble with 2 hits each. Will Chriscoe and Paul each doubled for the Jags. Ray Guy, Adam Hamrick and Brian Smith each got a hit for Garner. Smith had a double. |
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Game Played 4/27/2002 7:00PM
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Saturday, May 16
2001 Game Summaries
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Game Played 5/11/2001 7:00PM
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| Rocky Mount 3 6 1 |
| Athens Drive 4 7 0 |
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| Athens wins in second round of Playoffs |
| The Jaguars played solidly behind pitcher Karl Buer who came into the game in the third inning and brought home the win 4-3 against Rocky Mount HS. Athens defense was at the top of their game turning 3 double plays. The Gryphons scored early, but the Jags answered back when Adam Paul scored a run with an infield single, Scott Schabot's hit into left center gave them the lead and Justin Holladay’s single to left provided the 3-1 advantage. Rocky Mount tied the score in the bottom of the inning. In the fifth Cameron Mitchell hit a double to right center scoring Mickey Hall(who had doubled) with the game-winning run. The Jags were spirited on to victory with the help of a large group of Athens fans. |
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Game Played 5/8/2001 4:00PM
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| Athens Drive 3 9 0 |
| Wake Forest-Rolesville 2 6 0 |
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| Jags win in First Round of State Playoff |
| The Athens Drive Jaguars came out on top in the first round of the State Playoffs beating Wake-Forest Rolesville 3-2. The game winning run was scored in the bottom of the 7th when Hilton Pittman hit a two-out single that scored Jake Hall. Jake had singled and then stole second. After a disscusion on the mound by the WF-R coach and the infield, they put Cameron Mitchell and Chris Butler on to position the force. Hilton Pittman, following the intentional walks, singled to score the winning run. The Jags will play Rocky Mount at Rocky Mount on Friday May 11 at 7PM, for the second round.. Mikey Hall who went the distance for the Jags gave out only 6 hits. WF-R's Greg Bunn gave up 9. Leading Hitters for the Drive were Jake Hall 3-4, Mickey Hall 2-3, Chris Butler 3-4, Hilton Pittman 1-3, and Scott Schabot 1-3. Athens will play Rocky Mount at Rocky Mount on Friday May 11 at 7PM |
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Game Played 5/1/2001 7:00PM
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| Wakefield 0 0 5 |
| Athens Drive 13 12 0 |
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| Mickey Hall pitches a no hitter |
| Mickey Hall had a stellar performance on the mound throwing a no-hitter against Wakefield. The Jags shut-out the Wolverines 13-0. Jake Hall went 3-3 with 2(3B) and a HR, other leading hitters for the Jags were Hilton Pittman 2-3 and Mickey Hall 2-3(2B), Richard Ostrander was 1-1. |
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Game Played 4/28/2001 7:00PM
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| Cary 6 8 3 |
| Athens Drive 13 14 2 |
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| Athens continues the streak against Cary |
| Chris Butler was the man of the hour in the match-up Saturday against Cary, hitting 3 homeruns and driving in 5 RBI's. Following right behind him was Cameron Mitchell who had a Grand Slam homerun. Winning Pitcher for Athens was Hilton Pittman who went the distance for 7 innings. Other leading hitters for the Jags were Mickey Hall 3-4, Adam Paul 2-3, and Hilton Pittman 2-5. |
| Brian Hobbs was 3-4 for Cary and Chris Averrette went 2-4 with a HR. Losing pitcher for the Imps was John Weiner. |
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Game Played 4/18/2001 4:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Athens Drive 14 12 1 |
| Apex 9 12 3 |
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| Athens continues in the win column |
| The Jaguars continue to win today beating Apex in a non conference game 14-9.Adam Paul picked up the win on the mound. Hilton Pittman, Jonathan Krug, and Scott Schabot all saw some action from the hill. Leading Hitters for the Jags were Karl Buer 3-3, 2RBI's,Cameron Mitchell 2-3, 3RBI's and a Homerun, Adam Paul 2-4 2RBI's,Mickey Hall 1-1 2RBI's and a homerun, Jake Hall 1-3, Chris Pond 1-2, Jonathan Krug 1-1 1RBI. |
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Game Played 4/17/2001 4:00PM
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| Millbrook 2 4 2 |
| Athens Drive 16 12 0 |
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| Jags bats heat up the night |
| The temperature was freezing but once again the Jaguar bats were hot. Athens drive beat Millbrook 16-2 in 5 innings. The Jags scattered 12 hits to give them the win. Leading hitters were Chris Butler 3-3 with 3 RBI's, Karl Buer 3-5 with 2 RBI's, Adam Paul 3-4 with 1 RBI (3B). Winning pitcher was Mickey Hall. Karl Buer came in, in the 5th to close. |
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Game Played 4/14/2001 7:00PM
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| Wake Forest-Rolesville 3 0 0 |
| Athens Drive 9 15 0 |
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| Athens wins Bobby Murray Tournament |
| The Jaguars came out on top in a big way on Saturday at Millbrook HS beating the Cougars from Wake Forest/Rolesville, 9-3. See the home page for full details. |
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Game Played 4/5/2001 4:00PM
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| SE Raleigh 1 4 1 |
| Athens Drive 11 10 0 |
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| Athens gets revenge |
| Athens was looking to seek revenge against SE Raleigh and today revenge was theirs. In a 5 inning game they were the victors winning 11-1. |
| Mickey Hall was the stand-out for the Jags. He led the team in hitting, going 3-3 with 4 RBI's, 1 HR, (2b)and (1B). He was the winning pitcher, going the 5 innings. Other Jags who contributed were Jake Hall 1-3 with 1 RBI, Scott Schabot 1-3 with 1 RBI, Adam Paul 1-3 with 1 RBi, Justin Holladay 1-3 with 1 RBI-(2B), Cameron Mitchell 1-2, Chris Butler 1-2, Hilton Pittman 1-2. |
| Three straight singles and a walk produced the Bulldogs only run scored. |
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Game Played 3/27/2001 4:00PM
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| Athens Drive 5 7 2 |
| Wakefield 0 3 1 |
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| Jags over Wolverines 5-0 |
| The Athens Jaguars had the win over the Wakefield Wolverines today 5-0. Cameron Mitchell started on the mound for the Jags and pitched a 2 hitter through the 5th inning. Hilton Pittman and Karl Buer combined in the sixth to give Athens the win. Leading hitters for Athens were Justin Holladay 2-3 with 2RBI's, Chris Butler 2-3 with 1 RBI, Hilton Pittman 2-3 with 1 RBI and a 2B, and Jake Hall 1-4 with 1 RBI. |
| This gives Athens their 4th conference win and are now 4-2 in the conference. |
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Game Played 3/24/2001 2:00PM
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| Teams R H E |
| Athens Drive 9 10 0 |
| Cary 5 8 1 |
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| Athens winner in Cary match-up |
| Athens Drive Jaguars were the victors in the Cary match-up today. Score was Athens 9, Cary 5. Leading hitters for the Jags were Cameron Mitchell 2-3 with 1 RBI, Scott Schabot 2-3 with 2RBI's and 1 base on balls, Chris Butler 2-3, 1RBI Adam Paul 1-3 with a Homerun and 1Rbi, and Justin Holladay 1-2 with an RBI. Mikey Hall was the winning pitcher for the Jags, that saw Cameron Mitchell and Karl Buer also on the mound. |
| The losing pitcher for the Imps was Jesse Manning. Leading hitters for Cary were Brian Hobbs who went 2-4 and Taylor Scarboro who was 2-3. |
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