Lanier High Baseball: Recaps: LANIER DEFEAT ECHOLS 4-3 IN OPENER
HEAD COACH JOHN WHITE WON HIS 100TH GAME AT HIS ALMA MATA MAKING HIS OVERALL RECORD AT THE SCHOOL 100-42. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED THIS FEAT GOING 121-29 IN 5 YEARS AT ATKINSON COUNTY IN THE 1990'S.
IT DID NOT COME EASY AS THREE LANIER PITCHERS ALLOWED 3 HITS , BUT WALKED 6 IN THE POURING RAIN. LANIER COMMITTED ONLY 1 ERROR THOUGH AS SEVERAL DAWGS MADE BIG PLAYS IN THE FIELD. LANIER WON THE GAME IN THE 5TH AS DUSTIN HADSOCK REACHED ON AN ERROR, STOLE 2ND,MOVED TO 3RD ON A BUNT AND SCORED ONE OUT LATER. SOPHOMORE DREK EUBANKS CAME ON IN RELIEF TO RECORD HIS 1ST VARSITY WIN. B.J. LUCKY LED LANIER IN HITTING.
ON ANOTHER NOTE, ATKINSON CO. PLAYED VERY WELL IN A 6-1 LOSS TO BERRIEN IN THEIR OPENER. COACH PORTER AND MARTINEZ CONTINUE TO DO A GREAT JOB OVER IN PEARSON. JONATHON GUTHRIE (2 HITS) AND JUSTIN MCELLAN( 1 DOUBLE) LED LANIER. GREAT JOB GUYS!
