Lanier High Baseball: Recaps: 2004 LANIER COUNTY MIDDLE RECAPS OF PERFECT 12-0 SEASON
Thursday, February 20
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM READY TO GO
LANIER OPENS UP WITH ECHOLS CO. ON THE ROAD ON MAR.1 . COACH OLIVER IS CARRYING 24 PLAYERS ON THIS YEARS SQUAD WITH 7 RETURNING STARTERS OFF LAST YEARS TEAM WHICH WENT 15-0. LANIER WILL BE LED BY A SOLID STAFF OF PITCHING IN ETHAN MCRAE, RYAN WHITE, NATHAN BASS, STUART COOPER BRANDON MASTIN,AND CASS REGISTER(7TH). RYAN WHITE WILL START GAME 1 WITH CASS REGISTER IN GAME #2. STARTING.
OUR GOAL WILL BE TO WIN EVERY 8TH GRADE GAME WE PLAY AND USE THE 2ND GAME TO DEVELOP ALL OUR YOUNGER PLAYERS AND REWARD THEM FOR THIER HARD WORK
Friday, March 5
LCMS SWEEPS WARE MAGNET
THE MIDDLE DAWGS ROLLED EASILY 10-2 AND 19-0 IN WAYCROSS ON FRIDAY.
IN GAME #1 , DEMONO NELMS, JOSH FENDER, AND NATHAN BASS EACH PICKED UP 2 HITS. DANNY DEMORO, MAKENZIE LIVINGSTON ,ANDREW MCLEOD, AND CASS REGISTER EACH HAD 1 HIT. FENDER LED THE TEAM WITH 2 DOUBLES AND 4 RBI'S. NATHAN BASS (1-0) WAS THE WINNER STRIKING ALL 9 BATTERS IN HIS 3 INNINGS. CASS REGISTER THREW THE LAST 2 INNINGS STRIKING OUT 4 ,WALKING 2 AND GAVE UP 1 HIT.
IN GAME #2, RYAN WHITE THREW THE FIRST 2 INNINGS STRIKING OUT 6 AND STUART COOPER (1-0)THREW THE LAST 2 INNINGS STRIKNIG OUT 6 AND WALKING 1. WHITE WENT 3-3 WITH 2 DOUBLES. CODY FRICKE AND ETHAN MCRAE(1HR) WENT 2-2. J.T.NORWOOD, ANDREW MCLEOD, SEAN WATSON, MCKENZIE LIVNGSTON, JOSH FENDER, AND JORDAN PATTEN EACH HAD A HIT
MARCH1,MON.
LCMS NOHITS ECHOLS 9-0 IN OPENER
RYAN WHITE (1-0) , ETHAN MCRAE AND NATHAN BASS STRUCK OUT 25 BATTERS BETWEEN THEM IN A STUNNING PITCHING PERFORMANCE . THE DAWGS RELIED ON WHITE, BASS AND MCRAE AS WELL TO PROVIDE THE OFFENSE. 3 DAWG STARTERS SAT OUT THE FIRST GAME.
MON, MARCH15
LCMS SWEEPS TURNER CO . TO MOVE TO 6-0
THE UNDEFEATED TURNER REBELS CAME IN WITH A PURPOSE AND GAME 1 WAS A THRILLING GAME AS RYAN WHITE MATCHED TURNER'S FLAME THROWER PITCH FOR PITCH. THE LANKY 6 FOOTER THREW PRETTY CLOSE TO 80 FOR THE REBELS AND LANIER MANAGE JUST 5 HITS OFF HIM. 3 OF WHICH CAME IN THE 1ST INNING. GAME #2 TURNED INTO THE ETHAN MCRAE AND NATHAN BASS SHOW THEY BAFFLED TURNER ALL NIGHT IN A 9-1 ROUTE
RYAN WHITE (2-0) WENT THE DISTANCE ALLOWING 3 HITS AND STRIKING OUT 9 AS THEY WON THE FIRST GAME 2-1. LANIER GOT THE RUNS THEY NEEDED TO WIN IN THE 1ST INNING AS RYAN WHITE SINGLED, STOLE 2ND AND SCORED ON ETHAN MCRAE RBI SINGLE. 1 OUT LATER, STUART COOPER DROVE MCRAE HOME WITH A SINGLE TO MAKE IT 2-0. IT REMAINED THAT WAY UNTIL TUNRER SCORED A RUN AS THE GAME APPEARED OVER . RYAN WHITE STRUCK OUT A TURNER PLAYER TO END THE GAME ,BUT MCRAE DROPPED THE BALL. HE THREW TO FIRST IN PLENTY OF TIME, BUT THE 1B DROPPED THE BALL ALLOWING A RUN TO SCORE. WHITE STRUCK THE NEXT BATTER OUT TO END THE GAME
LANIER MIDDLE 9 TURNER 1.
IN GAME #2 , LANIER MADE SURE THERE WOULD BE NO LATE INNING HEROICS AS THEY SCORED 2 IN THE 1ST BEHIND WHITE , MCRAE, MASTIN AND COOPER 'S SINGLES. THEY ADDED 7 MORE IN THE 2ND WITH NATHAN BASS DELIVERING THE BIG BLOW A 2 RBI DOUBLE AND BRANDON MASTIN 2 RBI SINGLE. STUART HAD AN RBI SINGLE IN THE INNING. THE YOUNG KIDS CAME IN AND PLAYED WELL AS ETHAN MCRAE (2-0) AND NATHAN BASSTHREW A NO HITTER TOGETHER AND STRUCK OUT 11 .
SATURDAY GAMES WERE @ 11 AND 1:00
LANIER BEAT WARE MAGNET 20-0 IN 3 INNINGS BEHIND BRANDON MASTIN(1-0) NO HITTER. SAGE FENDER (ETHAN'S BROTHER-6TH),STUART COOPER,CASS REGISTER AND JOSH FENDER'S HITTING GOING 2 FOR 2. LANIER LED ONLY 5-0 AFTER 2 AND THE 9 SUBSTITUTES ALL SCORED AT LEAST ONCE IN THE 3RD. 6TH GRADERS AUSTIN KLINE, MARQUAVIS GLAZE, AND S.WATSON ALL SINGLED. J.T NORWOOD SCORED 3 TIMES AS WELL
IN GAME 2,THE DAWGS BEAT ECHOLS AND THE SIMPSON KID 16-1. LANIER STUDS OPENED UP A 9-0 LEAD AFTER 2 AS RYAN WHITE ,ETHAN MCRAE, NATHAN BASS AND BRANDON MASTIN ALL HAD 2 HITS BEFORE LEAVING THE GAME. THE 2ND TEAM FINISHED THE LAST 3 INNINGS. MCRAE DID 1 HIT A HOMERUN THAT WENT OVER THE BUILDING IN DEAD CENTER. CASS REGISTER(1-) WAS THE WINNING PITCHER
WED.MAR 24
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TUNRER CO . ELECTED TO CANCEL THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL GAMES AS THEY HAD A DH WITH WILCOX, THEIR ARCH RIVALS ON FRIDAY. WE WILL TRY AND MAKE IT UP IF THEY CAN FIND AN OPENING ON THIER SCHEDULE AT THE END OF THE SEASON. HE WANTED TO SAVE HIS PITCHING TO TRY AND WIN THOSE 2 BALLGAMES. LANIER DEFEATED THEM 2-1 AND 9-1 IN THEIR FIRST MEETINGS.
SAT. @ 1:00
THE LCMS DAWGS ROLLED TO AN EASY 15-0 WHITEWASHING OF WARE SAT. BRANDON MASTIN (2-0) WENT THE DISTANCE ALLWOING 1 HIT AND STRIKING OUT 10. JORDAN PATTEN, JOSH FENDER, J.T.NORWOOD AND CASS REGISTER LED THE TEAM IN HITTING.
MON. LANIER DEFEATED BROOKS 8-0 BEHIND A NO HITTER BETWEEN RYAN WHITE AND ETHAN MCRAE. WHITE AND MCRAE SCORED 4 OF THE 8 RUNS IN THE WIN.
THURSDAY APRIL 1
LANIER SMOKED ECHOLS 10-0 IN 5 INNINGS AS NATHAN BASS WENT THE DISTANCE ALLOWING 2 HITS AND STRIKING OUT 10. JORDAN PATTEN, DEMONO NELMS EACH HAD 2 HITS. NATHAN BASS HAD A 2RBI DOUBLE AND JOSH FENDER ADDED 2 HITS.
PITCHERS RECORDS
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RYAN WHITE 2-0 28 K'S IN 10 INNINGS
NATHAN BASS 2-0 32 K'S IN 13INNINGS
ETHAN MCRAE 2-0 19 K'S IN 08 INNINGS
BRANDON MASTIN 2-0 19 K'S IN 11 INNINGS
STUART COOPER 2-0 13 K'S IN 09 INNINGS
CASS REGISTER 2-0 10 K'S IN 09 INNINGS
