Lanier High Baseball: Recaps: 14-U ALL STARS WIN GRPA CHAMPIONSHIP
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THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2004 IN NASHVILLE, LANIER CO. WON A BARN BURNER AS THEY WENT AHEAD OF COOK CO. FOUR TIMES AS THE HORNETS BATTLED BACK TO TIE IT BEFORE THE DAWGS BROKE AWAY IN THE 7TH TO SEAL AWAY THE WIN. LANIER JUMPED OUT TO A 1-0 LEAD IN THE FIRST WHEN ETHAN MCRAE HIT A 350 FOOT SOLO HOME RUN. COOK LATER TIED IT 1-1 OFF STARTER BRANDON MASTIN WITH TWO OUTS IN THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE FIRST. LATER, IN THE 3RD, LANIER TOOK A 3-1 LEAD AS DEMONO AND CASS REGISTER SINGLED AND BOTH SCORED. COOK CAME BACK AGAIN IN THE 4TH TO TIE IT. BUT, IN THE 5TH, RYAN DOUBLED AND SCORED ON AN ETHAN MCRAE RBI SINGLE. THE NEVER-DIE HORNETS TIED IT AGAIN 5-5 IN THE FIFTH. BOTH PITCHERS WENT TO THIER ACES IN THE 6TH AS EACH PITCHER STRUCK OUT THE SIDE. IN THE 7TH, RYAN WHITE TRIPLED TO LEAD OFF THE INNING. JORDAN PATTEN WALKED AND MCRAE SINGLED TO DRIVE IN WHITE. MASTIN AND NELMS WALKED TO CHASE COOKS ACE. REGISTER AND J.T.NORWOOD HAD SACRIFICES TO PUSH THE FINAL SCORE TO 9-5. ETHAN MCRAE BREEZED THROUGH THE 7TH TO SEAL THE VICTORY.
IT WAS A GREAT WIN AS 4 STARTERS INCLUDING NATHAN BASS WERE GONE ON VACATION AND THE YOUNG TROOPS LIKE J.T.NORWOOD (12), CASS REGISTER (12), ZANE SIRMANS, AND RYAN WHILDON (11) ALL STEPPED UP AND PLAYED GREAT ON DEFENSE. LEADING LANIER AT THE PLATE WAS ETHAN MCRAE (3-4) HR, RYAN WHITE (2-4), AND CASS REGISTER (2-4). LANIER COUNTY IS NOW 14-2 ON THE SEASON.
LED BY NATHAN BASS, ETHAN MCRAE, BRANDON MASTIN ON THE MOUND, LANIER ADVANCED THROUGH THE WINNERS BRACKET TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON THURSDAY. THE CLOSE GAME FOR LANIER CAME TUES. AS NATHAN BASS WENT THE DISTANCE IN A 5-3 WIN OVER COOK CO. HE ALLOWED NO EARNED RUNS AS LANIER MADE 4 ERRORS, STRUCK OUT 7 AND WALKED NONE. RYAN WHITE, ETHAN MCRAE, DEMON NELMS, AND NATHAN BASS HAD RBI SINGLES. BRANDON MASTIN WILL GET THE START IN GAME 1 OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP. IF NEEDED , ETHAN MCRAE WILL PITCH GAME TWO. WE ARE PLAYING A LITTLE SHORT-HANDED THE REST OF THE WEEK AS BASS WENT ON VACATION AS WELL AS JOSH FENDER. LANIER'S ALL STAR RECORD IS NOW 13-2.
LANIER COUNTY WILL PLAY JULY 6, 2004 IN FITZGERALD FOR THE SOUTH SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
