MIDDLE SCHOOL DROP TWO TO TIGERS

Elkmont Middle School spent the first day of their Spring break playing the Ardmore Tigers in a double header.  Elkmont had an early edge in the first game on Monday, but the Tigers roared back to steal a 6-4 victory at Ardmore.

The top of the first saw Elkmont take an early lead, 3-0. The Red Devils' offense woke up as Logan Griffin singled, followed by a Phillip single which scored Logan. They then tacked on more runs when Pitman scored on a wild pitch and Norman scored on a wild pitch.

It didn't take long for Ardmore to answer as it scored two runs of its own in the second. They scored on a two-run double by Eckstein. The Tigers went up for good in the fourth inning, scoring three runs on a two-run error.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
ELKM	3	1	0	0	0		4	6	3
ARD	0	2	1	3	0		6	4	1

Game Stats:
Elkmont:
Phillip Norman racked up two RBIs on two hits for Elkmont Middle School. He singled in the first and second innings.  Braden Miller was charged with the loss. He lasted just two-thirds of an inning, walked none, struck out none, and allowed no runs.

Ardmore:
Reed got the win in relief for Ardmore. He pitched three innings and allowed no runs.
 
Chase Lay's no-hitter enough for Ardmore to beat Elkmont Middle School, 8-0

Elkmont Middle School fell 8-0 to Ardmore as Chase Lay threw a no-hitter on Monday at Ardmore.  No Elkmont Middle School batter was able to locate Chase's pitches during the game. Chase threw a no-hitter, striking out six batters and walking three. He got Login Griffin to ground out for the final out of the game.
Ardmore increased its lead with six runs in the second. A bases loaded walk scored Lewis for the inning's first run. That was followed up by Luke's single, bringing home Heston Hughes.
 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
ELKM	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1
ARD	1	6	0	1	0		8	4	1

Game Stats:
Ardmore:
Chase Lay - credit with win; pitched no hitter
Luke Mullins and M Hughes teamed up for four hits and four RBIs.

Elkmont:
Login Griffin couldn't get it done on the mound for the Red Devils, taking a loss. He lasted just 1 1/3 innings, walked six, struck out none, and allowed four runs.

TIGERS PUT THE BITE ON RED DEVILS

Ardmore pitching ace Cody Reed struck out 17 in leading the Tigers to a 5-0 win over Elkmont on Saturday.

The Vanderbilt signee allowed two hits and walked one batter. He threw 82 pitches, 67 for strikes. He threw first-pitch strikes to 20 of the 23 batters he faced.

Reed’s mound opponent, Elkmont’s Jacob Blenkinsopp, pitched a six-inning complete game and allowed just three earned runs on nine hits and no walks. He struck out three.

JV RED DEVILS MOVE TO NEXT ROUND

The Elkmont JV Red Devils were playing at East

Limestone today in the Limestone County JV Tournament.  Elkmont's opening game was against the East Limestone Indians.  We won 7- 6.  Elkmont's Jordan Nelson pitched 4 innings and was credited with the win.  Relief pitchers, Eli Hobbs pitched 2 2/3 innings and Taylor Thomas 1/3 inning.   

Ethan Wilson hit a grand slam to extend the lead to 7-2 but the Indians rally came up short in the 7th inning to end it 7-6.  Elkmont's next game is against the Ardmore Tigers, March 25 @ 4 pm.

MIDDLE SCHOOL RUNNER-UP IN SPRING FLING TOURNAMENT

The Elkmont Middle School softball team are at the mid point in their season.  Before taking time off this week for Spring Break, they played in the Elkmont Spring Fling Tournament, March 21 - 22.  Five teams were invited to play, Tanner, East Limestone, West Limestone, Sheffield and of course,  the Elkmont Lady Devils.  The tournament was single elimination after a pool play round on Friday.

POOL PLAY ROUND:

Our first game was Friday night and we played Tanner. and Stephanie Bates pitched and was credited with a 6-3 win. The starting players were:
Montana Crowe
Emma McNatt
MaKayla Flannagan
Mckenzie Helms
Madison Pepper
Bailey Vinning
Anna Grace Wales
Gracie McMahan...The Lady Devils played Sheffield for the second game Friday night.  We won 7- 4;  Hannah Usery pitched for the win.
Starting Lineup:
Bailey Brewer
Emma McNatt
MaKayla Flannagan
Mckenzie Helms
Madison Pepper
Bailey Vinning
Anna Grace Wales
Gracie McMahan..
 

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After pool play, Elkmont was seeded 2nd in the single elimination tournament on Saturday.
Elkmont played Saturday morning in the the first game of the tournament. We played Sheffield. Montana Crowe pitched, winning 9-1.  This send  the Lady Devils to championship game to meet the West Limestone Lady Wildcats.
Starting Lineup:
Bailey Brewer
Emma McNatt
MaKayla Flannagan
Mckenzie Helms
Hannah Usery
Bailey Vinning
Anna Grace Wales
Gracie McMahan...

Elkmont's fourth game in two days was the Championship game. We played Saturday against West Limestone. The Lady Devils lost 7-4  and went home with 2nd place...Montana Crowe pitched and was credited with the loss.
Starting Lineup:
Bailey Brewer
Emma McNatt
MaKayla Flannagan
Mckenzie Helms
Hannah Usery
Bailey Vinning
Anna Grace Wales
Gracie McMahan

The Elkmont Spring Fling also had a JV division.  They placed third.  The Lady Devils beat West Limestone 2- 0 and Sheffield 7-8 in Friday's pool play.  They played Ardmore in Saturday's single elimination tournament, losing 6-0.  Ardmore lost to Decatur Heritage in the championship game.


As always, Down Home Portraits was there.  For more great photos, click on SPRING FLING CHAMPIONSHIP.  Dont' forget that you can order prints from Down Home Portraits, just message them.
Other games captured by Down Town Portraits:
Ardmore vs Clements JV

WOW!! ELKMONT 1 IS ON FIRE

Elkmont youth baseball has started and teams can be found on diamonds all over the county.  One team this year that has got off to a very promising start is our 7 & 8 year old baseball team, Elkmont 1.  They won 3 games before losing to East 1 in the county preseason tournament in the championship.  Congrads to our 7 & 8 year old runner-ups

Elkmont 1 top Ardmore 3 behind Curtis H's 4 hits, 28-3 

1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E ELKMONT 7 7 7 7 28 35 3 ARDMORE 0 2 0 1 3 5 0

Elkmont 1 outlast Lindsay Lane in high-scoring affair, 24-9 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
ELKMONT	6	7	6	5			24	29	10
LINDSAY LANE	1	2	3	3			9	9	4

Early lead gives Elkmont 1 easy victory over Ardmore 2, 18-3 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
ELKMONT	7	3	0	1	7		18	23	3
ARDMORE	1	2	0	0			3	7	5

Offense Abounds in Elkmont 1's                        19-11 loss to East 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E ELKMONT 1 0 6 3 1 11 12 16 EAST 2 7 7 1 2 19 15 3

MIDDLE SCHOOL SPLITS AT HOME WITH WEST LIMESTONE

ELKMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSTERS 4 HITS, DROPS 14-5 CONTEST TO WEST 

The West Limestone Wildcats went up for good in the first inning, scoring four runs on two doubles.  West built upon its lead with four runs in the second. Jesse Rose kicked things off with a triple, plating Simmons, Alex Casteel and Drew.

Five runs in the bottom of the fourth helped Elkmont Middle School close its deficit to 12-5. The Red Devils made a run in the fourth inning on a wild pitch, a three-run triple by Jim Dawson, and a ground out by Logan Griffin.  Finally, West relief pitcher, Alex Baugher got Hunter Pitman to ground out to end the Elkmont rally.

Inning	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
WEST	4	4	2	2	1		14	7	1
ELKMONT	0	0	0	5	0		5	4	3

Game Stats:
West Limestone:
Drew Beddingfield, credited with the win, got it done on the mound on the way to a Wildcat win. He tossed three innings of shutout ball. Drew struck out eight, walked two and gave up no hits.

Elkmont:
Hunter Pitman took the loss for Elkmont Middle School. He lasted just one inning, walked one, struck out one, and allowed four runs.
 
Elkmont Middle School makes the most of 4 hits in 6-4 victory over West

Elkmont Middle School and West both threatened with rallies, but it was the Red Devils that eventually took the advantage in a 6-4 win.Elkmont took the lead in the first inning, thanks to a first inning rally that saw one run cross the plate on.They tacked on another five runs in the second. Hunter kicked things off with a double, plating Jim Dawson and Clay Johnson. That was followed up by Phillip's single, scoring Logan Griffin and Hunter.

The Red Devils would not relinquish the lead as Wildcats were unable to weather the six-run second inning deficit.

West scored on a ground out by Simmons and a two-run double by Drew Beddingfield in the third inning and an RBI double by Drew in the fifth inning. Still, the Wildcats couldn't catch Elkmont and dropped the last game of the night.

Inning	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
WEST	0	0	3	0	1			4	6	3
ELKMONT	1	5	0	0	0			6	4	0

Game Stats:
West had six hits compared with Elkmont Middle School's four, but West stranded five runners on base.

Elkmont:
Hunter Pitman racked up two RBIs on two hits for the Red Devils. He singled in the first inning and doubled in the second inning.

Phillip Norman got the win for Elkmont. He allowed four runs over five innings. He struck out five, walked one and surrendered six hits.

West Limestone:
D Baugher was charged with the loss. He allowed six runs in two innings, walked four and struck out one.