IT"S TOURNAMENT WEEK

Our youth teams are starting their county tournaments.  

SOFTBALL:
12U
TUESDAY
In their first game of the tournament, the Elkmont Lady Devils beat Clements, 7-2! Way to go girls!

FRIDAY 
We going to the championship! Elkmont beat Clements, 12-3! 

Elkmont 12u came in 2nd tonight! We lost 9-0 to ABS! I could not be prouder of our girls! They played hard and never gave up!


8U
TUESDAY
She Devils (Elkmont 1) burned through Clements, 15-2 in their first tournament game. The next game is tomorrow at 7 pm. 


THURSDAY 
She Devils lost to Johnson 1 in their first game of the night.  Regrouped for the second game against West, winning 16-2.  Next game is Friday vs Ardmore 2. 

FRIDAY
Super proud of my She Devils. They played GREAT tonight. We finished 3rd in the tournament. Love this group of girls I coached.

6U
Diamond Divas lost 12-10 against Ardmore 1. Play again Thursday at 5:30 at Johnson

Elkmont 2 won 12-2 against West and lost to Johnson, 12-13.  Best of luck to our youngest Lady Devils when they play again Thursday night at 5:30.

THURSDAY 
So proud of the Elkmont 2 Lady Devils! Second day of tournament and they were making plays and hitting balls! They played Lindsey Lane and swept past with a 14-2 win. Elkmont 1 was next on the list.  The Elkmont teams matched up in a high scoring game. Elkmont 2 came out on top with a final score, 16-12. They play again Friday at Johnson, 5:30!

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BASEBALL 
7&8
TUESDAY
Elkmont 1 won 10 to 4 last night against West. The Red Devils play again Thursday night against Tanner.

THURSDAY
 

I am so proud of our boys. We didn't get the win tonight but we played a heck of a game. Against one of the best. But we live to fight another day. Got Owens Friday, then on to Saturday. Great job guys. Y'all fought hard, I think we will see that team again.

FRIDAY
I hate that we got sent home tonight. It was a hard defeat. I just want to say thank you to all the parents and especially the kids. I love every one of them and hope to have them next year. I'm grateful for all the help I had. It was a lot of fun. Now on to football..

YOUTH BALL TOURNAMENT WEEK

The league tournaments start this week.  However, Monday had a few regular season games to report.  Best of luck to all of our young players.  Hoping for some league championships to come home to the Hilltop.

12U
So proud of our boys tonight! Beat East, 14-6. Bryson Miller went 2-4 at the plate. He pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up 1 hit and struck out 3. Now let the tournament begin!

YOUTH BALL RESULTS THIS WEEK

We are close to the end of spring youth ball.  This is how our teams are doing this week as the season winds down.

MONDAY
12U 
Lady Devils beat Lindsay Lane, 11-3! I'm so proud of all of you!!!

TUESDAY
8U
She Devils won, 14-9 

THURSDAY
6U
Elkmont 1

Great job, Diamond Divas on your 10-4 win over East 1.  The girls never gave up and played through a monsoon. 

Elkmont 2

The little Lady Devils won against West, 9-3 

BASEBALL
7&8
So proud of our boys tonight. Put up 21 runs for the win was fantastic.   

SATURDAY
BASEBALL 
11&12
Red Devils beat Ardmore 1, 11-7. Bryson came in and pitched the last 1 1/2 innings and did great. He ended it with a strikeout and double play hit back at him!

7&8
Another awesome game with 24 runs, 12 out of 13 players scored. Every boy did a great job, even the ones not mentioned. It was hits a plenty today. Proud of all 13 players; just look at this. 
Jonathan Bergquist, 4 for 4, HR 4 runs 
Brandon Doss, 3 for 4, HR, 3 runs
Kannen Lewis, 4 for 4, HR, 4 runs
Jaxsen Thornton, 3 for 4, 3 runs
Ben Broadway, 4 for 4, HR, 2 runs
Hagen Mashburn, 3 for 3, 3 runs
Brentley Miller, 3 for 3, 2 runs
Eli Newborn 2 for 3
Kagan Tucker, 2 for 3
Bradyn Pugh, 2 for 3

Great job guys. Every boy did a great job, even the ones not mentioned. It was hits a plenty today. Proud of all 13

SOFTBALL 
6U
 
Congrats to the Diamond Divas on their 22-6 win over Elkmont 2. Both teams played well. 
Home Run Link 

They silly stringed Billy Ray Morris afterwards for his birthday and then both teams enjoyed cookie cake. Good luck to both teams in the tournament.

8U
Another win for the She Devils

12U 
Elkmont beats Clements, 16-4. The girls came to win and played tough bringing the W home.
 

RED DEVILS SENIOR NIGHT

The last chapter of the Class of 2017 is being written in the next two weeks and it won't be complete without recognizing our outstanding baseball team and its seniors.  

Senior Night was April 13.  Not only did Elkmont sew up a spot in the state playoffs with their win over Clements that night but we had the opportunity to say goodbye to our seniors.

# 5 – JACKSON COOK:  Jackson is the son of Scott & Christie Cook and the brother of Anna Grace.  He has played basketball for 4 years and baseball for 6.  Jackson is a pitcher, third baseman and short stop.  He is a member of First Baptist Church in Athens.  Jackson will be attending Jacksonville State University this fall to become a nurse practitioner.

 

#10 – BRYCE TYLER:  Bryce is the son of Michael & Kristal Tyler and the brother of Clay.  Bryce has played baseball for EHS for 6 years, as second baseman, catcher and pitcher.  Bryce will be attending Troy University where he will pursue a degree in Exercise Science.

#13 – BRADY GARRIS: Brady is the son of Garth & Allison Garris.  He is a member of Locks Cross Roads Church of Christ.  Brady has played basketball for 6 years and baseball for 6 years for EHS.  Brady is our starting catcher. He will be attending the University of Alabama in the fall majoring in Management Information Systems.

#12 – JONATHAN CRAIG: Jonathan is the son of Danny Craig & Sherri Sides and the brother of Sara.  He has played baseball for EHS for 4 years. Jonathan plays left and right field and 1^st base.  Jonathan will attend Calhoun Community College this fall.

#16 – BRAXTON HAND: Braxton is the son of James Hand and Tammy Romine, and the brother of Gunnar & Emeril.  Braxton is a member of Truth Baptist.  He has played baseball for EHS for 3 years.  Braxton plays right & left field and second base.  He will attend Calhoun this fall to major in Criminal Justice.

#22 – BEN YARBROUGH:  Ben is the son of Wendy & Andy Yarbrough and brother of Drew.  Ben has played baseball for EHS for 2 years as a pitcher.  He will begin an apprenticeship this summer with a career in pipe fitting and welding.

Items Given:

An embossed baseball to be used for a ceremonial first pitch to their fathers.   

A photo collection with highlights of the season for each player.  

A small jar that each player has filled with dirt from their position. 

As you can see, we are under construction here at EHS.  A new football stadium is being constructed and soon we will also have a new baseball field.  During this construction, the large trees that surrounded our fields up here had to be removed.  Those trees, which were over 75 years old, saw many wins and losses for Elkmont High School.  They saw players slide into home, strike out and many bad calls by umpires.  

As a special gift to these seniors, miniature bats were specially made out of these trees for these young men. The trees may be gone, but the memories of them will live on with the Class of 2017.

Allison Garris

HOW ARE THE LITTLE DEVILS DOING THIS WEEK?

The days left in the season are disappearing fast.  Hill
Spirit has always thought these little ones should still be playing in June and July.  There is a reason baseball and softball are considered summer sports.  Anyway, get those scores in while you still can.

SOFTBALL
MONDAY
6U 

Great win tonight by Elkmont 2 against Lindsay Lane, 18-17. Both teams played Great! Our girls all hit and really stepped up on defense when needed. I'm so proud!

TUESDAY 
6U

Super proud of the Diamond Divas on their 17-4 win over Clements. Keep up the good work!!

12U 

Lady Devils beat East,  13-4

THURSDAY
6U
The Diamond Divas overcame obstacles to come back and only lose by 3 to Johnson, 16-13. The girls played hard and I'm very proud of them all.

8U
The Elkmont 1 She Devils won their game against Clements, 7-6

12U
The Lady Devils beat Ardmore, 8-4

SATURDAY
12U 
We lost to ABS twice today. First game was 6-2 second game was 5-4. Let me tell ya the girls played hard today!
 

THIS WEEK IN LITTLE DEVILS DIAMONDS

We have started the last month of youth Rec ball here on the Hilltop.  Best of luck to all our teams.

SOFTBALL:
MONDAY
10U
Great game tonight, Elkmont! Two double plays and bringing home the win, 16-1.

TUESDAY
6U

Elkmont Diamond Divas lost a nail biter to Ardmore 2, 17-15.  Congratulations to Kate Brazeal on her grand slam.

8U 
She Devils beat West Limestone,16-9

SATURDAY 
6U
Elkmont 1
Congrats to the Diamond Divas, on their 20-6 win over Ardmore 3.  They batted through their lineup (10 batters) every inning.  Every Diva hit the ball!!!




Elkmont 2
Started off a great morning with a win by Elkmont 2; way to go girls! Special shout out to Jacey for her walk off home run and to Adalyn for making her first ever out with a tag at home plate to keep the game tied going into the bottom of the last inning! Everyone did so great and I'm so proud of every one!

10u
Great win for Elkmont, 15-3. So proud of our ladies!


BASEBALL
TUESDAY
7&8
Elkmont 1 lost to Ardmore 1 20-19! Boys played hard and came up short!