RED DEVILS DROP TWO TO ABS

The Athens Bible School Trojans played on the hilltop in a double header, February 29.  The first game was close but the Trojans were able to hold on to the lead to win 9-7. 

In the second game of the double header, Elkmont had 3 hits, 2 of these were by Ethan Wilson but it wasn't enough. ABS turned in an error free game with six hits for the win, 9-1. 

RED DEVILS BEAT ATHENS BIBLE SCHOOL

The Varsity Red Devils are almost done with their season.  They added another win to their season on Saturday, April 12.

Elkmont 14, Athens Bible 5:  
Jordan Nelson was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBIs for Elkmont. Jared Bailey was 2-for-5 with three RBIs. Josh Carter was 2-for-4 with three runs scored.

Winning pitcher Tyler Thomas went seven innings, allowed just four earned runs while striking out four.

ELKMONT VARSITY SOFTBALL VS ABS

The Elkmont varsity Lady Devils weren't able to get the win against the Athens Bible School Trojans last night.  ABS won 8 - 4.

Robby Newport, our Elkmont sports photography, took 100 pictures of the game. Game Link: ABS vs Elkmont. Great shots of both teams.  To order prints, contact him at Down Home Portraits

THE DIAMONDS ARE BEING POLISHED

 They are already getting ready to host the Athens Bible School Lady Trojans @ 5 pm today.  The varsity boys are hosting West Morgan @ 5 pm as well.  Will be on the cold side but no rain for diamond watchers.

MIDDLE SCHOOL TAKES SECOND

 

The Elkmont Middle School Devils ended their season with the runner up trophy in 2013 Limestone County Middle School Baseball Tournament.   They played Ardmore in the finals in a hard fought game but weren't able to pull the upset off, taking the loss 5 - 4.  

 

The Devils and Coach Garris put together an impressive 20 - 6 season record.  Looking forward to seeing this group of athletes continue to improve  and play high school varsity ball.  The members of this year's team are:

ROSTER:
01  Jonathon Craig                    03  Hunter Pitman
04  Bryce Tyler                         05  Connor Norman
06  Logan Griffin                      07  Phillip Norman
09  Ethan Shores                       12  Brady Garris
14  Jackson Cook                      15  Braxton Hand
16  Tiyler Walts                         22  Taylor Thomas
26  Tyler Farris                          31  Braden Miller

RED DEVILS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP

The Red Devils beat ABS 8-3 last night. Ekmont will be playing in the finals but will have to beat Ardmore twice since the Tigers are undefeated in tournament play.  This will test the young Devils' pitching depth.  The other eight players on the field are going to need to put together a solid defense to beat Ardmore.  The games will start at 4:30 pm.

If you want to come and cheer on the Red Devils, the tournament is being played in Ardmore. They will play Ardmore at 4:30 today for championship.

MIDDLE SCHOOL LIMESTONE COUNTY BASEBALL TOURNAMENT

The Red Devils won against Athens Bible School Saturday in the opening round of the tourney and then lost to Ardmore.   Elkmont dropped into the loser's bracket and will play the winner of ABS and Riverside Christian (4:30) tonight at 6:30 pm.  

The winner will go to the championship round but will have to beat Ardmore  twice tomorrow since the Tigers are undefeated in tournament play.  Those games will start at 4:30 pm tomorrow.

MIDDLE SCHOOL RED DEVIL EXCITEMENT

HELICOPTER LANDS IN ELKMONT BASEBALL FIELD

The Middle School 

baseball team was 

scheduled to go to 

Athens Bible School 

yesterday for a 

double header.  

Games were moved 
to Elkmont at the last 

minute because the ABS 

field was too wet from 

the inches of rain we 

were blessed with on 

Monday.

The Red Devils roared out the gate and  won 

16 to 8 in the first game of the double header.

The second game was also looking really good 
for another win to be added to the middle school 
record.  We were winning 10 to 3 in 

the bottom of 4th when all the excitement happened.  
An ump got hit by a foul ball. He started having 

seizures and 911 was called and med flight landed

in center field.

(He chose go to hospital via ambulance though). 

Needless to say game was called.

Elkmont will be traveling to Riverside for another

double header tomorrow, March 21.  

Hopefully, no helicopters.

ELKMONT BASEBALL - MARCH 7

Varsity:

Decatur Heritage 14, Elkmont 0: 
The Elkmont varsity baseball team was stung by the 
Decatur Heritage Eagles.   Zach Armstrong struck out five while giving up three hits in the complete-game win at Elkmont (3-3).

Elkmont's next game will be a double header tomorrow @ Athens Bible School - 1 :30 pm.  It will be beautiful weather for baseball, so enjoy

JV: 
Elkmont vs Decatur Heritage; no report yet

Middle School:
The Red Devils went down to Clements and they had two games to steal.  They won both - hoping to get stats and scores later this week.  Their next appearance will be at Ardmore in a double header, March 15 @ 4:30 pm 

ELKMONT TAKES THREE WINS

All three Elkmont baseball teams took wins in their season opening games.

The Varsity beat East Lawrence 9 - 4 in the first round of the Athens Bible School Invitational.

The JV team took the field following the varsity and won by 10 runs against East Lawrence, 17 - 7.

The Middle School beat the hosting Westminster in the Westminister Preseason Tournament.  The Red Devils scored 10 runs in the 10-2 win. 

The middle school will travel back to Westminister tomorrow to play Randolph @ 6:30 pm.

The varsity Red Devils will be hosting Falkville on Thursday in the next round of the ABS preseason tournament.

The Hill spirit would love for someone for each team to write about the games they are following.  Have someone for the scores but  would appreciate hearing about the hitting, pitching and great plays in the field.  If you would like to be a reporter in the stands, email the Hill spirit - elkmont1@charter.net

MIDDLE DEVILS CONTINUE TO ROLL - BASEBALL TAZ

The Middle Devils hosted the Trojans from Athens Bible School on Good Friday afternoon and came away with two earned wins. 


Eli Hobbs went four strong innings in the first game picking up three Ks (strikeouts) and Peyton McCown finished up the fifth inning.  


First Inning:
Josh Johnson and Aron Moss each scored a run  on passed balls. Ethan Wilson and Taylor Thomas were brought home by Hobbs to make it 4 - 0. 


Second Inning: 
Moss, Wilson and Thomas scored on a 3 RBI hit by Jordan Nelson who then crossed home plate himself on a hit by Travis Riggs.  Jackson Cook was brought home by Moss and Hobbs scored on a hit by Wilson to make it 10 - 0.


Third Inning:
We picked up one in the third when Norman who was the courtesy runner for Bryce Tyler scored on a walk by Johnson to make it 11- 0.


Fourth Inning: 
The Red Devils picked up two more in the fourth as Wilson was advanced by Tyler and then driven home by Nelson who was in turn brought home by Hobbs to make it 13 - 0.  Final score was a 13 - 6 win for the Devils.


Second game was a bit more of a struggle but the Middle Devils hung in there and got the second win of the day 7 - 6. Wilson opened on the mound and went 1 and 1/3 innings with
2Ks before giving way to Thomas who went the rest of the way and had 6Ks. 


First Inning:
We opened the scoring in the first when Hobbs had a triple and then scored on a passed ball. Nelson was driven in by Wilson. Moss who was the courtesy runner for Wilson was advanced by Brady Garris and brought home by McCown.  Johnson who was the courtesy runner for Garris scored on a hit by Jonathan Craig to make it 4 - 0 


Second Inning:
The Trojans fought back and scored 5 in the 2nd, but Connor Norman scored on a hit by Nelson to make it 5 - 5. 


Score stayed 5 - 5  thru three innings in a defensive battle.
Athens Bible School picked up one in the fourth to go up 6 - 5 and we did not answer. Score was still 6 - 5  in the bottom of fifth and we needed two runs to win.  Elkmont answered the call and Johnson scored on a hit by Moss to tie it up 6 - 6 and later in the inning, Tyler Watts scored on a hit by Norman to put us up 7 - 6. 


I think that makes the Devils 13 and 9 headed into the last week of the season........Taz Out!!!! 

RED DEVILS PLAY WITH NO ERRORS

The Elkmont Red Devils turned in their first no error performance to beat the Athens Bible School Trojans, 3 - 2, March 13.  Jared Bailey pitched a complete game to earn the win.  


The starting lineup for Elkmont was:

Jared Bailey           -  pitcher                     

Skyler Gant            - catcher         

Daniel Logan         - first base       

Jacob Blenkinsopp - second base

Ben Ferguson         - short stop

Michael Haney       - third base

Justin Kesler           - left field

Cole Glass              - center field

Zac Boyd                - right field

SCORING:         1ST            2ND          3RD        4TH          5TH        6TH          7TH

ABS                     1                  0                0              0               1              0                0

ELKMONT          0                  0                0              2               0              1                -

BATTING LINEUP:

Glass                   1-3                                1-3           F9                              F1              

Ferguson             W                                  6-3                            F8                           

J. Bailey              6-3                                  S                             4-3           

Gant                     S                                   F7                           HBP         

Logan                  W                                                   S             FC           

Haney                 6-3                                              E -SAC                         F8           

Kesler                                      K                                K                              2B

Boyd                                        S                                S                               F8

Blenkinsopp                           6-3                               F6                             E6

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NEWS COURIER ELKMONT/ABS ARTICLE

The News Courier ran a nice article today with a big picture of Jared Bailey about the varsity Red Devil vs ABS Trojans  If you are a newpaper article clipper or would like to read about the game, you might be interested in picking up a copy.  


Coach Holt quote: " They beat us in the tournament, so it's good to get a win in the regular season.  We had six guys come in from basketball and start late.  We haven't had a good start but yesterday was a good game for us.  Some of the things we have working on came through for us."

JV TEAM STRUGGLES AGAINST ABS

The JV played the Athens Bible School Trojans in Athens, March 13.  The Red Devils weren't able to score enough to overcome some crucial mistakes and runners left on base; taking their fourth loss, 3 -1 .  

The starting pitcher, Hunter Brazeal faced three batters with three outs in the top of the first inning.  As Elkmont came in to bat, they looked to take an early lead.  Nolan Ryan started off with a single. Michael Lee Johnson, batting third, also had a single.  With one out and runners on second and third, the next two batters made outs leaving the runners on and failed to score.

In the top of the second, Brazeal allowed two hits and one run.  ABS took the lead 1-0.  Bottom of second inning, with two outs, Eli Vining hit a single but again Elkmont could not get the runner home as the next batter would strike out.

Brazeal took the mound again in the third and allowed one hit but no runs.  In the bottom of the third, Elkmont started out with Cody Haggermaker taking a walk. With one out, Nolan Ryan would advance the runner with a single. Adam McMahan followed with a single advancing both runners.  With two outs, Haggermaker stole home, scoring the Red Devils' first run  The next batter hit the ball but was thrown out at first and left two potential runs on base.

With the score tied 1-1 going to the fourth, the coaches would bring Hunter Taylor to the mound where he would only allow two walks.  However, with two outs and runners on, an error allowed one run to score and shortly later a second error with a runner on third saw another Trojan cross home base adding another run.  Elkmont came to bat needing two runs.  However, the Red Devils were only able to get C. Taylor on base with a walk and Hunter Taylor with a single but no score.

Going to the top of fifth inning, ABS led 3-1 and Taylor would take the mound this time only allowing one walk.  In the bottom of five as Elkmont came to bat, Jarod Smallwood hit a double; Haggermaker, hit a double.  Smallwood made the turn at third but stumbled and the Trojans threw him out at home.  The next two batters would make outs leaving Haggermaker stranded on second and ending the game, 3 -1.

Elkmont is now 4-4 for the season.

 The next game is scheduled for Friday @ Ardmore following the varsity game.


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TIME CHANGE FOR THIS TUESDAY

The varsity game vs ABS starting time has been changed from 4:15 to 3:15 pm.  The JV game will follow the varsity game.


The middle school doubleheader will start at 2:20 pm at Athens Bible School.


Hillspirit's Weather for the games:
Sunny, wonderful and temps in the 70s.

THIS WEEK IN BASEBALL

ELKMONT HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SCHEDULE FOR MARCH 12 -17

MARCH  12

• Varsity @ West Limestone – double header starting @ 4:30 pm
• Middle School @ Ardmore – double header starting @ 4:30 pm

MARCH 13

• Varsity hosts Athens Bible School –starting @ 3:15  p.m.
• JV hosts Athens Bible School – starts after Varsity game
• Middle School @ Athens Bible School – double header starting @ 2:20 p.m.

MARCH  16

• Varsity @ Ardmore – 1 game starting @ 4:30 p.m.
• JV @ Ardmore – starts after Varsity game

MARCH 17

• JV hosting West Limestone – double header starting @ 2 p.m.
• Middle School hosting West Limestone – double header starting @ 10 a.m.

ABS BEAT VARSITY RED DEVILS

Elkmont played the perennial baseball 1A powerhouse of Athens Bible School Trojans, March 6.  

The Red Devils took the lead in the first inning 1 - 0.  The Trojans followed up in the second inning, scoring 3 runs to go up 3 - 1 due to infield errors and good hitting.    ABS pitching kept Elkmont at bay as they increased their lead to 8 - 1 before the Devils were able to score in the fourth making it, 10 - 2.  Tyler Thomas came in to relieve Ben Ferguson in the middle of the fourth.  The fifth inning looking promising as Elkmont loaded the bases but hit into a double play that ended the chance to score several runs.  The Trojans were quickly retired in the top of the sixth inning and the Red Devils' bats came to life, scoring 3 runs.  With the score 10 - 5 going into the seventh, ABS added another run to finish the night with 11 runs.  Again Elkmont attempted to close the score margin, runners were able to get on base but weren't able to get more than one run before the last out.  Final score:  11 - 6

Starting pitcher: Ben Ferguson (loss)
Relief pitcher:   Tyler Thomas
Ben Ferguson (third base) and Rhett Bailey (shortstop) turned in solid infield performances with some excellent plays with throws to first that showcased their rocket arms.
Cole Glass led Elkmont with a double, a single and a pair of RBIs.
Skyler Gant added a double while Ferguson singled twice.


Thursday:  Westminister  (home)
Friday:       West Morgan (home)
Saturday:   Tanner (Away)

Reporter:  Hill Spirit