Cougars get big win behind Kniedel, Jones and Oldham

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The Newnan Cougars picked up a much needed win Tuesday at Joe Pope Field with a 10-5 Region 3-AAAAAA victory over the Douglas County Tigers.
The young Cougars squad, who dropped four of their last five prior to the game, improved to 4-8 overall and evened their region record at 1-1 while the Tigers fell to 6-5, 0-1 in the region as the two teams will meet in Douglasville Thursday evening.
Newnan broke through in the bottom of the second inning as Justin Groover led off with a double, moved to third on a single by Caleb McElwaney and came home when Tyler Davis reached on a fielders choice as McElwaney was forced at second.
Davis stole second and after a strikeout, Chase Jones singled to center for the RBI and took second when the throw home was late to retire Davis.
Jones came home with the final run of the frame when Drew Oldham hit a bloop single to right field.
The Tigers gradually rallied against Cougars starter Tanner Snellgrove as Ricky Lindsey reached on a bloop single with two outs in the top of third and advanced to third on an errant pickoff throw by Snellgrove and eventually scored an unearned run on a single by David Ihrig.
Snellgrove struggled in the top of the fourth inning as he walked five of the sixth batters he faced in the frame with a pair of runs scoring before he was replaced by Chris Turner.
Turner retired the first batter on a strikeout but a pickoff attempt of the baserunner at first was errant and a run scored to give Douglas County a 4-3 lead.
The lead did not last long for the Tigers as the Cougars batted around, scored four runs and took a 7-4 lead.
McElwaney led off with a walk and advanced to second on a wild pitch before moving to third on a groundout.
KD Satterwhite was hit by a pitch then Jones had a bunt single that brought McElwaney home with the tying run.
Satterwhite advanced to third on the play and after Jones stole second, Oldham followed with a two-run single to left.
Brady Barnes was hit by a pitch and after a flyball Jake Kniedel provided the final run of the inning when he singled to left and Oldham scored easily.
The Tigers scored a run in the top of the fifth as Mike Wright led off with a double and scored on a two out single by Ryan Kone.
The Cougars answered in the bottom of the inning with some two out magic as Satterwhite was hit for the second time in the game and Jones reached on a walk ahead of a two-run triple to right by Oldham.
Newnan added one more run in the bottom of the sixth inning as Connor Dunn reached on an infield error, courtesy runner Tucker McKibbon advanced on a wild pitch then came home when Kniedel singled to center.
Douglas County tried to rally in the top of the seventh inning with two runners on base and one out, but after a pitching change the next two batters were retired on groundouts to end the game.
 

Indians score five runs in the sixth to defeat Trojans

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The East Coweta Indians scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning including Nick Pippin’s two-run single that led to a 7-4 come-from-behind victory over the Northside-Columbus Patriots in a non-region game played Monday night in Sharpsburg.

Improving to 8-5 on the season, the Indians will carry a four-game winning streak into their three-game Region 3-AAAAAA against Langston Hughes which begins Tuesday evening in Fairburn.
The Patriots, who fell to 9-5 on the season, took the lead in the top of the third inning as Zack Williams led off with a single and eventually scored on a two-out single by Cameron Hopkins who stole second and scored on a single by Jacob Hinson.
The Indians tied the game in the bottom of the frame as Cam Smith and Pippin led off with walks and after a single by Bryce Gemmel loaded the bases, Matthew Meyer hit a sacrifice fly to center field that scored Smith and allowed Pippin to move to third before scoring on a two out triple by Stephan Cruver.
After holding the Patriots scoreless for the next two innings, Indians starter Austin Bellamy got in and out of trouble after one out in the top of the sixth as Vic Ballesteros singled and scored on a triple by DJ Arroyo who would score after two outs on a single by Williams.
The Indians’ rally started in the bottom of the frame after one out when Cary Holloway and Devonte Brown reached on walks while Smith reached on an infield error that allowed Holloway to score and cut the deficit to 4-3.
Faced with a 2-1 count, Pippin became the hero for the Indians when he lined an offering from losing pitcher Jonathon Murphy between short and third allowing Brown and Smith to come home and give EC a 5-4 lead.
Pippin eventually advanced to third and came home on a wild pitch by reliever Brackston Buice before Cruver closed the scoring with double that was lined off the first base bag and allowed Meyer to come home with the final run of the frame.
After six innings, Bellamy (5-1) was relieved by Thomas Leone who retired the first batter on a flyball to right and after the next batter reached on an error was able to end the game and record the save with a 4-6-3 double play.

Cougars shut down by Trojans, Indians end losing skid

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The bats of the Newnan Cougars could not find an answer to Tucker Reynolds who combined with a pair of relievers to lead the Carrollton Trojans to a 5-1 victory Friday night at Joe Pope Field.
The loss drops the Cougars to 2-5 on the season with a home game Monday night against the Northside-Columbus Patriots at 5:30.
Carrollton took the lead after Newnan starter Tanner Snellgrove retired the first batter in the top of the first inning as Will Garrett reached on a single and reached base on an error in the outfield.
Will Hesterlee followed with a double that scored Garrett and Kade Crawford followed with a two-run single.
The Trojans added a run in the top of the fifth inning to take a 4-0 lead as Hesterlee scored on the front end of a double steal while a run in the top of the seventh accounted for the final tally.
After five innings in which he allowed one hit and recorded eight strikeout, Reynolds was relieved by Garrett who retired the Cougars in order in the bottom of the sixth.
The Cougars averted a shutout in the bottom of the seventh inning against Brandon Padillo as Caleb McElwaney reached on a one out single, advanced to second on a wild pitch and came home when stole third and the throw from the catcher went into left field.
In suffering the hard luck loss, Snellgrove pitched six and one-third innings allowing four hits, three earned runs, two walks, two hitbatters and recorded nine strikeouts.
In LaGrange, as the East Coweta Indians snapped a three-game losing streak with a 10-0 victory over the Troup County Tigers.
The Indians took control in the top of the second inning with a season-high seven runs.
as 10 batters went to the plate in the frame.
With Andrew Simms and Jaquez Williams on base with one out, Cary Holloway hit a double to center field that scored Simms and gave the Indians the early lead.
After Williams and Holloway advanced on a groundout, Cam Smith reached on a walk to load the bases and Stephan Cruver followed with a two-run single to center that gave EC a 3-0 lead.
A two-run single by Matthew Meyer was next and after Bryce Gemmel had an RBI triple, Austin Jones closed the scoring with a run-scoring single to left.
In the top of the fifth inning, the Indians added to the cushion as Austin Russell reached on an infield single, stole second and after a walk to Devonte Brown, the former came home on a Tiger error.
Meanwhile, Brown moved into scoring position and came home when Smith grounded out to short.
The final tally of the evening in the top of the seventh inning came when Makenzie Martin reached on a single and advanced to third on an errant pickoff attempt before coming home on a sacrifice fly by Nick Pippin.
Benefitting from the run support was starting pitcher Austin Bellamy who tossed the first six innings for the Indians allowing four hits and recording three strikeouts before turning the game over to Thomas Leone who allowed a single in his one inning of work.
The Indians (4-3) will travel to Tyrone on Tuesday evening for a non-region game with the Sandy Creek Patriots before hosting Chapel Hill on Thursday.