Jones, Newlands lead the way to game one win while baserunning miscues led to game two win

SHARPSBURG-The Northgate Vikings literally ran themselves into bad luck Friday as two running miscues led to outs in the top of the fifth inning as they were defeated 4-3 by the East Coweta Indians in the second of a freshmen doubleheader.
The win improved the Indians' record to 7-1 and gave them a sweep for the day as they were 12-1 winners in the opener.

The two sides of Trey Jones. First as the starting
pitcher in the Indians 12-1 victory in game one. Jones
allowed one hit in four innings

Trailing 2-0, the Vikings had two runners on base, a pitch hit the ground and the runner on second took off for third only to be met by EC third baseman Trey Jones who applied the tag after taking a throw from catcher Ben Brisky.
Blake Glancy moved to third after a double by Joshua Tate and was able to score on a wild pitch.
An error allowed Tate to score and Jak Everett to reach base and the Vikings had cut the deficit to a lone run.
With Calvin Baker at the plate at the plate, Everett was able to steal second base and after a pitch hit the ground, tried to advance to third but Brisky threw to Craig Newlands at third and Everett was tagged out.
Baker reached on a walk from Ethan Leonard, but the latter was able to record a save as Kameron Alpough fouled off a pitch that was headed toward the EC dugout and Newlands made the third out when he caught the ball before it went out of play.
The Vikings took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Charlie Dewey walked, stole second and moved to third on a passed ball as Glancy walked.

Then as a batter, Jones had a third inning double that
led to the first run of the opening game and an RBI single
in the fourth inning.

A double steal allowed Dewey to come home and Glancy was able to reach second and eventually third but was left stranded as EC starter Ryan Barber recorded three strikeouts.
The lead didn't last long as the entire batting order went to the plate for the Indians and three batters came home.
Dekel Williams and Charlie Paige opened the frame by reaching on walks and Barber was awarded first In a catcher's interference call that loaded the bases.
Leonard reached on a fielder's choice as courtesy runner Nico Senese was retired at second but on the play, Williams came home with the tying run.
A walk to Brisky reloaded the bases for Zack Carlton who was hit by a pitch that allowed Paige to score and give EC a 2-1 lead.
Denver Watson followed by reaching on a walk that scored Leonard and a pitching change was made that eventually ended the inning as Everett recorded a strikeout and pop fly.
The Indians added an important run in the bottom of the third inning as Carlton reached on a one out walk and advanced to third on a pair of wild pitches.
Watson was hit by a pitch and as he attempted to steal second, a balk was called and Carlton was awarded home to give EC a 4-1 lead.
Barber pitched the first three innings of the game and didn't allow a hit during the stint and recorded six strikeouts.
Watson took over in the fourth allowing four hits and recording three strikeouts before yielding to Leonard who recorded the save.
In the opening game of the doubleheader, the two teams were scoreless until the bottom of the third inning when 10 batters went to the plate for the Indians and six came home.
Jones led off with a double and Williams followed by reaching on a walk but the next two batters were retired on a strikeout and a pop fly.
However, Barber was hit by a pitch to load the bases and courtesy runner Jacob Medina was able to score as a wild pitch was tossed by Dewey who was starting the game for the Vikings.
Walks to Kaleb Gardner and Austin Black scored Williams to increase the lead to 2-0 and a pitching change was made.
After the change, Kaleb Carey reached on bases loaded walk that scored Barber and Newlands ended the scoring with a shot into right center field that resulted in a bases clearing double.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Indians added to their lead as 11 batters came to the plate and six more scored.
Paige singled to start the frame and a pitching change followed as well as a walk to Senese, Barber hit by a pitch for the third time to load the bases and a two-run single by Gardner.
A walk to Black loaded the bases and after Carey was hit by a pitch, Barber came home and the lead was 9-0.
Gardner gave EC a 10-0 lead as Newlands grounded out to shortstop and Jones, who started the opening game on the mound, aided his own cause with a run scoring single.t
Carey came home with the final run of the game for the Indians when Paige hit a single to left field.
After a solid four innings, Jones was replaced on the mound in the top of the fifth inning by Andrew Martin who had a strong start against Ola on Wednesday.
Martin appeared to be on his way to duplicating that effort as he retired the first two batters of the frame.
However, Martin struggled as the next four batters reached including Jackson Butz who had an RBI single that kept Northgate from being shutout.
Martin recovered and kept the Vikings from having a big rally by recording a strikeout that ended the game.