McCawley tosses four hitter on the mound, RBI single at the plate

SHARPSBURG-Ethan McCawley allowed four hits through five innings while as the East Coweta Indians freshmen defeated the Fayette County junior varsity Tigers 4-2 in a game played Monday.
The game was called in the bottom of the fifth inning as lightning arrived in the area after the game was delayed in the top of the frame due to rain.
The Tigers scored a run in the top of the first inning after a pair of miscues in the field by the Indians.
The Indians recovered in the bottom of the second with three runs in the frame.
Jacob Medina led off by reaching on a throwing error that allowed him to advance to second.
Medina advanced to third on a groundout and after Hayden Blair reached on a walk and Josh Sibley was hit by a pitch, McCawley aided his own cause with an RBI single to center field.
A throwing error allowed courtesy runner Andrew Arnold to score a second run and Sibley to take third.
The final run came home as Conner McElroy hit a sacrifice fly to left field allowing Sibley to score with ease.
The Tigers cut the margin to a single run in the top of the third inning but the Indians reclaimed the run in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Sibley led off with a single, stole second and advanced to third on a flyball before coming home on a wild pitch.
In the top of the fifth inning, rain visited the field and the game was stopped for a few minutes and was resumed with McCawley retiring the side in order.
In five innings, McCawley recorded four strikeouts and threw 13 first pitch strikes to 19 batters.
With the game official after the end of the frame, lightning struck and after a few minutes, coaches and umpires elected to call the game.
With the win, the Indians snapped a three game skid and improved to 12-4 with the season finale scheduled for Wednesday against the Northgate Vikings.

Indians pick up Region 2 AAAAAAA win over Lions

ATLANTA-The East Coweta Indians overcame injuries to several players as well the elements to defeat the Westlake Lions 5-2 in a Region 2 AAAAAAA matchup played Monday evening.
The win improved the Indians’ overall record to 10-5 and 5-0 in the region with a matchup against the Wheeler Wildcats in Marietta on Tuesday evening while the Lions fell to 5-7, 1-5.

Kaleb Gardner leads off at second base after recording his first
varsity double in the top of the third inning. Gardner eventually
scored on an infield single by William Kelley.

The game was scoreless through the first two innings, but the Indians changed the score in the top of the third inning as Kaleb Gardner made his varsity debut successful with a line drive double to right field.
Nico Senese reached on a walk and after one out, William Kelley had an infield single that brought Gardner home with his first varsity run.
Senese, who had advanced to second on a wild pitch and moved to third on Kelley’s single, was able to come home on the front end of a double steal as Kelley motored into second.
The Lions tried to rally in the bottom of the frame against winning pitcher J.J. Freed as they loaded the bases with one out.

J.J. Freed pitched the first four innings for
the Indians allowing a run on three hits.

However, Freed recovered and surrendered a sacrifice fly that allowed the Lions to score a run and ended the frame with a flyball to left field.
The Lions had a chance to tie the game in the bottom of the fifth inning as Jabari Whitehead doubled and tried to score on a two out single by Drew Hutchinson to right field.
However, threw home to catcher Ryan Dyal who applied the tag to Whitehead to end the inning.
The Indians added to the lead in the top of the fourth inning as Senese singled, Tony Player walked and Kelley reached on a bunt single.
After the first out of the inning, Dyal was walked on four straight pitches that brought Senese home and after the second out was recorded Player was able to score an unearned run to give EC a 4-1 lead.
Freed was replaced in the bottom of the fifth inning by Quinlan Wiley who surrendered a run in the frame but retired the side in order in an efficient manner to keep the score at 4-2.
The Indians added an insurance run in the top of the seventh inning as Kelley reached on an infield error and scored on a two out single by Logan Frady.
Jacob Howell took over in the bottom of the seventh inning and was to get through the order quickly with three strikeouts to record the save.
In four innings, Freed allowed three hits and recorded a strikeout while Wiley allowed two hits and recorded two strikeouts.
Kelley had two hits, two stolen bases, an RBI and scored a run while Senese scored twice in the game.

EC, McIntosh split in freshmen doubleheader

SHARPSBURG-The East Coweta Indians scored five runs in two different innings to defeat the McIntosh Chiefs 10-3 in the second game of a freshmen doubleheader played Saturday.
The Indians dropped the opener 9-4 and ended the weekend with an 11-2 record.
In the nightcap, McIntosh scored the first run in the opening frame against winning pitcher Michael Son
, but the 1-0 lead faded in the bottom of the second when EC had one of their scoring binges.
Son led off with a walk and Jacob Medina followed a single with each advancing a base on a sacrifice bunt by Avery Brown.
Hayden Blair was hit by a pitch and Ethan McCawley hit a ball that had the makings of a force play but the ball was thrown into right field allowing Son to come home with the tying score.
Connor McElroy followed with a two run single and the Indians enjoyed a 3-1 lead which increased as Jacob Rossi drilled a two-run double.
The Chiefs came back with a run in the top of the third inning to cut the margin to 5-2, but the Indians eliminated any doubt in the bottom of the fourth inning as they scored five more runs.
McCawley reached base on a dropped fly ball, Rossi reached on a one out walk and Kenty brought the duo home with a two out single.
Kenty stole second and moved to third on a wild pitch before eventually scoring on a single by Medina.
Son, who reached on a walk and stole second, eventually came home on a wild pitch and Medina scored the finally tally on a single by L. J. Estrada.
After four innings in which he allowed two hits, Son was relieved by Brown in the top of the fifth inning who surrendered the final Chiefs’ run of the game.
The opener did not go as the Indians’ planned as the Chiefs scored twice in the top of the third inning to take a lead they would not surrender.
The Chiefs added three runs in the top of the fourth inning to take a 5-0 lead but the Indians would rally in the bottom of the frame.
With one out, Kenty walked and stole second before two wild pitches allowed him to come home with the first EC run.
Estrada and Son walked with the former coming home on a two-out single by Brown while a wild pitch brought Son plateward to cut the margin to 5-3.
Blair reached on a walk and after he was replaced on the bases by Medina and McIntosh employed a pitching change, Rossi recorded an RBI single and EC appeared to be back in the game.
In the top of the fifth inning, the first two batters were retired before a number of miscues allowed the next five batters to reach with four coming home for the final margin of the game.

EC JV wins, ties in DH with McIntosh

SHARPSBURG-Dekel Williams ended a solid offensive Thursday night with a game winning single in the bottom of the fifth inning that gave the East Coweta Indians a 4-3 win over the McIntosh Chiefs in the second game of a junior varsity doubleheader.

Including a 3-3 tie in the first game of the twinbill, the JV Indians are now 4-2-1 on the season with games against Troup County at home on Saturday.

The nightcap was tied at 3-3 with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning when Craig Newlands reached on an infield error while Kaleb Gardner and Kaleb Carey reached on consecutive single to load the bases for Williams.

On a 2-2 offering from McIntosh pitcher Joe Pressell, Williams lined a shot into left field and Newlands came home with the winning run.

Newlands who took over on the mound to pitch in the fifth was the winner.

The Indians took the initial lead of the game as Zach Carlton reached on an error and Mason Pearcy reached on a walk.

After two outs, Gardner lined a shot to left field allowing Carlton and Pearcy to score and the EC lead was 2-0.

After an attempt to add to the lead failed in the bottom of the third inning, the Indians made up for it in the next frame as Williams was hit by a pitch and advanced to third through a single by Erik Ellison and a pair of wild pitches.

However, the Chiefs came back in the top of the fifth to score all three runs as the result of walks and a throwing error.

Adrian Roman pitched the first two innings of the game and allowed two hits in as many innings with three strikeouts while Andrew Martin took over in the third before he was replaced by Ellison and Newlands in the fifth.

In the opening game of the doubleheader, McIntosh took the initial lead with a run in the top of the third inning with a single run as Aiden Wise scored on infield error.

East Coweta came back in the bottom of the frame with all of their runs as a Carlton groundout, a wild pitch and an RBI single by Newlands did the damage.

However, the Indians’ lead did not last as the Chiefs scored twice in the top of the fourth inning on a two-run single by starting pitcher Grasser.

The Indians had a chance to regain the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning with runners in scoring position but were unable to take advantage and the game ended in a tie.

Williams was 2-for-2 with a run scored in the game while Pearcy, Quinlan Wiley, and Newlands had one hit each.

Carlton started the game and allowed four hits and three runs in three innings before he was replaced by Trey Jones in the fourth inning.

Jones pitched into the fifth inning and was replaced by Wiley on the mound.

Strong relief by Monnin, RBIs by Estrada lead freshman Indians to win.

SHARPSBURG-John Monnin provided nearly four innings of solid relief Monday while L.J. Estrada
had the game winning hit to lead the East Coweta Indians to an 8-6 win over the Northgate VIkings
in a freshman baseball game.

The come-from-behind win improved the record for the Indians to 5-1 on the season.

The Vikings had a 6-4 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning when Jacob Rossi led off with a single
to center field and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Cooper Ramey.

Michael Son reached on a walk and both runners advanced on a pitch in the dirt while Estrada
was at the plate.

Estrada made the Vikings pay for the errant pitch by lining a single into center field to score Rossi
and Son with the go ahead run and an extra one for insurance.

Josh Sibley took over for Monnin in the top of the seventh inning by retiring the side in order
to record a save.

The Vikings took the first lead of the game with one out in the top of the first inning as Jadon Woodall
walked, advanced to second on an infield error and eventually came home on a wild pitch.

The Indians tied the game in the bottom of the first inning as Rossi led off with a single, stole second
base and eventually scored when Estrada hit into a force play.

Rossi finished the game with a 2-for-3 effort at the plate with two runs scored.

Northgate starter Logan Bolinger retired the next six batters before allowing a baserunner in the
bottom of the third inning.

Meanwhile, Bolinger’s teammates provided him a lead in the top of the second inning as they
scored four times to take a 5-1 lead.

After courtesy runner Landon Clare stole second base, Ben Traxler had a sacrifice bunt and after
a walk to James DuBose, Clare would come home as Woodall hit into a force play.

An error allowed Dubose to score while Jake Allie had a two-run single after two outs in the frame.

The Indians cut the lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the third inning to 5-2 as Ramey reached on a one out
walk and advanced to third on a single by Son before coming home with two outs as Monnin reached
on an infield error.

Meanwhile, Monnin kept EC in the game after entering with one out in the top of the third inning as
he retired the two batters he faced in that frame and allowed one baserunner in the fourth.

An unearned run in the top of the fifth inning would be the only tally that marred a evening that
included one hit, three walks and three strikeouts.

Monnin’s outing on the mound paid off as the Indians came back to tie the game in the bottom
of the fifth inning.

Son led off with a walk and advanced to third after a throwing error that allowed Estrada to reach first.

Singles by Monnin and Andrew Arnold scored Son and pinch runner Ethan McCawley to cut the
margin to 6-4 while a groundout by Hayden Blair and and a sacrifice fly to center field by Connor
McElroy tied the game at 6-6.

Monnin was 2-for-3 at the plate with an RBi to go along with his efforts on the mound while Son
walked three times to go along with his third inning single and two stolen bases.