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DIXIE YOUTH ROUNDUP: Fort Payne falls to Boaz

By Lew Gilliland
The Times-Journal

Published June 29, 2009

A tough game Saturday left the Fort Payne 11-12-year-old baseball all-stars one loss away from elimination.

Wesley Burns finished 2-for-2 with a two-run homer as Boaz downed host Fort Payne 10-0 in the second round of the Dixie Youth District 8 O-Zone Tournament.

Fort Payne fell into the loser’s bracket and was scheduled to face Cherokee National late Monday. The winner earns a bye today and will play again Wednesday night at 8.

Boaz had a bye Monday and will face either the Mountaineers or Rainsville tonight at 8. All three of those teams finished the weekend unbeaten.

Fort Payne opened the tournament with a 7-4 victory over Piedmont on Friday.

“Friday night we played good. We probably played as good as we have the four weeks we’ve been together. We hit well and played well in the field,” Fort Payne coach Neal Ridgeway said.

“Saturday, we just made too many errors. We made a ton of errors … and that’s what got us. When we’re playing [well] we’re as good defensively as anyone in the tournament, but we just weren’t on that day.”

Ridgeway said his team’s plan was to get off to a fast start offensively and rely on its defense. The coach said it was a bad sign when his team hit four line drives in the first inning, only to see three of them caught.

Gage Cash pitched four shutout innings and earned the win. He allowed three hits and struck out two.

Blade Romans doubled for Fort Payne.

Mountaineers 9,
Sylvania 4

Cody Townson homered, and Hunter Davis closed 2-for-2 with one RBI for the Mountaineers, who had a first-round bye. Townson was the winning pitcher.

Dillon Cambron finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs for Sylvania, which was scheduled to face Piedmont in an elimination game late Monday. The winner plays tonight at 6.

Cherokee National 11,
Scottsboro 5

Kody Mackey finished 2-for-3 with a homer for Cherokee National in the elimination game. Devonte Dixon pitched a five-hitter and earned the win. He fanned six.

Shane Seymour singled for Scottsboro.

Piedmont 4,
Cherokee American 3

Deven Hincy doubled and drove in a run for Piedmont in the elimination game. Nick O’Dell was the winning pitcher.

Caleb Kasinger singled for Cherokee American.

Friday
Fort Payne 7,
Piedmont 4

Brady Davis and Logan McKenzie homered for Fort Payne. Davis drove in two runs, and McKenzie also drew a walk. Logan Hairel was the winning pitcher.

Nick O’Dell homered for Piedmont.

Rainsville 4,
Scottsboro 3

Brice Smith finished 2-for-2 with one RBI for Rainsville. Ben Williamson was the winning pitcher.

Britton Roland singled and drove in a run for Scottsboro.

Sylvania 7,
Cherokee National 6

Dillon Cambron finished 2-for-3 with the game-winning two-run homer in the sixth and three RBIs.

Cambron said he knew that “I had to hit a homer or do something. I was just praying that I hit one.”

Caleb Haynes pitched two shutout innings and earned the win. He fanned two.

Matthew Tinsley closed 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs for Cherokee National.

Boaz 11,
Cherokee American 4

Wesley Burns closed 2-for-3 with two homers for Boaz. He also pitched three innings, fanned four and earned the win.

Andrew Johnson singled and drove in a run for Cherokee American.

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