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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Outfielders rule in St. Patrick's win
By Joe Sersey
HHJ Sports Writer
PERRY - It was a busy
night for outfielders during
St. Patrick’s 8-7 win over
New Hope in Perry
Recreation Department
church league playoff action
Tuesday
night.
S t .
Patrick's
recorded 14
fly ball outs
and New
Hope also
made 14 fly
outs.
“The
pitchers
were put
ting up
good arcs
and batters
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were swinging uppercuts,”
said St. Patrick’s shortstop
Gregg Maskell. “We were
trying for line drives.”
St. Patrick’s took a 4-1
lead in the first inning, and
it looked to be enough
through six innings. Its
pitcher, Mike Zelenak, faced
only four batters over the
minimum through four
innings, second through
fifth.
He allowed only six hits
total until the sixth inning.
New Hope’s pitcher, Mark
Morgan, was having like
success after his first inning
stumble.
He allowed four hits in the
first inning that led to four
St. Patrick runs. Morgan
limited his opponents to
only two hits, one in the sec
ond and one in the third
until the sixth.
“It was a pretty good
defensive game,” said St.
Patrick’s coach Pat Filholm.
Everything happened in
the sixth inning.
First, New Hope took the
lead 5-4 on five hits, includ
ing Jason Snider’s two-run
home run that traveled
about 325 feet.
St. Patrick’s Zelenak led
off the sixth with a single.
He moved to third on Harry
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Life. New Life had a 6-8-2
record coming into the
game, while Perry
Methodist was 9-5-2.
Because this was a playoff
game, there would be no
ties.
That looked to be a prob
lem for the first three
innings. As the visitors, New
Life had managed only five
hits through three innings,
and none of its runners
made it past second base.
Perry Methodist was hav
ing similar problems. It had
only five hits through three,
but three of those came in
the bottom of the third,
where they pushed across
two runs for a 2-0 lead.
That seemed to wake up
New Life’s bats, because hit
ters banged out four hits
that resulted in three runs.
New Life pitcher Bobby
Lawhorn helped his own
cause with a two-run single
after two outs to tie the
score.
He scored on a Daniel
Giles RBI single, and New
Life went up 3-2 in the
fourth. They never trailed
again.
New Life’s Steven Giles’
double was his team’s only
extra-base hit in the game,
hut they tallied four runs in
the fifth, one in the sixth
and added two in the sev
enth.
Perry Methodist was held
scoreless in the fourth and
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New Hope’s Paul Hibbet slides in safely to third while
St. Patrick’s Harry Hoover covers on the play, in the
two teams’ Perry Recreation Department softball
tournament Tuesday at Creekwood Park.
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New Hope’s Stacey Fuller returns to first after a line
drive. Covering for St. Patrick's is Tommy Stokes.
Hoover’s single and scored when David Forrester
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New Life’s Jai Bowen singles to left field in the third inning.
fifth, but scored three runs
in the sixth and two in the
seventh.
“The key was timely hit
ting,” said New Life coach
Steve Giles. “We got a lot of
two-out hits.”
In fact, eight of New Life’s
11 runs were scored after
two were out.
SCOREBOMtP
Perry Recreation Department
softball tournament, Tuesday
at Creekwood Park
NEW LIFE 11, PERRY
METHODIST 7
NLOOO 351 2-11 173
PM 002 003 2 - 7 11 5
WP: Bobby Lawhorn. LP: David
Beck. Leading hitters: (NL)
Jeremy Barr 3-4, Joseph Langley
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New Life’s Corey Rockwell is out at first on a 6-3 grounder.
Covering the bag is Perry Methodist’s Mark Massey.
2-4. Steven Giles 2-4 28, Bobby Massey 2-4, Len Talton 2-4 28,
Lawhorn 3-4 4 RBI, (PM) Mark Chance Jones 3-4.
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grounded to short. The
game was tied 5-5 going into
the final frame.
New Hope didn’t waste
time regaining the lead.
Marcus Snider reached first
on an error. He looked like
he was destined to end the
inning there when the next
two batters popped up the
catcher and second, respec
tively.
A fielding error on Paul
Hibbet’s grounder kept the
inning alive and allowed
Snider to reach third. Snider
and Hibbett scored on Jason
Snider’s single.
St. Patrick’s came to bat
trading 7-5, but Kevin Davis
hit a one-out double.
Maskell hit a blooper to
right field. Two fielders col
lided and as the ball
bounced around unattend
ed, Davis scored and
Maskell was lumbering
around the bases.
As he approached third,
an errant throw sailed past
the third baseman and
Maskell scored to tie the
game, 7-7.
The next batter, Chaz
Filholm walked, but the
next St. Patrick’s batter
flied out. With two outs,
Zelenak walked. That put
Filhom on second.
Phil Ingram ended the
game by singling to center.
The ball was deep enough to
allow Filholm to score the
winning run.
“We just never gave up,”
said St. Patrick’s coach Pat
Filholm.
SCOREBOARD
Perry Recreation Department
softball tournament, Tuesday
at Creekwood Park
ST. PATRICK 8,
NEW HOPE 7
NH 100 004 2-7 12 2
SP 400 001 3-8 10 4
WP: Mike Zelenak. LP: Mark
Morgan. Leading hitter: (NH)
Brian Willard 2-4, Paul Hibbet 2-
4, Jason Snider 3-4 HR 2 RBI,
Rodger Fuller 2-3, Bobby
Padgett 2-3; (SP) Mike Zelenak
2-3, Phil Ingram 2-3 38, 2 RBI.
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HHJ Joe Sersey
Houston County fast pitch players work on crossover drills
Monday at the school.
SHORT-HANDED
From page 1B
to fast pitch, as well as some oth
ers who aren’t.
“Lowndes has been playing
fast pitch the longest,” Griffin
said. “There are six teams in our
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Houston County’s Michael Cubbett, right, gives teammate Daniel
Gill a shove during pass blocking drills Monday at the school.
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Lee Pope, the Bears offensive line coach, gives directions for
a pass blocking drill.
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pretty good turnout.”
Johnson said his players have
been running and lifting since
May 30.
“We do the regular stuff, but
we pick up the intensity,” he
said. “We do a lot of team reps
on offense.”
Defensive preparation
requires contact, but the
offense can run through plays
and formations without bump
ing heads.
THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2004
region, and some of them are
fairly new to fast pitch.”
The Lady Bears’ practices are
scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to
noon .through Thursday and
then begin again Monday.
The Bears typically don’t
travel for their yearly camp,
instead holding it at the school.
It’s slated to begin Monday.
By then, the Bears will be
wearing pads and helmets.
Johnson has also scheduled
two jamborees. The first one is
with Westside Aug. 3, and the
second one will be Aug. 9
against Jones County.
Both will be hosted bv
Houston County High School.
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