Cougar baseball season underway
The Mountain Heritage baseball team has had to battle the elements as well as some very talented opponents in the opening weeks of the 2013 season, dropping a non-conference game at North Buncombe and their first two WHC games at Hendersonville and Polk County.
In the season opener against the Black Hawks of North Buncombe, the #2 ranked team in the state 3A polls, the Cougars struggled with several basketball players not yet on the roster in an 11-0 loss.
Heritage had four errors in the loss and was not able to hit winning pitcher Dylan Fox who struck out seven Cougar batters in three innings of work on the mound.
Drew Hoilman was on the mound for the Cougars, giving up two hits and four earned runs while striking out one batter.
Defensively, Tate Robinson, Daulton Rathburn, Gray McCurry and Drew Hoilman all recorded putouts for Heritage while Caleb Garland, Tate Robinson, Daulton Rathburn, Drew Hoilman, Rome Robinson, Dakota Wilson and Gray McCurry all had assist in the contest.
The Cougars, who finished second in the Western Highlands Conference last season, fought hard in the league opener at Hendersonville before falling 3-2 in a pitching duel between Kaleb McCurry and the Bearcat’s Samuel Linn.
McCurry pitched six strong innings and gave up only three hits but two errors hurt the Cougars. Both McCurry and Linn struck out ten batters in the WHC opener.
Hendersonville, ranked 6th in 1A, grabbed a 3-0 lead after five innings of play before the Cougars got on the scoreboard on a run by Lucas King in the sixth. Rome Robinson scored the other Heritage run in the 7th inning but the Cougars could not push another runner across.
Getting hits for the Cougars were Shelby Silver (1 for 3), Tate Robinson (1 for 2, 1 RBI), Lucas King (1 for 2), Brandon Brown (1 for 3, 1RBI), Dakota Wilson (1 for 3) and Drew Hoilman (1 for 3).
Brandon Brown went 1 for 2 and scored a run, Gray McCurry went 1 for 2 and had an RBI while Dalton Buchanan went 1 for 2 at the plate and Lucas King scored a run in an 11-2 loss to Polk County on Friday in Burnsville. Polk has won the WHC regular season baseball title three of the past four years.
Brandon Brown gave up six hits in three innings on the mound for the Cougars, allowing two earned runs while striking out two Wolverine batters.
This week the Cougars will continue WHC play in a trip to Owen on Tuesday while squeezing in a game at Christ School on Wednesday before finishing off the week at Thomas Jefferson on Friday.
By David Grindstaff
david@wkyk.com
The Mountain Heritage baseball team has had to battle the elements as well as some very talented opponents in the opening weeks of the 2013 season, dropping a non-conference game at North Buncombe and their first two WHC games at Hendersonville and Polk County.
In the season opener against the Black Hawks of North Buncombe, the #2 ranked team in the state 3A polls, the Cougars struggled with several basketball players not yet on the roster in an 11-0 loss.
Heritage had four errors in the loss and was not able to hit winning pitcher Dylan Fox who struck out seven Cougar batters in three innings of work on the mound.
Drew Hoilman was on the mound for the Cougars, giving up two hits and four earned runs while striking out one batter.
Defensively, Tate Robinson, Daulton Rathburn, Gray McCurry and Drew Hoilman all recorded putouts for Heritage while Caleb Garland, Tate Robinson, Daulton Rathburn, Drew Hoilman, Rome Robinson, Dakota Wilson and Gray McCurry all had assist in the contest.
The Cougars, who finished second in the Western Highlands Conference last season, fought hard in the league opener at Hendersonville before falling 3-2 in a pitching duel between Kaleb McCurry and the Bearcat’s Samuel Linn.
McCurry pitched six strong innings and gave up only three hits but two errors hurt the Cougars. Both McCurry and Linn struck out ten batters in the WHC opener.
Hendersonville, ranked 6th in 1A, grabbed a 3-0 lead after five innings of play before the Cougars got on the scoreboard on a run by Lucas King in the sixth. Rome Robinson scored the other Heritage run in the 7th inning but the Cougars could not push another runner across.
Getting hits for the Cougars were Shelby Silver (1 for 3), Tate Robinson (1 for 2, 1 RBI), Lucas King (1 for 2), Brandon Brown (1 for 3, 1RBI), Dakota Wilson (1 for 3) and Drew Hoilman (1 for 3).
Brandon Brown went 1 for 2 and scored a run, Gray McCurry went 1 for 2 and had an RBI while Dalton Buchanan went 1 for 2 at the plate and Lucas King scored a run in an 11-2 loss to Polk County on Friday in Burnsville. Polk has won the WHC regular season baseball title three of the past four years.
Brandon Brown gave up six hits in three innings on the mound for the Cougars, allowing two earned runs while striking out two Wolverine batters.
This week the Cougars will continue WHC play in a trip to Owen on Tuesday while squeezing in a game at Christ School on Wednesday before finishing off the week at Thomas Jefferson on Friday.
By David Grindstaff
david@wkyk.com
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