BECKVILLE VARSITY BASEBALL

May 7, 2006

Our Beckville Varsity Boys Baseball team played two exciting games Saturday night to secure their title as Bi-District Champions. Both games were against the Cayuga Wildcats and provided edge-of-your-seat entertainment. This was a best of (2 out of 3) series played at Jacksonville High School Stadium.

Information about Area playoffs will be posted as soon as they are available. Last word was that the next series would also be played at Jacksonville.

The first game was a runaway success with Beckville shutting out the Wildcats 14-0. Several spectacular plays from the Bearcats kept the crowd cheering. Charlie "Red" Dailey impressed both defensively as pitcher for the entire game and also offensively as he hurdled over the hindcatcher to score a run at home. No one was more surprised than the hindcatcher!

As the Bearcats scored 9 points in the first inning, it was evident to the Wildcats that they were sufficiently outmatched. The Bearcats went on to score 1 point and 4 points in subsequent innings. Beckville was declared the winner after the Wildcats at-bat in the 5th inning.

Following a 40 minute break, play resumed for the second game of the series. Cayuga rallied much more determined and led the Bearcats for a nail-biting 1-0 at the bottom of the 3rd inning. The Bearcats resumed the lead in the 4th inning and pulled ahead in the 5th. Following a 3-up 3-down series by pitcher Lance Dorman in the last inning, Beckville won the game with a final score of 5-3.

Highlights of the game included the ejection of Cayuga's hindcatcher, Senior Daniel Hilton #1 and Bearcat courtesy runner, Freshman, Drew Hightower #17, following an altercation at home plate. Hightower pulled a major league tactic trying to reach home plate and charged the hindcatcher who was standing in the baseline. Hinton's reaction was to pop the runner on top of the head. The umpire's immediate reaction was to eject Hinton for unsportsmanlike conduct. After much discussion, Hightower left the game as well.

Pitchers for this game were Charlie "Red" Dailey #3, Justin Newman #18, and Lance Dorman #4.

NOTE: ANY STATISTICAL ERRORS ARE THE FAULT OF THE WRITER AND NOT THE SCOREKEEPER. PLEASE E-MAIL ANGIE@BECKVILLE.COM TO ADVISE OF ANY CORRECTIONS.

Photos of the game are available in the Sports section at http://scottshots.dotphoto.com