Bluebirds Earn Two Wins |
| PHOTO: Allen Ramsey, DWCPhoto.com. Highlands senior Ethan Doty (14) makes a play in a recent game. Doty picked up the win for the Bluebirds in the win over Dixie Heights on Saturday. |
The Bluebirds played five games between Tuesday and Saturday and came away with two wins Saturday at Dixie Heights to move back to .500 on the year. Highlands earned its first win of the year against a non-Kentucky team, 3-2 over the Hilliard (Ohio) Bradley Jaguars, located just outside Columbus, before pulling away from the host Colonels, 11-3 to move to 3-2 in 9th Region action.
Highlands put away Dixie Heights with six runs in the top of the seventh inning. The Bluebirds outhit the Colonels, 15-3. Kyle Finfrock led the Bluebirds going 3-for-3 with a double and run batted in with Joe Steiden going 2-for-4 with three RBI. Brady Gosney and Sam Hennigan also had two hits. Hennigan scored twice and Nolan Turner added a double. Ethan Kavanagh, Grant Summers and Ryan Adkins had one stolen base each.
"Our hitting was a lot better that game," Kavanagh said. "We found ways to get on, score and get the win. The Dixie pitchers were mostly throwing fastballs. We were getting really good pitches to hit and we exposed their weaknesses. We did our jobs."
Senior Ethan Doty picked up the win throwing four innings of one-hit ball. He struck out seven and walked six. Sophomore Grady Cramer pitched the last three innings and allowed just two hits, two walks and struck out four.
"The best thing about (Saturday) is that it was a quality win with contributions from everyone on our roster," said Jeremy Baioni, Highlands Head Coach. "We were really proud of the way guys stepped up when called on."
The first game saw Hunter Dreves throw a complete-game for the Bluebirds. He struck out five Jaguars, walked three and allowed just four hits and two earned runs.
Highlands made the most of its seven hits scoring the game-winner in the top of the seventh. Kavanagh and Drew Rom had two hits each. Rom doubled twice and Kyle Rust had another double.
Highlands travels to St. Henry on Monday. Game time is 5 p.m.
Softball:
Highlands goes winless at Shelby County:
The Ladybirds (4-6-1 overall) did not win any of the three games in the Shelby County Invitational over the weekend. They lost 11-4 to Williamstown in five innings and tied the hosts, 5-5 in five innings on Friday before losing 6-3 to Mercer County in four innings Saturday.
Highlands plays host to Conner on Tuesday. Game time is 5:30 p.m.
Baseball Box Scores
HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL (3) AT BRADLEY, OH (2)
HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOO AB R H BI BRADLEY, OH AB R H BI
Kyle Rust 2 0 1 0 Player 1 4 0 1 0
Evan Lewin 2 0 0 0 Player 2 1 1 0 0
Ethan Kavanagh 4 1 2 0 Player 3 3 0 0 0
Trey Bowden 2 1 0 0 Player 4 3 1 2 1
Ethan Doty 4 1 1 0 Player 5 1 0 0 0
Drew Rom 2 0 2 0 Player 6 2 0 0 0
Carson Fitters 2 0 1 1 Player 7 2 0 0 1
Hunter Dreves 3 0 0 0 Player 8 1 0 0 0
Brady Gosney 3 0 0 0 Player 17 1 0 0 0
Bradley Greene 2 0 0 0 Player 11 1 0 0 0
Kyle Finfrock 1 0 0 0 Player 9 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 27 3 7 1 TOTALS 22 2 4 2
HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL 200 000 1 -- 3
BRADLEY, OH 100 100 0 -- 2
LOB--HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL 7, BRADLEY, OH 5. ERR--Ethan
Kavanagh, Player 9, Player 1. 2B--Kyle Rust, Drew Rom (2),
Player 4. HBP--Carson Fitters, Player 2. SACB--Player 7,
Player 6. SB--Player 2 (2).
HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL IP H R ER BB SO HR
Hunter Dreves (W) 7.00 4 2 2 3 5 0
BRADLEY, OH
Player 8 3.00 4 2 1 2 1 0
Player 17 (L) 4.00 3 1 0 1 4 0
WP--Player 8. SO--Bradley Greene, Kyle Rust, Evan Lewin,
Ethan Doty, Hunter Dreves, Player 5, Player 8, Player 3 (2),
Player 1. BB--Trey Bowden (2), Drew Rom, Player 5 (2),
Player 2.
HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL (11) AT DIXIE (3) HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOO AB R H BI DIXIE AB R H BI Trey Bowden 2 0 0 1 Daria 4 0 0 0 Ryan Adkins 1 1 1 0 Ford 0 0 0 1 Joe Steiden 4 0 2 3 Read 1 1 1 0 Hunter Dreves 1 0 0 0 Shumate 4 0 1 0 Ethan Kavanagh 1 0 1 0 Smith 3 0 0 0 Grant Summers 1 1 0 0 Mcginn 4 0 0 0 Spencer Dee 2 0 0 1 Eldridge 1 1 0 0 Drew Rom 2 1 0 0 Carey 1 0 0 0 Grady Cramer 2 1 1 0 Wulfeck 1 1 0 0 Kyle Finfrock 3 0 3 1 Smedley 2 0 1 0 Jackson Recht 0 1 0 0 Suedkamp 2 0 0 1 Brady Gosney 3 1 2 1 Perry 1 0 0 0 Nolan Turner 1 1 1 1 Sam Hennigan 4 2 2 1 Evan Lewin 3 1 1 1 Carson Fitters 1 0 0 0 Bradley Greene 4 1 1 1 TOTALS 35 11 15 11 TOTALS 24 3 3 2 HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL 000 500 6 -- 11 DIXIE 020 010 0 -- 3 LOB--HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL 8, DIXIE 8. ERR--Grant Summers, Evan Lewin, Smedley, Eldridge (2). 2B--Kyle Finfrock, Nolan Turner. HBP--Grant Summers. SB--Ethan Kavanagh, Grant Summers, Ryan Adkins, Ford (2). HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL IP H R ER BB SO HR Ethan Doty (W) 4.00 1 2 1 6 7 0 Grady Cramer (S) 3.00 2 1 1 2 4 0 DIXIE Guenther 1.67 2 0 0 0 2 0 Smedley 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 Mccann 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 Winkle (L) 1.00 5 5 1 2 1 0 Mcginn 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ford 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 Suedkamp 0.33 4 6 6 2 0 0 WP--Grady Cramer (2), Suedkamp, Winkle. SO--Joe Steiden (2), Drew Rom (2), Smith (3), Carey, Shumate (3), Wulfeck, Suedkamp, Daria, Eldridge. BB--Ryan Adkins, Trey Bowden, Jackson Recht, Drew Rom, Smith, Ford (3), Wulfeck (2), Smedley, Eldridge.
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