By Jake McCoy
Tigers roar past Pickering
On Tuesday Mar. 18, the DeQuincy Tigers traveled to Pickering to take on the Red Devils in District 4-2A action. It didn’t take long for the Tigers to put runs on the board as they would score 9 in the first inning alone. They would add 6 more in the second inning and then 7 in the third.
Carson Rainwater was 2-2 with 4 RBIs, Nolan Schrader was 1-1 with 2 RBIs, Andrew Dowden was 2-2 with an RBI, Noah Pettifield was 1-1 with an RBI, Rahley Royer was 1-2 with an RBI, Hayz Hext was 2-4, and Rowdy Griffin was 1-1 with an RBI.
Grant Rainwater pitched all 3 innings only allowing 1 hit and striking out 8 batters.
DeQuincy 22, Pickering 0
Tigers shut out Vinton
Last Thursday Mar. 20, the DeQuincy Tigers hosted the Vinton Lions in District 4-2A action. This game has been on the calendar of many fans from both communities as both DeQuincy and Vinton were expected to be highly ranked in the Division IV Non-Select rankings coming into this season. That would indeed be the case last Thursday as both teams came in ranked in the Top 4 of that division. But it would be the home standing Tigers who were victorious as pitcher Turner Rodriguez was spectacular on the mound going 6.2 innings only allowing 4 hits. He recorded a season high 15 strikeouts. His defense backed him up as well playing complimentary baseball which aided Rodriguez in completing the shutout over their arch rival.
The Tigers’ bats were just as good as Big Red would collect 13 hits.
Carson Rainwater was 4-4, Diron Valentine was 2-3 with an RBI, Nolan Schrader was 1-4 with an RBI, Andrew Dowden was 2-4 with 2 RBIs, Turner Rodriguez was 1-4, Noah Pettifield was 2-3 with an RBI, and Rahley Royer was 1-3.
DeQuincy 6, Vinton 0
Tigers blast Oberlin 20-5
On Friday Mar. 21, the DeQuincy Tigers hosted the Oberlin Tigers in Non District action. Oberlin would get on the board quickly thanks to couple of DeQuincy errors. However the home standing Tigers would answer back very quickly and often with their bats as DeQuincy scored 14 runs in just the first inning alone. Oberlin would add one more run in the top of the second but that was all they could scratch across. DeQuincy continued to pile on the runs with 5 in the bottom of the second then one more in the bottom of the third as DeQuincy would walk off run rule Oberlin in 3 innings.
For those who may not have known, prior to the start of this baseball seasons the LHSAA voted to implement a 15 run after 3 innings rule for the first time in LHSAA baseball history. This rule has been implemented for many years in softball.
Diron Valentine was 1-3, Nolan Schrader was 2-2 with 2 RBIs, Andrew Dowden was 3-4 with 3 RBIs, Turner Rodriguez was 3-3 with 3 RBIs, Noah Pettifield was 1-1 with an RBI, Rahley Royer was 1-2 with 2 RBIs, Grant Rainwater was 1-2 with 2 RBIs, and Hayz Hext was 1-2 with an RBI.
Carson Rainwater pitched 1-1 innings and recorded 4 strikeouts, Diron Valentine pitched 1.2 innings and recorded 2 strikeouts.
DeQuincy 20, Oberlin 5
South Beau run rules Iowa
On Tuesday Mar. 18, the South Beauregard Golden Knights hosted the Iowa Yellowjackets in Non District action.
The Golden Knights’ bats exploded in the 6th inning with resulted in the game ending by 10 run rule after South Beau scored 8 runs in that inning.
Jed Henry was 3-4 with 3 RBIs, Luke Brister was 1-3 with 2 RBIs, Alex Baggett was 2-4 with an RBI, Luke Fontenot was 1-3, Cy Barrow was 2-3 with 2 RBIs, Ethan Manual was 1-2 with 2 RBIs, and Noah Fontenot was 1-3 with 2 RBIs.
Noah Fontenot pitched all 6 innings recording 5 strikeouts.
South Beauregard 13, Iowa 3
