Bristol Herald Courier | Tim Hayes | Photo Credit: BHC
Baseball
It’s safe to say that Christian Ball is seeing the ball well.
The Honaker High School slugger went 4-for-5, scored three runs and tallied eight RBIs as the Tigers throttled Grundy 34-0 on Friday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the VHSL Region 1D baseball tournament.
Oh yeah, he also pitched the final inning to polish off a no-hitter.
Ball homered in a 5-1 opening-round triumph over Twin Springs on Wednesday.
Keaton Smith had himself a day for Honaker too as he finished 4-for-5 with six RBIs.
“Keaton and Christian both swung it well today,” said Honaker coach Derrick Murphy. “They both barreled it up and really produced.”
Jake Rasnake (3-for-4, four runs, two RBIs), Connor Musick (2-for-3, four runs), Kam Beavers (2-for-4, two runs, three RBIs) and Kole Reynolds (3-for-4, five runs)
Honaker 700 (23)4—34 20 0
Grundy 000 00—0 0 7
Beavers, Ball (5) and K. Smith. Smeltzer, Whited (4), Ford (4), Payne (4) and Mays. W – Bevers. L – Smeltzer. HR – Altizer (H), 4th, one on.
SOFTBALL
Honaker 6, Twin Springs 2
Jailey Yates had three of Honaker’s 13 hits as the Tigers topped Twin Springs in the quarterfinals of the Region 1D tournament.
Lincoln Bush went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and put Honaker ahead to stay by driving in a run with a single during a four-run uprising in the third inning.
Cadence Rose, Sophie Campbell and Peyton Marshall added two hits apiece, while winning pitcher Gracie Shelton spun a five-hitter with five strikeouts.
Emma Ross and Lindsay Dean scored the runs for Twin Springs.
Honaker also eliminated Twin Springs from the Region 1D girls basketball tournament.
Honaker 104 010 0—6 13 2
Twin Springs 010 010 0—2 5 1
Shelton and Campbell. Gillenwater, Robinson (3) and Tomlinson. W – Shelton. L – Gillenwater. HR – none.