Northview Beats Jay; Tate Tops West Florida; NHS Softball Rounds Out Season

April 6, 2016

Northview 8, Jay 4

The Northview Chiefs defeated the Jay Royals Tuesday night by a score of 8-4.

The Royals struck first with two runs in the second inning. Northview battled back with a run in the fourth inning and a run in the fifth inning to tie the game at 2-2. The Chiefs exploded for five runs in the sixth inning to take a 7-2 lead, but Jay tacked on two in the bottom half of the sixth for a 7-4 game heading into the final inning, where Northview added one more insurance run for the 8-4 victory.

Leading hitters for the Chiefs were Thomas Moore (3-3, RBI); Jared Aliff (2-4, 2B, RBI); Seth Killam (2-3, 2 runs); Quentin Sampson (1-4, 2 RBI, SB, run); Roman Manning (1-4, 2 RBI); Josh Neese (1-2); Zach Payne (1-4, 2B, RBI); Jacob Dunsford (1-3, run). Luke Ward scored two runs for the Chiefs, while Devin Stabler and M.J. Jones each added one run.

Josh Neese earned the win in relief for Northview, throwing 5 1/3 innings, giving up two unearned runs on only one hit with two strikeouts. Daniel Mascaro pitched 1 2/3 innings, giving up two runs on one hit and three strikeouts. The duo combined to only allow two hits all night.

Logan Dobson was the losing pitcher for Jay, throwing six innings, giving up seven runs on 11 hits while striking out two batters. Brandon Covan (1-3, run) and Connor Moye (1-4) recorded the only hits for the Royals.

With the win, Northview improves to 6-8 overall and 3-6 in district, while Jay falls to 5-11 and 3-6 in district. Northview plays Wednesday night at home aganst Corbin (KY) High School.

Tate 3, West Florida

The Tate Aggies beat the West Florida Jaguars Tuesday 3-1 .

Hunter Nesmith was 2-3 with a double in the second inning and a single in the fourth as Tate earned the win at home.

Madison Lockman earned the win in relief for the Aggies with two innings on the mound with no runs and striking out two. Trace Penton pitched two for the Aggies, allowing one run and walking one. Jake Davis also pitched two for Tate, striking out three with no hits, no runs and no errors. Logan McGuffey pitched one inning for Tate, striking out three with no hits, no runs and no errors.

The Tate Aggies scored one in the second inning, matching West Florida’s lone score. Josh Kea hit a sacrifice fly for the score. In the fourth inning, Tate scored a couple on a two-run single from Mason Land.

SOFTBALL

Gulf Breeze 10, Northview:

The Northview Lady Chiefs lost their final game of the Regular season at the Gulf Breeze Dolphins 10-4.

Tori Herrington took the loss in 6 innings while striking out 4, walking 2, allowing 8 hits, 10 runs and 7 earned runs.

Batting for the Lady Chiefs were Hannah Ging: 1-2 with a walk and 2 runs. Tori Herrington: 1-2 with 2 walks and 2 runs. Aubree Love: 1-4 with 3 RBI’s, Jamia Newton: 1-4. Kendall Enfinger 1-4.

The Chiefs will begin the district tournament Monday at Northview. Opponent and time TBD.

Comments

One Response to “Northview Beats Jay; Tate Tops West Florida; NHS Softball Rounds Out Season”

  1. ROY A HAMMAC on April 12th, 2016 2:09 pm

    Seth Killam,

    Your Uncle Roy follows your baseball team every week and you are always mentioned as one of the leading hitters. I am very proud of you.

    Love you,

    Uncle Roy

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