Senior Night: Northview Beats Chipley In Eight

April 9, 2016

Roman Manning drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 8th inning for the Northview Chiefs on Senior Night to defeat the Chipley Tigers 6-5.

Northview started off hot Friday night with four runs in the first inning to take a commanding 4-0 lead. Chipley, ranked #4 in 1A in Florida, cut into the lead in the 4th inning with two runs in the top half of the inning, but the Chiefs responded with one in the bottom of the 4th for a 5-2 lead. Chipley added one run in the 6th inning and two runs in the 7th inning to tie the game at 5-5 and force the extra inning.

Leading hitters for the Chiefs were Quentin Sampson (2-5, 1 RBI); Zach Payne (1-1, 1 RBI, 1 run); Jared Aliff (1-2, 1 RBI); Roman Manning (1-4, 1 RBI, 1 run); Thomas Moore (1-3); Seth Killam (1-3, 2 runs, including the game-winning run). John Chivington and Devin Stabler also had a run each for Northview.

Daniel Mascaro earned the win for Northview, throwing one inning and allowing no hits or no runs. Thomas Moore threw seven innings, striking out 10 batters while allowing five hits and five runs.

Northview improved to 7-9 on the season and 4-6 in the district. The Chiefs finished tied for #3 in District 3-1A, but a tiebreaker will move them to the #4 seed in the upcoming district tournament.

Northview returns to action in their regular season finale Tuesday at Laurel Hill.

Pictured: Northview seniors and their parents (L-R) Jacob Dunsford, Zach Holland and Roman Manning. Not pictured: Thomas Moore. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News, Sports, TOP sports