Tate’s State Championship Hopes Ended By Creekside

May 11, 2016

The Tate Aggies had their hopes a state championship dashed Tuesday night as they were eliminated from the playoffs after a 6-2 loss to St. John’s Creekside

Creekside took an early lead with a single in the bottom of the first. The Aggies answered with a run in the top of the third, but Creekside followed with a run of their own in the inning. Both teams added a run in the firth, and Creekside surged in the bottom of the sixth inning with three runs.

For Tate, Reid Halfacre was 0-2 with a run, Trace Penton was 1-4, Brandon Fryman went 2-3, Cole Halfacre 2-4 with a RBI, Mason Land 1-4 with a RBI,  Logan Blackmon and Hunter NeSmith were both 0-3, Logan McGuffey was 1-3 and Josh Kea went  1-3 with a run.

Penton was charged with the loss. He pitched 1.2 innings, walked three. struck out none and allowed three runs.

The Tate Aggies finished their season as regional runner-up with a 25-5 record.

Comments

2 Responses to “Tate’s State Championship Hopes Ended By Creekside”

  1. JS on May 11th, 2016 5:45 pm

    Keep your heads up guys. You still have a lot of people proud of you. Keep up the hard work, we will still be rooting for you no matter what.
    Great season!

  2. Steven Desposito on May 11th, 2016 6:34 am

    This was a great run at the championship game but these young men need to be proud of their accomplishments and this year will be a memory that they can enjoy for the rest of their life.

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