Five Lady Rebels Advance to Sectional in Track

The Rebels, hampered by some injuries, were not as fortunate, with the team of Ty Winkler, John Howell, Kent Ozment and Chad Slaughter completing the 3200 meter relay in fourth place, the highest finish of any team or individual for the day. Other team results found Josh Stenberg, Clint Woodard, Cody Cook and Demerrick Diggs with a sixth place finish in the 400 meter relay while Woodard, C. Cook, Ryan Drewry and Daniel Duncan completed the 800 relay in seventh place. Also in seventh place for the 1600 meter relay was the team of Drewry, Duncan, D. Cook and Brandon Cook.

Individually, David Duncan completed the 200 meter in sixth place, Ozment was eighth in the 3200, Stenberg was sixth in the shot put and seventh in the discuss and Winkler was sixth in the 800.
 

Huntingdon's Mustangs scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to take a district title from the Tigers by a single run on Thursday, May 9. Huntingdon's eleven runs were scattered throughout the game while the Tigers came on strong in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to score ten.

In the first inning, after Will Spellings (who pitched five innings) managed to retire the Tigers first three batters, Huntingdon came to bat with Adam Parish reaching base to lead off and then Justin Truett hitting a homerun to score two runs for the Stangs. The Tigers Rick Sturdivant then managed to get the next three batters out a Huntingdon took a 2-0 lead.

The Tigers got a couple of base runners in the second inning, but were unable to put any runs on the board. Jacob Smothers hit a homerun in the bottom of the inning and Huntingdon led 3-0 after two. Neither team had a base runner or run in the third inning. After having three up and down in the top of the fourth inning, the Tigers faced hitter Brian Nellett, who led off for Huntingdon with a double and ultimately scored, giving the Mustangs a 4-0 lead after four innings. In the top of the fifth inning, the Tigers bats began to make some noise as Patrick Willis hit a double with one on base and ultimately scored with John Ulderich getting a single in the inning. After four and one half innings, Huntingdon led 4-2.

In the bottom of the fifth inning however, the Mustangs made some noise of their own as Sturdivant gave up singles to Andrew Maddox and Smothers and a homerun to Nellet as Huntingdon's lead improved to 8-2.

In the top of the sixth inning, with Nellett on the mound, the Tigers scored three runs on a single hit, a single by Willis to narrow the lead to 8-5 and Josh Edwards, who was pitching in relief of Sturdivant, held the Mustangs in the bottom of the inning, leaving the score 8-5, Huntingdon.

With Corren Tippitt on the mound in the top of the seventh, Ulderich took base after being hit by a pitch, followed by singles by John Jordan and Derrick Malugen. Sturdivant hit a double to score two runs and Grant Hollingsworth hit a homerun to score three. The Tigers next three batters flew out to center, right and second base, leaving the Tigers with a 10-8 lead.

The Mustangs then led off with a homerun by Nellett to narrow the lead to a single run. Edwards struck out the second batters and then Mark Newsome hit a single. Parish hit a fielder's choice and the Tigers failed to get either base runner out. A pitch hit Truett and then on a single by Tippitt, two runs were scored and Huntingdon won the game 11-10.

Huntingdon reached the championship game by defeating Big Sandy on Tuesday, May 7, 10-0 in a five-inning game. Parish led in hits with three singles while John Taylor had a homerun and a single, Maddox had a single and double, Smothers homered, Spellings had a pair of doubles and Newsome singled in the game as Huntingdon had 11 hits. Pitcher Jacob Smothers struck out 12 Red Devils in the five-inning game and gave up only one single.