GREENVILLE —
Caddo Mills 7,
Prairiland 4
TRENTON — Cody Nitson struck out six and drove in two runs to help the Caddo Mills Foxes claim the Trenton baseball tournament with a 7-4 victory over Prairiland in the championship game on Saturday.
Nitson fired a three-hitter and went 2-for-3 at the plate to earn most valuable player honors for the tournament.
Jonathon Gillispie was also 2-for-4 for the Foxes, who improved to 8-1 for the season.
Caddo Mills also downed Trenton 10-5, Ector 13-1 and S&S Consolidated 6-1 in tournament play.
Nitson was 3-for-3 with a double and a triple against S&S.
Hayden Greene and James Kielty both had two hits for Caddo Mills against Ector.
Trenton baseball tournament
Championship game
Caddo Mills 010 004 2 —7 7 9
Prairiland 120 010 0 —4 3 2
WP: Cody Nitson, 3 hits, 4 runs, 0 ERs, 1 BB, 6 Ks.
LP: Patterson.
Leading hitters
CM: Cody Nitson 2-3, 2B, 2 RBIs; Jonathon Gillispie 2-4, Kyle Senter 1-4, Michael Williamson 1-4, James Kielty 1-3.
P: Patterson 1-4, Gentry 1-4.
Record: CM 8-1.
Next game: Princeton at Caddo Mills, 7 p.m. Monday.
Caddo Mills (girls) 16,
Fruitvale 1
TYLER — The Caddo Mills Lady Foxes went 5-0 this weekend in the Tyler TASO softball tournament.
The Lady Foxes whipped Jacksonville 14-4, Chapel Hill 17-2, Slocum 5-2, Brownsboro 9-2 and Fruitvale 16-1.
Mary Moran led the Foxes at the plate against Jacksonville with a grand slam homer.
Kristen Maxwell homered against Chapel Hill and Makenna Tallant pounded two doubles.
Jacie Thomason doubled against Slocum as Moran fired a two-hitter.
Thomason slugged a grand slam and drove in five runs against Brownsboro and Moran also homered.
Kristen Maxwell tripled and homered against Fruitvale and Thomason doubled.
Tyler TASO softball tournament
Game
Caddo Mills 613 31 —14 9 1
Jacksonville 010 21 — 4 5 5
WP: Mary Moran.
Leading hitters
CM: Mary Moran HR, Natalie Wright 2-2, Jacie Thomason 2-2, Makenna Tallant 2B, Elizabeth Mock 3B.
Game
Caddo Mills 110 5(10) —17 18 2
Chapel Hill 110 00 —2 5 8
WP: Kristen Maxwell.
Leading hitters
CM: Jamie Maxwell 2-2, Makenna Tallant 2 2Bs, Jacie Thomason 2B, Kristen Maxwell HR.
Game
Caddo Mills 000 302 0 —5 8 3
Slocum 110 000 0 —2 2 2
WP: Mary Moran.
Leading hitters
CM: Jacie Thomason 2B.
Game
Caddo Mills 021 600 0 —9 7 2
Brownsboro 200 000 0 —2 6 0
WP: Mary Moran.
Leading hitters
CM: Mary Moran HR, Jacie Thomason HR, 5 RBIs.
Game
Caddo Mills 484 —16 18 0
Fruitvale 001 — 1 1 0
WP: Kristen Maxwell.
Leading hitters
CM Jamie Maxwell 2-3, Makenna Tallant 3-3, Elizabeth Mock 3-3, Kristen Maxwell 3-3, 3B, HR, Mary Moran 3-3, Jacie Thomason 2B.
Next game: Sunnyvale at Caddo Mills, Tuesday.
Leonard 9,
Commerce 3
COMMERCE — Leonard jumped out to a 9-0 lead and held on for a 9-3 win over Commerce on Saturday in the Cooper-Commerce baseball tournament.
Walker Copeland tripled for Leonard and Ty McKinney doubled and drove in two runs.
Ramon Mojica tallied two hits for Commerce.
Ryan Nixon struck out five in 3 1/3 innings to pick up the mound win with help from Mason Sargent. — Reported by Johnny McKinney.
Cooper/Commerce baseball tournament
Leonard 204 30 —9 4 3
Commerce 000 30 —3 4 4
WP: Ryan Nixon, 4 hits, 3 runs, 2 ERs, 4 BBs, 5 Ks in 3 1/3 IP; relieved by Mason Sargent, 0 hits, 0 runs, 2 BBs, 2 Ks in 1 2/3 IP.
LP: Jeffrey Hilsdon, 4 hits, 9 runs, 5 ERs, 4 BBs, 5 Ks in 4 IP; relieved by Bailey Weaver, 0 hits, 0 runs, 2 BBs, 1 K in 1 IP.
Leading hitters
L: Walker Copeland 1-3, 3B; Ty McKinney 1-2, 2B, 2 RBIs; Blake Cummings 1-3, Colson Coehely 1-3.
C: Ramon Mojica 2-3, Garrett Jackson 1-3, Josh Brewer 1-3.
Record: L 6-3.
Next game: Leonard at Pilot Point, Tuesday.
GCS 17,
Fruitvale 13
FRUITVALE — Greenville Christian School won a 17-13 non-district baseball slugfest with Fruitvale on Friday.
The Eagles scored off 13 hits, driving in 17 runs and stealing eight bases.
GCS pitchers Nathan Weaks and Cameron Arnold combined for 15 strikeouts, including nine by Weaks in five innings.
GCS plays again Tuesday at Breckenridge Park to play HSAA.
Ashdown 17,
Quinlan Ford 0
COOPER — Ashdown Arkansas handed the Quinlan Ford Panthers a 17-0 loss on Saturday in the Cooper baseball tournament.
Ford managed only one hit.
Bryce Evilsizer took the mound loss.
Lone Oak’s Buffaloes won their tournament game on Saturday, 13-0 over Alba-Golden.
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