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Farm Bureau drops Homeland Bank
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Nikki Childers
Updated: Jun 19, 2012, 9:43 PM
Published: Jun 19, 2012, 10:43 PM

Monday night was the first night of tournament games in the boys 9-10 junior league and upsets are already happening.
Netherton Dentistry, the league’s last-place team in the regular season, matched its regular-season win total by defeating Gondola 7-4. The seeding held up in the other game Monday as the No. 8 seed Farm Bureau beat No. 9 Homeland Bank 9-5.
Netherton Dentistry went 1-8 in the regular season, but Riley Cope’s three-run, inside-the-park home run in the fifth inning against Gondola helped the team celebrate victory for the second time this season.
The game entered the fifth inning with the score locked at 3-3, but Cope doubled his team’s run total with one swing.
Eric Cason and David Netherton each scored on Cope’s home-run blast to the fence. Jackson Sauer would add an RBI triple later as Netherton Dentistry went up 7-3 entering the bottom of the fifth.
Cope also earned the win as he pitched out of a jam in the bottom of the fifth to secure the victory.
After a lead-off walk to Justin Fox, Daylon Spell made it 7-4 with an RBI single as Gondola tried to rally to win.
Another runner reached base, bringing the tying run to the plate, but Cope finished the game with back-to-back strikeouts.
Cope led Netherton Dentistry with two hits. Sauer and Jake Wilenski had one hit each. Wilenski started and struck out eight before giving way to Cope midway through the fourth inning.
Trace Adcock led off the game with an inside-the-park home run for Gondola, which was eliminated following the loss. Spell had the only other hit for Gondola.
The Farm Bureau bats woke up in extra innings as the team pulled away for a four-run win.
Farm Bureau scored four runs in the top of the seventh to break a 5-5 tie and advance to the second round of the junior league tournament.
Will Rivers broke the tie with a two-run triple, then Austin Martin capped the big inning with a two-run triple of his own.
Farm Bureau led 4-0 after the top of the first as Rivers hit a two-run, inside-the-park home run and Brady McCormack drove in one run with a triple.
Homeland Bank fought back though, getting two runs in the first on singles by Carter Mansfield and Jace Brantley. A third-inning RBI single by Hayden Lytle made it 4-3 and Homeland Bank finally took the lead when John Garrett drove in two runs with a single in the fourth.
Dylan Partain sent the game into extra innings when he made it 5-5 with an inside-the-park home run in the top of the sixth.
Mansfield ran out of steam in the seventh as Farm Bureau finally figured out the hard-throwing righty. Four straight hits to start the seventh, including River’s big triple, led Farm Bureau to victory.
Mansfield took the loss, pitching into the seventh inning before being relieved by Jace Brantley. Mansfield finished with 12 strikeouts.
Mansfield and Lytle led Homeland Bank with two hits each. Garrett and Justin Brantley added one hit apiece.
Ben Rivers, Will Rivers, Gage Walker and  Brennan Keaton led Farm Bureau with two hits apiece. Martin, Partain and McCormack had one hit each.
McCormack earned the victory, pitching the final three innings and striking out six.
Tournament action continued at Sam Martin Field last night. Scores were not available at press time. The tournament is set to conclude next week.
WCHS softball blanks Warren East, baseball goes 1-3 through weekend
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Matt Tyson
Published: Apr 9, 2025, 2:26 AM

Two days after steamrolling Shelbyville 20-0, the Warren County softball team carried its hot streak into the weekend with a Saturday matchup against Warren East (Ky.).

The Lady Pioneers continued to roll, taking down the visiting Lady Raiders 5-0.

The team posted nine hits over the course of the game, led by Lily Rains and Kyaira Sharpe with two each.

Addison Smith, Kaydence Wiser, Cortlyn Porter, Ceilee Gudat and Ali Young all followed with one hit each.

Porter had two of Warren County’s five RBI, with one each for Wiser, Sharpe and Young.

Gudat went the distance in the circle, striking out six and holding Warren East to four hits across all seven innings.

WCHS baseball loses three of four.

The Warren County High School baseball team was back in action Friday evening with a pair of games against Marion County and Heritage Christian (Ala.).

In their first game against Marion County, the Pioneers came up just short in an 8-7, 5.5-inning loss.

Sam Robinson led Warren County’s effort at the plate with two of the team’s seven hits. Tyler Adams, Ryder Gilispie, Woogs Bryan, Hayven Jones and Corban Felton each added one. Adams, Robinson, Jones and Jerren Harris each had one RBI for a team total of four.

Brady Swallows got it started on the mound with three strikeouts, three hits, four runs and three walks. Jaytton Baker followed for 1.1 innings and came off with five hits and three runs. Daylen Holguin wrapped it up with two strikeouts, two hits and one run over the last two innings.

The Pioneers had better luck in their nightcap against Heritage Christian, coming out on top 4-1 in five innings.

Warren County finished the game with eight hits, including two each for both Gilispie and Bryan. Felton, Jones, Baker and Evan Snapp followed with one hit each.

Bryan came away with two of the team’s three RBI, with Gilispie adding the third.

Jones pitched 4.2 innings and finished with six strikeouts, five hits, one run and six walks.

Gilispie came on to close out the bottom of the fifth inning.

The Pioneers were back at it Saturday with two more games against Sequatchie County and Whitwell, respectively.

Opening against Sequatchie County, Warren County gave up eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on the way to a 9-0, 6.5-inning shutout loss to begin the day.

The team was held to three hits, with one each for Felton, Bryan and Jones.

Keaton Rowe pitched 5.2 innings, striking out two and allowing six hits, eight runs and three walks. Isaac Smith added one strikeout, two hits and one run to close out the bottom of the sixth inning.

Warren County once again ran into scoring trouble against Whitwell, falling 6-1 in six innings to the Tigers.

Smith was credited with three of the team’s four hits, with Felton adding the fourth.

Robinson had the team’s lone RBI.

Braden Whinnery got it started on the mound with three strikeouts, three hits, four runs and one walk through 3.2 innings. Lealon Arnold came on in relief, finishing the top of the fourth inning with one hit and one run. Up next was Miguel Garcia, who additionally surrendered one hit and one run in the top of the fifth inning. Keagan Thompson closed it out, striking out one and adding one more hit over the remaining 1.2 innings.