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First National wins Babe Ruth tourney championship
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Nikki Childers
Updated: Jun 26, 2012, 9:23 PM
Published: Jun 26, 2012, 10:22 PM

Bradley Stewart made the boys 13-15 Babe Ruth tournament championship game his own personal showcase.
Stewart struck out 10 batters over seven innings and added four hits to power First National Bank to a tournament title with a 9-2 victory over Sun Drop.
Stewart earned the start in the championship game and showed why he was the right choice.
Using a side-arm delivery and an effective mix of pitches, Stewart silenced the Sun Drop bats from the outset.
Sun Drop didn’t score a run off Stewart until the sixth inning, when First National Bank had already taken a 7-0 lead.
Jake Driver got things started for First National Bank in the first inning. Driver led off the bottom of the first with a single, then came around to score on a double by Stewart to make it 1-0.
Stewart continued to help his cause when his bases-loaded single in the second brought around two more runs, giving First National Bank a 3-0 lead going into the third.
Neither team scored in the next two innings as A.D. Majors retired First National Bank in order. Stewart did the same to Sun Drop, which managed only two hits through five innings.
First National Bank put the game away in the fifth inning. Driver began a four-run rally by drawing a walk, then Stewart put runners on the corners with a single.
Glen Llewellyn, who was named the league’s 15-year-old Most Valuable Player prior to the game, drew a walk to load the bases.
Krojhn Calbert came through in the clutch, drilling a single to bring around Driver and Stewart. Austin Melton followed with a single of his own, which scored Llewellyn from third and Calbert from second.
With a seven-run cushion, Stewart took the mound in the sixth and started working on finishing off Sun Drop.
Stewart struck out the side in order, but one of his strikeouts ended with Jesse Jones standing on first base as strike three got away from Driver behind the plate.
The miscue led to two runs as Daniel McGee followed with a single and Majors cleared the bases with a two-run triple.
Stewart pitched around Matt Savage, the 14-year-old MVP, and forced Ethan Mikkola to ground out to shortstop for the final out of the inning.
Stewart and Llewellyn got the runs back in the bottom of the sixth. Stewart brought around Driver with a single, then Llewellyn scored Dustyn Kilgore with a triple as First National Bank built its lead back to seven going into the seventh inning.
Stewart ended the game emphatically. After Sun Drop got two players on base with one out, Stewart shut the door by striking out the final two batters to get his “K” total to double digits.
Stewart finished with 10 strikeouts as he pitched a complete-game, five-hitter.
Stewart led First National Bank at the plate with four hits and four RBIs. Llewellyn finished with two hits, while Driver, Calbert, Melton, Joey Hitchcock and Chandler Rockwell added one hit each. Logan Martin drew a walk and scored in the second.
After being named the 13-year-old MVP, Majors led Sun Drop with two hits and two RBIs. Majors took the loss, pitching six innings and striking out seven before being relieved by Jones in the sixth.
McGee, Mikkola and Thomas Cantrell had one hit each for Sun Drop.
First National Bank completed the sweep of the titles in the league, following up a 7-2 regular-season championship with an undefeated run through the tournament.
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.