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Hobbs leads Irving College past Broncos
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Nikki Childers
Updated: Feb 5, 2014, 12:57 AM
Published: Feb 5, 2014, 12:58 AM

Irving College knew going into Monday’s game it would need a victory over Boyd and a little help from its rival Eastside to claim the regular season crown in the 7-8 grade boys league.
Chance Hobbs made sure the first thing would happen, but Morrison didn’t cooperate on the other.
Hobbs dropped 30 points in a 60-26 win over Boyd, but the Tigers will have to settle for the No. 2 seed in the postseason tournament after receiving word Morrison completed a comeback against the Bulldogs to clinch the No. 1 seed.
Irving College (9-1) had little trouble securing a win Monday night, especially when Hobbs exploded for 22 second-half points to outscore Boyd on his own. But the Tigers didn’t control the path to the top tournament spot due to losing to Morrison by five points in January – one more point than the Tigers’ 51-47 win over the Eagles in December.
Coach Randy Bess wanted his team focused Monday on the Broncos though, not the action happening at Eastside Elementary School. It seemed to be a struggle early as Boyd kept pace in the first quarter before slowly falling behind against the league’s top offensive team.
Two 3-pointers from Josh Argo kept the Broncos within one, 11-10, after the first quarter. Hobbs got off to a quick start with five first-quarter points while his backcourt running mate Freddie Trevino added two early layups.
Hobbs started the second quarter with a 3-pointer before Trevino took over the offense the rest of the quarter. Trevino sliced in for three layups in the second period and set up two more on passes to Douglas Nelson.
Argo provided a late boost to the Broncos’ morale when he sank a corner 3-pointer in the waning seconds to cut the halftime deficit to 25-14.
When the teams returned to the court in the second half, it became the Chance Hobbs show. Hobbs scored 16 points in the third quarter alone as Boyd had no answer for the league’s leading scorer.
Hobbs’ scoring outburst gave Irving College a 45-17 lead entering the fourth quarter, but he wasn’t done yet. Hobbs scored six more points in the final quarter to push his total to 30 points – the highest scoring game in the elementary league this season.
Jalen Smith came off the bench to nail two late 3-pointers for the Tigers while Argo finished a 19-point night for the Broncos with eight fourth-quarter points – including two 3-pointers of his own.
Trevino finished with 10 points while Nelson added eight for the Tigers. Smith and Tristin Gunter scored six.
Rounding out the Bronco scoring was Austin Jakes with four, Will Rivers with two and Heath Kuykendall with one. Boyd finished the season with a 1-9 record.
The elementary tournament is scheduled to start Thursday at Warren County High School. Matchups were still unknown a press time due to a make-up game between Eastside and Centertown Tuesday. Action will start at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
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.