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Members
of the Council Cobra baseball squad for the 2008
season are (from left), kneeling: Nathan
Reynolds, Charlie Rasnake, Nicholas Lane, Alex
Viers, Travis Viers and Corey Barton; standing:
Ryan Owens, Matthew Boyd, Shane Presley, Kegan
Bostic, Johnathan Breeding, Shanon Breeding,
Ethan Ball and Daniel Webb. (Staff
photo/Mike Stiltner.) |
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by
Lloyd
Combs
Sports
Reporter
Including
newcomers
like
Virginia
High
and
John
Battle,
Region
D
is
now
home
to
seven
programs
who,
combined,
own
over
20
state
baseball
championships.
Then
there's
the
other
end
of
the
region,
where
small
schools
like
Council
just
hope,
most
years,
to
simply
get
to
Region
D,
the
playoffs,
that
is,
every
twenty
or
thirty
years
or
so.
The
top
programs
in
the
region,
most
of
which
have
three
and
four
times
the
enrollment
of
the
smallest
schools,
tend
to
have
feeder
programs
and
players
who
have
the
opportunity
to
play
more
games
before
they
reach
varsity
than
varsity
players
at
schools
like
Council
will
play
in
their
entire
careers.
There
are,
however,
good
players
at
the
Councils
and
Hurleys
and
Twin
Valleys
of
the
region,
and
they
have
dreams
and
goals,
too,
even
if
reality
forces
them
to
have
more
modest
ones.
Earning
a
Region
D
playoff
berth
is
one
of
them
and
Council
will
give
that
goal
its
best
shot
with
five
talented
and
experienced
returnees
in
seniors
Kegan
Bostic,
Corey
Barton,
Ethan
Ball
and
Shannon
Breeding
and
sophomore
Matt
Boyd.
The
keys
for
the
Cobras,
who
have
six
seniors
overall,
are
pitching,
an
improved
defense
and
consistent
production
from
its
top
five,
including
Bostic
and
Breeding.
Bostic
batted
.286
with
three
home
runs
last
season,
and
was
the
number
two
starting
pitcher
behind
Justin
Boyd,
who
graduated
last
year.
Bostic
becomes
the
number
one
man
on
the
mound,
with
Breeding
in
the
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Panthers
Win One
of Three
Games To
Earn
Seven
Place in
New
Peoples
Bank
Basketball
Classic;
Edges
Pound,
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by
Lloyd
Combs
Sports
Reporter
Twin
Valley
salvaged
a
win
in
a
consolation
contest
Thursday
afternoon
to
take
one
out
of
three
games
in
the
first
annual
New
Peoples
Bank
Spring
Classic
at
Harding
Field
in
Honaker.
The
Panthers
edged
Pound,
11-7,
in
the
seventh
place
game.
Twin
Valley
lost
to
Holston,
18-7,
on
Tuesday,
and
fell
to
Patrick
Henry,
17-1,
on
Wednesday.
All
three
games
were
played
at
Honaker.
Jacob
St.
Clair
homered,
drove
in
three
runs,
and
worked
six
innings
on
the
mound
to
earn
the
win
in
Thursday's
contest.
Josh
Smith
had
three
hits
and
St.
Clair
and
Adam
Keen
each
had
two
hits
for
the
Panthers
(1-3),
who
made
just
one
error
and
walked
just
one
batter
in
picking
up
their
first
win
of
the
year.
Walks
and
errors
were
major
issues
in
both
Panther
losses.
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Grundy
Picks
Up
First
Diamond
Win
With
6-4
Road
Victory
at
Ervinton
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Grundy
picked
up
its
first
win
of
the
2008
baseball
season
by
defeating
Ervinton,
6-4,
Friday
afternoon
at
Nora.
The
game
was
the
opening
contest
of
a
scheduled
doubleheader
and
went
just
five
innings.
The
second
game
was
called
due
to
darkness.
Cody
Billiter
and
Joseph
Stephens
each
had
two
hits
to
lead
Grundy's
10-hit
attack.
Billiter
was
2-for-3,
drove
in
two
runs
and
stole
two
bases.
Stephens
also
went
2-3
with
a
single
and
a
double
and
two
RBIs
in
support
of
winning
pitcher
Cody
Cantrell.
Cantrell
started
and
worked
the
first
four
innings.
Freshman
Cody
Justus
worked
the
fifth
and
earned
a
save.
Grundy's
Monday
contest
with
Buchanan
County
rival
Council
was
rained
out
and
rescheduled
for
April
12.
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