SCIOTO VALLEY CONFERENCE
Zane Trace 5, Adena 1
Westfall 8, Huntington 2
Unioto 16, Paint Valley 2
Piketon 4, Southeastern 1
FRONTIER ATHLETIC CONFERNECE
Jackson 9, McClain 0
SOUTHERN OHIO CONFERENCE 2
Wheelersburg 14, Eastern 1
Waverly 7, South Webster 3
Minford 10, Northwest 0
Oak Hill 10, Portsmouth West 1
TRI-VALLEY CONFERENCE
Wellston 4, River Valley 3
Vinton County 5, Athens 2
NON-LEAGUE
Williamsburg 17, Hillsboro 7
MID-STATE LEAGUE
Circleville 8, Fairfield Union 3
Logan Elm 8, Hamilton Township 6
Amanda-Clearcreek 6, Teays Valley 1
Scores 4/4
Re: Scores 4/4
Cambridge (3-0) - 7
Bellaire (1-4) - 2
WP - Caden Moore, 6 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
Cambridge
Keaton Kyser - two singles
Jake Valentine - single, 3 RBI
Bryce Murdock - single, RBI
Parker Long - single, RBI
Angelo Rocco - single, RBI
Bobcats keep rolling with 7-2 win over Bellaire
Kevin Sutton
The Daily Jeffersonian
A preseason game-plan has worked to perfection to start the new season for head coach Jamaal Lowery and his Cambridge High baseball team who on Monday evening celebrated the home opener in style with a 7-2 victory over visiting Bellaire in Buckeye 8 Conference action at Don Coss Stadium.
With the victory, the Bobcats improve to a perfect 3-0 thanks in large part to a renewed focus on improving their offensive production, which Lowery made an emphasis heading into the season.
"We needed to improve on our offensive production coming into this season, and that starts with having quality at-bats each time. To have a game-plan when you step into the batters box," Lowery explained. "And we have done a great job with that thus far this season, it has helped us be much more consistent."
"We talk about getting better every day, and today we had a great approach at the plate, we had 16 quality at-bats which is awesome," Lowery added. "If you have quality at-bats like that it makes a huge difference. Sometimes your lucky to have 7-8 quality at-bats, tonight we had 16 as a team which speaks volumes to we are seeing the ball well and hitting it hard."
Those quality at-bats helped the 'Cats put up seven runs on nine hits to give CHS starting pitcher Caden Moore all the run support he would need to collect the win.
Moore got off to a sluggish start to the game, with the visitors hanging up a pair of first inning runs off him to jump out in front 2-0.
"That was the first time we faced adversity this year in the top of the first, first time we were down and really first runs we've had scored on us," Lowery said. "But give Caden credit, he settled in and did a nice job. He has three good pitches, and started to hit his spots and was really effective."
Moore allowed just three hits and two runs over six innings, striking out four for the pitching win. Davion Bahr threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen for CHS.
But the Cambridge offense responded quickly in its first time to the plate in the bottom of the frame. After the first two hitters were retired, the Bobcats strung together some two out lightning to tie the game at 2-2.
Cambridge head baseball coach Jamaal Lowery, center, talks with his Bobcats following Monday's 7-2 victory over Bellaire in the home opener at Don Coss Stadium. The Bobcats improved to a perfect 3-0 record with the win.
Senior Caleb Bond got it started with a scorching double to left field gap, and Jake Valentine promptly brought Bond home with an RBI single. Senior Parker Long then stroked an RBI base hit to left field to score Valentine for the 2-2 score.
Cambridge took the lead for good in the second inning, with Keaton Kyser leading off with a single. Kyser would eventually make his way to third, and came scampering home on Valentine's RBI ground out for the 3-2 lead.
The Bobcats added single runs in the fourth thanks to an RBI base hit from Bryce Murdock, and Valentine racked up his third RBI of the game in the sixth with a sacrifice fly ball to boost the lead out to 5-2.
Cambridge closed out the scoring in the sixth with a pair of runs, thanks to RBIs from Angelo Rocco with a single and Drew Yanico with a run scoring ground out for the 7-2 final count.
Kyser finished with a pair of singles to lead Cambridge, with Bond's double the only extra base hit in the game.
Lucas Heatherington took the loss for Bellaire, surrendering five runs on eight hits over five innings, striking out three.
"We also played solid defense tonight as well," Lowery added. "Defense is something we are going to take pride in this year. We want to make teams earn it when they score on us. Not make it easy on them with mistakes that we make."
"Home opener tonight, man the excitement was awesome here tonight," Lowery continued. "We appreciate our fans coming out on a chilly night like it was. Feels pretty good right now, proud of the way the guys are playing."
Bellaire (1-4) - 2
WP - Caden Moore, 6 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
Cambridge
Keaton Kyser - two singles
Jake Valentine - single, 3 RBI
Bryce Murdock - single, RBI
Parker Long - single, RBI
Angelo Rocco - single, RBI
Bobcats keep rolling with 7-2 win over Bellaire
Kevin Sutton
The Daily Jeffersonian
A preseason game-plan has worked to perfection to start the new season for head coach Jamaal Lowery and his Cambridge High baseball team who on Monday evening celebrated the home opener in style with a 7-2 victory over visiting Bellaire in Buckeye 8 Conference action at Don Coss Stadium.
With the victory, the Bobcats improve to a perfect 3-0 thanks in large part to a renewed focus on improving their offensive production, which Lowery made an emphasis heading into the season.
"We needed to improve on our offensive production coming into this season, and that starts with having quality at-bats each time. To have a game-plan when you step into the batters box," Lowery explained. "And we have done a great job with that thus far this season, it has helped us be much more consistent."
"We talk about getting better every day, and today we had a great approach at the plate, we had 16 quality at-bats which is awesome," Lowery added. "If you have quality at-bats like that it makes a huge difference. Sometimes your lucky to have 7-8 quality at-bats, tonight we had 16 as a team which speaks volumes to we are seeing the ball well and hitting it hard."
Those quality at-bats helped the 'Cats put up seven runs on nine hits to give CHS starting pitcher Caden Moore all the run support he would need to collect the win.
Moore got off to a sluggish start to the game, with the visitors hanging up a pair of first inning runs off him to jump out in front 2-0.
"That was the first time we faced adversity this year in the top of the first, first time we were down and really first runs we've had scored on us," Lowery said. "But give Caden credit, he settled in and did a nice job. He has three good pitches, and started to hit his spots and was really effective."
Moore allowed just three hits and two runs over six innings, striking out four for the pitching win. Davion Bahr threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen for CHS.
But the Cambridge offense responded quickly in its first time to the plate in the bottom of the frame. After the first two hitters were retired, the Bobcats strung together some two out lightning to tie the game at 2-2.
Cambridge head baseball coach Jamaal Lowery, center, talks with his Bobcats following Monday's 7-2 victory over Bellaire in the home opener at Don Coss Stadium. The Bobcats improved to a perfect 3-0 record with the win.
Senior Caleb Bond got it started with a scorching double to left field gap, and Jake Valentine promptly brought Bond home with an RBI single. Senior Parker Long then stroked an RBI base hit to left field to score Valentine for the 2-2 score.
Cambridge took the lead for good in the second inning, with Keaton Kyser leading off with a single. Kyser would eventually make his way to third, and came scampering home on Valentine's RBI ground out for the 3-2 lead.
The Bobcats added single runs in the fourth thanks to an RBI base hit from Bryce Murdock, and Valentine racked up his third RBI of the game in the sixth with a sacrifice fly ball to boost the lead out to 5-2.
Cambridge closed out the scoring in the sixth with a pair of runs, thanks to RBIs from Angelo Rocco with a single and Drew Yanico with a run scoring ground out for the 7-2 final count.
Kyser finished with a pair of singles to lead Cambridge, with Bond's double the only extra base hit in the game.
Lucas Heatherington took the loss for Bellaire, surrendering five runs on eight hits over five innings, striking out three.
"We also played solid defense tonight as well," Lowery added. "Defense is something we are going to take pride in this year. We want to make teams earn it when they score on us. Not make it easy on them with mistakes that we make."
"Home opener tonight, man the excitement was awesome here tonight," Lowery continued. "We appreciate our fans coming out on a chilly night like it was. Feels pretty good right now, proud of the way the guys are playing."