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Visiting Gallipolis defeated Athens 16-5 and 13-10 in a non-league doubleheader at Rannow Field in The Plains Saturday afternoon.

The twin victory increased the Blue Devils season record to 9-2. Inside the SEOAL’s South Division, GAHS is 5-1. Athens dropped to 10-4 overall and remains atop the Tri-Valley Conference's Ohio Division with a 6-0 record.

Gallipolis, weather permitting, is scheduled to play seven games in six days this week. Monday, the Blue Devils will play at Logan and Tuesday, at Eastern. Both are non-league games. Wednesday, GAHS has a makeup Southeastern Ohio Athletic League South Division game at Jackson. On Friday, Gallipolis plays another SEOAL road game at Ironton. This game was originally set for Gallipolis, but Ironton played up here last week because its diamond is still under construction, thus the switch.

Saturday, GAHS is scheduled to play River Valley in a non-league twinbill at the University of Rio Grande, starting at 12 noon.

This past Saturday, Junior John Troester hurled all six innings in a mercy rule victory over the Bulldogs in the first game. Troester fanned four, walked four and gave up only five safeties. GAHS made two errors. Doug Chapman was charged with the setback. Gallipolis had 10 runs on 10 hits. Athens played errorless ball

Austin Roush was two-for two, including a double plus he had three walks. Troester also had two safeties for GAHS. Chuck Calvert had two hits, including a three-run homer over the left field fence in sixth inning for the mercy runs. Tyler Eastman, Brett Bowman, Terry Smith and Ian Dressel also had safeties.

Athens grabbed a 2-1 lead in the first inning, and was up 3-1 following three innings of play.

Gallipolis erupted for 11 runs in the top of the fourth to take a 12-3 lead. Athens cut it to 12-4 in its half of the fourth, and 12-5 after five. GAHS plated four runs in the top of the sixth inning to wrap up the victory.

It looked like Gallipolis would mercy Athens in the second game as the Blue Devils led 3-2 after one inning. However, AHS kept bouncing back. The Bulldogs got one in the second and two in the third to take a 5-4 advantage after three rungs. Gallipolis got three in the fourth and two more in the fifth to take a 9-5 advantage. GAHS forged ahead 13-6 and had the bases loaded in the sixth, but Athens came back with four big runs in the bottom of the seventh to make the final margin 13-10,

The Bulldogs also had the winning run at the plate when the game ended as Austin Roush got the Devils out of a jam.

Roush was the fourth GAHS hurler used in the game. The victory went to Chuck Calvert. Other Blue Devil hurlers were Beau Whaley, who started and Terry Smith. Smith and Kruize Wandling also caught for the Gallians in the high-scoring battle.

Athens used at least seven pitchers in the contest. Curtis Goldsberry was charged with the loss.

Gallipolis had 13 runs on 10 hits and made four errors. Athens had 10 runs on eight hits and made five errors.

Gallipolis 16 Athens 5
First game:
Gallipolis...100 (11) 04 -- 16-10-2
Athens.....201 1 10 -- 5-5-0
WP--Troester. LP--Chapman.
Gallipolis 13 Athens 10
Second game:
Gallipolis....310 324 0 -- 13-10-4
Athens......212 010 4 -- 10-8-5
WP--Calvert. LP--Goldsberry.

do they have the arms to pull this off. that is alot of short rest. the blue just keep rolling

I guess it is safe to say that this year's Bulldog Team is not a Weekend Team.

Weekdays - (8-0)
Weekends - (02-4)

Better hope you play them on the weekend if they are on your schedule!!
No, in the 4 weekend games lost it is simple to see the problem. Errors and Mental Mistakes.
You give any team 6 outs an inning and they will find a way to hurt you.


Athens will be fine after this weekend's setback.
They are still Undefeated in League play and control their own destiny from here on out...
Keep up the hard work DOGS!!!

(Edit: I actually made a statistical ERROR as Athens Won 2 Weekend Games vs. Eastern)

GA jv split their doubleheader with Athens on Saturday.

Game 1: GA-10 Athens-9
Game 2: GA-5 Athens-7, I think

JabbatheDel-
Game One was (10-9)
Game Two was (7-4) so you had it close....

The JV Game stats for those two games can be found here:
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=60521

I do the stats for all Athens JV Game...

0-4 on weekends to DII schools I may add. They will make a run through league teams which include mostly DIII and playing some DIV in the Hocking. Time will tell if they get out of the DII sectionals.

Athens78-
You tend to bring that argument up every forum you jump to...why?

Yes Athens has lost both their Double-Headers to (DII) Schools...
But, Athens did not throw Jared Cline nor Dean Maffin in any of those games which would have made a big difference as they are the 1-2 Punch of the Bulldog rotation.

Come tournement time, the games will be put on the shoulders of Cline and Maffin on the Hill and I personally feel just fine about that no matter who Athens may draw...have some faith brother...

1st thing is 1st...
TVC-OHIO TITLE
That will Be The DOGS Focus!!

First place they have one star pitcher and that's Cline. He is the only one that has wins over quality teams. Do they have enough arms to win the TVC? Yes and I think they will. How many sectional titles does Athens have in the last 10 to 15 years? How many District titles do the Bulldogs have? For that matter how many District games have they won in the last 10 years? We stepped down when we moved to the TVC, we should dominate all sports. Tournament time defines great teams.

I'm not sure you should worry about my responses. This is an open forum to talk about all aspects of the game or team good or bad. I do think that the dogs will go undefeated in the league and I hope that leads to great success come tournament time with a run to the State tournament. Sorry if I've stepped on your toes as I'm sure you sound as if you have a son playing.

Actually 78-
I do not have a kid on the team...

I am the Junior Varsity Coach and have been, going on 5 years now...

Also, I was a member of the last Bulldog squad to play in a Sectional Game back in '04 vs. Stubenville when we rode my younger brother's arm through the play-offs defeating the likes of Meigs, Warren, Jackson and Sheridan before losing to Stubenville. We did not win the league this year, but we were built as a tournement team and it showed.

The Myth, that kills me is this FACT people believe about Athens having such an advantage because of the size of the school. It is absolutely false, as many kids run track, play tennis or focus on studies. The numbers are not accurate because the majority of males at Athens do not play a single sport.

The Truth of the matter is that the Kids Athens actually have out have to come to play just like any other team. Those not around the program just do not understand it fully.

Again, A78 you're absolutely right that you're allowed to rant and rave about anything and everything you want on these forums, but why so negative all the time. That's my only thing man, but take this how you want to. I'm not here to fight, especially because I'm guessing you are a fellow Athens Alum. Remember that the student-athletes themselves read everything on here.

Finish The Fight
Goal One is TVC-Ohio
Go Dogs Go
'Just Win Baby!'

Fair enough.

Now as you being a coach. The one thing I believe is that no coach, be it a head coach or assistant coach should be posting on these forums. It sets a bad example for the kids who then feel it's ok for them to get on here and make silly comments. That the debates go on between the normal people and coaches just take care of business and ignore all the talk. I know the Athens head coach is on this site but I don't think he posts on the baseball forum and as for the other sports he does games on TV and just reports the game facts and never argues with anyone. However that may be because he is mature enough to handle it. My advise to you is to just coach and don't worry about commenting on what people say on these sights. I'll have to stop by and see who you are now. Good luck in your season.

Athens78 shouldn't you be working on the bricks for the city of Athens right now??

I wouldnt advise coaches to look at these sites either. Drive them crazy I would think. But most love to take their popshots without any fear of reprisal.

-A78
The only reason I made an account on here was to have a spot to post game statistics and game notes for my Junior Varsity games...

You can check them out here:
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=60521

I mostly try to 'Just' post on here but if I see a topic or discussion that interest me I will talk about it just like any other person. Being a coach doesn't mean you are not to use these forums, you just have to be smart about what you post because you know that your players will see it. Guess you may have too much of an old school approach but times have changed and people love to have the information as soon as it happens. Yes our Varsity coaches have names on here to and mostly try to just post about games and stats but take a look at the Belpre/Athens forum and you will see a coach defending his team and players. That all I was doin' when I commented on your comments as I felt too many players read this stuff.

My comments are not out-of-line, they do not degrade anyone and they can be read by all. I get the fact you may be upset that Athens hasn't done well in tournament play over the past few years but you can take your own advise and be 'Mature' and not have to drive that point on every forum these kids are going to read. We get it, Athens has struggled. Being an Alum (as I guess you are) try some positive reinforcement instead of negative feedback.

-A78 please come out and support the Bulldog program. The Varsity plays home vs. Meigs Thursday and the JV plays home vs. Vinton County Friday...I believe I know who you are and I welcome you out. Now let's end this little spat. Just tell me if your a 'Raiders' fan and I will know if that is you.

Spartan-
You are totally right!
Coaches are told not to comment about officials on the forums. I believe that is the only restriction.
Most coaches get on these sites to put up stats or scores about their games and to check on players/teams around the state and how they are doing...It's all about getting information...

Go Bulldogs Go
'Just Win Baby!'