03/29/2024
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ELIZABETHTOWN – Grayson Clark pitched a no-hitter to lead Elizabethtown to a 17-2 Bladen Five Middle School Conference victory over Bladenboro Monday.

Clark struck out three, walked four and allowed a pair of unearned runs in the first inning. Devon Strange started on the mound for the Bulldogs and was relieved by ShyRon Adams in the second inning.

Bladenboro’s Elijah Crabtree and Brycen Blackmon led off the game with back-to-back walks. Both runners scored as Adams reached base on an error.

The Cougars answered with 11 runs in the bottom of the first. Jay McKoy walked, stole second and scored as Drew Sholar reached base on an error. Zach Meares was hit by a pitch.

Brady Hollingsworth was hit by a pitch, and Sholar darted home on a wild pitch. Tyler Hill walked to load the bases, before Rasean McKoy drilled a line drive that the leftfielder misplayed into a 2-base error as Meares, Hollingsworth and Hill scored.

Clark and Jay McKoy reached base on errors as Rasean McKoy scored. Sholar ripped a single that scored Clark and Jay McKoy. Meares cracked a single that scored Sholar. Wooten walked and both Meares and Wooten scored on wild pitches.

Ethan Johnson walked and Tyler Hill cracked a single to score Johnson in the Cougar second. Rasean McKoy knocked in Hill with a single, and Clark walked. Jay McKoy swatted a single that scored Rasean McKoy. Sholar’s fielder’s choice plated Clark for a 15-2 lead.

Hill walked in the third inning, and Rasean McKoy ripped a single that scored Hill. Chase Starkloff launched a drive to leftfield that was dropped allowing Rasean McKoy to score the run that ended the game on the mercy rule.

Rasean McKoy batted 2-3 with 2 runs batted in and 3 runs scored to lead the Cougar hitters. Jay McKoy, Hill, Sholar and Meares connected for one hit each. Hill scored 3 runs. Clark, Sholar, Meares and Jay McKoy scored 2 runs each. Wooten, Hollingsworth and Johnson scored one run each.

Sholar drove in 3 runs, and Jay McKoy, Hill and Meares drove in one run each.

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