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Huntingdon baseball earns 30th win of the season

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013, 10:23am

Huntingdon baseball earns 30th win of the season

The Huntingdon baseball team scored four runs in the first three innings and got by LaGrange 4-3 on Saturday.

The win was the 30th of the season for the Hawks (30-9), marking the second straight 30-win season for Huntingdon. It was the second win over LaGrange (22-23) in a three-game series. Huntingdon won the first game 6-5 in 10 innings on Friday night. The two teams will wrap up their series on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Keegan Lambeth, Grant Brown and Trey Smith combined for seven of the Hawks’ 10 hits on Saturday. Lambeth was 3-for-4 with a run scored, Smith was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, a run and two stolen bases and Brown was 2-for-4 with a run.

Joseph Odom singled to drive in Brown for the first run of the game and Smith drew a bases-loaded walk to score Caleb Astin and give the Hawks a 2-0 lead in the first inning.

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Hawks rally in bottom of 10th for win over Point University

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Thursday, April 25th, 2013, 10:07am

Hawks rally in bottom of 10th for win over Point University

The Huntingdon baseball team rallied to beat Point University 8-7 in 10 innings on Wednesday night.

It was the Hawks’ 14th straight win at Posey Field. With three road games remaining this weekend, Huntingdon (28-9) closes the regular season with an 18-1 record at home this season.

In Wednesday’s win, Trammell DeJarnett scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie the game 7-7 and Caleb Astin drew a bases-loaded walk to score Grant Brown in the bottom of the 10th for the win.

The Hawks, who played a total of 20 players in the game, built a 5-0 lead early before falling behind 7-6 in the eighth inning. In the bottom of the ninth, Cameron Lewis singled with one out and DeJarnett came in to run for Lewis.

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Huntingdon baseball completes season sweep of Birmingham-Southern

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Wednesday, April 17th, 2013, 2:20pm

Huntingdon baseball completes season sweep of Birmingham-Southern

Keegan Lambeth and Seth Currie drove in five runs and Huntingdon’s pitching and defense took care of the rest as the Hawks beat Birmingham-Southern 5-4 on Tuesday.

The win capped a season-sweep of the Panthers. The Hawks (24-9) beat Birmingham-Southern (25-12) 4-3 and 4-1 earlier this season.

Lambeth smashed a three-run home run in the first inning for a 3-1 lead and Currie hit a two-run single in the sixth for a 5-2 lead. The Panthers rallied with two runs in the seventh inning before closer Neil Lawler took the mound for the final three innings.

Lawler entered the game in the seventh inning with a 5-4 lead, runners on first and second and no outs. The junior worked his way out of the seventh without giving up a run and only allowed one batter to reach base in the eighth.

In the ninth, the Panthers managed a triple with one out.

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Huntingdon baseball completes sweep of Covenant

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Monday, April 15th, 2013, 10:01am

Huntingdon baseball completes sweep of Covenant

The Huntingdon baseball team swept Covenant 4-3 and 10-4 on Saturday in a pair of seven-inning games. Huntingdon won the first game of the series 6-4 on Friday.

Huntingdon (23-9) carries a seven-game winning streak into Tuesday’s game with 20th-ranked Birmingham-Southern. Game time is set for 6 p.m. at Posey Field.

On Saturday, catcher Joseph Odom finished the day 3-for-6 with a two-run homer, six RBIs and one run. Odom’s home run was his 13th of the season, the most by a Huntingdon player during the NCAA era. Odom, who leads Division III in home runs this season, has 27 career home runs in three seasons.

Caleb Astin was 4-for-7 in the doubleheader with two RBIs and two runs. Trey Smith was 3-for-7 with a RBI and a run and Seth Currie was 3-for-6 with a RBI and two runs.

In Game 1, Covenant (22-10) took a 3-0 lead in the second inning before Huntingdon answered with four runs in the fifth and sixth innings.

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No. 7 Warhawks score 24 runs in doubleheader sweep of Faulkner

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Wednesday, April 10th, 2013, 10:11am

No. 7 Warhawks score 24 runs in doubleheader sweep of Faulkner

Last week, the Auburn Montgomery softball team was swept by Faulkner, with its offense scoring just seven runs off of 15 hits in the two games combined.

In this week’s rematch, the Warhawks surpassed both of those totals in Game 1.

AUM defeated the Lady Eagles 15-0 in five innings in the opener, before holding on for a 9-5 win in the nightcap.

The Warhawks (30-5, 8-4 SSAC) have now won four straight, while Faulkner (19-13-1, 5-10-1 SSAC) dropped its sixth in a row.

“I’m extremely proud of everybody,” head coach Chris Steiner-Wilcoxson said. “Everybody stepped up and did their part to get things going today. We just have to keep pushing because it’s all conference games from here on out, and they’re always tough no matter who you play.”

AUM did all of its damage offensively in the first four innings of Game 1, highlighted by a seven-run second.

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Blackwell's 7 RBIs help Hawks complete sweep of Berry

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Monday, April 8th, 2013, 12:36pm

Blackwell's 7 RBIs help Hawks complete sweep of Berry

The Huntingdon baseball team got off to a strong start on Sunday. But after scoring seven runs in the first inning, the Hawks had to rally late in the game to beat Berry 15-12.

Trailing 11-10 with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, Tyler Blackwell doubled down the left-field line to bring in three runs and give the Hawks a 13-11 lead. The junior first baseman finished the day 4-for-4 with seven RBIs and two runs.

Neil Lawler (2-1) earned the win, pitching the final two innings of the game. Lawler struck out one, walked one, allowed one run and gave up two hits.

With the win, Huntingdon (20-9) completed a three-game sweep of Berry. The Hawks won 11-0 on Friday and 9-1 on Saturday. Early in Sunday’s game, it looked like Huntingdon would again put the Vikings away early.

Huntingdon sent 13 batters to the plate in the first inning and scored seven runs.

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NASP Alabama State Championship to be held in Montgomery tomorrow

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Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013, 10:33am

NASP Alabama State Championship to be held in Montgomery tomorrow

The largest youth archery competition in Alabama, the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) Alabama State Championship, will be held Thursday, April 4, 2013, at the Multiplex at Cramton Bowl located at 220 Hall St., Montgomery, Ala., 36104. Individual groups will begin shooting at 8:30, 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. The awards ceremony is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. The media and public are invited.

This is the first time the NASP Alabama State Championship will be held in Montgomery.

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