Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Big innings propel Mustangs past H-M-S in district tourney
Ben Waddell gets back to the bag ahead of the tag by the Mustangs' first baseman.
George-Little Rock lived up to its reputation for having a good hitting team in the first round of the Class 1A district tournament. The Mustangs hit the ball well, especially during three big innings, to defeat Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, 15-4, on July 1 at Marcus.
Although they only scored one run, G-LR set the tone in the first inning.
"Looking at the stats going in, we knew George-Little Rock could hit. The big thing for us was going to be trying to limit them while being able to score enough runs ourselves," said Hawk coach Jeremy Gloden.
H-M-S quickly answered with a run in its half of the o...
