North Callaway struggled to find the offense over the weekend.
The Thunderbirds lost three of four games played in the Southern Boone Classic on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. They had four …
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North Callaway struggled to find the offense over the weekend.
The Thunderbirds lost three of four games played in the Southern Boone Classic on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. They had four combined hits in their first two games of pool play before beating Fulton 6-5 to close pool play. North Callaway lost 11-5 in eight innings to Eastern Missouri Conference foe Wright City on Saturday, but Coltyn O’Neal tied the school’s single-season steals record of 33 — matching Stephen Boulware — in the loss.
North Callaway (17-9) lost 10-0 and 9-1 to Class 4 state-ranked Southern Boone (21-8) and Moberly (21-8), respectively. Nolan Ash struck out 11 straight Thunderbirds for Southern Boone, and Moberly collected 11 hits.
Despite allowing five hits in the fifth inning to Fulton (11-16), North Callaway scored runs in the seventh inning to secure victory on Friday. Carson Bassett pitched seven innings with five hits, five strikeouts, four earned runs and one walk. Cody Kemp had the game-winning RBI to score Chance Green.
North Callaway had a 5-3 lead over Wright City (14-14) after four innings but allowed two runs in the next inning to eventually force extra innings. The Thunderbirds outhit Wright City 16-8 but still was on the losing end of a six-run eighth inning, with one of the runs being earned. O’Neal finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs and the record-tying steal. Tucker Sheets pitched six innings with five runs, five hits, five strikeouts and two walks.
North Callaway starts district play at 7 p.m. Friday against South Callaway (15-9) in the Class 3 District 7 tournament in Hermann.
