SEABROOK SNAGS STRING OF WINS, SMACKS GRAND SLAM SUNDAY
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15-Year-Old All-Stars
HOT SPRINGS — Bronshay Winston got the win and went 2-for-4 at the plate to help lead the Pine Bluff Seabrook 15-Year-Old All-Stars to a 9-1 victory over the hometown Hot Springs squad in district tournament play Friday night.
Logan Cheatwood recorded the save. Josh Guy also contributed two hits and drove in a run. Lawrence Baker and Donterrio Smith added RBIs for the Pine Bluff crew, which slammed out seven hits in the seven-inning game.
Johnny Skillen manages the team, assisted by coach Mark Harrison and Kenn Dixon.
Sunday, Seabrook’s 15-year-olds did it two more times, with Hayden Harrison hitting a grand slam in a 17-1 winning game against Pine Bluff Northern. Harrison was 1 for 2.
Cheatwood was the winning pitcher.
Daryl Broady, Smith and Baker all snagged 1 RBI each.
Josh White played a 2 for 2 game.
Seabrook took 6 total hits.
Also Sunday, Seabrook came out on top in a 15-4 victory against Malvern. Guy was the winning pitcher, with Cheatwood closing the game.
Broady got 3 RBIs and hit a home run out of the park.
Lee Moore, White, Winston and Baker took an RBI apiece, while Caleb Kelley, Guy and Steven Toddle grabbed 2 RBIs each.
Seabrook garnered 17 hits.
Kelley was 2 for 2, Guy was 3 for 4, White was 4 for 4 and Toddle was 2 for 4.
14-Year-Old All-Stars
Seabrook’s 14-Year-Old All-Stars came out the winners in a pair of games Sunday.
In the team’s first foray into the diamond, Seabrook beat Sheridan 20-4.
R.J. McGregor was the winning pitcher, playing four innings, allowing 2 hits and taking 6 strikeouts.
Zach Bradford picked up the save.
Hitters were Torey Deshazier, 3 for 3 with a home run and 6 RBIs; Reece Huffty, 3 for 3 with 3 RBIs and a stolen base; Bradford, 2 for 2 with 3 RBIs; McGregor, with 4 stolen bases; Nicolas Anderson, with 2 stolen bases; and Wyatt Jones, with 2 stolen bases and 1 RBI.
In its second game, Seabrook emerged victorious with a 10-6 win over Clark County. The winning pitcher was Justin Dardenne, who pitched a complete game, gave up 5 hits and nabbed 5 strikeouts.
Top hiters were McGregor, 2 for 3 with 4 RBIs and 2 stolen bases; Jones, 2 for 4, with 1 RBI; Dardenne, Deshazier and Anderson, all with 1 hit, 1 RBI and 1 stolen base apiece; Huffty, with 1 hit and 2 stolen bases and Chris McVay and Blake Hall, both with 1 RBI each.
On Monday, Seabrook beat Malvern 11-3. The winning pitcher was McGregor, who played 6 innings, gave up 3 hits and took 4 strikeouts.
The save went to Bradford.
Hitters were Deshazier and Alex McDonald with 1 hit and 2 RBIs each. Huffty and Ricky Hawkins had 1 RBI apiece.
Seabrook also came out the winner, beating White Hall 10-2. The winning pitcher, Deshazier, who played the entire game, gave up 3 hits and threw 7 strikeouts.
White Hall's losing pitcher was Dylan James.
Deshazier was 3 for 4 with 2 RBIs. Anderson was 3 for 4 with 3 RBIs. McVay was 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs. Huffty was 1 for 2 with 3 runs scored.
Nathan Lee, James and Hunter Brown picked up a hit apiece for White Hall.
The championship game between Seabrook and White Hall will be played at 4 p.m. today at Hot Springs Village.
13-Year-Old All-Stars
Seabrook YMCA’s 13-Year-Old All-Stars played in the District Tournament this past weekend in Malven.
After losing the first game of the tournament to Bryant they came back on Sunday to beat Malvern, the host team, 17 to 5. The win was highlighted by a strong pitching performance from Hayden Lessenberry, who struck out 7 and allowed only 4 hits in 5 innings of play.
Lessenberry also contributed at the plate going 2 for 3 along with teammates V.J. Dickson and Paul DeWalt, both adding a 2 for 3 performance of their own.
In the second game of the day behind another solid pitching performance, this time from Ryan Green, who pitched 7 strong innings striking out 4.
Despite outstanding pitching and outstanding offense, from Lessenberry going 5 for 5 and Larry Williams going 2 for 3, the Seabrook All-Stars fell to White Hall 13-8 in a hard fought game that was closer than the final score would indicate.
Babe Ruth news
Seabrook YMCA will host the Senior Babe Ruth State Tournament at Taylor Field starting July 4th and continuing through July 9th.
The host team, the Seabrook All-Stars, will play their first game Friday evening at 6 p.m.
Sponsors for the State Tournament are: Simmons First National Bank, PBNB, Pine Bluff Convention Center and JRMC.