DEKALB — Rowdy Rigdon and Cole Newman combined on a three-hit shutout Tuesday to pitch the Central Academy baseball team past Kemper Academy 12-0 for a Mississippi Association of Independent Schools Class A, North Central District win.
Rigdon (2-1) allowed one hit and struck out two in three innings and Newman have up two hits and fanned four in two innings as the Vikings won by the 10-run rule in five innings.
Central Academy (5-3, 5-1 district) pounded out 13 hits, led by Ferris MaGuire with a double and two singles, Hunter Campbell with a double and single, and Redman Butler and Trevor Eaves with two singles each. Contributing a single each were Rigdown, Newman, Will Disbrow and Drew Pearson.
Central”s next game is Friday at Winona Christian.
n Pickens Academy 7, Lamar School 4: At Carrollton, Ala., the Pirates scored all of their runs in the sixth inning to rally for a victory.
Chase Davidson hit a two-run homer and Tyler Vails had a two-run triple to highlight the sixth inning for Pickens Academy (11-2).
Other leading hitters for the Pirates were Kirk Lewis with two singles and an RBI, Bryant Fikes with a single and an RBI and Casey Jones with a single.
Vails (3-2) was the winning pitcher in relief of starter Michael Potts. Vails pitched the last three innings and didn”t allow a hit, but did walk three and surrendered a run. He struck out six.
Pickens Academy plays Lowndes Academy in a doubleheader Friday.
Softball
n Central Academy 21, Lamar School 8: At Meridian, the Lady Vikings pounded out 21 hits to remain undefeated through 10 games.
Central Academy”s offensive attack was led by Kendall Taylor with two inside-the-park home runs, Alex Dawkins and Julianna Persons with a double and two singles each, Lillian Lindsey with a triple and single, Corey Dawkins with three singles, Shelby Boykin, Marion Colvin, Hollie Lane and Blake Rigdon with two singles each, and Layne Reed with a single.
Colvin (10-0) was the winning pitcher.
n South Lamar 7, Berry 1: At Millport, Ala., Laken Hancock allowed two hits and struck out 14 batters to pitch the Lady Stallions to a victory.
Hancock improved her record to 7-2.
Hancock led off the game with a double and Karoline Holsonback had an RBI single in the first inning and double in the sixth for South Lamar”s only hits.
South Lamar (13-6) took advantage of 11 base on balls.
The Lady Stallions play at home again Thursday when they host Hubbertville.
You can help your community
Quality, in-depth journalism is essential to a healthy community. The Dispatch brings you the most complete reporting and insightful commentary in the Golden Triangle, but we need your help to continue our efforts. In the past week, our reporters have posted 41 articles to cdispatch.com. Please consider subscribing to our website for only $2.30 per week to help support local journalism and our community.