Prep Baseball: Rangers Ring Up Eldorado

Stanton Hathaway had a first inning home run - one of three hits on the day for the Eagles - as they fell 11-1 at Benton Wednesday afternoon.

Drew Woolcott and Josh Pilkington had the other two hits for Eldorado (1-4) as the Eagles didn't have much of an answer for Benton's Hamilton Page.

Page went five innings for the Rangers (3-2), giving up the three hits and striking out three.

Hathaway took the loss on the bump for Eldorado, throwing 66 pitches, allowing seven hits and 11 runs over four innings of work. Joe Mayberry came on in relief and gave up two hits.

Gallatin County 13, Norris City-Omaha-Enfield 10

JUNCTION - Thomas York and Clay Pritchard each had three hits and drove in three runs, helping Gallatin County to a 13-10 win over Norris City-Omaha-Enfield.

York and Pritchard both went 3-for-5 with thee RBI on the day, while York scored twice and Pritchard scored once for the Hawks.

Seth Ramsey had a pair of hits, as did Kory Hise and Hunter Walters. Ramsey drove in three, while Walters had two RBI and Hise finished with one.

Lucas Hise was 1-for-5 with a pair of runs scored and an RBI, while Pat Clark had a hit as well, finishing with three runs scored and one RBI.

Garrett Rushing and Nathan Shults both scored a run for Gallatin County.

Kory Hise worked 3 2/3 innings, giving up three earned runs for Gallatin County, while Clark finished 3 1/3 inning, giving up just two earned runs.

"We battled through adversity all ballgame," Gallatin County head coach Mark Hiller said. "We weren't sharp defensively committing five errors, but we found a way to win in the end. I give Norris City a lot of credit for never quitting and playing hard for 21 outs. Their kids play hard and have showed a lot of improvement in the past two seasons. It was an ugly game, but I'd rather win ugly then lose pretty."

Benton Evening News' William McPherson contributed to this article.