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Middle School Baseball All About Ellis
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| The Ellis Jaguars beat North Davie 12-3 in the tournament final at South Davie to cap a 13-0 season. |
The season was one long annihilation for the Jaguars, who went 13-0 with 11 double-figure scoring games in 11 tries (there were two forfeits from Lexington). A seven-run margin against North Davie was the closest game all year. The total score for the year was 152-32, an average of 13.8 runs per game.
“I’m extremely proud of the kids,” Ellis coach Mike Dinkins said. “It’s the first time in 30 years I’ve gone undefeated in any sport I’ve coached.”
The Jags went 15-1 last year, with the only loss to North Davie. So how do the 2008 and 2009 teams compare?
“It’s two entirely different teams,” Dinkins said. “Last year we had two extremely good pitchers (in Ryan Foster and Corey Randall). This year we used Jeremy Walker mostly, but we also pitched Nick Boswell, Ty Marshall, Tristan Comer and Karch Arey. Last year we had more dominant pitching, but this year I thought we had more offense.”
Last week’s two-day tournament was held at South Davie.
Ellis 10, Thomasville 0
In one first-round game, Nick Boswell provided overpowering pitching as the top-seeded Jags mashed No. 4 Thomasville for the third time. The other two were 14-1 and 21-5.
N. Davie 15, S. Davie 4
In the other first-round game ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.