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Posted Apr 8/11 - Recap Of Thursday

The Longhorns were in unexpected territory on Thursday, April 7th, as the Holston Cavaliers had a 7-0 lead heading into the bottom of the 2nd inning. Former Longhorn Assistant Baseball Coach (and current JCHS Head Volleyball Coach) Eric Crabtree, used to say that most of the time, talent comes out on top. I think that was the case yesterday. Our more talented team, battled back. Sawyer Ward hit a 3-run bases clearing double in the 2nd to bring us to life. Ward has an amazing 16 RBI in only eight baseball games. Mark Jennings also knocked in two runs on the day for the Longhorns and Austin Humphrey had three hits for the home team. Sammy Hampton earned his second straight win on the season to improve to 2-1. He labored, as the threw 110 pitches in only 4 2/3 innings, but he did enough to earn the win. Harley Reece and Mark Jennings pitched well in relief for the Longhorns. Johnson County is 5-3 overall, with a 3-3 Three Rivers Conference record. We are scheduled to host the Hampton Bulldogs, today, Friday, April 8th, in a Varsity doubleheader. Sawyer Ward and Andy Stout will be taking the ball for the Horns.

The JV Longhorns traveled to Bristol last Friday and had a very poor showing against the Tennessee High Vikings. Thursday's game was not on the original schedule, but we wanted a chance to redeem ourselves from an effort and pride standpoint, and the Vikings were kind enough to fit us in their schedule and make the trip to Johnson County. Sophomore left handed pitcher, Jacob Henson, pitched into the 7th inning for the JV Horns, as the Vikings only had a 3-2 lead heading into that frame. The Vikings were able to get four runs in the 7th to make the final score of 7-2 appear to be not much different than the 8-2 score of last Friday, but everything was different! We turned two double plays on defense and almost turned another. Our middle infield of shortstop, Judd Hammons and second baseman, Chad Hodgkiss, played very well. We picked a Viking runner off of second base and Jacob Henson kept them from "squaring the ball up" all night, with a great, located curveball. We did not hit well, but we took our walks, ran the bases well and just flat out competed. We played with effort, heart, intensity and focus. I will take a 7-2 loss to a team like Tennessee High, playing like that, anyday. I believe strongly that playing good baseball teams, playing better competition is what helps you improve as a ball club. The JV Longhorns dropped their second straight game of the season, but they should feel better about their team today than they have at any point during the 2011 season.

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