As frustrating as Monday’s loss was at Sullivan North, Thursday’s win may have been even more rewarding.  The Longhorns were trailing the Elizabethton Cyclones 5-0 going into the Longhorn half of the 4^th, but the Horns would get on the board.  First baseman, Tyler Fenner, started the inning by getting hit by a pitch, one of two times that would happen on the afternoon.  Mark Jennings then reached on an error.  They advanced to second and third base on a balk by Cyclone pitcher, Jake Davis.  Catcher, David Lunceford then scored Fenner by hitting a fly ball to left field that allowed Fenner to tag up and score.  Shortstop, Cody Greer, then hit a double, scoring Jennings from second.  Johnson County went to their half of the 5^th down 5-2.  Centerfielder, Eric Cullop, began the inning by hitting a double that about took Cyclone shortstop, Jordan Hinshaw’s glove off as it went into the outfield.  Zack Hayworth stayed hot, as he scored Cullop by hitting a 2B of his own.  Austin Humphrey then flew out to right field.  Tyler Fenner then walked, to put Longhorn runners at 1^st and 2^nd base.  Mark Jennings, who was the designated hitter on Thursday, hit a single to left-center, scoring Hayworth from second.  Jennings base hit put runners at 1^st and 3^rd for the Longhorns.  Jennings then stole second base, and the Cyclone catcher, Thomas Miller, came up and tried to throw Fenner out at third base, but the ball sailed into left field, allowing Tyler to tie the game at 5 runs apiece.  Danny Herman, pinch hitting for Lunceford, and Sammy Hampton, got out to end the Longhorn 5^th.  Johnson County went into the 6^th looking to break the 5-5 tie.  Cody Greer began the inning by popping out to the Cyclone first baseman, who was now starting pitcher, Jake Davis.  Sawyer Ward, who played third base and second base in this game, hit a line drive shot up the middle to give Johnson County a runner.  Eric Cullop followed up the double his previous at-bat, by hitting a triple over the head of Cyclone centerfielder, Zack Boles, scoring Ward from first base, to give Johnson County a 6-5 lead.  Hayworth and Humphrey both popped up in the infield to strand Cullop at 3^rd.  Elizabethton tied the game at 6 in their half of the 7^th, by running a suicide squeeze, as designated hitter, Alec Whitehead, scored Zack Boles on the squeeze, tying the game at 6 runs apiece.  Johnson County went into the bottom of the 7^th looking to win the game and avoid extra inning baseball.  Tyler Fenner, who reached base four times on the day, began the inning by hitting a double to right-center that appeared to have a chance to leave the park.  Mark Jennings was then intentionally walked to put runners at 1^st and 2^nd for Johnson County, and put the double play in order for the Cyclones.  Freshman, Judd Hammons was inserted as a pinch runner for Fenner.  David Lunceford then came up and singeld to left field, but the ball was hit too hard and got to left fielder, Jake Hubbard, too fast to score Hammons.  Sammy Hampton, who started the game on the mound for the Longhorns, and also played second base and third base in this game, hit a 1-1 pitch through the drawn in Cyclone defense, to give Johnson County the thrilling 7-6 win.  Hampton received a no decision, as he was responsible for the 5 Cyclone runs, but Zack Hayworth came in, got the win, and pitched what may be the best baseball of his high school career, as he gave up only 3 hits and 1 run in this 3 innings of work.  Now that the losing streak is over, we look to build on this momentum and gain some ground in the Three Rivers Conference.  We go out of conference tomorrow, as we host the Cloudland Highlanders.  First pitch has been moved back to 5:30, because the Highlanders will be late leaving Roan Mountain.  A JV Longhorn game will follow the Varsity action.  We hope to see you at the ballpark.