COVID Rears Its Ugly Head, and a Nice Win on Saturday.
Posted March 21, 2021
It took less than a week into the 2021 regular season for COVID to influence our baseball schedule. The Washburn Pirates' coach said on Friday morning that he had five players quarantined, so the Pirates could not make the trip to Scotty Bunton Field on Friday, March 19. After checki...
Washburn Now Coming to Scotty Bunton Field
Posted March 19, 2021
Due to the amazing way Scotty Bunton Field handles water, the Washburn Pirates are now coming to Hampton, today, Friday, March 19, 2021 for doubleheader baseball. Josh Owens will take the ball first in game one for the home team, while Morgan Lyons will take the ball first on the mound in...
Second Game of the Season Washed Away!
Posted March 18, 2021
Due to inclement weather our game at the Johnson County Longhorns scheduled for today, Thursday, March 18 has been postponed. A makeup date is to-be-determined. ...
Opening Day Struggle
Posted March 16, 2021
For a Hampton High School baseball team that had not lost a game since the 2019 District Tournament Play-In Game, Monday, March 15 was a harsh reminder of how tough this game can be. Providence went 2-0 against Hampton in 2018. In 2019 Hampton returned the favor and swept the Knights in ...
2021 Alumni Game
Posted February 22, 2021
The TSSAA is not allowing any preseason scrimmages against other schools in 2021. The alumni game actually counts as a scrimmage, so current players ARE NOT allowed to play in this year's game. I say thaty to say, we need at least 18 alumni to participate. If you have played, p...
Top Of 3rd At HV, An Example Of What We Think We Had In 2020.
Posted April 14, 2020
As we all wait to hear the fate of the 2019-2020 school year, I am so proud of the 2020 Hampton Baseball Bulldogs. I want to highlight the top of the 3rd inning in our Thursday, March 12 win at Happy Valley, a win, I have been told, is Hampton Baseball’s first win AT Happy Valley since t...
The Magic of Walk-Offs (Written by senior baseball player, Andrew Smith)
Posted March 17, 2020
Throughout the three years Coach Perkins has been head coach of Hampton Baseball, there has been something magical about the walk-off win at Scotty Bunton Field. In 2018, the Bulldogs pulled off a stunning, last at-bat win against the North Greene Huskies. Last season, Hampton walked-off the Avery C...
Baseball Bulldogs move to 3-0
Posted March 14, 2020
In a wild game that featured a little bit of everything, junior, Josh Owens made sure it featured a win for the home team, as the lefty swinger scored Caleb Royston on a game winning walk-off base knock on Friday night in the first ever game under the lights at Scotty Bunton Field. Game No...
Bulldogs Stun Warriors
Posted March 13, 2020
On a cloudy Thursday afternoon, the Bulldogs made a trip to Cannon-Gouge Park to take on the Happy Valley Warriors. The bats continued to roll for Hampton, as we got the win 8-4. After a scoreless first inning, the Bulldogs struck for two runs in the top of the second, before surrendering one run in...
Bats hot on Opening Day, and washed out at Washburn
Posted March 11, 2020
The boxscore is available here, from the Schedule page, but the Baseball Bulldogs pounded out 11 hits on Monday, which is the most we have had in one game since the 2018 season, and third most we have had in one game since Coach Perkins took over as head coach (13 vs. both Cloudland and FCA in 2018)...