By Ryan Davenport, WSON Sports Correspondent 

The Henderson County Colonels faced off against the Webster County Trojans in a 6th District Rivalry Game in Dixon.

The Colonels would get their first run on a sacrifice fly from sophomore right fielder Dax Wilson in the top of the 1st inning to give the Colonels a early 1-0 lead heading into the bottom of the 1st inning. 

The Colonels would score again in the top of the 2nd inning on a sacrifice fly from junior outfielder Caden Dotson to give the Colonels a 2-0 lead heading into the bottom of the 2nd inning. 

In the the top of the 3rd inning, the Colonels would get 2 singles back to back to start the inning and then the bases were loaded with one out for senior second baseman Brennan Cates and he hit a grand slam to give the Colonels a 6-0 lead. The later in the top of the 3rd, the Colonels would score 7 more runs off of 2 doubles, 2 singles, and 1 triple as the Colonels would have a 13-0 lead over the Trojans heading into the bottom of the 3rd inning. 

The Colonels would hold the Trojans to 0 runs scored as the Colonels defeated the Trojans 13-0 in 5 innings. The Colonels improve to (11-11) on the season while the Trojans fall to (9-12).

Colonel’s player with some notable stats was senior second baseman Brennan Cates was 2 for 3 with 5 RBI’s and a grand slam on the night. Senior pitcher Dru Meadows was 2 for 2 with 1 RBI and 2 stolen bases while sophomore third baseman Cooper Vowels was 2 for 2 with 1 RBI and 1 stolen base. 

 

Colonels senior pitcher Dru Meadows went the 5 innings and only allowed 1 hit and 0 runs while only walking 4 batters and recording 7 strikeouts on the night. 

 

As a team, the Colonels scored 13 runs and recorded 10 hits, 13 RBI’s, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 2 errors, 1 home run, and 6 stolen bases on the night.

 

The Trojans had only a hit from sophomore shortstop Micah Austin who was 1 for 3 on the night.  As a team, the Trojans recorded 1 hit and 1 error on the night.

 

Player of the game for the Colonels was senior second baseman Brennan Cates.  I asked Brennan how he felt like he performed in the game and how his team played and he responded with this, “We came out early, something we’ve struggled to do all season long is get the run in. We had some sacrifice flies that started everything and then walks and then everybody started hitting and it was perfect.”

 

Henderson County Colonels head coach Adam Hines talked about his team’s performance and his senior pitcher Dru Meadows, “Finally got on top a little bit here for once. Scored one in the first (inning), one in the second, and then kind of blew it open after that, Brennan Cates with a big grand slam that kind of gave us a little breathing room. Of course Dru Meadows was great on the mound early, kept some of their best guys off the base same thing we did last night. Started early and just kind of continued throughout the game and then was able to play some other guys which I love, those guys work hard and deserve to play so I was glad to get those guys in too but just a good solid all round night.”

 

Webster County Trojans head coach Jeff Givens talked about his observations on the night, “Didn’t come ready to play today. Didn’t swing the bat at the plate very well and when the ball was in play defense wasn’t ready. Just a tough loss right there.”