Brooks takes walk-off victory over Wildcats

Published 4:32 pm Friday, April 5, 2019

Brooks took a big step toward winning the Class 4A, Area 15 championship with a 4-3 victory over West Limestone Thursday afternoon.

West Limestone had fallen to Brooks 14-10 Tuesday. They needed to beat the Lions Thursday afternoon and then win the tie-breaking third game of the series to win the area title.

Brooks took a 3-2 lead into the seventh inning, but West Limestone scored a run in the top of the seventh on an error to tie the score. It could have been more, as the Wildcats had the bases loaded with one out, but Braden Tuten hit a hard line drive right at the second baseman, who was able to catch it and turn a double play to keep the game tied.

Brooks then got a leadoff single by Charlie Crowley, who then scored the winning two batters later via an error. Brooks is now 2-0 in the area, and needs just one win over Elkmont (0-2) next week in order to win the area title.

Cooper Phillips and Dylan Simmons led West Limestone with two hits each, while Clayten Pugh and Ryan Britt also had hits for the Wildcats.

West Limestone finished its area games with a 2-2 record, having swept Elkmont last week. The Wildcats are the runner-up in the three-team region and will play a road game in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs.

Softball

Coffee County Central 6, Athens 0

Coffee County Central scored five runs in the bottom of the third inning to pull away from Athens in a victory Thursday afternoon.

Coffee County Central had just four hits in the game, but two of them were home runs. Athens was held to just three hits, all of them singles.

Morgan Stiles, Kadence Miller and Lilli Cain had the hits for the Golden Eagles.

Prep Soccer

Tanner undefeated in area play

Tanner improved its record to 4-0 in Class 1A–3A, Area 8 with wins over Mars Hill, Westminster Christian and Athens Bible.

The Rattlers’ game against Mars Hill ended in a 2-2 tie after regulation and overtime and had to go to a penalty kick shootout, which Tanner won to take the area victory. Manuel Felipe and Gonzalo Rubio each had a goal and an assist in the win.

Tanner then defeated Westminster Christian 6-1, with Arturo Gutierrez and Felipe each scoring two goals and dishing out an assist. Rodrigo Lagunas added a goal, while Rubio and Richard Rosas each had an assist.

Tanner improved to 4-0 in area play with a 9-1 victory over Athens Bible. Felipe scored four goals to lead the Rattlers, while Rosas and Gutierrez each scored twice and Lagunas added one goal.

Rubio had four assists in the game, while Christian Nolasco had one assist.

Tanner scored a 2-1 victory over Elkmont in a non-area contest, with Felipe and Frankie Vicente each scoring a goal in the win.

Tanner also played in the RedHawks Classic, posting a 1-1-1 record. The Rattlers defeated Fayetteville 1-0 and tied Cascade 0-0 but lost 5-1 to eventual tournament champions Hunters Lane.

Felipe scored a goal in both the Hunters Lane and Fayetteville games.

Tanner’s overall record is now 6-5-2.