JV Game Day

JV Post-Season Tournament April 12^th

Monday April 3^rd - Game 3: The Panthers got off to a rough start when a couple of early errors let Grissom score their first two batters. Taylor Knight pitched a great game and was aided in the field with four assists and two putouts by Jordan Cole at catcher, three assists and two putouts by Chris McCain at short, a putout by Taylor Propst at third, an assist and five putouts by Corey Scheppe at first, an assist and a putout by Adam Beasley at second, two putouts by Brantley Johnson in centerfield and a putout by Dylan Schilabro in right field. Drew Dunaway came to the mound in relief in the 7th inning to finish out the game. The Tigers had several great hits and it was too much for the Panthers. A great triple by Carson Finnell who was batted in by Nic Light accounted for the Panthers only run. Singles by Chris McCain and Brantley Johnson were the only other Panther hits. The final score was 1-9.

It’s hard to believe the season is over. We are all very proud of our JV Panther baseball team!

JV Post-Season Tournament April 10th

Game 1: The Panthers faced Bob Jones and some really good pitching on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. They came away with only 5 hits: a single and a double with an RBI by Chris McCain, two doubles from Carson Finnell and a double from Corey Scheppe. Adam Beasley had a sacrifice RBI. On the defensive side, Andrew Dieterich pitched the entire game and did a great job giving up only 7 hits and two walks in six innings. He was backed up by Adam Beasley with an assist at second, Corey Scheppe with an assist and 5 putouts at first, Taylor Propst with two assists at 3^rd and a putout in centerfield, Nic Light with 2 assists and 2 putouts at second, Chris McCain with two assists and 3 putouts at short, Jordan Cole with a throw down to second from behind the plate, and Brantley Johnson with a put out in centerfield. Despite the great effort, the Panthers came up short 2-3.

Game 2: The Panthers came out swinging against Madison Academy. A total of 15 hits and great pitching by Jacob Pyles and Adam Beasley gave the Panthers an 18-5 victory. There were 2 singles from Chris McCain, an RBI from Andrew Dieterich, a single from Adam Beasley, a double and a sacrifice RBI from David Connor, a single by Taylor Propst, a single and a triple with 5 RBIs from Carson Finnell, a single with an RBI by Hunter Mason, a triple with an RBI by Nic Light, a double with an RBI by Evan Abston, a double by Colton MacLeod, two singles and a 3-run homer by Corey Scheppe, followed by a single shot home run from Dylan Schilabro. Pyles gave up a scant six hits in 4 innings with only two walks. Beasley only faced three batters and ended the game with an impressive strikeout. Backing them up were Nic Light with an impressive throw from leftfield to Jordan Cole at catcher to keep a run from scoring, two assists and a putout by McCain at short, five putouts by Scheppe at first base, an assist and putout by Propst at third, two assists by Beasley at second, a throw down from Mason behind the plate to second, and a putout at second by Johnson. The “mercy rule” (10 runs after 5 innings) kept the game to five innings.

April 7&8 – JV Panthers give two away to Grissom 4-9 and 0-5, but take the redeeming 3^rd Game by a score 12-4.

Game 1: In the first game of the Wednesday night double-header, Chris McCain had 3 singles, Nic Light and Josh Faint each had 2, and Corey Scheppe and Carson Finnell each had one. Light also had a double. RBIs came from Scheppe and Light(2). Jacob Pyles, Alec Voytko, and Mitch Kavannah each took a turn on the mound. Assists came from Taylor Propst at third(2), Adam Beasley at first, Brantley Johnson in center, Nic Light at second(3), and Jordan Cole behind the plate. Putouts were made by Propst(2), Beasley(4), McCain at short(3), Johnson(4), Light, and Carson Finnell in left field.

Game 2: The second game, the Panthers only had two hits: a single by Nic Light and a double by Evan Abston. Andrew Dieterich gave up 7 hits three inning and Drew Dunaway two in two innings from the mound. They were backed up with assists from Cole behind the plate to McCain at short and Propst with an incredible throw from right field to Beasley at third. Putouts were also made by Light at second, Propst(2), and Johnson in center(2). Alec Voytko made an incredible catch in center and held onto the ball despite colliding with a post and gaining a concussion in the process. He was checked out by doctors and will remain on the disabled list for at least two weeks.

Game 3: On Thursday, the guys faced Grissom one more time, this time bringing home the victory. Hitting singles were Chris McCain, Adam Beasely, Taylor Propst(2), Brantley Johnson, Jordan Cole, and Dylan Scilabro. One double was hit by McCain, and there were two homeruns: a hard hit ball by Scilabro went over the right field fence and Propst had one get the best of the left fielder for an in-the-park 3 run blast. RBIs came from McCain(2), Beasley(2), Propst(3), Corey Scheppe, and Schilabro. The assists came from Beasley at second base(4), McCain at short(3), Nic Light at third, Taylor Knight from the mound and Cole behind the plate. The putouts were made by Corey Scheppe at first(9), McCain(2), Light, Cole, and Carson Finnell in left field. Way to come back strong Panthers!

The first game started a little rough with the Patriots pounding the ball, but Drew Dunaway took the mound in the second inning and allowed only four hits in the five and 2/3 innings he pitched. He was backed up with assists by Corey Scheppe at first(2), Adam Beasley at second(3), Chris McCain at short and Brantley Johnson in center(2); and putouts by Scheppe, Jordan Cole behind the plate(4), McCain(6), Taylor Propst at third(2), Carson Finnell in left, and Dylan Scilabro in right field. The Panther hits were few, but powerful with doubles from McCain and Johnson and a 3-run homer that hit the scoreboard by Carson Finnell.

Game 2: In the second game, there were a few more hits. Chris McCain had two singles, Carson Finnell and Jordan Cole also had singles, Adam Beasley had a double and Brantley Johnson had an RBI. In the field, Evan Abston at second, McCain at shortstop(2), Scilabro in right, and Cole behind the plate assisted putouts by Abston(2), McCain(2), Scheppe at first(6), and Brantley Johnson in centerfield. The coaches threw a different pitcher each inning. Taylor Knight, Alec Voytko, Andrew Dieterich, and Adam Beasley combined for only two hits, but unfortunately a couple of untimely walks and a homerun in the 4th gave the Patriots the edge.

The JV Panthers beat Hazel Green twice on a beautiful April Fools evening. The first game was a 15-3 thrashing and the second win was almost as big, 7-3. In the first game, everyone in the lineup got at least one hit: singles from Chris McCain, Adam Beasley, Brantley Johnson, Jacob Pyles, Nic Light, Corey Scheppe, and Jordan Cole; and doubles from McCain, Beasley, Taylor Propst(2), Carson Finnell(2), Pyles(2), and Light. Propst(3), Finnell(2), Pyles(2), and Light(2) scored the RBIs. On the defensive side, some solid fielding backed up Taylor Knight and Alec Voytko who did a great job from the mound. Putouts were made by Propst(3) at third, Pyles in left, Scheppe(10) at first, McCain(2) at short, Beasley at second, and Cole behind the plate with assists from Propst(4), Knight(2), Beasley(3), and Cole.

In the second game, Andrew Dieterich pitched the complete game, allowing only 3 hits. He was backed up with putouts by David Connor(3) at second, Beasley(5) at first, Drew Dunaway behind the plate, Johnson in centerfield, and Propst at short with assists from Connor(3), and Dunaway. The runs were scored on singles from McCain(2), Beasley, and Voytko; doubles from McCain, Propst and Johnson; and RBIs from McCain(2), Propst(2), and Johnson.

Jacob Pyles allowed only one hit as he faced only three batters each inning except for the 4th where he faced four. Flawless defense kept the Trojans at bay with putouts from McCain(2) at short and Scheppe(13) at first coming on assists from McCain(4), Adam Beasley(2), Jacob Pyles(3), and Jordan Cole behind the plate. Many of the Panther runs were scored on Trojan errors, but there were several singles: McCain(2), Taylor Propst(2), Johnson, and Pyles. RBIs were scored by Propst, Johnson and Pyles(2).

March 29th – JV Panther take two from Sparkman 12-0, 5-4

Pitchers Taylor Knight and Alec Voytko combined for a no hitter in the first game against the Senators. The Panthers were hitting: singles by Chris McCain, Josh Faint, Brantley Johnson, Carson Finnell, Jacob Pyles(2), and Corey Scheppe; doubles from McCain, Adam Beasley, and Finnell(2); and a homerun from Taylor Propst. Solid defense also contributed to the win, including a 4-6-3 (Beasley, McCain, Scheppe) double play.

The second game was a little more exciting. The Senators jumped out to a two run lead in the top of the first. The Panthers answered with their own two runs in the bottom when back to back doubles by Taylor Propst and Brantley Johnson scored Chris McCain, who’d reached on an error, and Propst. The Panthers took a one run lead in the second with another set of back to back doubles by Jacob Pyles and Nic Light. In the top of the 5th, the Senators scored two to get back on top, but the Panthers answered when Adam Beasley walked on and Taylor Propst brought him in with a smash triple to centerfield. Then, Johnson’s grounder brought Propst across the plate to win the game 5-4.

March 27th – JV Panthers split with Hartselle 4-2, 5-10

A Saturday double-header resulted in a mixed outcome. The first game was a pitcher’s dual. Jacob Pyles completed the game with 73 pitches in seven innings with one walk and only four hits allowed! He was backed up by some great defense: putouts from Brantley Johnson in centerfield, Corey Scheppe(10) at first, Chris McCain(4) at short, Adam Beasley(2) at second, and Nic Light(2) in left; assists from Taylor Propst(3) at third, McCain, Beasley(5), and Jordan Cole(3) behind the plate. On the offensive side, 7 singles got the job done. Those came from the bats of McCain, Beasley, Josh Faint, Johnson(2), and Scheppe. The JV Panthers win 4-2.

In the second game, Hartselle took a quick lead and the Panthers struggled to catch up. Defensively, Propst, McCain, Johnson, and Dunaway assisted putouts from Beasley(3), Johnson(2), and Scheppe. No extra base hits for the second game either. Singles from McCain, Beasley, Propst, Faint(2), Johnson, and Dunaway just weren’t enough to get it done in this one. Panthers fall 5-10.

March 26th - JV Panthers lose to Buckhorn 12-15

After a lengthy delay due to spring break and spring rains, the JV Panthers were back in action tonight at home against Buckhorn. Unfortunately, they took their first loss of the regular season. The bats were hot with singles from Chris McCain, Adam Beasley(3), Taylor Propst, Josh Faint, and Brantley Johnson; doubles from Johnson and Corey Scheppe; and a homerun from Jordan Cole. In the field, there were defensive putouts by Scheppe(4) at first, Johnson(3) in center, McCain(5) at short, and Propst (2) at third. Assisting were Scheppe(2), McCain, Propst, and Beasley.

March 8th - JV Panthers defeat Etowah 9-1: Superb pitching and key hits led to a Panther victory on the road. Taylor Knight pitched 8 strikeouts in 4 innings and Nic Light had 6 strikeouts in 5 innings. Each allowed only one hit. Panthers scored on singles from Chris McCain, Taylor Propst(2), Josh Faint, Brantley Johnson, Corey Scheppe, and Jordan Cole; doubles from McCain and Cole(2); and RBIs from McCain, Propst, Faint, Carson Finnell(3), and Cole(2). They also played some solid defense with assists by Jacob Pyles, Cole, McCain, Light, and Adam Beasley; and putouts by Pyles, Cole(3), Scheppe(5), and Propst.

March 6th - JV Panthers 2-0 in Grissom Jam

The JV Panthers played two tonight in the JV Jam at Grissom. The first game against Huitt-Trussville was a close 8-6 win. There was some great defense behind pitchers Andrew Dieterich and Alec Voytko. First baseman Corey Scheppe racked up 9 putouts! Also scoring putouts were Jacob Pyles in right field (4), Dieterich, Brantley Johnson in centerfield, and Chris McCain at shortstop. McCain led assists with 4, Adam Beasley had 3 at second, Drew Dunaway had one at catcher, Nic Light scored one from third base, and Scheppe had one. Runs came from some great hitting. Doubles were hit by Johnson and Pyles. There were singles from McCain, Carson Finnell, Dieterich (2), and David Connor. RBIs: McCain, Johnson, Finnell(3), Pyles, and Voytko.

In the 2nd game, the Panthers faced Grissom. Pitchers Brantley Johnson and Taylor Knight held the Tigers to two runs while the Panther bats scored 6, bringing the Panthers a victory in the second game as well. Jordan Cole had a double. Brantley Johnson(2), Nic Light, and Alec Voytko hit singles. Scoring RBIs were Jacob Pyles(2), Cole, Dylan Scilabro and Voytko. The defense worked hard too with putouts by Corey Scheppe(3), Brantley Johnson, Nic Light, Jacob Pyles, David Connor, and Chris McCain; and assists from Cole(3), Johnson, and Light. Johnson and Knight combined for 13 strikeouts with 5 of the 7 innings bringing up only four Grissom batters or less!!

Feb 26th - JV Panther defeat Arab 19-0 and 6-1 "Gone like a freight train. Gone like yesterday. Gone like a soldier in the Civil War - Bang! Bang!" was heard over the sound system at the HHS field three times tonight signaling a Panther homerun! Both were exciting games with lots of great hits, great pitching and smooth defense.

The Panthers started off strong. Jacob Pyles pitched a complete game allowing only two hits. He was helped with double-play in the first inning and a pickoff in the 4th resulting in his facing only 3 batters each inning. Great substitution by Coach Futch allowed ten different batters to get hits. We saw singles from Chris McCain(2), Andrew Dieterich, Pyles, Nic Light, and Jordan Cole; doubles from Taylor Propst, Carson Finnell, Josh Faint, and Corey Scheppe; and homeruns from Taylor Propst and Drew Dunaway. RBIs were scored by McCain(2), Dieterich, Adam Beasley, Propst(5), Finnell, Alec Voytko, Faint, Pyles(2), Scheppe, Cole(2), and Dunaway(2). Defensively the Panthers got assists from Pyles, Propst, Beasley, Voytko, Dunaway and Light(2); and putouts from Scheppe(2), Beasley, Dieterich, and Dylan Scilabro(4).

In the second game, the Panthers allowed the first batter to score, but battled back for the win. Colton MacLeod pitched the first three innings and Taylor Propst finished the game combining for 4 strikeouts and just the one run allowed. They were backed by almost flawless defense with Light(2), Beasley(2), McCain(2) and David Connor getting assists and Light, Beasley(5), McCain(2), MacLeod, and Connor(2) getting putouts. There were also seven more big hits scoring the Panthers six runs: singles from Beasley, Propst(2), and Brantley Johnson; doubles from Finnell(2) and Connor; and a homerun from Josh Faint. McCain, Propst, Johson, and Faint(3) all scored RBIs.

Feb 24th - The JV Panthers win a double header from Hartselle tonight; winning the first game 10-5 and the second game 6-3. It was bitter cold and the umpires were calling lots of strikes and outs, but the boys had some terrific hits and key plays to bring them two victories.

Pitchers for the first game were Brantley Johnson, Alec Voytko, and Mitch Kavanaugh. At the end of 4 innings, the Panthers were down 1-0, but the bats heated up despite the wind chill and by the end of the game the Panthers won big. Six Panthers singles from Chris McCain, Taylor Propst, Brantley Johnson, Jacob Pyles(2), Corey Scheppe, Nic Light, and Carson Finnell and a triple from McCain put the Panthers on top. RBIs were scored by McCain(2), Pyles(2), Jordan Cole, and Finnell. On the defensive side Johnson, Propst, Beasley, and McCain(2) had assists, Scheppe(4), Propst, Beasley(3), and McCain scored putouts.

Andrew Dieterich pitched the entire second game, allowing Hartselle only 3 runs. The Panthers scored their 6 runs on 5 hits: singles from McCain, Propst, Faint(2) and Dylan Scilabro. Propst, Faint and Scheppe recorded RBIs. Our defense looked good; despite the cold hands the boys caught and threw pretty well. David Connor, McCain, Scheppe, and Propst recorded assists and Dieterich, Scheppe(5), Propst, and Taylor Knight made the putouts.