McKenzie Advances to Championship with Bruceton Win

McKENZIE (May 2) — On Thursday, the McKenzie Rebels Baseball Team defeated Hollow Rock-Bruceton 14-4 to advance to the 1A District 11 Championship. Lane Anderson pitched in the game against Bruceton. The Tigers got the first run on the night in the first inning. McKenzie responded with two runs. Hayden Garrett stole home and Tate Surber hit Jake Cassidy in putting the score at 2-1 at the end of the first. The Rebels came alive in the bottom of the second scoring ten runs. A big hit from Anderson got Gage Crosland, Lelan Gordon, and Craegen Travis. Bruceton got three more runs before McKenzie ended the game in the fifth inning with a final score of 14-4.

On Wednesday, McKenzie played Houston County in the first round of districts advancing to the semifinals. Craegen Travis started off pitching the first three innings for the Rebels. Hayden Garrett got the first run of the night in the bottom of the first inning which put McKenzie up one. The next run wasn’t until the third inning when Fletcher Holt got home. McKenzie changed pitchers in the fourth inning to Ripken Thomson. Houston County got their first run of the night which put the score at 2-1 going into the bottom of the fourth. The Rebels got three runs in the bottom of the fourth. Xander Johnsey stole home. Jake Cassidy hit a double that sent Garrett home. Holt hit Ace Brown in. Which made the score 5-1 going into the fifth. McKenzie changed pitchers in the fifth to Avery Brown. The Rebels got two more runs before the game ended defeating Houston County 7-1