The South Central Cougars saw their fall baseball season come to a close on Monday as they were upset by North Clay/Clay City 5-4 in the quarterfinals of the National Trail Conference Baseball Tournament. The Cougars would fall behind early in the game as North Clay would put up a run in the 3rd and to more in the 4th to take a 3-0 lead. South Central would put up two runs of their own though in the bottom of the 4th inning on a 2-run home run by Aidan Dodson to cut the NC lead to 3-2. South Central would then tie the game up at 3-3 in the bottom of the 6th inning when Callaway Smith doubled to right field to score Anthony Buonaura. The game did not stayed long as the Cardinals scored two more runs in the top of the 7th inning to retake the lead at 5-3. With two outs in the bottom of the 7th, the Cougars drew back to back walks from Trevan Sidwell and Brody Markley and Chase Thompson would single to left field to score Sidwell to pull South Central to within a run, 5-4. After an intentional walk of Dodson would load the bases, the Cougars would see the game come to an end with a fly out to center field. The Cougars end their season at 14-5.
South Central Pitching:
Anthony Buonaura – 5.2 IP, 3 R (0 ER), 1 H, 10 Ks, 5 BB
Aidan Dodson – 1.1 IP, 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 K
South Central Offensively:
Chase Thompson – 2-4, R, RBI
Aidan Dodson – 1-3, R, HR, 2 RBI
Anthony Buonaura – 1-3, R
Callaway Smith – 1-2, RBI
Trevan Sidwell – R