{"id":45569,"date":"2017-03-03T14:37:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T20:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/?p=45569"},"modified":"2025-05-07T12:27:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:27:38","slug":"shs-baseball-team-starting-off-the-season-with-a-big-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/?p=45569","title":{"rendered":"SHS Baseball Team Starting off the Season with a Big Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Searcy (LP) Ending the 2016 season with a 16-6 record, the Searcy High School Baseball teams plans to improve their game and continue to put a solid starting line up on the field each game. \u00a0Seeing as they lost a number of seniors last year, head coach Matthew Davis thinks the team has readjusted\u00a0to the new changes and is ready for any competition. \u00a0Losing most of their pitchers has been the hardest part for the team. \u00a0With college level players such as Bryce Bartlett and Austin Allen graduating, the team had large shoes to fill. Looking at this situation Coach Davis says, “A lot of the guys have been waiting patiently and have worked hard and it will be fun to watch them progress throughout the year.”\u00a0 The teams approach is to go out every game playing hard and play how they know.<\/p>\n

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Senior Adrian Hannah up to bat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first game of the season the baseball team was\u00a0up against Cabot in the PBR MaxPreps Metro tournament in Cabot, Arkansas. \u00a0Cabot is always a tough competition for Searcy, so they knew they would have to compete if Searcy wanted to come out with a win. \u00a0Searcy dominated the majority of the game bringing in the first run of the game in the first\u00a0inning. \u00a0Cabot came back and tied the game in the second inning. \u00a0By the fourth inning, Searcy brought home four runs to place\u00a0them in a strong lead. \u00a0Senior Adrian Hannah was called in during the last inning as the relief pitcher and topped out with an 86 mph fastball. \u00a0Being the man called up to the mound to end the game was a big deal for Hannah. \u00a0“I like it better when the game is in my hands and I think my team felt confident in me,” Adrian said. \u00a0Although Cabot held off the game with no field errors, Searcy had a great defense\u00a0and only let in four runs. \u00a0The game finished 7-4 with Searcy on top.<\/p>\n

The Searcy High Baseball team plans for a great season this Spring. \u00a0The team has been working hard each week, scrimmaging, setting up drills, and opening up the cages for batting practice before school. \u00a0Coach Davis takes it one game at a time and doesn’t look too far in the future. \u00a0He says, “Our objective is if we play hard and play the right way, we can be as good as any baseball team that has come through Searcy.” \u00a0Game type situations are a big focal point\u00a0for the baseball team and is what they try to work\u00a0on the most. \u00a0As the seniors leave after this year, the team will be loosing many great players, but Davis believes they will adapt and will be able to fill the hole that is left. \u00a0As a four year varsity player, Adrian Hannah says the team has, “Very good team chemistry that I think will continue throughout the season. \u00a0It will be a challenge to do as well as we did last year, but I feel that we have the potential and experience that will be helpful in the long run.” \u00a0Hannah knows it will be tough for the underclassman to adapt to the nine seniors leaving this year, but also knows Coach Davis and the other coaches will help them get ready for the next\u00a0years ahead.<\/p>\n

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