{"id":46393,"date":"2017-05-15T13:31:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T19:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/?p=46393"},"modified":"2025-05-07T12:27:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:27:37","slug":"annual-baseball-state-tournament-for-searcy-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/?p=46393","title":{"rendered":"Annual Baseball State Tournament for Searcy High School"},"content":{"rendered":"

Searcy(LP) Every year each sport has matches or games that lead up to a big conference and\/or state tournament. \u00a0This year our baseball team has had many Varsity and Junior Varsity games. \u00a0Some were successes, and other tough losses, but each game has shaped our team into the players they are now. \u00a0Our teams are now preparing for the 6A State Tournament. \u00a0The road has been rough, but they made it here. \u00a0Coach Ferrell tells that so far, “the season has gone pretty well, they’ve had to deal with a lot of injuries and putting people in different places. \u00a0But we’ve tried to overcome adversity.”<\/p>\n

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Baseball Team listens as coaches give speech about outcome of State Tournament.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each player plays a vital part in a winning game. \u00a0This year our lead players have consisted of mainly seniors, but a few underclassman contribute as well. \u00a0Our Varsity players include: Sam Lane, Flave Carpenter, \u00a0Luke Wolfe, Garrett Price, Will Wilkins, Kory O’Neal, Adrian Hannah, Hayden Bowman, Mikey Huddey, Andrew Stanley, and Tanner Leonard. \u00a0The seniors have played a major role in leading the team. \u00a0Senior Hayden Bowman tells that he prepares by, “just putting in extra work and practicing. Coming up on the weekends and hitting.”<\/p>\n

The State tournament has just taken place and before the tournament Bowman told that to make this senior tournament a success he is going to, “leave it all on the field; give it everything I’ve got and hope that everyone else does too.” \u00a0The Searcy Lion Baseball team went into the game with their heads, but didn’t come out with the outcome they wanted. \u00a0In the first game, the Lions faced off against a very tough opponent: Sheridan. \u00a0Sheridan won the state tournament in 2015, with many players that are still on the team today as seniors. \u00a0Sheridan was also the favorite to win this year due to their almost perfect record up until their conference tournament when they lost to Benton in a close game.<\/p>\n

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Head Baseball Coach Davis discusses preparation for tournament with Assistant Coach Ferrell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Right off the bat, literally, Sheridan jumped to a 2-0 lead with a base clearing triple to deep right center field. \u00a0The Lions stopped them in the second inning, but after that they broke the game open with 6 runs in the the third. \u00a0They hit the ball all over the field, and it seemed to be out of the Lions’ reach every single time with the ending score at 11-1 after only 5 innings of play. \u00a0Sheridan had 12 hits, 6 of those for extra bases, and they run ruled the Lions after 5. \u00a0They fought hard, but they just couldn’t overcome the 31-5 Yellowjackets who are now in the semifinals after beating Mountain Home 9-3.<\/p>\n

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