Featured image: The Mountaineers 9 and 10-year-old All-Stars were one of the only teams from DeKalb County to advance to Dixie Youth Substate. The team fell to Russellville 11-10 after extra innings.
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor
DECATUR, Ala.—The 9 & 10 year old Mountaineers fell in the Substate All Star tournament held in Decatur this past weekend.
The Mountaineers faced Hueytown in the first game of the series. At the bottom of two, the Mountaineers led Hueytown 1-0. Griffin Weldon scored on a sacrifice bunt by Austyn Lindsey.
At the bottom of the third inning, the Mountaineers were down 2-1. At the end of four, Logan Wilks crossed the plate on a double by Thomas Keith, making the score Hueytown 4, Mountaineers 2. The Mountaineers could not catch up to Hueytown in the remaining innings and lost to Hueytown 8-2.
In the second game of the series, the Mountaineers faced Russellville. The Mountaineers jumped to an early lead in the second inning with scores by Griffin Weldon, Tyler Brewer and Austyn Lindsey.
At the bottom of three, Eian Bain, Logan WIlks and Wesley Gothard crossed the plate giving the Mountaineers the 6-0 advantage.
The Mountaineers ended the fourth inning quickly with three up and three down on defense.
The Mountaineers scored four more runs when Tanner Haynes, Joshua Scott, Ethan Bain and Logan Wilks came across the plate.
The score remained 10-2 at the start of the fifth. Russellville found their groove in swinging the bat during the fifth and closed the Mountaineers lead to 10-7.
At the end of six innings, Russellville had managed to tie the game. The game went into extra innings where the Mountaineers were defeated 11-10.
