Lake County baseball opens season with win at West Carroll

 

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The Lake County Falcon baseball team opened its 2025 season on Thursday evening on the road on Thursday, defeating West Carroll 12-2 in Atwood.

The Falcons got on the board in the top of the first inning, getting Jake Clanton on via a leadoff walk. Clanton crossed the plate later in the inning on a wild pitch to put Lake County up 1-0 after a half inning.

Lake County benefitted from a leadoff walk in the second inning as well as Bryson Johnson scored via a pair of errors later in the inning to double the Falcon lead. Nate McCoy also walked and scored on a dropped third strike to put the Falcons on top 3-0 after an inning and a half.

After West Carroll cut into the Lake County lead in the bottom of the second, the Falcons got on the board with four runs in the top of the third. Dakahi Clark doubled in two while Chance Estes doubled in another run before scoring on a Johnson groundnut to put Lake County on top 7-1.

An unearned run by the War Eagles in the bottom of the third put West Carroll back on the board but Lake County matched the run in the top of the fourth inning. A Sawyer Roberson double led to the run as he scored later in the inning on an error on a dropped third strike to push the Falcon lead to 8-1 after three and a half frames.

Two innings later, the Falcons got on the board with a trio of runs in the top of the sixth inning. Base hits by Roberson, Clark and Estes all produced runs to put the Lake County lead at 11-2 heading into the bottom of the sixth.

The Falcons tacked on one more run in the top of the seventh before securing the win on a double play to seal the victory.

Roberson had a double and two singles to lead the way for the Falcons with an RBI as well. Clark and Estes each had a single and a double in the win.

Estes picked up the win on the mound, allowing two runs on two hits with eight strikeouts in three innings of work.

The Falcons return to action on Saturday for their home opener against Lakeland Prep at 1 p.m. in Tiptonville.

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