Northview’s third inning sets tone in semifinal win

 



Jason Peevyhouse

Editor, JP Productions Sports

The game was scoreless for two and a half innings before an eight-run bottom of the third by Northview blew the game open and led to the Choctaws’ 10-0 win over Halls in the semifinals of the West Tennessee Athletic Conference Tournament on Tuesday at Three Oaks.


With the game tied at 0-0 through the top of the second, a hit batter, Knox Smith,  began the scoring spree for Northview. Drake Santiago followed with a single then Mason McCain’s single resulted in the two runs scoring. Clark Ross followed with an RBI double then scored three batters later when Easton Lehmann drew a bases-loaded walk to put the Choctaws up four. A Will Trevathan sacrifice fly added another run then Smith drew a bases-loaded walk to plate another. Santiago then doubled in two more to put Northview firmly in command, 8-0, after three innings.

Over the next two Halls’ innings, Ross struck out all six batters he faced to send the game into the bottom of the fifth.

Lehmann led off the bottom of the fifth with a walk then scored on Trevathan’s single. The next batter, Myles Funderburk, was hit by a pitch then scored later in the frame on an error to end the game via mercy rule.


Santiago had a double and two singles, accounting for three of his team’s six hits in the win.

Ross went the distance in the win, shutting out Halls while allowing only two hits and striking out ten.

Northview will face Three Oaks in the WTAC Championship Game on Wednesday at Three Oaks at 5 p.m. Three Oaks defeated Lake County, 10-6, in the earlier semifinal game on Tuesday.

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