Three Oaks dominates Martin to punch ticket to state tournament

 



Jason Peevyhouse

Editor, JP Productions Sports

Three Oaks march towards the TMSAA Class A State Tournament next week in Clarksville took its most important step on Thursday in Jackson as the Choctaws took a 10-0 win over Martin to claim the TMSAA Class A Section 4 Tournament Championship in five innings to punch the orange and white’s ticket to state for next week.

After a scoreless first inning, Three Oaks got on the board with one out in the top of the second. Crawford Childress hit what looked to be a home run to centerfield but umpires ruled the hit a ground-rule double, stating the ball went under the fence. Regardless, Childress didn’t have to wait long to cross the plate as Corbyn Kolwyck singled him in to put the Choctaws on the board. Talon Harrell singled then Nate Vick helped his own cause with a sacrifice fly to plate Kolwyck. Landon Todd added an RBI double to put Three Oaks on top 3-0 after an inning and a half.

Three Oaks Head Coach Hayden Campbell agreed this inning set the tone.

“It’s really important with a team as good as Martin Middle School to come out and stroke the baseball as good as we did,” Campbell explained. “We came out and we let them know exactly what we wanted them to do.

“The beautiful thing was is that we executed to perfection.”

Two innings later, the Choctaws broke the game open – again with one out in the frame. IN the top of the fourth, Todd drew a one-out walk then Maddox Davis reached on an error as did Cullen Messer. With the bases loaded, Braxton Anderson was hit by a pitch to push across a run then Grayson Daniels singled in two more. Childress drew a walk to load the bases again before a two-out single from Harrell drove in two runs before the final out to put the Choctaws in command 8-0 going into the bottom of the fourth inning.


Back-to-back singles from Vick and Todd led off the top of the fifth, A Davis sacrifice fly plated a run as did another from Messer to put the Choctaws ahead 10-0 heading into the bottom of the fifth.

Three Oaks’ defense then worked around a leadoff single and a two-out walk to get a flyout to seal the mercy-rule win and send the team to state.

Childress and Todd each had a double and a single in the win while Harrell had a pair of singles.

Vick picked up the win on the mound, shutting out Martin for four innings, allowing four hits while striking out four. Messer pitched the scoreless fifth.

“Nate Vick is Nate Vick – there’s no other way to put it,” Campbell said. "He’s a kid that can come out and absolutely deal. I’m so proud of him for doing that tonight.”


The Choctaws, now 23-0, advance to the TMSAA Class A State Tournament which begins on Thursday, May 15 in Clarksville.

When asked if he had anything to add to his earlier comments, Campbell’s response was just four words - “Let’s go win state.”

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