Dyer County falls to Covington in Game 1

 



Jason Peevyhouse

Editor, JP Productions Sports

If the Choctaw baseball team is to make the TSSAA Class 3A State Tournament set for next week in Murfreesboro, Dyer County will have to battle back from behind as the orange and white fell in Game 1 of the Class 3A Sectional Series to the Chargers on Wednesday evening in Covington.

All four runs for Covington came in the bottom of the first inning as the Chargers took a 4-0 lead after one inning.

After being held hitless through the first two innings, Dyer County got on the board in the top of the third inning. But, they did so without a hit as Nate Vick reached on an error then scored on a wild pitch later in the inning as the Choctaws cut the Covington lead to 4-1 after two and a half innings.

The Choctaws’ first hit finally came in the top of the fifth inning as Landon Daniels led off with a single. Talon Messer also singled two batters later but the two were stranded on the bases along with Carson Nevels after a groundout ended the Dyer County threat.

Dyer County was able to pick up a run in the top of the sixth to cut the Covington lead to 4-2.

But, the Choctaws went down in order in the seventh as Covington secured the win and the lead in the best-of-three series.

Easton Ozment had the only extra base hit of the day for Dyer County, a double in the sixth.

The Choctaws return to Covington on Thursday with Game 2 scheduled for a first pitch of 4:30 p.m. Dyer County will have to win Game 2 in order to force a winner-take-all Game 3 at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

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