Smith County White 8
Lebanon Gold 4
On Thursday, July 9th, the District 2 Championship between Smith County White and Lebanon Gold began at the beautiful Crump Paris Park. Smith County, coming out of the loser’s bracket, would have to beat the undefeated Lebanon Gold twice in order to head to the state tournament.
Smith County jumped out early on Lebanon Gold taking an early 5-0 lead on one error and hits from Jett Underwood, Alex Bush, Brody Sykes, Dalton Watts, and Paxton Hix. Smith County extended their lead in the third driving home two more runs on two errors and hits from Brody Sykes, Dalton Watts, and Nolan Kelley extending the lead to 7-0. Lebanon Gold responded with a big four run fourth to cut the lead to 7-4, but Smith County pushed across one more in the fifth on an error and hits from Mason Greer and Case Collins. They then held the mighty Lebanon Gold offense, throwing out three runners at third base in the sixth to win the contest and force a decisive game two.
Smith County was led by Brody Sykes and Dalton Watts who each had two hits. They were followed by Jett Underwood, Alex Bush, Nolan Kelley, Paxton Hix, Mason Greer, and Case Collins who each had one hit.
Lebanon Gold was led by Carson Fox who had two hits. Fox was followed by Chase Dickerson, Jordan Jewell, Mickel Whitley, Brycen Cousino, and Remarion Jackson who each had one hit.
