RHS baseball gets No. 4 seed

LEBANON – The Rolla High School baseball team, despite an 18-win season so far, has been seeded No. 4 in the murderous Missouri Class 4 District 11 Tournament, to be held May 12-15 at Oley Scott Field in Lebanon.

Ozark got the No. 1 seed in the district tourney while Lebanon is seeded No. 2, Springfield Glendale No. 3, Rolla No. 4, Springfield Hillcrest No. 5 and Waynesville No. 6.

Ozark and Lebanon received first-round byes.

In first-round games on Monday, May 12 Rolla meets Hillcrest at 4:30 p.m. while Waynesville takes on Glendale at 7 p.m.

In semifinal action May 13 Ozark meets the Rolla-Hillcrest winner at 4:30 p.m. and Lebanon faces the Waynesville-Glendale winner at 7 p.m.

The district championship game is scheduled for 6 p.m. May 15.

Lebanon is the defending district champion.

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RHS pitchers fan 19; win Fulton title

FULTON – That wind blowing on Tuesday, May 6 wasn’t a storm; it was the Fulton Hornets’ bats.

Rolla High School baseball pitching fanned a whopping 19 Fulton batters over seven innings on Tuesday, as the Bulldogs defeated Fulton 10-2 in the weather-delayed title game of the Fulton Tournament.

Junior left-handed starting pitcher Dalton Friend did most of the damage to Hornet hitters, striking out 16 over six innings. Daniel Perdue finished up the seventh with three more K’s.

Rolla, now 18-3, gave their pitchers plenty of support.

A four-run first inning gave the Bulldogs all the offense they needed, as Will Morrison had an RBI single and Chris Bowe belted a two-run double.

RHS added two runs in each of the second, third and sixth innings. In the second. Tyler Sinnott doubled and Morrison and Bowe had RBI singles. In the sixth Sinnott slugged a solo homer and Bowe followed with an RBI double.

Bowe was 3-for-4 with four RBI while Sinnott was also 3-for-4.

The game at St. Clair on Wednesday, May 7 was canceled due to the weather and will not be made up.

Also, Rolla was scheduled to host Jefferson City High School Thursday, May 8 at the First Community National Bank Field. The game was postponed due to the weather and is now scheduled to be held in Rolla Friday, May 9. It will be a varsity-only event, starting at 5 p.m.

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Bulldog baseball pounds Lakers, 17-1

CAMDENTON – The Rolla High School baseball team improved to 11-2 overall and 4-2 in Ozark Conference play by blasting Camdenton 17-1 on Tuesday, April 15.

The Bulldogs wasted little time, erupting for five runs in the first inning and then putting things away with a 10-run third frame. RHS added two more runs in the fifth, when the game was stopped due to the run rule.

Rolla pounded out 16 hits in the game, as junior Chris Bowe led the way with three hits, including a homer, six RBI and two runs scored.

Also for the Bulldogs junior Dalton Friend had two hits, including a homer, three RBI and two runs scored while junior Ross Parker had two hits, two RBI and three runs scored; senior Andy Hall two hits and three runs scored; junior Tyler Sinnott two hits and two runs scored, and junior Cameron Fore two hits and two RBI.

Senior right-hander Will Morrison was the starting and winning pitcher for Rolla, allowing one run, two hits and two walks over four innings while fanning six. Junior Josh Stephens finished up on the mound for RHS in the fifth, getting two strikeouts and allowing two hits.

The line score:

Rolla 50(10) 02–17 16

Camdenton 000 01– 1 4

Rolla: Morrison, Stephens (5) and Brown, Hubbard (5). Camdenton: Coleman, Giordano (3), Mustain (3), Rizer (3) and Glover. WP: Morrison. LP: Coleman.

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RHS baseball sweeps past Hillcrest, West Plains

ROLLA – Getting a strong pitching effort from Chris Bowe in one game and then pounding out 13 hits – including a grand slam homer by Tyler Sinnott – in the other, the Rolla High School baseball team swept a pair of Ozark Conference games Friday and Monday, April 11 and 14 at the First Community National Bank Field.

On Monday RHS got a three-hit shutout from Bowe and beat Springfield Hillcrest 6-0. And on Friday the Bulldogs belted West Plains 14-5.

That improved Rolla’s record to 10-2 overall and 3-2 in the league. RHS was scheduled to play again Tuesday, April 15 playing at Camdenton in another league contest.

Bowe was nearly unhittable for the Bulldogs, as he scattered three hits and two walks over seven innings while fanning five.

RHS backed Bowe with two runs in the first inning, one in the fourth, two in the fifth and one in the sixth.

In the first inning Sinnott, Will Morrison and Ross Parker were all issued two-out walks to load the bases. One run scored on an error while Bowe walked to force in another run.

In the fourth RHS scored when Daniel Perdue walked, went to third base on a double by Dalton Friend and then scored on a wild pitch.

The Bulldogs tallied two more in the fifth as Andy Hall walked, stole second base and was followed by walks to Jeff Brown and Brett Marston to load the bases. Friend followed with a two-run single.

In the sixth Morrison walked and courtesy runner Trevor Dinsdale stole second base. He scored on Hall’s RBI single.

Rolla had five hits – two by Friend – and was issued 10 walks.

Hillcrest defeated Rolla’s junior varsity team 6-4, dropping the RHS jayvee team to 10-2.

Hillcrest 000 000 0–0 3

Rolla 200 121 x–6 5

Rolla: Bowe and Brown. Hillcrest: Hulse, Hansen (5) and Wright. WP: Bowe. LP: Hulse.

West Plains held a 5-3 lead after four innings. However, RHS erupted for three runs in the bottom of the fifth and eight more in the sixth to pull away.

Highlighting the fifth inning was a two-run double by Perdue, giving the Bulldogs a 6-5 lead.

And the eight-run sixth included a grand slam home run by Sinnott.

Rolla outhit West Plains 13-9. Morrison was 3-for-5 while Sinnott had two hits, scored two runs and had five RBI; Parker had two hits and scored twice and Bowe had three RBI.

Friend was the starting pitcher for RHS, allowing five runs on seven hits and three walks while fanning six. Marston was the winning pitcher in relief. Parker pitched the final two innings to get the save.

West Plains won the jayvee game 5-0, handing Rolla its first jayvee loss.

The line score:

West Plains 004 100 0– 5 9

Rolla 210 038 x–14 13

Rolla: Friend, Marston (5), Parker (6) and Brown. West Plains: Townsend, Phegley (5), Hunter (6), York (6) and Cordel. WP: Marston. LP: Townsend.

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Bulldog baseball tops Waynesville

WAYNESVILLE – Getting the Waynesville Tigers’ ace, the Rolla High School baseball team could have been expecting a low-scoring Ozark Conference game Wednesday at Tiger Pride Park.

So much for the low-scoring talk.

In a game where the two teams combined for 21 hits, the Rolla Bulldogs improved its overall record to 8-2 by knocking off Waynesville 13-3.

The game had been scheduled for Tuesday but was backed up a day due to rain.

The Bulldog offense produced 11 hits. And Rolla broke open a close game by putting up nine runs in the top of the seventh inning.

Leading the offensive charge for Rolla was senior third baseman William Morrison, who belted a pair of home runs. Morrison pulled a solo homer over the rightfield fence in highlight a two-run first inning. And Morrison led off the fourth with a homer to center.

Rolla got six hits and four runs off Waynesville all-conference senior right-hander Dustin Loggins. Loggins worked five innings, allowing three walks and fanning seven in

taking the loss.

Sophomore Patrick Clegg relieved Loggins and worked 1 2/3 innings before senior Jordan Hancock finished up. Rolla banged around Clegg and Hancock for nine runs in the top of the

seventh on four walks and four hits. Thirteen Rolla batters came to the plate in the seventh, with junior Dalton Friend getting a two-run double and a single in the frame.

Junior right-hander Chris Bowe was the starting and winning pitcher for Rolla. Bowe worked five innings and scattered two runs on eight hits and two walks while fanning six. Friend, a lefty, finished up on the mound, allowing two hits, two walks and a run while striking out four.

Morrison, Friend and Ross Parker each had two hits while Morrison had three RBI and Friend and Parker each had two RBI. Daniel Perdue and Morrison each scored three times for the winners.

Hancock was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI for the Tigers, now 4-3 while junior Austin Greene had two hits.

Rolla is scheduled to play at West Plains Friday in another conference game.

The line score:

Rolla2001109—13 11

Waynesville1001010—3 10

Rolla: Bowe, Friend (6) and Brown. Waynesville: Loggins, Clegg (6), Hancock (7) and Freeman. WP: Bowe. LP: Loggins.

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RHS baseball too much for Licking

ROLLA – Behind the pitching of senior right-hander William Morrison the Rolla High School baseball team improved its overall record to 7-2 by whipping Licking 11-1 Monday, April 7 at the First Community National Bank Field.

Morrison limited the Licking Wildcats to just two hits and one walk while fanning three.

The game was stopped after five innings due to the run rule.

Offensively the Bulldogs banged out 14 hits off Wildcat pitching. RHS tallied three runs in the bottom of the first inning, two in the third and three in each of the fourth and fifth frames.

RHS set the tone for the game in the bottom of the first. After Daniel Perdue and Dalton Friend had singles and Tyler Sinnott walked to load the bases Ross Parker smacked a bases-clearing double. RHS got two runs in the third on a sacrifice fly by Andy Hall and a RBI double by Jeff Brown.

Sinnott, Morrison and Hall all had RBI hits in the Bulldog fourth. In the fifth frame Friend had an RBI single while Morrison was issued a bases-loaded walk to force home a run and Hall added an RBI single to end things.

Rolla won the junior varsity game 8-4.

Rolla’s scheduled Ozark Conference game at Waynesville for Tuesday, April 8, was backed up a day due to rainy weather.

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RHS baseball knocks off small-school power

ROLLA – The Rolla High School baseball team faced a state-ranked opponent on Friday, April 4.

And the Bulldog pitching shut ‘em down.

Chris Bowe, a junior right-hander, led a parade of three Rolla High School baseball team pitchers against Class 1 power Stoutland Friday at First Community National Bank Field. And the RHS trio combined for a four-hitter, leading the Bulldogs to a 5-1 victory over the Stoutland Tigers in non-league play.

In handing Stoutland, ranked No. 2 in the current Missouri Class 1 state poll and the state tournament runner-up the past two years, its first defeat of the season Rolla slowed down an offensive attack which has been the area’s best so far in the young season. In a two-game span last week Stoutland erupted for a whopping 48 runs.

However, Bowe, lefty Dalton Friend and right-hander Daniel Perdue slowed the Stoutland offense way down.

Stoutland got just one run, in the top of the fifth inning. Bowe (2-0) worked three innings and allowed one hit and one walk while fanning three. Friend pitched three innings and allowed two hits, one walk and struck out five. Perdue finished up the seventh allowing a hit and walk.

Rolla, now 6-2, bolted to a 5-0 lead after four innings. The Bulldogs fired out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first, as Stoutland all-state pitcher Josh White walked the bases loaded followed by a two-run single by Ross Parker. Andy Hall followed with a run-scoring squeeze bunt and Bowe then had an RBI single.

RHS added a run in the fourth, as Perdue was hit by a pitch, advanced to third base on an error and later scored on another error.

White was the losing pitcher, getting relief help from Scotty Breeden in the first inning and later Cory Kyle in the fourth. Breeden and Kyle limited RHS to three hits, one walk and one run over the final 5 2/3 innings. Stoutland pitchers stuck out 11 RHS batters.

Rolla easily won the junior varsity game 17-0, as Zach Barnes and Nate Fraley combined for a no-hitter and 10 strikeouts. Barnes had two hits and three RBI at the plate.

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RHS baseball win streak snapped

ROLLA – The Rolla High School baseball team saw its four-game winning streak end with a 9-4 setback to Springfield Kickapoo Wednesday, April 2 at First Community National Bank Field in the Bray Sports Complex.

Rolla falls to 5-2 overall and 0-2 in the league.

The game had been scheduled for April 1 but was backed up a day due to the weather.

Kickapoo did most of its damage early, scoring solo runs in the top of the first and second innings and five in the third. The Chiefs added single runs in the fourth and sixth frames.

Rolla got a run in the first, one in the fifth and two in the sixth.

Junior outfielder Tyler Sinnott belted a home run in the first inning for RHS. In the fifth Daniel Perdue reached on an error followed by a walk to Sinnott and an RBI single by Morrison.

The Bulldogs’ final runs came in the sixth when Jeff Brown doubled, advanced to third base on Cameron Fore’s infield single and scored on Perdue’s RBI single followed by a run-scoring error off a ball hit by Dalton Friend.

Senior right-hander William Morrison (1-1) was the starting and losing pitcher for the Bulldogs, working 2 1/3 innings and allowing seven runs on six hits and four walks. He was relieved by Brett Marston in the third. Josh Stephens came on in the sixth and finished up on the mound for RHS.

Kickapoo outhit Rolla 10-7.

Rolla won the junior varsity game 2-1. Nick Williams and Trevor Dinsdale each had RBI singles for the Rolla jayvee squad. Zach Barnes was the winning pitcher.

On Saturday, March 29 Rolla advanced to the championship game of the weather-delayed Four Rivers Classic by belting St. Francis Borgia 15-5 at First Community National Bank Field.

It is still uncertain when the Classic’s championship game will be played.

On Saturday Borgia erupted for five runs in the top of the first inning. However, RHS eventually had plenty of offense for the comeback, plating three runs in the bottom of the first inning, four in the second, one in the third, two in the fourth, one in the fifth and four in the sixth.

The Bulldog offense was highlighted by a two-run homer from Friend, a solo homer by Jeff Brown and a two-run single by Chris Bowe.

Friend was 3-for-4 with four RBI and three runs scored while Bowe was 3-for-4 with four RBI.

Friend (2-1), a junior left-hander, was the starting and winning pitcher, getting relief help from Bowe.

Also on Saturday the RHS jayvee squad won two games in the Houston Tournament before rain stopped the action. Rolla beat Houston and Ava.

In the Rolla Freshman Tournament, held Saturday at First Community National Bank Field, Lebanon was the tourney champion. Rolla’s freshmen lost to Farmington and to Hillsboro.

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Bulldog baseball falls to Lebanon

LEBANON – The Rolla High School baseball team was beaten by Ozark Conference rival Lebanon 9-4 on Monday, March 24.

Things started fine for the Bulldogs, who tallied a single run in each of the top of the first, second and third innings to grab a 3-0 lead.

However, Lebanon took the lead with a four-run third inning.

After Rolla tied the game with a solo run in the fourth, Lebanon took the lead for good with two runs in the fourth inning and added three in the fifth.

William Morrison was 2-for-3 with two RBI for the Bulldogs while Tyler Sinnott and Chris Bowe also had two hits and Ross Parker had an RBI single.

Rolla outhit Lebanon 10-7.

Junior left-hander Dalton Friend was the starting and losing pitcher, working three innings and allowing five hits, six runs and four walks while fanning four. Parker came on to pitch the final three innings for the Bulldogs, allowing two hits and two walks.

Beau Harris had two hits, two RBI and scored twice for the Lebanon Yellow Jackets.

Rolla won the junior varsity game 8-1. The jayvee Bulldogs tallied five runs in the fourth inning and three in the fifth.

The Bulldogs are scheduled to play again at Houston on Tuesday, March 25.

The varsity line score:

Rolla 111 100 0–4 10

Lebanon 004 230 x–9 7

Rolla: Friend, Parker (4) and Brown. Lebanon: Archer, Brenton (4) and Tennison. WP: Brenton. LP: Friend.

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Rolla too much for Tigers in opener

ST. JAMES – In the season-opener for both teams, the Rolla High School baseball team rolled over St. James 18-0 on Monday, March 17 in the first round of the Four Rivers Classic.

In second round action of the Four Rivers Classic St. James is scheduled to play at Hermann on Tuesday, March 18 while Rolla is to host Hermann on Wednesday, March 19.

On Monday it was all Rolla, as every position in the Bulldog lineup produced at least one hit.

Rolla tallied three runs in the top of the first inning, eight in the third, two in the fourth and five in the fifth.

The game was stopped after five innings.

Senior Andy Hall was 3-for-3 with two runs scored for the Bulldogs while junior Tyler Sinnott was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer; senior William Morrison had a two-run homer and three RBI, and junior Chris Bowe and junior Ross Parker were both 2-for-4. In all the Bulldogs banged out 18 hits.

Junior left-hander Dalton Friend went the distance on the mound for Rolla to earn the victory. Friend allowed one hit, two walks and fanned 12.

Senior Ryan Parker was the starting and losing hurler for the St. James Tigers, working 2 2/3 innings.

"It was good to get some at-bats against live pitching," said RHS head coach Jason Swearingen. "I was happy with the way we swung the bat. And Dalton pitched pretty well."

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