STAFF REPORT
BELL BUCKLE — Cascade split four games over the weekend in the Mid-South Classic, facing teams from near and far.
CASCADE 16, NEWTON FALLS 1
Cascade kicked off the weekend with a dominant 16-1 win over Newton Falls (Ohio).
Wickey Parker and Daymian Maldonado each slugged home runs, while Jayden Milliken clubbed a double.
After being held scoreless in the first frame, Cascade responded with five runs in the second, seven in the third before closing the game with a four-spot in the bottom of the fourth.
Dawson Youngblood took the win in on the mound, going the distance and allowing three hits over five innings and just one run to cross the plate.
Newton Falls 000 01 — 1 3 0
Cascade 057 4x — 16 9 1
Cascade: Jordan Childress 1-for-1, River Maddox 1-for-1, Jayden Hathcock 1-for-3, Blake White 1-for1-, Caleb Crouch 1-for-1, Wickey Parker 1-for-1, Jaxson Milliken 1-for-1, Daymian Maldonado 1-for-1, Elijah Wessenberg 1-for-1.
WP: Youngblood
CASCADE 12, ROCKET CITY (Ala.) 3
Things looked bleak for Cascade having fallen behind Rocket City after giving up three runs in the top of the second.
But a nine-run fourth frame surged Cascade to a 12-3 win over the Rockets.
Of Cascade’s total 12 hits, five went for extra bases, with Jordan Childress, Elijah Wessenberg, Thomas Demartelaere and Caleb Crouch all connecting for doubles.
Daymien Maldonado also mashed a triple and drove in three runs in the win as well.
Crouch got the win on the mound, going four innings and giving up three runs on one hit while striking out eight.
Rocket City 030 00 — 3 1 3
Cascade 011 91 — 12 12 1
Cascade: Jordan Childress 1-for-3, Xykaiah Dixon 1-for-2, Jayden Hathcock 1-for-2, Thomas Demartelaere Caleb Crouch 2-for-3, Jaxson Milliken 3-for-3, Daymien Maldonado 1-for-3, Elijah Wessenberg 2-for-3.
WP: Crouch
WARREN CO. 9, CASCADE 8
Despite out-hitting Warren County 12-9, the Cascade Champions couldn’t push the tying run across the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning and fell to the Pioneers, 9-8.
It was a slow trickle of offense for Warren County, who eventually built a 6-0 lead at one point, but Cascade rallied to pull within one by the bottom of the fourth inning.
Two innings later, Warren County padded its lead with three more runs in the top of the six, only for Cascade to match the effort and put three runs across the plate in the bottom of the inning.
Xykaiah Dixon and Jayden Hathcock each drove in a pair of runs for Cascde.
Warren Co. 220 203 — 9 9 4
Cascade 000 503 — 8 12 3
Cascade: Jordan Childress 2-for-3, Xykaiah Dixon 3-for-3, Jayden Hathcock 1-for-4, Thomas Demartelaere 1-for-4, Caleb Crouch 1-for-4, Wickey Parker 1-for-3, Elijah Wessenberg 2-for-3.
LP: Wessenberg
HERITAGE (Ala.) 10, CASCADE 1
Cascade got just one hit and one run in the final game of the weekend against Heritage (Ala.) as the Champs fell 10-1.
Heritage plated two runs in the top of the first inning and Cascade appeared to have an early shot of momentum when Jordan Childress scored after leading off the first with a double.
But that run was as much as Cascade could produce in its final game of the weekend.
Heritage 204 004 — 10 4 0
Cascade 100 00x — 1 1 2
Cascade: Jordan Childress 1-for-1.
WP: Bucher
LP: Parker
