SPRING RECAP: St. James, LAMP open baseball season with wins

BASEBALL

St. James 6, Catholic 3

Despite missing several key starters still participating in basketball, the Trojans spotted the Knights three early runs before scoring six unanswered to take the first game of the season on Thursday.

Catholic scored the first run of the game in the first inning on a two-out Alex Weiser double and a Pat Ryan single. They added two more in the third off starting pitcher Foster Rasmussen. Hudson Parrish and Justin Rose started with a single and a hit batsman. After a sacrifice, Parrish scored on Ryan’s fielder’s choice and Caleb McCreary knocked in the Knights’ final run with a two-out single.

Saint James would plate two of their own in the bottom half of the third. Cole Anderson reached on a one-out error and scored on a double by Shaun Bridges, who led the Trojans with three hits in four at bats. Bridges would advance to third on a fly ball to the outfield and scored on a Clint Shores’ base hit.

Adam Garnett took over pitching for Saint James in the fifth inning and held the Knights to no runs on two hits in three innings for his first win of the season.

Saint James took the lead with three runs in the bottom of the fifth. Bridges and Rasmussen led off with singles. Bridges would score on a double play. Michael Winn then doubled and his pinch runner Arial July scored when Garnett reached on an error. Garnett would then score on a single by Carter Carroll.

The Trojans added an insurance run in the sixth when Caden Anderson was hit by a pitch, stole second  base, and later scored on a Bridges’ double.  

Saint James travels to Stanhope Elmore on Friday and to Jemison on Monday.

The Trojan junior varsity defeated Catholic 9-2 in a rain-shortened game following the varsity win.  They will also travel to Stanhope Elmore before participating in the Prattville Christian junior varsity tournament next week.

LAMP 16, Jeff Davis 0

Senior Will Romanowski tossed a no-hitter, striking out nine and walking none, as the LAMP opened its 2022 season with a 16-0 victory over local foe Jeff Davis High School Friday.

Romanowski faced only 13 hitters in the victory, retiring the side via strikeout in the first and third innings. Romanowski needed just 58 pitches to complete the no-hitter.

Offensively, junior Josh Donaldson led the Golden Tigers, going 1-for-2 at the plate with three runs scored and three runs batted in. Fellow junior Josh Bell added two RBIs, while senior Preston Stephens and junior Grayson Hall each scored three times.

 LAMP (1-0) returns to action on Monday, traveling to Montgomery Academy for a single game at 11 a.m.

BOYS TENNIS

Trinity 9, Eufaula 0

Trinity captured its third straight regular-season match on Wednesday, defeating Eufaula 9-0.

Singles winners for the Wildcats were Grant Speagle at No. 1, Samuel Treadwell at No. 2, James Treadwell at No. 3, Hudson Cornett at No. 4, Trevor Wilson at No. 5 and Charlie Franklin at No. 6.

Double winners were Samuel Treadwell-James Treadwell at No. 1, Cornett-Russell Powell at No. 2 and Wilson-Franklin at No. 3.

Trinity 6, St. James 3

The Wildcats won their second regular-season match of the season on Tuesday, defeating the Trojans 6-3. 

Four players won singles matches for Trinity, including Samuel Treadwell at No. 1, James Treadwell at No. 2, Trevor Wilson at No. 4 and Russell Powell at No. 6.

Double winners were Treadwell-Treadwell at No. 1 and Wilson-Franklin at No. 3.

Trinity 5, Houston Academy 4

The Wildcats won their first regular-season match of the season on Friday, Feb. 11, with a 5-4 win over Houston Academy. Samuel Treadwell and James Treadwell won singles matches at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, while the double teams of Treadwell-Treadwell at No. 1, Timothy Hornsby-Hudson Cornett at No. 2 and Trevor Wilson-Russell Powell at No. 3 all won against the Raiders, allowing Trinity to pull out the hard-fought victory.