Post 52 American Legion Baseball
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Mountain Home Legion teams in action tonight Both Mountain Home American Legion baseball teams will be in action tonight. Both teams are coming off weekend tournaments away from home. The Lockeroom team finished in the final four of the Mid-America Tournament in Eureka, Missouri. Tonight, the Lockeroom is on the road at Batesville for conference action. The Hopper Termite team returns home after playing in Omaha, Nebraska over the weekend. Hopper has conference games against Paragould beginning at 5:00 at Cooper Park. |
Exterminators fall at
Omaha The Mountain Home Hopper Termite Exterminators Junior American Legion Baseball team wrapped play at the Battle of Omaha Tournament Saturday with a 16-1 loss to Vinita, Okla., at Omaha, Neb. Mountain Home (4-11) returns home to host Paragould at 5 p.m. Tuesday. |
MH
falls in MAC finals
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Lockeroom
makes final four at Eureka The Mountain Home Lockeroom American Legion baseball team made it to the final four of the Mid-America Classic in Eureka, Missouri before losing yesterday. The Lockeroom won their quarterfinal round game over Collinsville, Illinois 15-2. Cody Woodhouse was the winning pitcher and he had three hits five runs batted in and James Holder added three hits and two RBI. In the semifinals, the Lockeroom lost to Eureka 10-7. Joey Morgan had three hits and Dakota Melton had two hits and two runs batted in. The Lockeroom is 8-8-1 on the season and returns to action tomorrow night with a trip to Batesville for conference action. |
Lockeroom wins pool
in Saint Louis, Hopper Termite falls in Omaha Both of Mountain Home's American Legion baseball teams returned to tournament action on Saturday. The Lockeroom won their pool in Saint Louis after defeating Roth Memorial by a score of 5-1. The winning pitcher was Dakota Melton. Mountain Home also had some big runs driven in by Justin Hawkins and Cody Woodhouse. The Lockeroom's next game in the tournament will be today at 12:30 in Eureka as they take on Manchester. Hopper Termite Exterminators sponsored by Hopper Environmental Services were scheduled to play two tournament games yesterday in Omaha, Nebraska. However, the second game was rained out. Mountain Home finished the tournament with a 15-1 loss to Venetta, Oklahoma. Greg Maples led the offense with a hit and an RBI, and Jay Roberts and Zach Cantrell each added a base hit. Jared Lancaster took the loss on the mound. Hopper Termite Exterminators will return to action Tuesday as they host Paragould. |
Kirkwood
knocks off Mountain Home, 6-3
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West Plains sweeps
Lockeroom Six days after going to West Plains and winning both ends of a double header, the Mountain Home Lockeroom American Legion baseball team lost both games at home last night to West Plains. West Plains won the first game 14-11. Joey Morgan had three hits, including a home run, and drove in two while Justin Hawkins hit a round tripper and had two RBI. West Plains won the second game 11-6. The Lockeroom is now 3-4-1 on the season and won't play again until Wednesday in the Twin Lakes Classic. |
Merchants rally past
MH, 13-10 The Mountain Home Lockeroom American Legion Baseball team saw another game slip away as the West Plains, Mo., Merchants scored 12 runs in the final three innings to post a 13-10 victory Thursday night at Cooper Park. Mountain Home drops to 3-3-1 on the year and is now idle until beginning play in the Twin Lakes Classic on Wednesday. Head coach Lester White's club held a 3-1 lead after four innings of play, but things then unraveled for Mountain Home. "We just failed to make the plays," said White. "We more or less gave that one to them. We gave ourselves a chance to win in the last few innings. We came back and tied it up after we were down and needed to hold then on defense, but we couldn't do it." |
Paragould outslugs
Mountain Home The Mountain Home Lockeroom American Legion Baseball team scored 10 runs, but defensive miscues and mental mistakes allowed Paragould 7-Up to hang on for a 17-10 victory Tuesday night in a Zone 2 contest at Cooper Park. Coach Lester White's club won the nightcap by a 7-6 count and stands at 3-2-1 on the year and 0-2 in Zone 2 play. Mountain Home returns to action at 6 p.m. Thursday when it hosts West Plains, Mo. The game was a slugfest in the early going. Paragould (4-4, 1-1) scored three times in the top of the first on Jered Compton's homer and Luke Foster's two-run single. Mountain Home immediately countered in the bottom of the frame when Cody Woodhouse slapped a two-run single, James Holder walked and Justin Hawkins cracked a three-run homer. The teams were tied at 5-all after two innings. Dakota Melton doubled and scored on Ethan Martin's double in the second for Mountain Home and Chase Duggins' RBI single tied the game once more. Mountain Home got in trouble in the third when the mistakes began to show. |
Fat City sweeps
Exterminators The Mountain Home Hopper Termite Exterminators ran into a buzzsaw in the form of Jonesboro Fat City Monday night with a 17-1, 13-0 doubleheader setback at Cooper Park. In fact, Fat City may want to change its name to "Bat City" as it out-hit the Exterminators 23-3 in the 11 innings of baseball. The first contest saw the Exterminators score the game's first run. Cole Lechtenberger singled and was sacrifice bunted over to second by Jared Rose, then Bo Thomas was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second. Jared Lancaster reached on a fielder's choice which retired Lechtenberger, then Ronnie Lethiot hit a ball that was missed by the third baseman and Thomas scampered home for the first run. Jonesboro (5-1) scored solo tallies in the third and fourth innings to take the lead, then Fat City plated four runs in the fifth inning to blow the game open and chase Exterminator starter Jared Lancaster (0-1) from the mound. Jonesboro scored three more in the sixth to make it 9-0, then it plated eight runs off just four hits and two Mountain Home errors in the seventh to win going away. |
Lockeroom &
Hopper both split on Sunday Both Mountain Home American Legion baseball teams were in action yesterday. The Lockeroom hosted Blytheville in their conference opener, with the visitors picking up an 11-7 win over Mountain Home. The Lockeroom led 5-3 in the fourth inning before Blytheville erupted for eight runs in the frame. Joey Morgan went three for four with two RBI for the Lockeroom and Chase Duggins and Cody Woodhouse each had two hits and drove in two. In the second game, Mountain Home and Blytheville played to a 4-4 tie. The Lockeroom is 2-1-1 overall and 0-1 in conference play. They host Paragould tomorrow night at Cooper Park. The Mountain Home Hopper Termite American Legion team went to West Memphis where they split their double header. West Memphis won the first game 13-10. Greg Maples went three for five and drove in five runs, Cole Lechtenberger was three for three with two runs scored and drove in a run, Jared Lancaster had two hits and drove in one and Bo Thomas added two hits. In the second game, Hopper topped West Memphis 10-3. Zach Cantrell went two for three and scored two runs, Cody Spence was two for four and Brett Rorie added a two run double. The Hopper Termite team is 2-4 overall and 0-2 in league play. They host Jonesboro tonight. |
Lockeroom and Hopper
Termite return to action today There's baseball on the schedule today as both of Mountain Home's American Legion teams will be in action. The Lockeroom will begin conference play as they host Blytheville this afternoon. The first pitch is scheduled for 1:30 at Cooper Park. Hopper Termite will return to the road today as they make the trip to West Memphis. Action will get underway at two p.m. |
Lockeroom wins
doubleheader, Hopper Termite gets swept There was plenty of baseball action Friday night as both of Mountain Home's American Legion teams hit the road for doubleheader action. It was a good night for the Lockeroom as they swept both games at West Plains. The first game was loaded with offense as Mountain Home picked up the 14-13 victory. Chase Duggins was the winning pitcher for the Lockeroom, and he also had three base hits at the plate. James Holder led the offense with four hits and three RBIs. Mountain Home would later go on to win the second game 6-2. Devin Begley was the winner on the mound. The Lockeroom begin their season at 2-0. They will host Blytheville on Sunday to begin conference play. Hopper Termite's night was just the opposite as they were swept in a doubleheader at Searcy. In the first game, Searcy topped Mountain Home 7-3. The margin was the same in the second game as Searcy won 6-2. Hopper Termite falls to 1-3 on the season and 0-1 in conference action. They will travel to West Plains on Sunday. |
Hopper Termite Legion
team splits season opener It was a split for the Mountain Home Hopper Termite American Legion baseball team in their season opener at home last night against West Plains. Hopper rallied from a 5-0 deficit to beat West Plains 10-6 in the first game. The Terminators gave up five runs in the first inning but scored four times in the third and plated two runs in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Dakota Ornelas picked up the win in relief and Brett Rorie set West Plains down in order in the seventh to get the save. The second game was totally different as West Plains beat Hopper Termite 24-5 in three innings. West Plains scored six runs in the top of the first but the Terminators answered with five runs in the bottom of the first to make it 6-5. After that, it was all West Plains. They scored 14 runs in the second inning and added four more in the third for the run rule victory. The Hopper Termite team is 1-1 on the season and will play again tomorrow night at Searcy. |
Hopper Legion team
tries again tonight to open season It looks like the weather is finally going to work out so one of the Mountain Home American Legion baseball teams will be able to get their season started. The Lockeroom was rained out Monday at West Plains and the Hopper Termite team had their game last night against West Plains washed out. Tonight, the Hopper team will try again with West Plains. The action begins at 5:30 at Cooper Park. The Lockeroom team will make their games up at West Plains Friday evening. |
Lockeroom rained out,
Hopper opens season tonight The Mountain Home Lockeroom American Legion baseball team was scheduled to open the season yesterday but Mother Nature did not cooperate. The Lockeroom had their game at West Plains rained out. The game has been rescheduled for Friday evening at 6:00 at West Plains. The Lockeroom's home opener is Sunday afternoon at 1:00 against Blytheville. The Mountain Home Hopper Termite American Legion baseball team is schedule to open their season tonight at home weather permitting. Hopper will host West Plains at 5:30 at Cooper Park. |