Chipola Alumni Baseball Weekend A Big Hit

By Clint Cox

The Second Annual Chipola Baseball Alumni Weekend was another big hit this past weekend as fans, family and friends gathered for numerous events over the course of Friday, Saturday and Sunday. In conjunction with alumni activities, the Rahal-Miller JUCO National Classic featured five former JUCO National Champions that competed on the baseball diamond over the course of three days. Friday began with a round of golf for former players, fans and supporters. The action heated up on the field with Chipola claiming two wins on Friday. They posted a 12-5 win over Walters State and then got an extra innings win over San Jacinto.

Saturday featured a youth baseball camp, an alumni game, a home run derby for former players and an opportunity for area youth and baseball fans to get autographs from former players now in the big leagues. In Saturday’s baseball action Chipola recorded a 3-2 win over the College of Southern Neveda.

The final day of the baseball action saw Chipola jump out to a 3-0 lead over St. Pete with a 2 run home run from Joey Rapp. The Indians led 4-0 going into the fifth inning when they gave up 3 runs. They then got a solo home run from Andy Fermin to make it a 5-3 game. Taylor Martin came on in relief in the final inning with the Indians leading 5-4 and got the final out with runners at second and third base. With the four wins in the three day classic Chipola improved to 6-2 on the season. Chipola is ranked #1 in the state and #2 in the nation. They will be on the road this weekend participating in the Coyote Shootout in Las Vegas. They will play two games on Friday and then a single game on Saturday and Sunday.

On Sunday the Chipola Lady Indians softball squad did their part for the weekend by posting two wins at home over Gordan. They won game one 9-0 and game two 2-1. That improved their overall record to 7-2 and they will be back in action this weekend in Dothan with 3 games on Saturday (Enterprise – Ozark, Georgia Perimeter and Lurleen B. Wallace) and 3 games on Sunday (Middle Georgia, Jeff State and Faulkner).