Chipola Baseball and Softball Underway

The Chipola baseball and softball squads have kicked off the 2010 seasons with plenty of action. The baseball team got off to a slow (0-2) start but have gone 5-1 in their last six games and now stand at 5-3 on the young season. They split this past weekend in the Fibercare JUCO National Classic here in Marianna. On Saturday the Indians fell to Middle Georgia by a score of 5-4. On Friday they picked up a 4-2 win over Walters State. The Friday win came on the heels of a big win on Thursday as the Indians clubbed St. Johns River 14-0. Two weekends ago Chipola traveled down to Panama City to take part in the First Pitch Classic and also came away with a couple of tough losses as they fell on Saturday to Meridian 8-5. That followed a 6-5 loss on Friday night to Young Harris that negated an outstanding effort from Cody Martin. The freshman from Toccoa, Georgia who went 2-3 with 3 Runs, a double, home run and 2 RBI. They bounced back though from those losses with a big 17-5 win over Pearl River on Sunday.

The Indians were scheduled to play at Alabama Southern on Wednesday however results of that game were not available at press time. They will next be in action at home on Friday as they host a double header, taking on Darton at 11:00 am and then Wallace-Dothan at 5 pm. The Indians are led offensively at this stage by Blake Newalu with a .500 batting average. Eric Sauls follows with a .455 average and 9 RBI. Marianna’s Tyler Wilson is batting .400 with 4 RBI. Michael Revell and Andy Fermin are both batting over .300 and each have 8 RBI.

The Chipola Lady Indians softball squad has a record of 9-3 after twelve games. Like the men the softball squad got off to a slow start going 1-3. But they have rallied to go 8-1 over the last 9 games. They traveled all the way to Henderson Nevada for their first eight games. After losing 3 of their first four outings they bounced back with a 7-4 win over Central Arizona and an 11-8 win over Arizona Western. Ariell Van Hook was the hero in those wins as she went 6-6 with 2 home runs, 8 RBI and 3 runs scored. Their Monday outings in Nevada proved to be fruitful as well as they posted a 3-1 win over Chattanooga State and then a 3-0 win over North Idaho.

Last weekend the Lady Indians kept the momentum up as they got a 3-1 and 12-3 win over Lurleen B. Wallace. They followed those wins with a pair of wins on Sunday as they downed Faulkner State 3-2 and 5-0. The Lady Indians were slated to play a double header on the road Wednesday against Darton and then participate in a tournament this coming weekend in Dothan.