Varsity Track East Jackson Invitational

Varsity Track – The Oglethorpe tracksters had their first meet of the season last Saturday.  You remember last Saturday; it rained everywhere but at East Jackson where the meet took place.  OC did well, too, coming in third overall for the boys and fifth for the girls.  Not too bad considering they were in competition against nine other schools ranging from 5A all the way to 1A.  The results for the boys breaks down thusly:

100 Meter Dash – Sherman Williams came in 7^th, one spot out of the points.  Jovan Jenkins and Tron Armstrong followed behind Williams.

1600 Meter Run – Carl Mitcham came in 23^rd overall with a time of 6:08.44

3200 Meter Run – Carl Mitcham and Clay Conway were 18^th and 19^th for OC.

110 Meter Hurdles – Kendrick Presley took first place overall with a time of 15:79.  Deuntrez Fleming was 12^th for OC at 19.99.

300 Meter Hurdles – Kendrick Presley again was first overall at 43:37.  Jovan Jenkins was 4^th overall followed by Fleming in 6^th. 

4X100 Meter Relay – OC came in third with Maurice Freeman, Jovan Jenkins Sherman Williams and Tevin Miller as OC’s A relay team.  OC’s B relay team, consisting of Deuntrez Fleming, Ta carter, Kendrick Presley and Xavier Eberhart can in 7^th overall. 

4X200 Relay – The Patriots came in first with a slight adjustment in the positioning of the A team members; Sherman Williams, Maurice Freeman, Deuntrez Fleming and Tron Armstrong.

4X400 Relay – OC came in tenth in this competition with Kendrick Presley, Justin Whitman, Tron Armstrong and anchor Dillon Evans.

4X800 Relay – Oglethorpe earned the 11^th spot in this race.  Dillon Evans, Kenny Cinereski, Clay Conway and anchor Justin Whitman.

High Jump – Derrik Pollard tied for 15^th with six other competitors.

Pole Vault – Dillon Evans cleared 11 feet to earn fourth place and Jarrett McElheney made the 10 foot bar for 7^th.

Long Jump – Sherman Williams came in second with a jump of 20-05.5 feet followed in fifth spot by Xavier Eberhart at 19-07.50.  Jovan Jenkins took 7^th position with a jump of 19-05.50.

Triple Jump – Xavier Eberhart came in third for Oglethorpe with a distance of 42-02.00 feet and he was followed by Kendrick Presley in 8^th spot with a jump of 39-01.00.

Shot Put – Jay Fleming put the shot 40 feet which was good enough for 9^th place.  Casey Pacheco was 39-04 and that put him in 13^th spot.  Davonta Moore hefted the shot 39.01 which put him in 15^th place.

Discus Throw – Casey Pacheco threw the discus 126-09 and earned 4^th place.  His brother Cody Pacheco came in 15^th.

Girls

100 Meter Dash – dede Fleming, Dreka Howard andtika Howard came in 10, 11 and 12 with less than a tenth of a second separating the three.

100 Meter Hurdles – Kiki Presley had a time of 19.25 which was good enough for 14^th place.  She was followed by Trenetta Smith in 22^nd.

300 Meter Hurdles – Kiki Presley came in 9^th with a time of 54.56.  Coming in 19^th for Oglethorpe was Caroline Hansford and Jessie Wray was 22^nd. 

Pole Vault – Hannah Murphy came in 4^th for OC.

Long Jump – Dede Fleming was 5^th with a jump of 14.02.  Tika Howard was 15^th.

Triple Jump – Dede Fleming’s 31-05.25 was good enough for first place.  Fleming was followed by caroline Hansford in 10^th and Jessie Wray in 14^th. 

Shot Put – OC’s Aubrey Fearnow took second with a distance of 36.06.  Emily Barnett was 22^nd.

Discus – Fearnow’s discus throw of 102.10 took third place. 

        In this meet, the boys came in third behind a Parkview HS a AAAAA school and Loganville HS a AAAA school.  The Patriots were first among all other AA schools that included Jefferson, Dawson Co, Jackson Co and East Jackson.  The girls, although fifth overall, came in second behind Jefferson for the AA schools competing. 

        OC’s next meet will be at home, Tuesday, March 06, 2012 starting at 4:30pm.v

Baseball OC vs McCormick HS

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Varsity Baseball – If the game against Cedar Shoals was a region warm-up then the game against McCormick HS (from McCormick, SC) was a nothing more than a scrimmage.  OC handily defeated the Chiefs 13-0 in five innings after the mercy rule took effect. 

        J.R. LaFleur was on the mound for OC for his first start of the season.  LaFleur pitched an inning for OC last Friday against Cedar and continued his consistent ways against McCormick.  On the day LaFluer pitched all five no hit innings with five strikeouts and one base on balls. 

J.R. LaFleur in his first start of the season.

        OC jumped all over McCormick in the first inning scoring four runs before the final out.  Clay Ogle opened for the Patriots with a leadoff triple.  Nick Mathews followed up with an RBI single.  Matt Beyatt hit a double moving Mathews to third.  Up next was catcher J.D. Sharp.  The ball got by the Chief’s catcher allowing Mathews to score from third and moved Beyatt to third.  Sharp hit the ball to short and was put out at first but Beyatt scored for OC.

        Through a series of hit batters and walks the McCormick pitcher loaded the bases with OC runners.  Dillon Day came to the plate and earned an RBI from being hit by a pitch, which scored LaFleur who got on base from being hit by a pitch. 

Tee Hull trying to get out of the way of the ball. 

        And that’s how it went.  The Patriots had big scoring innings in the third and fourth so by the time the bottom of the fifth came around it was time to go invoke the mercy rule and go home.

        For the game the scorebook looked like this:

Nick Mathews 2 for 3, 2 R, 3 RBIs, BB

JR LaFleur 1 for 2, 3B, R, 2 RBIs, BB, HP

Matt Beyatt 1 for 2, 2B, 2 R, BB

Dillon Day 1 for 2, 2 R, 1 RBI, BB, HP

OC scored 13 runs on 9 hits with help from 4 McCormick errors. 

OC plays again Saturday, March 10 as part of the Patriots 2012 Diamond Day. 10:30am vs. Washington-Wilkes and 3:30pm vs. Grovetown (Washington-Wilkes and Grovetown will play at 1:00pm.   

        OC is now 4-1 for the season and starts 8-AA Sub-Region play next Wednesday, March 14 vs. North Oconee at home at 5:00pm.

        Many thanks to Coach Bramlett who compiles the statistics for each game and sends them out. 

        Pictures from the game can be seen here:   http://www.photoreflect.com/store/thumbpage.aspx?e=8432356

Baseball OC vs Cedar Shoals

Baseball Update – Head baseball coach Jason Bramlett provided the following from the official score book:

Oglethorpe Co. 2 0 0  3 2 1  0     8 17 1

Cedar Shoals    0 0 0  0 0 0  0     0 3 5 

Pitching: Nick Mathews (2-0) got the win going 5 Innings, 2 Hits, 0 K, 0 BB

JR LaFleur went 1 inning, 1 K, 1 BB, 1 HP

JD Sharp went 1 inning, 1 Hit, 1 K, 2 HP 

Hitting: Clay Ogle 2-3 2 R, 2 BB

Nick Mathews 3-4 2 R, 2 RBIs, 1 2B, 1 BB

Matt Beyatt 3-4 2 RBIs, 1 BB

Mitchell Reed 2-4 1 BB

Dillon Day 3-3 1 R 

*JV also won their game 3-1*

Soccer OC vs Social Circle

Girls Soccer – The Patriot’s girl’s varsity soccer team traveled to Social Circle to take on the winless Redskins Friday night.  Once again, OC demonstrated why they are a region threat by defeating SC 6-0. 

        Katie Pilson and Alexis Miller each had two goals for Oglethorpe; Brianna Basinger and Laura Abney each score a goal in the game. 

        The Patriots (now 5-1, 0-1 region) have nearly a week off to prepare for region rival East Jackson (3-2-1), next Thursday, March 8^th, at Commerce. 

Boys Soccer – It was a highlight reel night for the boy’s soccer team with OC notching up their second win of the season in a 3-2 defeat of Social Circle. 

        Nick Sanchez was top scorer for OC with goals in both the first and second half.  Griffin Giles, however, put a free kick in the top right hand corner of the net from thirty yards out to seal OC’s victory late in the second half. 

        Sean Atkinson, OC’s midfielder, was issued a red card after being given two yellow cards.  Depending on how the referee makes out his report Atkinson may not have to sit out the next game.  Giles was also issued a yellow card for delay of game.  A similar incident occurred in the closing moments of the game with a Redskin player but he was not issued a yellow card. 

        Unlike the Riverside game where the Patriots found themselves on the defensive most of the night, Oglethorpe had many shots on goal, and but for the Redskin’s keeper would have scored many more. 

        OC, now 2-5, travel to East Jackson on Thursday, March 8^th to take on the Eagles 2-3-1.  This match may be closer than people think.  East Jackson tied Madison County 1-1, a team that defeated OC, and beat Athens Academy, another team that has beat OC. 

       

       

       

Baseball

Varsity Baseball – The Patriots went to the eastside of Athens to take on Cedar Shoals in a non-region game Friday night.  By the time it was over OC was going home with their third check mark in the win column by defeating CS 8-0. 

        OC jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first when Clay Ogle got a leadoff hit to short center field.  Nick Mathews, who was on the mound for OC, helped his own cause with a double that moved Ogle to third.  Matt Beyatt hit the ball up the middle which scored both Ogle and Mathews but Beyatt was thrown out at second.   

        Perhaps the play that defined the game came when Cedar Shoals’ fourth batter in the bottom of the first hit the ball to right field.  Beyatt caught it on the first bounce while Cedar’s runner was rounding third headed home.  Beyatt’s throw was spot on as OC’s catcher, Taylor Liedberg, made a close play at home preventing a Cedar run from scoring.        

        And that’s how it went for the Jaguars the rest of the night.  It was either three or four up and down.  Mathews pitched five innings for the win.  Mathews didn’t have any strikeouts but he didn’t have any base on balls or runs, either.  OC’s defense was competent and made the plays all night, which was in sharp contrast to Cedar who had at least six errors depending on how you count them. 

        Game stats got kind of complicated with so many of OC’s players getting numerous opportunities at bat, but here goes:  Mitchell Reed was 3-5 with two RBI’s; Beyatt was 3-5 with two RBI's; Liedberg was 2-5 with a run scored and two RBI’s; Clay Ogle was 2-5 with two runs scored; Christian Conrad scored as a courtesy runner; Nick Mathews was 3-5 with a double and two RBI’s; Jacob Hester was 1-4 but his one hit was a triple and he scored a run; Peyton Carlisle score two runs and Dillon Day got a hit and scored a run.   

        On the night Oglethorpe put 44 batters to the place resulting in 10 hits and eight runs scored.  Cedar walked six OC batters and six of Cedar’s errors resulted in five Patriot runs.         

        It was a good night for Oglethorpe, J.R. LaFleur pitched the sixth inning and J.D. Sharp finished the game for OC on the mound.  Almost the entire OC dugout got some playing time.  Cedar dropped to 2-5 for the season while Oglethorpe improved to 3-1.   

        OC’s next game is at home against a team from McCormack, SC on Tuesday, March 5^th. 

        It is worth noting that the JV Patriots defeated Cedar Shoals’ JV earlier in the day by a sore of 5-3. 

Varsity Golf

Varsity Golf – The Oglethorpe golf team opened their season with a heartbreaking loss to North Oconee by one stroke 150-149.  Oglethorpe and North Oconee are considered 1-2 in the region. 

        The match started promptly at 4pm with Jim Beatty and Nathan Mallonee, who are ranked 1-2 for OC, paired with North Oconee’s 1-2 golfers starting on the third hole at Jennings Mill Country Club.  Jake O’Bryan and Kory Lott, ranked 3-4, along with the Titians 3-4 started at the second tee.  Ben Giles and Jonah Ingram took their position on the first hole.

        Conditions were overcast but not too windy.  However, the course was wet thus making the greens slow.  The players are not allowed golf carts but there was quite a little train of parents and coaches following the players. 

        High school golf matches like these are nine holes in lenght with the four lowest scores counted.  Those four scores are added together and that’s how a team score is computed. 

        For OC Nathan Mallonee shot a 2 under par 34 which was not only first place for OC it was first place for the match.  Jake O’Bryan was one stroke behind Malonee for the match with a 35.  Jim Beatty’s one over 37 was third and Kory Lott’s 44 brought up fourth place for the Patriots.  Ben Giles and Jonah Ingram were fifth and sixth respectively. 

        OC's next match is Thursday, March 8th when the Patriots travel to Catachee Golf Club to play Hart County. 

          

Varsity Baseball

Varsity Baseball – The Patriots traveled to Eatonton to take on future region rival Putnam Co yesterday and came home with a 5-3 win. 

        From the box scores it looks like nearly everyone got some offense going for OC.  Clay Ogle was 3-4 at the plate scoring a run, which helped his cause on the mound.  Ogle (1-1) pitched 7 innings allowing three runs two of which were earned.  There were eight Putnam hits, no walks and 14 strikeouts.  OC committed three errors to Putnam’s two.

        Following Ogle, Nick Mathews scored a run and was 1-3 for the day.  Matt Beyatt was 1-2 with an RBI, Tee Hull was 1-2 and scored a run for OC. 

        J.D. Sharp scored a run on a 1-3 day.  Taylor Liedberg had two RBI’s and Christian Conrad contributed another RBI.  OC scored runs in all but the third and fourth innings.         

        OC is now 2-1 for the season and travels to Cedar Shoals on Thursday, March 2^nd for JV/Varsity double header.  The JV game starts at 5:00pm followed by the varsity game.