CCS moves to district baseball final

By Chelsea Stockdale
UCA sportswriting

CONWAY — The Conway Christian baseball Eagles defeated the Abundant Life Owls, 6-2, at Poyen on Saturday in the semifinals of the at the 2A 5-North District Tournament.

The Eagles were the top seed based on their play during the regular season, thus their bye to the district tournament semis. The victory over the Owls advanced them to the final, which was scheduled for Monday but because of rain has been postponed to a later date. The rainy weather has pushed the finals game to possibly Tuesday evening at 5 p.m. However, if the Poyen field is too wet to play, the officials may have to decide the winner by the seedings to advance teams to the 2A East Regional tournament, scheduled to begin Friday .

“The star of the game was definitely pitcher Lance Nail,” CCS coach Shane Davis said.

The Owls managed just one hit off Nail as he struck out nine and walked five for the win.

Nail minimized the Owls from scoring by “striking out hitters with runners on base,” Davis said.

Abundant Life scored two unearned runs on an error by one of the Eagle outfielders in the fourth inning. The Eagles' offense fired back, scoring four runs in the same inning.

The middle of the lineup for the Eagles dominated at bat, with senior Ezra Wiley recording two hits and two walks. Senior Kolby Powell had four hits and junior Jake Fitts had three.

“The middle of our lineup really produced for us and did what they were supposed to do,” Davis said.