Adena 5, Zane Trace 3

The Warriors won on the road Thursday over the host Pioneers.

Adena was led by Collin Cory who got the win only allowing four hits and three runs but recorded nine strikeouts and went 2-for-4 at the plate with a run scored. Gunnar Free and Bo Dratwa both went 2-for-3 with an RBI each while Dratwa also had a run scored. Jonathan Thomas went 1-for-4 with an RBI alongside Tommy Preston, Jake Dawson and Hayden Henness who all were 1-for-3 with a run scored; Henness added two walks and a stolen base as well for the Warriors.

Pioneers’ Trey Davis (1-2) got the loss while teammate Pierce Mowery went 2-for-3 with a run scored.

Clinton-Massie 7, Chillicothe 1

The Cavaliers lost in an away contest at Clinton-Massie on Thursday. Clinton-Massie had 10 hits to Chillicothe’s two hits.

Chillicothe’s Nick Haller pitched four innings allowing seven hits and five runs while taking the loss, he was relieved by Jason Benson who pitched the last two innings allowing three hits and two runs. Josh Nihiser went 1-for-2 with an RBI.

Clinton-Massie’s Noah Greathouse pitched the complete game recording 10 strikeouts while allowing only two hits and a run; Greathouse also went 3-for-3 with an RBI. Max Murray went 1-for-2 with three RBIs and a run scored, Zack Dillow went 1-for-1 with an RBI and Dana Eickenhorst went 2-for-2 with a run scored.

Southeastern 12, Piketon 1

The Panthers won on the road Thursday over the host Redstreaks.

Southeastern’s Rex Hartman (2-0) got the win while allowing six hits. Owen Diehl went 3-for-4 with three RBIs alongside Hunter Hopkins who went 2-for-4. Dalton Chaffin went 2-for-2 at the plate followed by Carson Stauffer going 2-for-5.

Piketon’s Riley Harris (0-2) got the loss allowing 13 hits and striking out five. Shane Vulgamore went 2-for-2 while Ethan Crabtree went 1-for-3 with a run scored.

Westfall 9, Huntington 5

The Mustangs won on the road Thursday over the host Huntsmen. Westfall had nine hits to Huntington’s six hits.

Westfall’s Kyle Greiner pitched the complete game and was awarded the win while striking out seven batters. Austin Nunemaker went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored, Tyler Armentrout was 1-for-3 with a RBI and two runs scored followed by Corbin Ferrell and Corey Wyman who both went 1-for-2 with an RBI each; Wyman added a run scored as well.

Huntington’s Merf Conley struck out five but got the loss; Conley also got an RBI. Elijah McCloskey went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored while Brian Smith and Jacob Pugh both went 1-for-4 with an RBI apiece. Evan Long was 1-for-2 with a run scored also for the Huntsmen.

Adena 12, Huntington 3

The Warriors defeated Huntington on the road Wednesday. Adena had 16 hits on the day.

Adena’s Gunnar Free got the win allowing only two hits and three earned runs; Free threw two strikeouts and went 3-for-3 at the plate with a RBI, a run scored and a stolen base. Jonathan Thomas went 3-for-4 with an RBI, a run scored and a walk while JD Blevins went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, a run scored and a walk also. Jake Dawson went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a stolen base alongside Tommy Preston who also went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a stolen base. Collin Cory, Hayden Henness and Bo Dratwa all went 1-for-3 with Cory having three runs scored and was hit by pitch twice while Dratwa had a run scored and a walk. Braden Wilburn went 1-for-4 with a double and two runs scored as well for the Warriors.

Second-inning rally sparks win for Adena Warriors JV, 23-0

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Adena Warriors JV jumped out to an early lead on Huntington (Chillicothe, OH) and captured a 23-0 victory on Wednesday.

The game was decided quickly as Adena Warriors JV exerted its will early with 20 runs in the first three innings.

A fielder's choice and a two-run single by Garrett Cornell during the first inning and a bases loaded walk, a three-run single by Josh Morgan, a groundout by Garrett Cornell, an RBI single by Zach Fout, a two-run error, an error, an RBI single by Caleb Foglesong, a bases loaded walk by Garrett Cornell, and an error in the second inning fueled Adena Warriors JV's offense early.
Foglesong racked up three RBIs on two hits for Adena Warriors JV.

Roman Long brought the heat against Huntington during his outing. Huntington managed just one hit off of the Adena Warriors JV's pitcher, who allowed no earned runs, walked one and struck out four during his five innings of work.

Adena Warriors JV easily handled Huntington pitching as six hitters combined for six hits, 17 RBIs and 23 runs scored.

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Adena Warriors Varsity jumps on Huntington (Chillicothe, OH) early and coasts to 12-3 win

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Adena Warriors Varsity jumped out to an early lead on Huntington and captured a 12-3 victory on Wednesday at Huntington HS.

The game was decided quickly as Adena Warriors Varsity exerted its will early with seven runs in the first three innings.

An RBI double by Braden Wilburn, a two-run single by JD Blevins, and an RBI single by Jake Dawson during the first inning and an error in the second inning helped Adena Warriors Varsity put some runs on the board early.

Gunnar Free got a hit in each of his three at bats. He singled in the first, second, and fourth innings.

Cody Cottrill looked sharp on the mound. Cottrill held Huntington hitless over three innings, allowed no earned runs, walked two and struck out four.

Free got it done on the rubber on the way to a win. He allowed three runs over three innings. He struck out two, walked four and surrendered two hits.

Adena Warriors Varsity easily handled Huntington pitching as nine hitters combined for 16 hits, eight RBIs and twelve runs scored.

Pugh was the game's losing pitcher. He allowed twelve runs in five innings, walked three and struck out one.

Adena Warriors Varsity increased its lead with two runs in the third. Dawson started the inning with a double, bringing home Wilburn.

Adena Warriors Varsity pushed across one run in both the fourth inning and the sixth. In the fourth, Adena Warriors Varsity scored on an RBI single by Free, plating Collin Cory.

Adena Warriors Varsity piled on three more runs in the top of the fifth. A passed ball scored Tommy Preston for the inning's first run. That was followed up by Jonathon Thomas's single, bringing home Bowen Dratwa.

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CHILLICOTHE - The beginning was rusty, the middle was lackluster but the end, well the end was sweet.

But there was one constant bright spot in all of that: Collin Cory.

On the opening night of Scioto Valley Conference play, Cory and his Adena Warriors bested Southeastern by a final of 3-1 in eight innings.

And even with the temperature in the uppers 30s, Cory continue to deliver fireball after fireball from the pitcher's mound.

"Collin's nickname is 'bulldog' and tonight he showed why they call him that," Adena coach Tom Barr said. "He really just kept going at them. We had Jonathan (Thomas) warmed up and ready to go and Collin didn't want to give the ball up. I felt like he got stronger as the game went on tonight."

The senior threw all eight innings, fanning eight batters, allowing four base knocks, and giving up just one earned run. His performance not only gave the Warriors (2-1, 1-0 SVC) a conference-opening victory but it also allowed them to bounce back from a tough outing this past weekend.

"We talked about being able to stick to your guns after the game tonight," Barr said. "This team is used to winning but they don't get excited about many things prematurely. They don't try to make things happen too hard. After a tough loss Saturday, it was nice to come out and bounce back like this while beating a very good Southeastern team. Both of the pitchers (Southeastern) threw at us threw well today. It's huge for us to get back into the win column."

The Panthers (3-3, 0-1 SVC) scored the contest's first run in their very first at-bat.

After Cory retired the first batter he faced, Southeastern's Rex Hartman drew a four-pitch walk and proceeded to steal second base. After Carson Stauffer moved Hartman to third on a groundout to the pitcher, shortstop Owen Diehl drove a 3-2 delivery into the outfield grass to score Hartman and make it 1-0.

But misfortunately for Southeastern, Cory had seen enough of that.

In the second, third, and fourth innings, the Panthers went down in order. Meanwhile, Adena got a leadoff single from Jake Dawson in the top of the third before he swiped second. After advancing to third on a passed ball, Dawson scored on an RBI groundout from Cory, tying the game 1-1.

And that's the way it stayed for what seemed like an eternity; especially with bitter wind chills.

The Panthers had a shot to retake the lead in the bottom of the fifth with catcher Hunter Hopkins standing on second and one out. The Warriors had their shot to grab an edge with right fielder Hayden Henness standing on third and one gone in the top of the inning.

But neither took advantage of the opportunities. Instead, Cory took matters into his own hands in the top of the eighth.

After he singled into right field, Cory advanced to past second and onto third thanks to a Panthers' fielding error. Second baseman Gunnar Free then drew a free pass before Jonathan Thomas hit a line drive into center, deep enough for Cory to tag from third and give the Warriors a 2-1 lead.

Braden Wilburn then followed suit by knocking in Free — who had stolen second base — with an RBI single to make it 3-1.

In the bottom of the eighth, Cory struck out two batters and saw his catcher, Bo Dratwa, pick a runner off at first to seal the deal.

"Braden has been big for us all year and he's one of our leaders," Barr said. "He doesn't strike out much and he moves the ball. We bury him in that four-hole every game and he sees a lot of offspeed stuff. But he battles."

Southeastern's Tanner Popp (1-2) took the loss on the mound, hurling three innings of relief and allowing two earned runs on three hits.

At the dish, Wilburn led the Warriors by going 2-for-3 with an RBI. Cory finished 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI while JD Blevins also went 2-for-3.

For the Panthers, Hunter Hopkins led the way offensively with a 2-for-3 outing. Popp finished 1-for-3 and Diehl was 1-for-3 with an RBI.

Adena will return to action Wednesday evening as they host Adena. Southeastern will get back to work Tuesday, traveling to Vinton County.

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2016 Junior Varsity Baseball Roster

J#

NAME

CLASS

POSITIONS

Garrett Cornell 2017
Ethan Cunningham 2018
Nathan Dillon  2018
Dalton Cartee 2019 
Caleb Fogelsong  2019
Zach Fout 2019
Preston Gray 2019
Ethan Kunkel 2019
Roman Long 2019
Sam Schilling 2019
Braeden Trainer 2019
Brandon Wheeler 2019
Garrett Wilburn 2019

 

 

2016SeniorSignsFranfort -- The Adena Warriors open up 2016 with a win as they knock off the Greenfield McClain Tigers. The Warriors belted out 9 hits including 3 doubles to give sophomore LHP JD Blevins plenty of support as Blevins was very good on the bump this evening. In the 7 inning complete game outing, Blevins holds the Tigers scores giving up only 2 hits and 1 BB to go along with 10 strikeouts.

Offensively the Warriors wore 3 pitches!! Offensive leaders on the night included:

Collin Cory, 3-3, 2B, 2 RBIs & 3 SBs

Braden Wilburn, 3-4, 2B, 2 RBIs

Jonathon Thomas 2B, RBI, SB

Tommy Preston, 1B, RBI

JD Blevins HBP, 1B

Jake Dawson, SB

Skylar Reisinger, HBP, SB

Bowen Dratwa, HBP

The Warriors are back in action Thursday as the visit the Wheelerburg Pirates (5 pm start) and then finish up week one as they participate in the First Pitch Classic Saturday against the Waverly Tigers, 3:30 pm start. 

Saturday, 26 March 2016 03:11

New Foul Poles!!

In the Village of Frankfort -- As the Adena Warriors open up the 2016 season later today we want to acknowledge all the help we've received on getting the baseball field ready this spring. We've had one really good work day on March 12th where about 45 people showed up and helped us get all kinds of stuff done...we will be having another work day as soon as we can get the weather and baseball schedule to allow it.

We have several more things in the works down at the field and we are really excited to show off our newest improvement - new foul poles! We need to acknowledge Jeff Henness and all of his hard work in donating the foul poles. Also need to think Matt Cunningham for coming over and working with Jeff to get the poles set up. Make sure you get out to the village tonight and see these in person.....and you can watch the Warriors Hardballers open up the 2016 season against the Greenfield McClain Tigers, 5 pm start!!

 

 

 

FRANKFORT - In 2015, the Adena Warriors' baseball program put together a successful season — depending on who you ask.

Adena finished the regular season at 19-4 overall with a gold ball after piecing together a 14-0 Scioto Valley Conference campaign. But in a Division III sectional final, the Warriors stunningly fell 3-2 to Southeastern, ending a tremendous year on a bitter note.

But that was last year and this is this year. With newly hired head coach Tom Barr, who is in his first coaching job, it's officially a new day in Frankfort. But that doesn't negate the humongous target on the Warriors' backs.

"Our guys are embracing their expectations this year," Barr said. "We want to see the opponent's ace and we want to have that target on us. You can take that as a negative or a positive and our guys have chosen to take it as a positive. We respect other teams but we don't fear them. We've got a bit of a chip on our shoulder because we're not happy with how things ended last year. We're working hard every day to get better. That's the goal."

While Barr has the pleasure of welcoming back loads of talent, his Warriors have also gone through an injury bug early. Senior shortstop, Andrew Woods has been ruled out for the entire 2016 season after back surgery while juniors Gunnar Free and Hunter May will be out 2-3 weeks with their own injuries.

The leaves the Warriors with a 17-man roster — 14 of which are healthy and active. Among those in good health are seniors Collin Cory, Jonathan Thomas, and Braden Wilburn.

Cory (P/IF) looks to be Adena's leadoff hitter while Thomas (P/IF) make a home in the three-hole. Wilburn (1B) will cash in on Cory and Thomas' success in his cleanup spot. Junior centerfielder Hayden Henness and sophomore pitcher JD Blevins have been filling the remaining top five spots in the Warriors' batting order.

"We've hit the ball well and I think we've only laid down one bunt in two scrimmages against Chillicothe and Miami Trace," Barr said. "It's not that we're not going to play small ball but I don't feel like we have to in order to win ballgames. We're going to pull our weight at the plate. This team has the ability to score runs with its speed, bats, and the longball."

Junior Bo Dratwa (C/DH), senior Trenton Howard (3B), junior Jake Dawson (RF), senior Tommy Preston (LF), and junior Russ Throckmorton (C) round out the remaining starting lineup spots; as of now. However, seniors Cy Carroll and Cody Cottrill, junior Josh Morgan, and sophomore Skylar Reisinger will all be in the mix as well.

"We've made some sloppy mistakes in our scrimmages but our defense will be solid," Barr said. "We've got good technique and we've put a lot of time in defensively. Our success will start on the bump as we bring back a lot of arms. We have Collin Cory, Cody Cottrill, Jonathan Thomas, and JD Blevins all back. That's essentially all of our pitchers from last year."

Still, even with the returning talent, Barr has his players thinking about last year's season-ending loss. With a revamped schedule, the Warriors will be getting better each and every game; win or loss.

"We're playing a very competitive schedule outside the SVC this year to get ready for the postseason including our last scrimmage, Saturday, against Division I Hilliard Davidson," Barr said. "We also have regular season games against teams picked to be at the top of their leagues in Wheelersburg, Jackson, Meigs, and Alexander."

Adena will start its season against Greenfield McClain, March 29 at home.

"We're seeing improvement every day and that's what we're looking for," Barr said. "Our goals are a league title and a long tournament run. We're reminding guys every day that they are going to get out of this what they put into it."

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