Fort Gay, W. Va. — After winning their first game of the year on May 3rd the Tolsia Baseball ( 3-3 ) team went into quarantine before coming back and winning two more in a row on Thursday and Friday.
2021 Tolsia Baseball Team
Bottom L to R Braxton Marcum, Julian Vance, Tanner Copley, Joey Doss, Matt Kelly, Jacob Perry
Top L to R Josh Wilson, JoJo Vanhoose, Nik Blackburn, Levi Watts, Dusty Bailey, Devin Stull, John Wilson
Tolsia 19 Mingo Central 14 ( Friday )
The Rebels scored nine runs in the bottom of the first before falling behind 11-9 and then rallying for the victory at home.
Devin Stull notched the victory in relief by going four innings and striking out nine Miners. He also had two hits and drove in a run.
Dusty Bailey collected four hits including a double, scored three times and drove in three runs, Levi Watts had three hits including a double, scored two runs and had two RBIs, Josh Wilson had two hits including a double and had five RBIs, Nick Blackburn had two hits and two RBIs, John Wilson, Tanner Copley, Braxton Marcum, Julian Vance had two hits and one RBI each, Joey Doss singled and drove in a run.
Tolsia 13 Cross Lanes Christian 3 ( Thursday )
Nik Blackburn picked up the win on the mound going five innings and striking out ten to lead the Rebels to the road victory at Shawnee Sports Complex.
Twins Josh and John Wilson combined to collect eight hits and drive in four runs to pace the offense, Braxton Marcum had three hits, scored four runs and drove in two runs, Dusty Bailey and Julian Vance had two hits each, Tanner Copley, Levi Watts and Blackburn each doubled in the victory.
Tolsia Seniors
L to R Tanner Copley, Josh Wilson, Nik Blackburn, Levi Watts, Dusty Bailey, Devin Stull, John Wilson, Joey Doss
Tolsia Coaches
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Jeff Wallace
Mike Blackburn
Mikey Pyles
Austin Bailey
Tolsia remaining schedule
May 15th at Buffalo
May 17th at Sherman
May 18th at Hannan
May 19th George Washington
May 20th Man
May 22nd Rose Hill
May 24th at West Carter
May 25th Wayne
May 28th Hannan
Tolsia Head Coach Jeff Wallace
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… We went fourteen or fifteen days without touching a baseball after getting the victory on May 3rd, you know as well as I do that you have to be swinging a bat just about everyday. We came back on Tuesday and it looked like we were trying to kill bats out there. On Wednesday they came back focused and ready it was a much much better practice. Then we went to Charleston and picked up nineteen hits and then came back tonight and probably had twenty hits. So proud of our kids all year long.”
“…Josh Wilson cruised in the first inning and we got nine in the bottom of the first and then he hit the first three batters in the second and we made a couple errors and give them credit they battled back to get the lead. After that I thought our stayed the course and kept stringing good at bats together and we kept putting pressure on them throughout the game.”
“… Devin Stull did a good job in relief to keep them at bay and then Dusty Bailey closed it out in the seventh inning. Hopefully we can start to play some games and get back into a routine. We have a tough schedule the rest of the way but it should prepare us for postseason play. Our section is brutal like always.”
