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The Paper photo by Lori Poteet
Crawfordsville High
School baseball players celebrate as Cameron Hobson hits the first of his two
home runs in Monday’s IHSAA Crawfordsville Sectional first-round
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| Baseball
Monday
IHSAA
Crawfordsville Sectional
At Crawfordsville HS
First
round
Game 2
Crawfordsville 6, Danville 0
Crawfordsville
011 103 0 – 6 11 1
Danville 000 000 0 – 0 0 3
WP: Cameron Hobson C
(6-2). LP: Ryan Smith D.
Crawfordsville runs scored: Cameron Hobson 2,
Brett McKinney 2, Mitchell Ray, Brett Linn
Crawfordsville RBI: Cameron
Hobson 5, Justin Wright
Crawfordsville hits: Cameron Hobson 3, Mitchell
Ray 2, Justin Wright 2, Cody Dowell 2, Brett Linn, Blake Harris
HR:
Cameron Hobson C 2
2B: Justin Wright C
Stolen bases:
Crawfordsville 1 (Mitchell Ray), Danville 0
LOB: Crawfordsville 9,
Danville 2
Records: Crawfordsville 26-4, Danville 16-12
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Reprinted Courtesy Of:
Paper Of Montgomery County
www.thepaper24-7.com
By John
Groth
Sports
Editor
Cameron
Hobson mowed down his first Indiana High School Athletic Association sectional
opponent.
He didn’t care he was facing the team had given Crawfordsville
its first – and only – Sagamore Athletic Conference loss.
Nope, the
Crawfordsville High School senior pitcher only wanted a victory – plain and
simple.
He’s ready for more to come.
Hobson and junior J.D. Rice
combined for a no-hitter – issuing 15 strikeouts – in Class 3A No. 5
Crawfordsville’s 6-0 IHSAA Crawfordsville Sectional first-round victory over
Danville at Crawfordsville High School.
“(Revenge) was not on (my
mind),” said Hobson, who also hit two home runs, including a three-run home run
in the top of the sixth inning that gave the Athenians a 6-0 lead. “I don’t know
if it was on everyone else’s. It’s sectionals – you just want to win. I don’t
think revenge was behind it.”
Crawfordsville (26-4) advances to play
conference foe Lebanon (10-15) in today’s 5 p.m. Crawfordsville Sectional
semifinal game.
Lebanon defeated county- and conference rival North
Montgomery 6-5 in 11 innings in Monday’s opening first-round game. Southmont and
conference foe Western Boone will play in today’s 7:30 p.m. second sectional
semifinal game.
Behind a steady dose of strikeouts from its two pitchers
and Hobson’s offensive outburst, Crawfordsville won its 11th-straight game. The
Athenians have now held their last nine opponents to two or fewer runs and have
held their last 12 opponents to three or less.
Hobson dominated Danville
batters. He struck out 12 Warriors in five innings and allowed only two
base-runners – one on a walk and the other off a wild pitch – with both coming
in the bottom of the third inning.
Crawfordsville coach John Froedge
took Hobson (6-2) out after five innings, giving J.D. Rice the chance to finish
the game. Rice had no problems – striking out three batters in the final two
innings – and putting the Athenians into the sectional semifinals.
Froedge took Hobson out to save him, maybe for the championship game or
maybe to get him rest if the Athenians can advance into regionals. They’ll have
strikeout king and senior Andrew Swart throwing in today’s sectional semifinal –
and, if they win, he can choose between Swart, Hobson, J.D. Rice, sophomore
Steven Rice or senior Cody Dowell.
“Our goal is to win three (games),”
Froedge said. “Anywhere we can save innings (is a plus) . . . You want to have
as much pitching available as you can.”
With Crawfordsville up 1-0 in the
top of the third inning and Hobson leading off, he crushed a solo home run over
the scoreboard in left centerfield to give the Athenians’ a 2-0 lead.
His second, game-clinching blast came three innings later.
With
two runners on and only one out, Hobson smashed a three-run home run past the
365-foot marker in centerfield to put Crawfordsville up 6-0.
While
Hobson drove the runs in, he wouldn’t have had the opportunities if not for his
other seniors. Five of Crawfordsville’s six senior starters had hits, with four
– Mitchell Ray, Justin Wright, Dowell and Hobson – recording at least two.
Wright had the Athenians’ other RBI in the first inning on an RBI double
to centerfield.
Crawfordsville did leave nine runners on base, including
the bases loaded after three straight walks to open the first inning, which
concerned Froedge.
“We definitely should have scored more runs (in the
first inning),” he said. “We made some base-running mistakes. It’s an area of
focus we need to work on. (But) the guys are locked in. You can tell when
they’re really focused and locked in.”
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