Zionsville teams perform well in tournaments

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Zionsville Eagles 9 year old Green Team All-Star game results

The Zionsville Eagles All-Star Team Green 9-year-olds traveled to Center Grove to play in the Summer Slam tournament. The first game was played on Wednesday, June 24, against the Brownsburg Bulldogs.

The Eagles won 5-4 in six innings. RJ Brow 1-2, run; Jacob Pressler 1-2; Kyle Callahan 1-2 double; Andrew Redman 1-2, run; Jake Muller 1-2, run; and runs scored by Owen Evans and Tyler Milby led the Eagles offense. The Eagles pitching consisted of Kody Wagner (4 strikeouts), Brow (5 strikeouts) and Callahan.

The Zionsville Green 9U team consists of Brow, Callahan, Camden Collings, Owen Evans, Will Hobick, Milby, Muller, Jacob Pressler, Redman, Tyler Thimjon, Kody Wagner and Josh Wagner and coached by Kevin Thimjon, Brad Redman and Graig Collings.

The Eagles second game was on Friday, June 26, against the Center Grove Sting. Thimjon 2-3, double, run scored; Milby 1-2, triple and a run scored and Muller 1-2, run led the Eagles offense. Runs were also scored by Wagner and Pressler. Defensive highlights were provided by Brow, Collings and Hobick. Eagle pitching was a combination of Josh Wagner (2 strikeouts), Thimjon (two scoreless innings) and Milby (1 strikeout). The Sting scored five runs in the first inning and the Eagles couldn’t recover. The Eagles lost in five innings 13-5.

Game 3 was on Saturday, June 27, against Westlane Delaware Trails (WDT). The Eagles scored 11 runs in the first two innings. Callahan 3-3, two doubles 3 runs; Brow 2-3 triple 3 runs; Wagner 2-3 triple 2 runs; Pressler and Redman both 2-3 two runs scored; Hobick 1-2 two runs; and runs scored by Wagner and Collings led the Eagles offense. The Eagles pitching dominated WDT. Brow pitched two innings and earned five strikeouts and Andrew Redman pitched two innings with two strikeouts. The Eagles won 15-2.

The Eagles earned a second place tournament seeding with the game taking place on Saturday, June 27, against the Mount Vernon Pythons. The Eagles could only manage seven hits in the game: Thimjon 2-3, run; Pressler 1-3 two runs and runs by Hobick, Muller, Milby and Redman. Eagle pitching came from Wagner, Thimjon and Callahan. The Eagles couldn’t mount a comeback and lost 14-7 and took fifth place in the tournament.

7-year-olds place fourth

The Zionsville Green All-Star 7-year-olds placed fourth in the Fall Creek Tournament this past weekend. On Saturday, June 27, the Screamin’ Eagles split a doubleheader to qualify into the championship bracket. In the first game against the Hamilton Southeastern Blue Cats, Carson Chapman and Eli Bell were the big bats as both boys smashed doubles off the wall with Chapman going 3 for 3 in the game. He also scored 2 runs. Matt Mckay and Brandon Neu had fine defensive plays at second and shortstop as they each made diving stops to end Cat rallies. Unfortunately, it was not enough as the Cats beat the Eagles 14-6.

In the afternoon game, the Screamin’ Eagles came out swinging as they blasted the Fall Creek team 19-7. The top five hitters had three hits each. They were Christopher Freeman, Tate Eugenio, Mckay, Chapman, Neu and Bell. Eugenio scored 3 runs while Freeman, Mckay, Chapman and Bell each scored 2. Josh Carney and Colby Mellinger also contributed two hits and three runs scored each. Ben Brown made a nice catch in right field, but it was Zachary Mullens who made the play of the game with a diving catch in left field. The win put the Eagles into the championship round.

On Sunday, June 28, the Screamin’ Eagles’ bats could not get going losing a doubleheader to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Raiders and Hamilton Southeastern Red Cats, 15-4 and 10-4. Against the Raiders, Freeman had three hits and scored two runs while Chapman and Mullens had two hits each. Mckay and Neu played stellar defense as they made several diving stops and throws at second and shortstop.

In the third place game, the Cats bats were too much for the Eagles. Trey Belin and Mellinger were the big bats for the Eagles as they collected two hits each with Belin scoring two runs. Neu and Bell scored the other Eagle runs.

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