The Fort Mill baseball team bounced back to even their season series with Rock Hill getting a 7-1 win Thursday.
Fort Mill improved to 2-2 in Region 3-5A and 6-4 overall with the win. They will travel back to Rock Hill High Friday to finish the series.
“When we play at home in front of our crowd it energizes us,” said Fort Mill head coach Travis Collier. “We left no doubt. We controlled it early on. We were able to get ahead and kept it that way.”
Collier said winning the series would put them in a good situation heading into next week.
“If we can take care of business we are back in the mix of where we want to be, especially since everyone is beat up on each other now,” he said. “Puts us in a good situation going into next week against Spring Valley.”
Fort Mill wasted no time beating up on Rock Hill Thursday scattering 11 hits in the win. Fort Mill scored four in the second inning to get things started and never took their foot off the gas. The Jackets added a run in the fourth through the sixth innings as well.
Starter Mikey Terribile got the win on the mound going six innings and allowing four hits and one run while walking two and striking out nine.
There were four Fort Mill players that had two hits in Eli Craddock, Carter Blankinship, Nathan Carmello and Zach Jennings. Blankinship drove in two runs in going 2-3. Jennings had a double in going 2-2 and Andrew Craddock also had a double in going 1-3.
After the Rock Hill series, Fort Mill will host Spring Valley March 27 and 30 at home and head to Columbia March 29.
March 23 Roundup
Fort Mill
The Fort Mill softball team improved to 8-1 overall with a 10-2 win over Andrew Jackson on the road.
The Fort Mill boys lacrosse team had a 17-0 shutout win over Spring Valley on the road, while the girls lacrosse team won at home with a 22-1 win over Spring Valley as well. The boys’ lacrosse team is now 5-7 overall and the girls’ lacrosse team is now 8-3 overall and 7-0 in Region 3-5A play.
The Fort Mill tennis team won 6-0 over Rock Hill.
Nation Ford
The Nation Ford tennis team won 5-1 over Blythewood to improve to 5-1 in Region 3-5A and 7-4 overall.
The Nation Ford girls’ soccer team beat Spring Valley on the road 6-0 to improve to 2-3 in the region and 7-5 overall.
Catawba Ridge
The Catawba Ridge girls’ soccer team destroyed Northwestern with a 13-1 win as Kaelyn Severance had a hat trick in the win. The Copperheads are now 7-4 overall and 4-1 in Region 3-4A.
The Catawba Ridge baseball team beat York 4-2 in eight innings to improve to 5-0 in the region and 8-3 overall.
Mac Banks: mac@fortmillprepsports.com, @fortprep
