JV Game 2 - White County (4) @ Jefferson (5)

On Monday evening, the Jefferson Dragons JV squad played their first home game of the season as they played host to the Warrior of White County. Coming off a 10 inning marathon vs Jackson County and tie on Saturday, Jefferson found themselves in extra innings once again, but this time took the win 5-4 in 8 innings after loading the bases on 3 straight hits.  The game stayed even for most of the game, with the Dragons taking a 4-2 lead after 4 innings.  The Warriors tied the game back at 4 a piece in 5th off a 2 RBI Triple.  Offensively for the Dragons, key production came off the bats of #17 Caleb Chandler (3-for-3 with a walk), #14 Ethan Page (2-for-3 with a Double), #8 Chaz Evans (2-for-4 1 RBI), and #6 Kasan Rainey (2-for-2 2RBI Walk).  One of Kasan's RBIs included a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the 8th to win the game.  #19 Logan Garner got the start on the bump for the Dragon recording 1 2/3 innings with 4 Ks and 2 runs.  #22 Brooks Beddow came in relief with 3 innings recording 6 Ks and 2 runs.  #18 Will Wood recorded 1/3 of an inning in relief with 1 K.  #5 Brandon Trefren closed the game out to keep the Warriors off the board in 3 innings recording 6 Ks.  Jefferson now stands with a 1-0-1 record for the season as the move to now take on Hart Count on the road Thursday.

Logan Garner

Clayton Jones

Billy Finch

Justin Cole

Carter Evans

Brooks Beddow

Caleb Chandler

Kasen Rainey

Will Wood

Brandon Trefren

Chaz Evans

Varsity - Game 2: White County (1) @ Jefferson (9)...Post 1

After a two week delay to start the season, the 3A Jefferson Dragons were finally able to get their season started.  The Dragons hit the road for their first game against 5A Gainesville.  This was a tough start as the Dragons fell 3-0 to the Red Elephants.  Jefferson bounced back on Saturday as they kicked off their home schedule hosting 4A White County.  The Dragons stormed ahead to take a 9-1 win versus the Warriors.  #7 Ethan Garner got the start on the hill and combined with 3 innings and 4 Ks and the 1 run.  #20 Taylor Wilkes pitched 2 innings of relief with 1 K and 0 runs. #19 Christian Hutch and #9 Jake Franklin pitched 1 inning each with 1 K a piece and 0 runs to keep the Warriors silent and take a big win.  Leading the Dragons offensively, #22 Micah Carpenter with 3-for3 and Garner went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI. Additional run support came off #18 Will Breese with 1 RBI in the 2nd, Wilkes with 2 RBIs in the 3rd, #8 Hunter Thompson with 1 RBI in the 2nd, and #24 Jonathan Ray with a SacFly RBI in the 5th. Jefferson stands at 1-1 on the season as they next take on 5A Apalachee and then travel to the Lake Point Perfect Game complex in Bartow County next weekend to take on 2A Wesleyan and 4A Upson-Lee at the Perfect Game Spring Swing.

Taylor Wilkes

Zack Boobas

Trent Sorrells

Jake Franklin

Christian Hutch

Varsity - Game 2: White County (1) @ Jefferson (9)...Post 2

Additional Picture from 2/28 vs White County...

Hunter Thompson sliding in with Will looking on

Safe!!!

Jake Franklin

Ethan Garner, Trent Sorrells, and Christian Hutch

Taylor Wilkes

Trent Sorrells

Varsity - Game 2: White County (1) @ Jefferson (9)...Post 3

Additional Picture from 2/28 vs White County...

Ethan Garner

Ethan Garner

Christian Hutch

Jake Franklin

Will Breese

Ethan Garner

Micah Carpenter

JV - Jefferson (6) @ Jackson County (6) - 10 Inning Marathon

After two weeks of ice/rain delays The Jefferson Dragons JV Baseball Team finally took the field for their first game Saturday, 2/28 on the road against the Panthers of Jackson County.  The Dragons took advantage of the field time battling with the Panthers in a 10 inning marathon that resulted in tie at 6 runs a piece.  The Panthers took an early 2-0 lead after the first inning after some early pitching struggles, but the Dragons pulled back even in the 2nd after some fielding errors enabled 2 runs to score.  The Dragons then took the lead in the 3rd and eventually pulled to a 6-3 lead.  The Panthers clawed back and eventually tied the game in 7th sending the game to extra innings.  Key hits for Dragons included for #20 Justin Cole with 2 hits and an RBI, #5 Brandon Trefren, and #6 Kasan Rainey each with hits in the 5th.  Key pitchers including Trefren who went 2 2/3 innings with 4 K and 0 runs allowed, #16 Brandon Clinton going 2 2/3 innings with 1 K and 0 runs, who also gunned down a couple base stealing attempts from behind the plate, and #18 Will Wood who closed the game in the 10th with 2 Ks.  A wild way to start the season, but at least we're underway.

Brandon Trefren

Brandon Clinton behind the dish

Brooks Beddow

Brandon Clinton

Will Wood

Justin Cole

Kasan Rainey

Will We Ever Get To Play

A quiet and mild winter, overall and with the start of the baseball season, now the weather just won't let up.  Seems like now what would be two weeks into the Dragons baseball season, we'd have some games in.  Just keep your fingers crossed in hopes the boys will be able to take to the field in the coming days.  In the mean time, hope everyone's recovered from last week's ice and stays warm through the next round.
-Richard

Scrimmage JHS (5) Vs 4A North Hall (4) - Feb 11 (Post 1 of 2)

 The 3A Jefferson Dragons Varsity Baseball Team took to the field on Wednesday, February 11 for a pre-season Scrimmage versus 4A North Hall.  This served as a test for the team to fine tune before the start of the 2015 campaign at White County next week. The Dragons took a win by a close score of 5-4.  Spreading mound time the Dragons pitched 7 different pitchers. The team was down 3-2 going into the top of the 7th. With 1 out, Ethan Garner hit a single to left center. He then stole 2nd on a passed ball. Trent Sorrells then walked. Still with 1 out, Taylor Wilkes bunted to advance the runners but also made it safely to 1st to load the bases. Will Breese then hit a double to left center to score 3 runs and take the lead 5-3. North Hall attempted a rally scoring 1 run in the bottom of the 7th but Hunter McCaslin caught a fly ball in right field to end the game.

Asher Staindridge

Christian Hutch

Devin Humphries

Jake Franklin

Hunter McCaslin

Jake Franklin

Ethan Garner