The Emerald Vikings came to Dean Jones Stadium on Saturday afternoon and picked up an 8-2 win over the Chesnee Eagles. The loss was bittersweet for Chesnee head coach Scott Wease as Colby Painter was a member of the 2010 Chesnee State Championship team and a former member of Coach Wease's coaching staff is now the head coach at Emerald High School.
"It is always great to see a guy who played college ball and get into coaching," said Coach Wease. "It was exciting to see him come back." Coach Painter was happy to come home and capture a win at his old stomping grounds. "It was great to come back here seeing everybody and playing in this great atmosphere," said Coach Painter. "It was good to see these old coaches and players I played with as well as seeing Coach (Dean) Jones' jersey out in right field." Emerald's Caleb Wright drew a walk to leadoff the top of the second inning and later scored on a Caleb McLaughlin RBI single. After allowing runners to reach second and third base Chesnee pitcher Cole Hoskyns got Emerald to fly out to the centerfielder to end the threat. Chesnee responded in the bottom of the second inning with two runs as Jacob Kimbrell got a one out single and Jacob Henson followed with a RBI double to the outfield wall. A Curtis Stacey walk and a Kyler Reagan single loaded the bases for the Eagles before Landon Thompson followed with a sharp RBI single through the left side of the infield to give Chesnee a one run lead after two innings of play. Emerald tied it back up in the top of the third as Sean Adams hit a one out single and later scored on a Brayden Ridge RBI single. In the top of the sixth Emerald took over what had been a pitchers duel as the Vikings would plate five runs in the inning. Cam Lollis hit a deep one out RBI double for the first run of the inning and after a ground out Emerald got four consecutive hits that drove in runs. Chase Prochaska and Jacob Slay had RBI singles while Sean Adams got the Vikings second RBI double of the inning. Braeden Burton rounded out the scoring with a RBI single of his own. Emerald's Gage Timmerman added another run in the top of the seventh as he scored on a Chesnee error. Chesnee got a good start out of sophomore Cole Hoskyns as he went four and a third innings and scattered three hits while surrendering only three runs. Coach Wease was pleased with his young starter, "He threw well and he gave us a shot to win," said Coach Wease. "He did his job and he did it well." Chesnee will be back in action on Monday as they host East Rutherford before facing Broome at Chapman on Thursday to determine who will finish in second place of Region II-3A. Comments are closed.
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