The Longview Lakers are Region 16 Champions!!! We took care of business in the first game of the Champioship and won 15-9 in a slugfest. Shawn Egge was 5 for 5 with 3 HRs including a grand slam. We had several contributions throughout the series. Brock Chaffin hit .800 with a HR and 5 RBIs, Egge finished with 4 HR and 9 RBIs, Will Mulligan had 4 2Bs, Spiker Helms scored 5 runs and had 4 RBIs, Tyler Christophel hit .571 and had 6 RBI, Miles Shelton was 3 for 4, and Ryan Rohmiller had 4 hits and 3 RBI. Everyone who started had at least 1 RBI. Everyone who started hit over .300 except for one player. We were extremely good on offense scoring 35 runs in 3 games. Our bullpen only allowed one run in 3 games in 10 innings of work. Each of our starters gave us at least 5 innings. It was a total team effort. This moves us on to the next round which will be held at Longview starting this Friday. Here is the schedule:
Friday, May 21
9:00 am- Western Oklahoma vs. Longview
12:30 – Western Oklahoma vs Brown Mackie
4:00- Longview vs. Brown Mackie
Saturday, May 22 and Sunday May 23
Teams to be determined but only one game a day and it will start at 1:00.
This will be our last home stand so I hope people will have a chance to see us play. This is a really good group of kids and I believe we are exciting to watch. We will have our hands full with Western Oklahoma who is currently 50-5 and the number one rated NJCAA DII team in the country. If anyone can beat them, I believe our group can. I will catch up with you next week. Wish us luck.
Clint
PS- Here is the group of players who made All-Region:
MVP-Brock Chaffin
Will Mulligan
Spiker Helms
Shawn Egge
Kyle Simpson
Johnnie Johnson
Daniel Jones
