Licking Wildcats Baseball

10/10/09

Licking vs. Laquey

Frisco League Conference Tournament 3^rd Place Game

Placed @ Stoutland

The Wildcats finished the fall season on a positive note by taking home 3^rd place in the Frisco League Conference Tournament.  This goes along with their 2^nd place regular season finish in conference play.  Tyler Hunt was the winning pitcher for Licking as he took a no hitting into the 6^th inning.  The no-hitter was broken up with 2 outs in the inning.  Hunt was relieved at that point by Tyler Hood.  Hunt went 5 2/3 innings, striking out 10 and walking 2 while allowing only 1 hit and no runs.

Tyler Hood led the offense with a 2 for 3 night while collecting 1 RBI and scoring 3 runs.  Wyatt Porter and Tyler Lavely each homered for Licking.   

Licking finished the season off with a 13-2 overall record while going 9-2 in conference play through the regular season and conference tournament.

10/6/09

Licking vs. Iberia

Frisco League Conference Semi-Final Game

Played @ Stoutland

For the 2^nd time in the past week, the Wildcats shaky defense let them down in a big Frisco League Conference Game.  Tyler Lavely took the loss (his 1^st of the season), going 6 innings while allowing 11 hits and only 3 earned runs while striking out 3 and walking 5.  The offense hit well enough to win but left a few too many runners on base to make up for the poor defensive play.  Leading the way offensively was Tyler Lavely with 2 hits, Jarad Crews with 2 hits, and Jonathan Urton with 2 hits.  Licking will take on Laquey for 3^rd place in the Frisco League Tournament at 2:30 pm at Stoutland on Saturday.

10/3/09

Licking vs. Newburg

Frisco League Conference Tournament

First Round Game

Played @ Stoutland

Tyler Hood picked up the win for the Wildcats going the distance in this 5-inning contest that ended with the 10-Run Mercy Rule.  Hood scattered 9 hits and allowed 4 earned runs while striking out 6 and allowing no walks in his 1^st varsity start on the mound.  The offense exploded for 16 runs off of 10 hits.  Tyler Hunt, Josh Hood, and Wyatt Porter all collected 2 hits apiece for Licking while Hunt drove in 4 runs, Josh Hood, Tyler Hood, Wyatt Porter, and Jonathan Urton all drove in 2 runs.

Licking improves to 12-1 overall and 8-1 in conference play and will travel to Stoutland again on Tuesday to take on Iberia at 6:00 pm in the Frisco League Conference Tournament semifinal round.

9/29/09

Licking @ Dixon

Frisco League Conference Game

Licking’s sloppy defense of late finally came back to bite them as only 2 of the 10 runs that were allowed were earned runs.  Tyler Hunt started the game on the mound for Licking but had to come out after only 1 inning due to a sore arm.  Licking had just tied the game up in the top of the 3^rd inning with a 2 run homerun by Hunt when the 8 run, 3 error inning haunted Licking.  The Wildcats did put a scare into Dixon as they rallied to score 3 runs the last 2 innings and had the bases loaded in the 7^th when the game ended.

Licking drops to 11-1 overall and 7-1 in conference play and finishes 2^nd in the conference regular season standing.  They will play at 2:00 on Saturday in the first round of the Frisco League Tournament.

9/28/09

Licking vs. Laquey

Frisco League Conference Game

Licking held off a very pesky and tough Laquey team with the use of 6 different pitchers.  Tyler Hood led the pitching staff with the victory going 2 1/3 innings, allowing 2 hits, 2 walks, and 1 earned run while striking out 3 batters.  Tyler Hunt picked up the save going 1 innings, allowing 1 hit and 1 walk while striking out 1.  Offensively, Hunt, Tyler Lavely, and Jarad Crews collected multiple hits.  Lavely had 3 RBI in the game.

Licking moved to 11-0 overall and 7-0 in conference play and will travel to Dixon Tuesday night for a 5:00 pm game for the Frisco League Conference regular season championship.

9/26/09

Licking vs. Plato

Frisco League Conference Game

Plato jumped out to an early lead in this make-up game but Licking quickly got back on top to stay in the 2^nd inning due to timely hitting and good all around defense.  Tyler Lavely collected the win for Licking going 7 innings while striking out 11, walking 3, scattering 10 hits and allowing 3 earned runs.  The offense was led by Tyler Hunt who went 2 for 3 on the day with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI.  Chuck McDowell also collected 2 hits for the wildcats while scoring 2 runs and driving in 1 RBI.

The win moves Licking to 10-0 on the season and 6-0 in conference.  The Wildcats will complete their suspended game with Laquey on Monday at 5:00 pm in Licking.  Licking leads Laquey 2-0 in the game and will be batting with 2 outs in the bottom of the 3^rd inning when play resumes.

9/18/09
Licking @ Mansfield
Non-Conference Game

After a sloppy and flat start by the Wildcats, the 4^th inning was an explosion of offense as Licking put the game out of reach.  Jarad Crews (2) and Tyler Hood (3) each had multiple hits in this game while Grant McDowell and Tyler Lavely had multiple RBI.  Tyler Hunt recorded the victory going 7 innings and striking out 7 while walking 2, allowing 3 hits, and 1 earned run.

Licking improved to 9-0 with the win and will host Laquey at 5:00 on Monday.

9/17/09

Licking @ Iberia

Frisco League Conference Game

Licking continued it’s dominating offensive performance in this Frisco League Conference Rivalry.  After a silent 1^st inning, Licking exploded for a 6 run 2^nd inning.  5 of those runs came with 2 outs highlighted by a Tyler Hunt 3-run double.  A sloppy 3^rd inning defensively by Licking allowed Iberia to get back into the game, but the Wildcats responded again in the top of the 4^th with 4 big runs to put the game into comfortable position.  Tyler Lavely collected the win for Licking, going 6 innings, striking out 7 and walking 4 while allowing 8 hits and 1 earned run.  Licking was led offensively by a monster night from Tyler Hunt.  Hunt went 3 for 4 with a homerun and 4 RBI as well as 3 runs scored.  Licking also received multiple hits from Tyler Lavely, Josh Hood, Tyler Hood, and Wyatt Porter.

Licking improved to 8-0 overall and 5-0 in conference and will travel to Mansfield tomorrow for a 4:30 non-conference game.

9/14/09

Licking vs. Hartville

Non-Conference Game

The Wildcats defeated yet another opponent in just 5 innings as they used one of their better hitting nights of the season the defeat district opponent Hartville.  Jarad Crews led the night, going 3 for 3 with 4 RBI while picking up the win, going 3 1/3 innings, allowing 2 earned runs, striking out 4 and walking 3 with 2 hits mixed in.  Also collecting multiple hits for Licking was Tyler Hunt, and Wyatt Porter.

Licking moves to 7-0 with the win and will travel to Iberia on Thursday for a big conference game.

9/12/09

Licking vs. Crocker

Frisco League Conference Game

Licking dominated this game beginning in bottom of the 1^st inning after a shaky top of the 1^st.  Grant McDowell went the full 5 innings, allowing only 1 hit but walking 7 and striking out 6.  Licking got multiple hits from Tyler Hunt, Jarad Crews, and Wyatt Porter.  Hunt, Crews, Tyler Hood, and Jonathon Urton also picked up multiple RBI.

Licking moves to 6-0 on the season with a 4-0 conference record and will host Hartville Monday in a non-conference game.

9/10/09

Licking vs. Newburg @ Licking and Newburg

Frisco League Conference Game

Chuck McDowell had the game winning hit in this week-long multi-site Frisco League Conference contest.  The game began last Friday at Licking where Newburg had a 2-1 advantage after 4 innings of play.  Play resumed today at Newburg because Licking’s field was too wet.  The 5^th inning saw a lot of action with no runs scored as Newburg and Licking both had 2 runners reach base with 2 outs, but both teams found their way out of jams.  The bottom of the 7^th saw Tyler Hood leading off and falling behind 0 and 2.  After a curveball in the dirt, Hood was hit by a pitch.  Wyatt Porter then flew out to centerfield.  After Hood stole 2^nd base and advanced on a passed ball, Jonathan Urton drew a walk and stole 2^nd base.  Grant McDowell struck out on a curveball that got away from the catcher allowing Hood to tie the game, Urton to advance to third, and McDowell to reach 1^st.  Tyler Hunt was then intentionally walked to load the bases when Chuck McDowell ripped the game-winning single into left field.  Tyler Lavely Collected the win for Licking, going 3 1/3 innings with 5 K’s, 2 BB, and 0 Hits allowed.

Licking moves to 5-0 with the win and will host Crocker tomorrow night at 5:00 pm.

9/8/09

Licking vs. Richland

Frisco League Conference Game

The Wildcats ended up hosting this Frisco League Conference game after Richland’s field was too wet.  The game started slow, but saw Licking explode offensively in the 2^nd and 3^rd innings. Licking played extremely well defensively while Tyler Hunt led from the mound, going 5 innings, allowing only 1 hit, striking out 8, and walking 3.  Licking collected multiple hits from Wyatt Porter, Tyler Hood, Jarad Crews and Josh Hood.  Crews went 4 for 4 with 3 RBI to lead the offense.

Licking improved to 4-0 on the season and will host Newburg on Thursday to complete the game that they trail 2-1 in the top of the 5^th inning.

9/3/09

Licking @ Stoutland

Frisco League Conference Game

Licking traveled to Stoutland for their 1^st Frisco League Conference game of the season and came away with an ugly 13-8 victory.  Licking started the game off strong and had a chance to finish off with a 10-run rule in the 6^th inning, but gave up 6 runs to push the game to the 7^th inning.  Wyatt Porter led the offensive attack with a 4 for 4 night at the plate, scoring 3 runs.  Tyler Hunt and Jarad Crews also collected 2 hits for the game.  Tyler Lavely started the game on the mound for Licking and went 2 strong innings without allowing an earned run.  Tyler Hood then came in and collected the winning going 3 innings while allowed 3 earned runs.  Jonathan Urton closed out the final 2 innings while allowing 2 earned runs.  Licking advances to 3-0 and 1-0 in the conference and will host Newburg at 5:00 pm on Friday.

9/1/09

Licking vs. Vienna

Non-Conference Game

Licking sent 15 batters to the plate in the 1^st inning, collecting 5 hits and drawing 7 walks to collect 10 runs and put the game out of reach.  The Wildcats were unable to strike for anymore runs the rest of the game however as they appeared to be a bit complacent with the lead.  Tyler Hunt and Josh Hood led offense collecting 2 hits and 2 RBI apiece.  Four Licking pitchers combined to pitch the 1-hit shutout.  Tyler Hunt got the start and struck out 4 batters in 2 innings of work.  Jarad Crews also put a solid inning of work on the mound allowing Vienna’s only hit but striking out 2.

Licking will travel to Stoutland on Thursday for their 1^st conference competition of the year.

8/25/09

Licking @ Winona

Non-Conference Game

Licking started the fall season off with an impressive, one-sided victory over Winona.  Tyler Lavely was the starting pitcher and picked up the win for the Wildcats.  Lavely Struck out 8 while only walking 2 and allowing 2 Hits over 4 innings.  Tyler Hood came in to close the game out, striking out 1 while allowing no walks and no hits.  Offensively, Jonathon Urton led the Wildcats with 2 hits and 4 RBI on the day.  Tyler Lavely helped out his cause with a solo homerun in the 5^th inning.

Licking will host their 1^st home game of the fall season on Tuesday, September 1^st against Vienna.