Thursday, April 28, 2016 - Page 4

- Tarkio High School Journalism Class

DAWSON JOESTING - Chips the ball toward hole #8

during an EA golf match on April 19, 2016, at Tarkio Golf
Course.
(Photo By Mike Farmer)

ZACH SAPP - Chips the ball toward hole #8 during an EA

golf match on April 19, 2016, at Tarkio Golf Course.


(Photo By Mike Farmer)
THE EA WOLVES VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM PLAYED AN AWESOME GAME - At the Tarkio Baseball Field on
Tuesday, April 19, 2016. The Wolves defeated South Nodaway with some great plays, including: a pickoff at first thrown by
pitcher Brody Cooper, pictured at top left, and the out made by first baseman Connor Shaw, pictured at top right; a home
run hit by Gage McAdams, pictured above at left; and a safe umpire call at home plate and a run scored by hitter Dalton
Sawyer, pictured above at right.
(Photos By Megan McAdams)

Wolves win one, lose one in baseball action against Platte Valley

COLIN JOESTING - Chips onto the green on hole #9 during an EA golf match at the Tarkio Golf Course on April 19,
2016.

(Photo By Mike Farmer)

Golfers compete in area events

On Tuesday, April 19,
2016, the East Atchison
Wolves Boys Golf Team
hosted Mound City at the
Tarkio Golf Course. EA
struggled around the course
and was defeated 208-214.
Ben Shifflet from Mound
City was the low score for
the day with a 43. EA was
led by Brendon Bruns with a
47. Colin Joesting shot a 52.
Jayton Johnson carded a 55
and Dayton Murry rounded
out scores with a 60.
On Wednesday, April 20,
the golfers encountered wet
conditions at the Stanberry,
Missouri, Invitational meet.
Ten teams participated. The
Wolves struggled with the
wetness and finished 7th
overall as a team. Jayton

Johnson led the way with

a 91. He tied for 4th place
overall. Brendon Bruns shot
a 101 for the day.
On Thursday, April 21,
the EA golfers traveled to
Mound City to participate in
a quad meet against Mound
City, Mid-Buchanan, and
Rock Port. The EA team
showed vast improvement
and finished in 2nd place.
The team score of 203 placed
them ahead of both Mound
City and Rock Port. MidBuchanan won the meet.
Jayton Johnson led the way
with a 48. Brendon Bruns
shot a 51. Dayton Murry
also carded a 51. Keevan
Baker shot 53 and Daniel
Ripley managed a 62 in his
first varsity action.

The East Atchison Wolves

Varsity Baseball Team and
Platte Valley exchanged the
lead seven times on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, but the
Wolves ended up on top with
a 4-3 win in eight innings in
Tarkio.
The top of the second saw
Platte Valley take an early
lead, 1-0, but it didnt take
long for East Atchison to answer as it scored one run of
its own in the second with a
solo home run by Gage McAdams. This was Gages first
high school baseball home
run. The Wolves took the
lead for good after a strong
eighth inning. A sacrifice fly
by Connor Shaw scored Luis
Villagrana.
The Wolves had some
great plays during the game,
including a pickoff of the
first base runner by pitcher
Brody Cooper and first baseman Connor Shaw. Cooper
also fielded a ball hit back
at him and made a double
play out of it with the help of
second baseman McAdams
and first baseman Shaw.
Hitter Dalton Sawyer also
managed to make his way
around the bases for a close,
but safe call at home plate,
scoring a run for the Wolves.
Pitcher Brody Cooper had
a fantastic game, going all
eight innings.
Individual Wolves statistics follow:
BATTING STATS
Dylan Jeffords - one hit
(a single), one RBI, and two

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strikeouts
Brody Cooper - one hit (a
double)
Tyler Brown - one strikeout
Connor Shaw - one hit (a
double), one RBI, one run,
one walk, and one strikeout
Shae DeRosier - one hit (a
single), one RBI, one walk,
and one strikeout
Gage McAdams - one
hit (a home run), one RBI,
one run, one walk, and one
strikeout
Luis Villagrana - one hit
(a single), one run, and two
strikeouts
Trey Agnew - one strikeout
Dalton Sawyer - one run
and two strikeouts
PITCHING STATS
Brody Cooper - eight innings pitched, allowed seven hits, one walk, and three
runs, and struckout nine
FIELDING STATS
Dylan Jeffords - 10 putouts
Brody Cooper - six putouts and one double play
Tyler Brown - one putout
Connor Shaw - one putout
and one error
Shae DeRosier - one error
Gage McAdams - five putouts
Dalton Sawyer - one putout
Following varsity action, the Wolves JV Baseball Team lost 7-11 in five
innings, despite outhitting
Platte Valley eight to four.
Tyler Brown went a perfect 3-3 at the plate for the
Wolves, hitting singles in
the first, third, and fourth
innings. A three-run third
inning helped bring the
Wolves within four. A tworun error, as well as an RBI
double by Shae DeRosier, set
off the Wolves rally. Three
runs in the bottom of the
fourth helped the Wolves
close the deficit to 8-7 with a
two-run home run by Gage
McAdams and an RBI single
by Jayce Navin.
Individual Wolves statistics follow:

BATTING STATS
Dylan Jeffords - one run
Tyler Brown - three hits
(three singles) and three
runs
Shae DeRosier - one hit
(a double), one RBI, and one
strikeout
Gage McAdams - one hit
(a home run), two RBIs, and
one run
Zachery Garrison - one
walk and one run
Luis Villagrana - one hit
(a double)
Trey Agnew - two RBIs
and one strikeout
Dalton Sawyer - one
strikeout
Jayce Navin - two hits
(two singles), two RBIs, one
run, and one walk

LUIS VILLAGRANA - Hit

a double in jr. varsity Wolves
baseball action against
Platte Valley on Tuesday,
April 19, 2016. (Photo By
Megan McAdams)

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