INWOOD - Jefferson County found its first runs of the game at just the right time during the District 6, Area 1 8-10 baseball tournament championship game on Friday.
Jefferson County's Nolan Shutts records the out at first during Friday's District 6, Area 1 8-10 tournament championship game. INWOOD - Jefferson County found its first runs of the game at just the right time during the District 6, Area 1 8-10 baseball tournament championship game on Friday. Down by a run going into its final at-bat of the game, Jefferson County came up with two runs in the bottom of the sixth to rally past Hedgesville for a 2-1 win and the Area 1 title. There was just one run through the first five innings of the game, and that came from Hedgesville in the top of the first. Jackson Mysliwiec started out with a double, then scored later in the inning with two outs on a passed ball for the 1-0 lead. Jefferson County had a few opportunities to get on the board in the first five innings, including getting two runners on in the fourth and fifth innings, but came up empty. Then came the sixth inning, when it finally seized on a scoring opportunity. With two outs, Drew Carlson started the rally with a triple to center field and scored on Easton Cogan's single immediately after, tying the game at 1-all. Brody Group followed with another single, and the next hitter, Nolan Shutts, won the game with an RBI single that scored Cogan for the 2-1 victory. Shutts each had two hits to lead Jefferson County, while Mysliwiec had two hits for Hedgesville. In Sunday's Area 1 runner-up final, Martinsburg advanced to the District 6 tournament with a 3-2 victory over Hedgesville. Hedgesville jumped into the lead, 1-0, with a run in the first inning. Eric Schultz led off the game with a single and later scored on Cash Runkles' RBI double to right field. Martinsburg responded in the bottom half of the first with two runs for a 2-1 lead. With one down, Caden Cox singled and Marcus Johnson doubled to put two runners on, and both came around to score on a passed ball to give Martinsburg a 2-1 lead. Martinsburg's lead went to 3-1 with another run in the bottom of the second on Emmett Kable's RBI single that scored Eli Leatherman. Hedgesville cut its deficit to one run, 3-2, in the top of the fourth after scoring on Kannon Vascovich's RBI double. That was as close as it got. Martinsburg had four players with one hit - Judson Roberts, Cox, Johnson and Kable. Schultz and Mysliwiec each had two hits to lead Hedgesville. Local businesses ready to assist you! Find the best that the Eastern Panhandle has to offer, as voted in the Journal's Best of Awards, at Panhandle Hometown Guru. No subscription is required to sign up for Journal newsletters. Some links may take you to stories that require a subscription after a few free views. Manage your newsletter subscriptions in your user dashboard. Success! An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup. Error! There was an error processing your request. We'll send alerts to you as news happens. Have the latest local news delivered every day, fresh to your inbox. Obituary notices, delivered daily. Local sports roundup, Saturday mornings. Most-read stories, delivered Sunday morning. Get our expert short-term forecast, summary of the weather details and news of any severe weather. Delivered every morning.
