RRS RECAP: Macon East baseball wins two games; MA tennis sweeps
COMBINED REPORTS
BASEBALL
Macon East Academy 9, Morgan Academy 4
GROVE HILL -- Jabe Boroff went 2 for 2 and drove in three runs to lead the Knights to a win in the Clarke Prep Gator Classic on Wednesday.
Deonte Powell went 2 for 3 and drove in a run, while picking up the win on the mound. Luke Noffsinger and Matthew Kitchens also went 2 for 3 at the plate, while Gunner Justice went 1 for 3.
Macon East (4-0) returned to action later in the day against Clarke Prep.
Clarke Prep 7, Macon East Academy 5
GROVE HILL -- Jabe Boroff went 2 for 2 at the plate with a double and drove in a pair of runs, but it wasn’t enough as the Gators rallied late to hand the Knights their first loss of the season in the Clarke Prep Gator Classic on Wednesday afternoon.
Boroff was the only Macon East player with multiple hits at the plate in the game against the Gators. Zach Brown, Gunner Justice,Matthew Kitchens, Dalton Nickles and Luke Noffsinger all had one hit for Macon East (4-1).
Macon East 11, Abbeville Christian 0
CECIL -- Matthew Kitchens pitched a two-hit shutout while striking out six in a complete-game performance as the Knights won their home opener against the Generals on Tuesday in a game shortened to five innings by the 10-run mercy rule.
Gunner Justice with 3 for 3 with an RBI and a stolen base, while Kitchens went 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI. Jabe Boroff went 2 for 4, including a three-run home run over the center field fence, while Hunter Timmerman went 2 for 3 with a pair of singles.
Macon East improved to 3-0 with the win.
BOYS TENNIS
Montgomery Academy 9, Eufaula 0
The 6A Eagles opened section play with a shutout of Eufaula at the Lagoon Park Tennis Center on Wednesday, sweeping both singles and doubles play.
Whit Davis, Guy Hughes, Jackson Brown, John Alford, Gaines Freeman and Charlie Hill all won singles matches, while doubles winners were the teams of Davis-Hill, Brown-Ron Sharma and Hughes-Alford.
Defending state champion Montgomery Academy (5-0) will face defending state runner-up Mountain Brook on Tuesday afternoon at Lagoon Park.
GIRLS TENNIS
Montgomery Academy 9, Eufaula 0
The Montgomery Academy girls posted a strong 9-0 shutout of Eufaula on Wednesday.
The Eagles did not allow a point in singles competition, with Gabby Barrera, Jenna Chandler, Mae Mae Voltz, Kareena Singh, Clara Ryan and Marianna Lassner all winning by identical 6-0, 6-0 scores.
In doubles, the No. 1 team of Chandler and Voltz defeated Lakenya Laseter-Jamiyah Franklin 6-0, 6-0; the No. 2 team of Barrera and Ryan beat Tyonna Respress and Ta’janoe Clinton 6-0, 6-1; and No. 3 Cate Peeples and Mary Lee Kelso defeated Asia Ware and J.R. Franklin 6-0, 6-1.
Montgomery Academy improved to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in section play.
Montgomery Academy 9, Catholic 0
The Montgomery Academy girls opened section play on Tuesday with aa 9-0 win over Catholic, sweeping both singles and doubles competition.
In singles, Gabby Barrera defeated Ella Newell 8-0 at No. 1; Jenna Chandler beat Maria Schwarz 8-0 at No. 2; Mae Mae Voltz defeated Wilson Samuels 8-1 at No. 3; Clara Ryan defeated Katherine Reardon 8-0 at No. 4; Kareena Singh beat Darby Webb 8-0 at No. 5; and Marianna Lassner defeated Grace Owens 8-1 at No. 6.
In doubles, the No. 1 team of Chandler-Voltz beat Newell-Schwarz 8-1; the No. 2 team of Barrera-Ryan beat Samuels-Reardon 8-0; and the No. 3 team of Cate Peeples and Mary Lee Kelso defeated Webb-Owens 8-0.
Montgomery Academy improved to 4-0 overall and 1-0 in section play.
BOYS SOCCER
Montgomery Academy 6, Prattville Christian 0
PRATTVILLE -- The Eagles won their first regular-season game on Wednesday, shutting out Prattville Christian Academy as Ruston Bassett earned his first hat trick of the season with two goals in the first half and another in the second.
Montgomery Academy (1-0) opened the season with a second-place showing in the Lakeshore Tournament and a championship in the Capital of Dreams Tournament last weekend before starting regular-season play on Wednesday.
Alex Kohn scored the first goal on an assist from Brewer Welch, then assisted on a Lukas Yi goal for a 2-0 lead. Bassett scored the next three goals, getting an assist from Ethan Yi on the first goal and from Kohn on the next two.
Bassett returned the favor, assisting Kohn on the Eagles’ final score.
The Eagles return to action on Saturday at noon at Pike Road.
GIRLS SOCCER
Montgomery Academy 3, Prattville 1
Sophia Cho scored a pair of goals and assisted on a third to help the Eagles to a win over Prattville on Wednesday night.
The first half was a slow and tiresome affair, with both teams clearly feeling the effects of last weekend’s Capital of Dreams Tournament. The first goal of the game came from some great work down the left side of MA’s attack, with Virginia Meacham finding Cho, who calmly placed the ball in the bottom corner.
MA started the second half with a much higher tempo, spending most of the second half on the opponents’ side of the field. The relentless pressure of MA resulted in a great run by Kerstin Daniels who was taken down in the box. The resulting penalty kick from Cho was saved by the Prattville keeper but she was unable to save the follow up from Cho, who got her second of the game.
Minutes later, MA would get a corner and Cho would deliver a great aerial ball that meets the head of Katherine Sinco, who netted her first goal of the year.
Prattville had a resurgence towards the end of the game and managed to pull a goal back with 10 minutes to go, but it was too late to challenge the Eagles.