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Mullins – It was a long season for the Mullins High School baseball team. However, the Auctioneers did not go winless.
MHS split its 2-game series against Kingstree to finish with a 1-17 overall record and a 1-11 mark in Region 7-AA. It won the first game 14-0 before losing the regular-season finale to the Blazers 16-6.
In the victory, Adam Shaw tossed a 3-hit shutout wth 11 strikeouts and no walks in the 5-inning contest.
Lonnie Alston. who had the highest batting average enterig the series at .385, was 2-for-2 with a home run, five runs batted in and three runs scored. Christian Cornejo was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI, Jayln Davis had a hit and two RBI, Joshua Dozier had a hit, two runs and four stolen bases, and Mykell Razor had three runs and four stolen bases.
Andre Littlejohn was batting 294, while Raysor was batting .190 with two doubles and four runs. Raysor and Domorean Gerald led Mullins in stole gases with nine apiece.
Shaw was the Auctioneers’ most active pitcher with 15 innings pitched. Alston worked 6 2/3 innings, senior Ernest Ford six innings, and Gerald had worked 4 1/3 innings.
MULLINS SOFTBALL TEAM FINISHES WINLESS IN REGION
There sounds as though there is disappointment on where the Mullins softball program stands based on the tone of the answers to questions by head coach Brittany McFarland.
“Every year I have to start over, from working with my veteran players and training new players,” said McFarland, whose team was winless in Region 7-AA play at 0-12. “We have recreation and that’s it, unless they do travel ball to help them get better. I have never been the type to not give a young teenager a chance to get back into it.”
The Auctioneers had just four returning players rom last year in Jasmyne Rowell, Kaliyah McClain, Na’Kevia Gerald and Jalea Cross. McFarland has had to break in two new pitchers.
The remainder of the roster is made up of Ariyah Stanley, Naomi Carter, Arreyiana Carter, Tamiyah Sandifer, Jerkia Graves, Janae Robinson, Kyra Smith, Kadence Ward and Laniyah Crouch.
McFarland said she has mixed emotions about the season.
“Yes and no,” was her response when asked if the season had been disappointing “Yes, because we started late, and no because my players have shown sooooo much progress and I couldn’t be a happier coach.”
TRACK AND FIELD HAVING SUCCESS
Several athletes have had success for both the boys and girls track and field teams.
Distance runner Nathan Peracki and sprinter Amari Howard have been the top performers for the boys.
In the 17-school Wilson Tigers Invitational, Peracki finished second in the 800-meter run in a time of 2 minutes, 7.60 seconds. Howard finished fourth in the 100-meter dash in 11:17 seconds.
In a meet at Darlington, Howard won the 100 and finished third in the 200 dash. Peracki has a pair of first-place finishes in the 800 while Ernest Ford won the 800 in another meet. Justin Reaves had a irst-place fiiis in the 200.
Ishir Williams finished second in the 400 hurdles in a pair of meets and a had a second-place finish in the 110 hurdles as well. Terrance Pittman was second in the 400 on one occasions.
For the girls, Cameal Davis won in the 100 hurdles, while Ja’leeya Boyd had a second-place finish in both the 400 and 100 hurdles. Ariana Camichael hasda a victory in the shot put. Jazmyne Rowell had third-place fiishes in both the 100 and 200.
