Montgomery sees progress in Kingstree baseball program
Blazers meet Mullins next week with possible playoff berth on line
Kingstree – The Kingstree High School baseball team is 4-9 on the season and 1-7 in Region 7-AA. While not outstanding numbers, Blazers head coach Leonard Montgomery believes his team is making improvement.
“So far this season, we are continuing to develop and improve,” said Montgomery, who is in his second year as head coach. “We basically have a new team that we are continuing to teach. We’re not at the coaching level just yet. We will show up and compete in most games.”
Kingstree is batting just .172 as a team. Jamaree Mitchell was leading the way with a .400 batting average. He had a double and a triple, eight runs scored and six runs batted in.
Chase McCrea also had six Rbi while leading the team with 14 runs. Ha e was batting .278. Lazarus Moyd was leading in RBI with 10 and had nine runs while batting .200.
Dylan McKnight was batting .214 with a triple and seven runs.
When Kingstree has gotten on base, it has had success on the basepaths. They had 118 with McKnight leading the way with 17. McCrea had 16, Mitchell 13, Moyd 11 and Paul McKnight 10.
Jermere Green and Moyd have pitched the most innings. Green had worked 10 2/3 innings and had 22 strikeouts to go with a 7.87 earned run average. Moyd had worked 10 1/3 innings and had two of the victories.
Seventh-grader Conner Darden had a 5.25 ERA in 6 2/3 innings.
“Overall, I feel the team is progressing well and working toward being good,” Montgomery said. “We are still growing in certain areas, but the effort and attitude have been strong mostly, and we expect to continue improving as the season goes on.”
The Blazers are set to Mullins, which is 1-0 in the region, in a 2-game series on Tuesday, April 21, and Friday, April 24. A sweep is likely needed to afford them an opportunity at a berth in the AA state playoffs. Their final series is against regon unbeaten Atlantic Collegiate Academy.
KINGSTREE SOFTBALL WINLESS IN REGION
The Kingstree softball team has faced its struggles as well. The Blazers were 1-10 overall and 0-8 in region contests.
Kingstree’s lone win came against fellow Williamsburg County school Hemingway by a 20-6 count. The Blazers were scheduled to play Hemingway again on April 15.
Kingstree had 2-game series left with Mullins and Atlantic Collegiate.
Senior Demia Mosley was leading the team in hitting with a .250 average and was tied for the lead in runs with seven. Senior Elisha Singletary and seventh-grader Denaia Mosley were both hitting .231. Singletary had a double and Mosley had a team high five RBI.
Eighth-grader Narajai Brown led the way in stolen bases with 12 while Demaia Moseley had 11. Singletary and Denaia Mosley had nine steals apiece.
Singletary had worked the most innings at pitcher with 14 1/3. Sophomore Isabel Chandler had six, junior Riley McClam 4 1/3 and freshman Chloe Pressley three.
