Third Ranked Barnwell Baseball Clinches Region 5-AA Title With Perfect 10-0 Record
Third Ranked Barnwell Baseball Clinches Region 5-AA Title With Perfect 10-0 Record
From Staff Reports
Barnwell—The third ranked Barnwell Warhorse baseball team (17-2, 10-0) has clinched the Region 5-AA baseball title with a perfect 10-0 record and now the team will spend the final two weeks of the regular season getting ready for the AA play-offs.
Head coach Cody McCollum is a Barnwell graduate and he himself was once an outstanding player at the school.
Barnwell has seven non-region games in a tune-up for post-season play. They are at Batesburg-Leesville on April, 14, host Saluda on the 16th, travel to Bamberg-Ehrhardt on the 22nd, before hosting Batesburg-Leesville on April. 23. The remaining games are against South Aiken away on the 28th and then at home with South Aiken on the 30th. The team concludes the regular season on May, 1 with a home game against Woodland.
After 19 games, USC Aiken commit, and senior leader Cameron Austin is batting .476 with six home runs and 23 RBI’s along with 23 stolen bases. On the mound Austin is 4-1 with 28 and 2/3 innings of work. He is 4-1 with two saves with a .997 ERA and 46-K’s.
Hayden Pierce is 5-0 on the hill with 32 K’s and a 2.75 ERA. Trey Boleman is 4-1 on the mound with 22 K’s and a 2.58 ERA. Freshman Case Davis has been used primarily as a closer and he is 1-0 with three saves with 24K’s a 1-0 ERA. Senior Bradley Richardson has been good on the mound also and he is 2-0 with one save and a 1.20 ERA.
Other top hitters on the team include Davis who is at .458 with 25 runs scored and 22 stolen bases. Joe Huggins is at .435 and recently had a five-hit game at Edisto. Senior gold glove catcher Kaleb McCormack is bating .324 with 15 RBI’s, and Boleman is at .298 with 22 runs scored and 11 stolen bases.
Barnwell will certainly enjoy home field advantage when the play-offs start in early May and they appear to have hit, pitching, and good defense that often leads to state championships
