RAINS 8, FAIRFIELD 1

EMORY — After allowing a lead off single to begin the game, Luke Sheppard pitched five innings of no-hit ball to lead the host Rains Wildcats to an 8-1 victory over Fairfield on Thursday in the Third Annual Rains Baseball Tournament.

Sheppard allowed the one hit along with one unearned run while striking out seven.

Sheppard also led the ‘Cats’ charge at the plate going 2 for 4 with three RBIs and a pair of stolen bases.

Eric Bacon pitched a scoreless inning of relief to complete the game for the Wildcats — also going 2 for 4 at the plate with a pair of stolen bases and a pair of runs scored.

GRAND SALINE

TOURNAMENT

GRAND SALINE 2, HOOKS 0

GRAND SALINE — Jase Melton hurled his second consecutive no-hitter as the Grand Saline Indians blanked Hooks 2-0 on Thursday in the Grand Saline Tournament.

The Indians improve to 5-2.

EDGEWOOD 9, WHITE OAK 4

GRAND SALINE — White Oak built a 4-1 lead after two, but Edgewood tied it in the fifth and scored five times in the sixth to earn a 9-4 win over the Roughnecks.

Dylan Carrell tripled, and Jack Gense and Max Tramel added doubles for White Oak. Tramel and Blake Barlow both had two hits, and Dylan Creager and Micah Gibson drove in runs.

Gibson struck out nine, walked three and gave up two earned runs in 4.1 innings.

HUGHES SPRINGS 1, JACKSONVILLE 0

GRAND SALINE — Cooper Perry struck out eight, walked two and allowed just two hits in seven innings for a 1-0 win over Grand Saline.

Perry threw 60 of his 96 pitches for strikes and got the only run he needed in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI triple by Corey Johns. Jace Ratley added two hits for the Mustangs.

LINDALE TOURNAMENT

ATHENS 4, BULLARD 3

WHITEHOUSE — The Athens Hornets held off the Bullard Panthers 4-3 on Thursday in the first round of the Lindale Tournament held in Whitehouse.

Trevor Deupree had a triple and River Perkins added a double for the Hornets. Chris Garcia had a single. Perkins drove in two runs with Brenden Brimage knocking in a run. Juan Garcia, Chris Garcia, Deupree and Brimage scored runs.

Bullard had sefen hits with Ryley Sharp (singe, double) and Brandon Taylor (2 singles) getting two hits. Bryce Jewell added a double with Derek Degrate, Grant Walters and Tanner Fowler adding singles.

Connor Carson and Fowler knocked in runs with Jewell, Carson and Hagen Smith crossing the plate.

HALLSVILLE 5, BULLARD 0

WHITEHOUSE — Hallsville took a 5-0 win over Bullard in the second game.

Mason Kelley had a double for the Panthers with singles from Ryley Sharp and Tanner Fowler.

Nolan Cox and Brayden Hodges combined to limit Bullard to a three hits and Hodges drove in two runs.

Cox struck out five, walked three and gave up two hits in 4.2 innings. Hodges fanned one with no walks in 2.1 frames.

Tyler Lee added two hits for the Bobcats.

CANTON 11, ANNA 2

EMORY — Dane Herrin had three hits, including two triples, as the Canton Eagles defeated Anna 11-2 on Thursday in the Rains Baseball Tournament.

Colton Whitehead added a triple and a single with Cole Vannorsdel hitting a double and collecting three RBIs.

Nick Fenner, Grant Yudizky and Ace Reese each had two hits with Colbey Johnson and Corbin Holland adding singles.

Herrin and Fenner each drove in two runs with Whitehead and Yudizky adding an RBI apiece.

Whitehead, Herrin and Holland each scored two runs with Johnson, Fenner, Creede Herchman, Vannorsdel and Reese scoring one each.

Fenner threw five innings, allowing six hits and one earned run with three strikeouts. Herchman pitched the final inning.

SPRING HILL TOURNAMENT

SPRING HILL 3, CARTHAGE 0

LONGVIEW — Pitching on his 18th birthday, Hunter Hollan shut down the Carthage bats through six innings as the Spring Hill Panthers notched a 3-0 win.

Hollan, a Texas A&M signee, struck out seven, walked one and scattered seven hits for the win. Trent Gregson worked a scoreless seventh, striking out one.

At the dish, Logan Avant had two hits and an RBI and Colin Martin added an RBI for the Panthers.

Mason Bobo singled twice and Noah Anderson added a double in the loss for Carthage. Jackson Blissett went the distance on the hill for Carthage, striking out five and walking four.

OIL BELT TOURNAMENT

KILGORE 5, HARDIN-JEFFERSON 0

KILGORE — Chase Hampton dominated on the hill for host team Kilgore, striking out 15 with no walks and just one hit allowed over six innings as the Bulldogs notched a 5-0 win over Hardin-Jefferson.

Hampton, a Texas Tech signee, threw 61 of his 82 pitches for strikes and helped his own cause at the plate with a double, two singles and an RBI.

Kaden Thrower had two hits, and Sam Witt and Spencer Thompson drove in runs for the Bulldogs.

HARDIN-JEFFERSON 11, PINE TREE 1

KILGORE — Pine Tree fell behind 8-0 after two and dropped an 11-1 decision to Hardin-Jefferson on Thursday.

Wade Fell doubled and drove in a run for the Pirates. D.J. Freeman had the only other Pirate hit.

HARMONY SPLITS

KILGORE — The Harmony Eagles earned a 5-4 win over Nacogdoches Central Heights and fell 8-6 to New Diana at Driller Park on Thursday.

Against Central Heights, Logan Baker and Blayze Phillips both doubled, Gage Goddard banged out three hits, Cooper Wadding had two hits and an RBI and Hunter Eitel and Trent Hart drove in runs. Goddard struck out 11, walked two and did not allow an earned run in six innings. Wadding worked 2/3 of an inning, and Kyle Jones earned the win with a scoreless 1/3 of an inning.

Against New Diana, Eitel, Goddard and Evan Patterson all doubled. Eitel had two hits, Patterson two RBI and Wadding one RBI.

NEW DIANA 8, HARMONY 6

KILGORE — Austin Green had two hits, two RBI and a run scored from the leadoff spot, Cade Medlin added a double, single and RBI and New Diana edged Harmony, 8-6.

Daren Manes and Zachary Malone also drove in runs for New Diana. Medlin struck out seven, walked five and gave up two earned runs in four innings for the win. Manes pitched a scoreless two innings, striking out one.

NACOGDOCHES TOURNAMENT

TATUM 5, CENTER 4

NACOGDOCHES — Luke Lister tripled, drove in a run and scored twice from the top of the lineup, Logan Foster added an RBI and Tatum edged Center, 5-4.

Reese Milam struck out four, walked two and gave up one unearned run on four hits in four innings. Landon Tovar had two strikeouts and two walks in an inning of work.

HENDERSON 6, NACOGDOCHES 2

NACOGDOCHES — Brady Johnson drove in two runs, and Henderson used a three-run sixth to pull away for a 6-2 win over the host team.

Collin Everitt, Brady Odom, Alan Pollard and Quentin Moon all drove in runs for the Lions. Everitt struck out four and walked two in 6.2 innings. Cole Bradley had one strikeout in his 1/3 of an inning of work.

UNION GROVE TOURNAMENT

WEST RUSK 4, ORE CITY 3

UNION GROVE — West Rusk scored twice in the bottom of the fifth to rally for a 4-3 win over Ore City.

Lane Burks and Trevor Harris doubled in the loss for Ore City. Burks drove in two runs. Harris and Micah Pugh had two hits apiece, and Aaron Nigreville added an RBI. Burks struck out seven and walked three in five innings.

CAMERON YOE TOURNAMENT

MALAKOFF 5, NEW WAVERLY 3

CAMERON — Bryson Adair had two hits and Cole Gaddis had a double as the Malakoff Tigers took a 5-3 win over New Waverly on Thursday.

The Tigers built a 5-0 lead in the first two innings.

Cainon Oxford, Erik Waldo and Dylan Stearman added singles for the Tigers. Gaddis, Oxford and Stearman each had an RBI with Adair scoring two runs with one each by Gaddis, Wes Hustead and Stearman.

LINDALE TOURNAMENT

CORSICANA 5, LINDALE 1

LINDALE — The Eagles lost to Corsicana 5-1 on Thursday.

Michael Freeman and Judson Long got hits for Lindale. Freeman scored the Eagles’ run.