SPORTS BRIEFS: Lee County baseball beats Shaw

Lee County baseball beats Shaw

Garet Morrell brought home the winning run to give Lee County Trojans the lead in the sixth inning Wednesday night as the Trojans beat Shaw 5-1 in a nonregion game.

Morrell had two extra-base hits for Lee County including his second homer in as many games.

Josh Hatcher looked sharp on the bump. Hatcher held Shaw hitless over two innings, allowed no earned runs, walked one and struck out three.

Malik Spratling got the win in relief, pitching two innings and allowing one run.

Lee County jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Landon Cooper singled to ignite the Trojans’ offense. A stolen base then moved Cooper from first to second.

In the sixth inning, Shaw pushed across its only run of the day on an RBI single by Alex Marquand.

Worth County baseball beats Westover

Hunter Goodwin went 1 for 3 as the Worth County Rams took home a 4-1 victory over Westover Wednesday at the Paul Eames Sports Complex.

Goodwin tripled in the fourth inning.

Cody Reddell picked up the win for the Rams. Reddell allowed no earned runs, three hits and one walk while striking out four over seven innings of work.

In the top of the second, the Worth County Rams grabbed the early lead at 1-0.

Westover managed to score one run in the third inning on a steal of home.

The Rams stayed on top until the final out after taking the lead in the fourth, scoring one run on a sacrifice fly by Tripp Goff.

After posting one run in the fifth, Worth County again scored one in the seventh. In the fifth, the Rams scored on a sacrifice fly by Reddell, plating Seth Newell.

Darton baseball beats Andrew College

The Cavaliers earned an 8-5 victory over Andrew College on Wednesday night.

Zach McCurry pitched one inning of relief for Darton and earned the victory. Rabon Martin earned the save for the Cavaliers. He went three up and three down in the final frame and struck out one.

The offense was paced by Colton Thomas, who went 2 for 5 with an RBI and two runs scored. John Cable went 2 for 3 with a run and RBI while Denzell Gowdy had two hits and scored two runs.

Dalton will again face Gordon College on Thursday. They also have a doubleheader on Saturday against Gordon.

Tubby Smith on Memphis’ radar

Tubby Smith is the leading candidate to become the head coach at Memphis, according to multiple reports on Wednesday.

ESPN reported that Smith would accept the position if he can reach a contract agreement with the school.

Last month, Smith led Texas Tech to the NCAA Tournament, becoming just the second head coach to guide five schools into the NCAA field.

Memphis’ vacancy was created last month when coach Josh Pastner left for the Georgia Tech job.

The 64-year-old Smith led Kentucky to the national championship in 1998 and to 10 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. He also coached Minnesota into the NCAA field in 2013 before he was fired by the school.

Smith then landed at Texas Tech and has spent the past three seasons with the Red Raiders. He also has coached at Georgia and Tulsa.