Day One: Jacksonville, Alabama

Game One: North Alabama Hurricanes (Post 57) - 12
Tuscaloosa (Post 34) - 4

After jumping out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, Post 34 could not put another run up until the fifth inning. Post 57 scored three in the first & third, four in the fifth, and two in the sixth. Offensively for Post 34, no one had more than one hit. Zach Doherty, Chase Fields, Cameron Carlisle, Tanner Ashcraft, and Jacob Bush each had one hit. On the mound, Kendall Edmondson took the loss. In the bottom of the sixth, Zach Doherty made his Post 34 pitching debut.

Game Two: Tuscaloosa (Post 34) - 10
North Alabama Hurricanes (Post 57) - 8

After a players only team meeting, Post 34 came out swinging the bats in the second game of the doubleheader. Post 34 won 10-8 making their overall record 18-10 and in-state record 14-4. Post 34 now holds a 2-1 advantage over Post 57 head to head.
In the first, Doherty led off with a walk and Fields reached on an error by the Post 57 shortstop. Cameron Carlisle hit his first of two home runs on the night to put Post 34 out to a 3-0 lead. With one out Sam Kelley would double and Wood Collins would single. Both would eventually score on errors by Post 57 to give Post 34 an early 5-0 lead.
Post 34 added two runs in the fifth on Carlisle's second home run to extend the lead to 7-0. Carlisle knocked in Fields who had reached on a double.
While Post 34 was scoring runs, Gregg Adcock was shutting down the Post 57 offense. Adcock struck out the side in the bottom of the first and did not allow a run until the fourth. Post 57 scored four in the fourth, two in the fifth, & two in the sixth. Brad McCool came on with two runners on and two outs in the sixth. McCool got a strikeout and Post 34 went into the 7th with a 10-8 lead. After striking out the first two Post 57 hitters in the 7th, McCool walked two and allowed a hit to load the bases. McCool was able to get Post 57's clean up hitter to fly out to centerfield to get the save.


Tomorrow we will travel to Atlanta. We are leaving the hotel at 8:15 AM to go to Atlantic Station where we will visit Dialogue in the Dark. At Dialogue in the Dark, the team will experience what it is like to be blind. They will be lead on a tour of everyday tasks but they will have to do these tasks in total darkness. They will be a led through these tasks by a guide who is blind. After eating lunch in the area, we will check into our hotel and get ready to play Conyers Post 77. Last year we defeated Conyers in the Southeast Regional in Sumter, SC. Alex Aultman, who pitched in last year's win against Conyers, will pitch game one and Sam Kelley will pitch game two.