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April 22 vs. Deweyville
Tuesday night the Bucs clinched a playoff spot by defeating the Pirates of Deweyville 16-9. EC jumped out to a 2-0 lead but saw that diminish quickly as Deweyville scored 9 runs in the bottom of the third. EC responded in the top of the fourth with 7 runs of their own to knot it up at 9. The game stay tied until Chace Odem broke the game wide open with a 2 out bases loaded 3-run triple in the top of the 6th. EC held the Pirates to just one run in the 7th to bring the final to 16-9. Trey Lambert was the winning pitcher throwing 5 2/3 innings giving up only 1 earned run, striking out 8, and walking only 1. Chace Odem was 2 for 4 including a double and triple with 3 RBI. Josh Adamson was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI.

Bucs are 10-8 overall and finish 7-5 in district for 3rd place. The Bucs will play Central Heights Friday, May 2nd at 6:00 in Newton. Game 2 will be Sat, May 3rd at 1:00 in Newton. If necessary, game 3 will be played 30 minutes after game 2.

April 15 vs. Hardin
Last night the Bucs went to Hardin to take on the Hornets in a pivotal game as district play winds down. The game was knotted at zero going into the third inning when EC’s bats came alive and drove in 3 runs. But, the Hornets would bounce back scoring 6 runs in the bottom of the third taking advantage of some inopportune errors made by the Bucs. Hardin would widen their lead in the fourth inning pushing across 2 more runs. The Bucs rallied in the sixth inning to close the gap by scoring 2 runs on a pair of Hardin miscues and did not allow the Hornets any runs in their half of the inning, bringing the score to 8-5 going into the seventh inning. The Bucs were unable to get anything going in the seventh and fell to the Hornets by the final score of 8-5. The loss brings the district record to 6-5 for EC with one game remaining. To reach the playoffs they need to beat Deweyville and have Hardin lose one of their two remaining games. The Bucs have a bye this Friday and travel to Deweyville next Tuesday, April 22 for the final regular season game.

April 11 vs. Kountze
Last Friday, April 11, EC bounced back from a gut wrenching loss to Buna by beating Kountze 12-7. Trey Lambert got the win throwing a complete game. Brock LaVergne went 3 for 4 for the Bucs and Lambert, Justin Devillier, and Seth Duhon all added two hits a piece to help lead the Bucs offensively. EC started off the game hot scoring 7 runs in their half of the first inning and then added 4 more in the third inning highlighted by Lambert and Hallmark’s back to back homeruns.

EC now boasts a 6-4 district record with 2 games left. EC travels to Hardin tonight to take on the Hornets at 4 p.m.

April 7 vs. Buna
The EC Bucs dropped a heartbreaker in extra innings last night to Buna, 5-4. EC started out hot at the plate scoring all 4 of their runs in their half of the 2^nd inning. But, Buna would answer scoring 2 runs in the 4^th and 5^th inning knotting the score up at 4 apiece. That score would hold until the bottom of the 10^th inning when Buna would plate the game winning run on a pop-up single to right field.

Ethan Brevard, Justin Devillier, and Trey Lambert all pitched well for the Bucs but it was a few errors that proved too much for EC to overcome.

The loss brings the district record to 5-4 for EC. Their next game is Friday against Kountze at 4:30 p.m. in Winnie.

April 1 vs. Warren
EC traveled to Warren yesterday to take on the Warriors in the first game of the second round of district. The Bucs’ bats started off hot with EC scoring 5 runs in the top of the first inning. That would prove to be the jolt they needed as they defeated the Warriors by the score of 12-2. Seth Duhon was the winning pitcher for EC. Offensively Ethan Brevard was 3 for 4 driving in 2 runs and scoring one himself. J.T. Hallmark was 2 for 4 at the plate including a three-run homerun in the 5^th inning. It was his fifth homerun on the year. Hallmark finished with 4 RBI. Justin Devillier was 2 for 3 with 1 RBI and crossed the plate four times.

The win brings EC’s record to 4-3. Next up is Anahuac this Friday at 4:30 p.m. here in Winnie.

March 28 vs. Deweyville
The Bucs defeated Deweyville 4-1 to keep their playoff hopes alive. Trey Lambert was the winning pitcher for EC allowing the Pirates only one hit. Seth Duhon went 3 for 4 at the plate with 1 RBI and scored once leading the way offensively for the Bucs. Josh Adamson was 2 for 4 with one RBI and scored one run as well. The win evens EC’s record to 3-3 after the first round of district. The Bucs travel to Warren tomorrow to take on the Warriors at 4:30 p.m. to start the final round of district play.

March 24 vs. Anahuac
The JV baseball team defeated Anahuac last night by the score of 26-3. Andrew Edgerly was the winning pitcher for EC with Eric Payton pitching the last two innings. EC jumped out to a big lead in the first inning holding the Panthers to zero runs and scoring 15 in their half of the inning. During the inning Edgerly had a base clearing triple and Nicholas Marcentel added a base clearing double. Edgerly also had an in the park home run later in the game and finished the game with 4 RBI, while Marcentel finished with 5 RBI.

March 20 vs. Hardin
The Bucs finished off their busy week at home Friday against Hardin. EC was sluggish from the start and nine errors would prove too much for the Bucs to overcome losing 14-3 to the Hornets. Hank Jones was a bright spot going 2 for 2 at the plate with 1 RBI.

The Buc’s district record is 2-3. EC has a bye tomorrow in district play and will host Deweyville Friday at 4 p.m. to complete the first round of district play.

March 18-19 vs. Kountze
The Bucs traveled to Kountze on Tuesday to play Kountze but the rains came down heavily during the third inning so the game was postponed to Wednesday with the Lions leading 2-1. On Wednesday, Kountze would again strike first going up 3-1 but EC’s bats then came alive in the 5^th inning with the Bucs capitalizing on Kountze’s errors and scoring 10 runs. The 6^th inning was much of the same as EC plated another 14 runs bringing the final score to 27-11. Justin Devillier started on the mound for the Bucs giving up 3 runs on 1 hit. Trey Lambert came in and threw 2 and 2/3 innings giving up 5 runs on 5 hits, and Eric Hart finished the last inning off allowing 3 runs on two hits. At the plate, J.T. Hallmark led EC’s offensive outbreak with a grand slam in the 6^th inning. Hallmark finished the game with 6 RBI. Ethan Brevard also had a good game going 3 for 5 with 5 RBI and scoring 4 runs. Trey Lambert was 3 for 4 to help his cause on the mound.

March 15 vs. Anahuac
The Bucs had to turn around and play Anahuac the next day to make up a game that was postponed due to rain earlier in the week. EC jumped out to an early 2-0 lead and never looked back taking their frustration out on the Panthers with an 11-1 win in six innings. Seth Duhon was the winning pitcher throwing five innings and giving up only five hits. Justin Devillier was the hot bat for the Bucs driving in two runs and scoring two. Neil Escareno, Brock LaVergne, and Hank Jones all had one RBI apiece to help EC secure the victory.

March 14 vs. Buna
Justin Devillier pitched an outstanding game, but the Bucs were not able to pull out the win losing 6-4 to the district leaders. Devillier gave up 4 earned runs on 7 hits with the other two runs being scored on a costly error by the Bucs. Leading the way at the plate for EC was Seth Duhon who was one for three with 2 RBI and scoring once himself.

Yesterday’s rain-out, March 11, against Anahuac will be played tomorrow at 6:30 in Anahuac. This will be a varsity game. The JV game will be played at another time and date to be announced if possible.

The varsity baseball team lost its district opener to Warren on Saturday, March 6, 6-10. Our game against Anahuac yesterday, March 11, was postponed due to rain. We will reschedule the game for later this week, possibly today. The next scheduled game is this Friday, March 14, at home against Buna.