By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
Trenton Ware, Dale Boyd and Markese Ware combined to pitch Forrest City Health Club past Rotary 12-5 Monday in Junior Babe Ruth League play.
Rotary led 5-2 going into the bottom of the fourth inning but couldn't hold the lead as Health Club sent 13 batters to the plate to score 10 runs for the win.
Trenton Ware homered in the third and scored twice to help his own pitching cause through three innings.
Juston Ashburn and Chauncey Boles added two runs each for the winners.
A.J. Moody scored two runs for Rotary while Brian Guyton and D.J. Downing scored single runs.
FC Health Club evens their record at 1-1.
Taylor Glass got a complete game effort from pitcher Tyrice Bradley Monday and used a five-run, fifth inning to down Cochran Auto 10-6.
Findley Scott Laws, Donnie Willis Jr. and Jamarcus Burke scored twice to lead Taylor.
Cochran got runs from Nathan Jefferson, Leonard Banks, Kenneth Norman, Chad Doyle and Lee Smith.
Banks and Doyle combined for the pitching duties.
Easley Law took over sole possession of first place in the Minor (pitching machine) League Monday with an 8-4 win over previously unbeaten Vaccaro.
Easley is 3-0 for the year while Vaccaro falls to 2-1. Hartman Diesel, at 2-0, faces Ridout tonight.
Both teams ended the first inning locked in a 3-3 tie before Vaccaro scored a single run in the top of the fourth to lead 4-3.
The rest of the game belonged to Easley, scoring a single run in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game at 4-4 and then putting up four runs in the bottom of the fifth for the win.
Weston Hess and Seth Parker each scored twice for Easley while Michael Bernard scored two of Vaccaro's four runs.
Food Giant fell to 0-3 for the year following Monday's 9-4 loss to Twillies Tigers.
Anthony Jenkins led Twillies by scoring three runs. Tyren Bean added two runs.
Food Giant, led by Tyler Duff, led 3-1 after the first inning. Twillies broke the game open with five runs in the bottom of the second to lead 6-4.
Lucas Trucking won their third straight game Monday, putting away Derrick CPA 6-4 in the Bambino 11-12 League.
Both teams were locked in a 3-3 tie after one inning as Derrick used three walks and one hit to take a 3-0 lead. Lucas answered by scoring three runs on four hits to knot the game.
Lucas took a 4-3 lead in he third but Derrick tied the game at 4-4 in the top of the fifth. Lucas won it by scoring twice in the sixth.
Bruce Heard, John Jones and Henry Henderson scored two runs each for Lucas while T.J. McFadden scored twice for Derrick CPA. McFadden homered in the fifth.
Cochran improved to 2-1 for the year Monday with a 13-4 win over Houser.
Cochran plated nine runs in the second inning.
Brandon Moton and Chandler Sorrells combined for the pitching victory.
A 10-run, first inning was more than enough for Roberts Welding Monday as the team improved to 2-1 following a 15-5 win over Mr. T Auto.
RoRo Steverson led Roberts by scoring three times, using three walks.
Mr. T, 1-2 for the year, scored four runs in the bottom of the third inning.
Tonight, the Bambino 9-10 League teams take the field.
Leslie's Construction and Sanyo, two of the league's unbeaten teams will face each other at 6 p.m., on Field 5.
First National Bank, the league's third unbeaten team, faces Taco Bell tonight.
By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
The girls' 12-under fast pitch softball league got under way Monday at the Sports Complex.
The Delta Breeze team scored their five-run limit in three of the four innings to take a 16-2 win over Food Giant while Crowley's Ridge got past Giffin's Grins 14-12.
In the girls' 16-under fast-pitch league, Pizza Inn and Bonanza stayed unbeaten for the year.
Times-Herald edged Dr. St. John 9-8 while Pizza Inn ousted Clay Funeral Home 11-8 and Bonanza held off the Dixie Chix 5-1.
The 10-under girls' slow pitch league will play tonight beginning at 7 p.m.
Times-Herald broke an 8-8 tie by scoring the game-winning run in the fourth inning for their win.
Pizza Inn scored five runs in the third inning to rally for their win over Clay.
The Forrest City American Legion program will hold team tryouts on Saturday, May 15,, at 3 p.m., rain or shine, at the Sports Complex.
The tryouts are open to players ages 14-19 who live in Forrest City, Marianna and Palestine-Wheatley.
Brett Bullard will coach the American Legion team.
The Forrest City American Legion team is scheduled to begin the 2004 season on Tuesday, May 25, when they host Valley View for a doubleheader beginning at 5 p.m.
The Forrest City adult men's softball league will start season play Thursday, May 13, at the Sports Complex.