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Falcons sweep Northwood for SCISA 3A title
Ben Lippen 5,Northwood 2 The Falcons travelled to Northwood Academy for Game 1 of the 2008 SCISA AAA State Championship. Northwood Academy came into the game with a 26- 4 record and Ben Lippen entered the contest with a 23- 5 mark. Both teams threw their respective aces, Ryan Philpott for Northwood and Kyle Williamson for Ben Lippen. Northwood would strike first scoring a run in the bottom of the third inning off of a drawn in infield and went up 1- 0.
A pass ball scored the fourth run of the inning and a bases loaded walk generated the fifth Falcon run of the inning. That would be all Williamson needed as he then cruised to a 5- 2 victory, giving Ben Lippen a 1- 0 advantage in the best of three series. Williamson fielded his position well, picking a runner off of third and snagging two potential hits with his glove. Catcher Blaine Walker did not allow a steal and picked a runner off at first. Rick Davis made another diving catch to end a rally. Game 2:May 13 Ben Lippen 5,Northwood 4
Senior Justin Norris took the mound for the Falcons and Northwood countered with side- armed, North Greenville signee, Brett Bullard. The Chargers got on the board first scoring two runs in the top of the second. Ben Lippen answered with two runs of in the bottom of the inning to tie the score at two a piece. In the fourth inning, the Chargers would again tack on two runs on three hits and a Ben Lippen error. But again, the experienced Falcons would answer with two runs in the bottom of the inning. Joey Carter got a leadoff single. Then Williamson followed with another single. Catcher Blaine Walker then drilled an RBI base hit. The score would remain gridlocked at 4- 4 until the bottom of the sixth inning. Williamson lead off with a hard single to left. Blaine Walker then executed a sacrifice bunt moving Williamson over to second. Then, with two outs Williamson stole third base bringing the winning run only 90 feet away. The very next pitch was in the dirt and kicked away from the catcher. Williamson read it and scored the eventual winning run to put the Falcons up 5- 4.
The Chargers got the leadoff man on in the seventh, but he was quickly erased on a text book 4- 6- 3 double play from John Montgomery to Mobley Jeter then over to Norris for the double play. With two outs and no one on, the next batter grounded out to Montgomery to give the Falcons their first baseball state title in school history. The Falcons finished with a record of 25- 5 and gave up four runs or fewer in 24 of 30 games this season. They outscored opponents by an average of more than five runs per game in the playoffs.
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