MARION - Marion Elgin scored six runs in the fourth inning to break open a close game and defeat the visiting Ada baseball team 10-0 in a non-conference contest Friday evening.
The Bulldogs fell to 3-6 overall after the five-inning, run-rule shortened defeat. Elgin improved to 10-4 with the victory.
The hosts scored one run in the bottom of the first, and plated two more in the third to build a 3-0 lead. Elgin then put it out of reach with six scores in the fourth, and ended it with a run in the fifth.
The Comets out-hit Ada 7-3 and played error-less defense.
CONVOY - The visiting Ada baseball team lost 12-0 at league-leading Crestview Thursday evening in a shortened Northwest Conference contest.
The Bulldogs fell to 3-5 overall and 0-4 in the NWC wth the five-inning, run-rule defeat. Crestview improved to 6-2 overall and 4-0 in the NWC with the shutout victory.
The Knights took control early with a five-run first inning and were never headed. They tacked on four more scores in the third, and three runs in the fourth to put the game out of reach.
CONVOY - The visiting Ada softball team lost 8-2 at Crestview in a key Northwest Conference softball contest Thursday evening.
The first-place Lady Bulldogs fell to 8-3 this season and 3-1 in the tightly-contested NWC after initial league defeat. The Lady Knights improved to 6-7 and 2-2 in the NWC after knocking Ada from the unbeaten league ranks.
The Lady Bulldogs trailed Crestview 3-0 after the first inning. Ada rallied within 3-2 with a pair of scores in the top of the third.
By Monty Siekerman
How would you like to lug around a 33 pound coin?
Brian Siden, a coin appraiser who spent a day at Liberty National Bank on Friday, said the Swedish plate coin from the 1750s is probably the most unusual coin brought to him for appraisal.
