BY RUSSELL HUFFMAN
TheFlashToday.com
If the old saying ‘when the going gets rough the tough get going’ holds true the Stephenville Yellow Jackets better lace up and pull on their gloves because the best-of-three Area series against Iowa Park is going to be rough.
The Hawks are rated number eight by the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association poll and sport a 24-2 record including 10-0 win against Stephenville’s district champion Godley.
It’s a good thing that baseball games are decided on the baseball diamond and not by polls because Godley is actually ranked one spot higher at number seven. Nothing beats actual game experience and that’s exactly what Stephenville has against Iowa Park.
“We’ve seen their number two pitcher and even though we lost to them I think it was a confidence booster,” Coach Justin Swenson said.
Stephenville led that game 1-0 after three innings and then a couple of errors and a passed ball put Iowa Park on top 5-1 after the fourth inning where the score remained.
“I have reminded the guys of that game as we get prepared to play them again,” Swenson said. “We gave up four unearned runs and that’s something we don’t want to repeat.”
The Jackets have been switching things up lately and after a warmup game against Vernon then the decision was made to start Cade Dunavent on the mound despite his having pitched less than 16 innings this year.
“We wanted a pitcher that was going to throw strikes for us out there and some of the guys have struggled lately in getting the ball where it needs to be,” Swenson said. “Cade was throwing strikes and that why decided he should start.”
The idea being that the defense would back up Swenson when Benbrook managed to put the ball in play and with some motivated help out of the bullpen the Jackets jumped out to a 6-4 win.
The win certainly helped the Jackets’ confidence. Trailing 9-1 in game two Stephenville didn’t bat an eye and rallied by scoring 16 unanswered runs and a 16-9 bi-district title clincher.
At the plate, Clay Krause dominated for the Jackets as he was 7-5 at the plate over the two games with four RBI and three doubles. Gabe Moore was hot too going 8-5 and five RBI. Moore Krause and Gage Graham scored four runs each for the Jackets. Derek Gifford knocked in three runs and it was his triple that gave the Yellow Jackets the lead in the decisive game two.
Swenson is hoping that all of the work the Jackets have done comes together this weekend as they head to Abilene Christian University Crutcher Scott Field for game one Friday night at 7 p.m. Game two is scheduled for Saturday at 6 p.m. if a third game is needed it will start 30 minutes after the second game.
Below we have the Bi-District statistics as well as the Jackets’ season stats.
Bi-District Stats
| # | Roster | IP | GP | GS | W | L | SV | SVO | BS | SV% | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HBP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cade Dunavent | 4.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.846 | 1.615 |
| 16 | Caleb Smith | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .000 | 2.500 |
| 6 | Daniel Luna | 3.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9.545 | 2.182 |
| 24 | Kendal Storrs | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.667 | 1.667 |
| 12 | Zane Smith | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 14.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 5.000 | 1.857 | |
| # | Roster | GP | PA | AB | H | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | HBP | ROE | FC | CI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Anthony Wehnert | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2 | Cade Dunavent | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 5 | Clay Krause | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .714 | .750 | 1.143 | 1.893 |
| 0 | Cole Stanley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 6 | Daniel Luna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 7 | Derek Gifford | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 1.125 |
| 17 | Gabe Moore | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .625 | .625 | 1.250 | 1.875 |
| 25 | Gage Graham | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 |
| 8 | Kade Averhoff | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .600 | .571 | .800 | 1.371 |
| 24 | Kendal Storrs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 18 | Mason Castleberry | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 |
| 13 | Nolan Carroll | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 |
| 20 | Paul Lettunich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 |
| 14 | Phillips | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 10 | Trevor Easter | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .375 | .000 | .375 |
| 21 | Tyeler Reed | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 2 | 73 | 55 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 14 | .400 | .507 | .655 | 1.162 | |
Season Stats
| # | Jacket Pitching | IP | GP | GS | W | L | SV | SVO | BS | SV% | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HBP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cade Dunavent | 20.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4.200 | 1.800 |
| 16 | Caleb Smith | 39.0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 43 | 26 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 3.231 | 1.538 |
| 5 | Clay Krause | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| 22 | Cole Smith | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| 0 | Cole Stanley | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12.000 | 4.714 |
| 6 | Daniel Luna | 37.1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 22 | 32 | 18 | 33 | 43 | 5 | 3.375 | 1.473 |
| 7 | Derek Gifford | 13.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5.923 | 1.846 |
| 17 | Gabe Moore | 8.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 5.654 | 2.077 |
| 8 | Kade Averhoff | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4.000 | 2.143 |
| 24 | Kendal Storrs | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.667 | 1.667 |
| 18 | Mason Castleberry | 38.1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 39 | 32 | 16 | 26 | 45 | 4 | 2.922 | 1.696 |
| 20 | Paul Lettunich | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.000 | 2.000 |
| 99 | Trace Morrison | 8.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2.423 | 1.962 |
| 12 | Zane Smith | 15.1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5.935 | 2.478 |
| Totals | 193.2 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 211 | 168 | 108 | 135 | 173 | 26 | 3.904 | 1.787 | |
| # | Jacket Batting | GP | PA | AB | H | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | HBP | ROE | FC | CI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Anthony Wehnert | 19 | 32 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .276 | .344 | .276 | .620 |
| 2 | Cade Dunavent | 26 | 77 | 53 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | .264 | .474 | .340 | .813 |
| 16 | Caleb Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 5 | Clay Krause | 23 | 63 | 54 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 22 | .315 | .387 | .537 | .924 |
| 19 | Cody Storrs | 9 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .200 | .385 | .200 | .585 |
| 22 | Cole Smith | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .600 | .714 | .600 | 1.314 |
| 0 | Cole Stanley | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 |
| 6 | Daniel Luna | 17 | 32 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .222 | .323 | .370 | .693 |
| 7 | Derek Gifford | 28 | 97 | 84 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .238 | .326 | .393 | .719 |
| 3 | Easton Jones | 6 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .636 | .750 | 1.386 |
| 17 | Gabe Moore | 30 | 104 | 87 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .333 | .398 | .483 | .881 |
| 25 | Gage Graham | 30 | 118 | 97 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 28 | .309 | .422 | .392 | .814 |
| 8 | Kade Averhoff | 28 | 87 | 79 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 28 | .304 | .341 | .430 | .772 |
| 24 | Kendal Storrs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 18 | Mason Castleberry | 21 | 56 | 44 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .295 | .404 | .432 | .836 |
| 13 | Nolan Carroll | 20 | 38 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .179 | .361 | .214 | .575 |
| 20 | Paul Lettunich | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .375 | .545 | .375 | .920 |
| 14 | Phillips | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 99 | Trace Morrison | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .300 | .417 | .400 | .817 |
| 10 | Trevor Easter | 29 | 103 | 81 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .259 | .396 | .272 | .668 |
| 21 | Tyeler Reed | 16 | 38 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .250 | .351 | .250 | .601 |
| 12 | Zane Smith | 13 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .136 | .321 | .318 | .640 |
| Totals | 30 | 943 | 768 | 215 | 155 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 148 | 188 | 36 | 41 | 27 | 0 | 110 | 173 | .280 | .392 | .383 | .774 | |
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