District Tourney Scoreboard

Lyons Junior Boys are District 1 Champs

Thursday- The Lyons Junior Boys survived a rough first inning and defeated Vidalia 5-2 to win the District 1 Tournament in Dublin which qualifies the boys for the GRPA State Tourney at Effingham County. Lyons scored a run in the second and four in the third and the bullpen was flawless in protecting the lead. Hunter Braddock pitched four scoreless innings and James Ethredge threw a scoreless sixth and seventh. Braddock and Hunter Braddy each had two hits. Slideshow  The Lyons Midget Girls lost to Vidalia 7-4 and they were eliminated from their tourney.  Wednesday- The Lyons Junior Boys moved in to the championship round of the District 1 Tourney, in Dublin, with a 13-1 four inning win over Rincon. Jeremy Beasley pitched a one-hitter with five strikeouts. The only hit was an infield hit with two-out in the top of the fourth. Logan Martin went 2-for-3 with a home run and a single. Lyons will play for the title on Thursday at 5 p.m. The Lyons Midget Girls lost to Dublin 9-0 and then they rebounded and routed Thomson 30-2. Tuesday- Eryn McGowan struckout nine batters in the Lyons Midgets Girls first game in the District 1 Tournament in Statesboro. Dayo Waller and Bailey Bryson each hit home runs in a 12-0 win over Burke County. Victoria Jordan had a triple and a double and McGowan, Haylee Lavender and Christian Allen all had big hits. The Lyons Junior Boys knocked off Vidalia 12-7 in the District 1 Tourney in Dublin. Bailey Salter pitched four innings and struck out five. Logan Martin, Hunter Braddock and Chris Mobley each had two hits.

 Lyons run ends in championship game

Courtney Moore makes a tough catch at first base

The Lyons Mite Girls amazing run ended with a loss to the same team that sent them in to the losers when the District 1 Tournament began at Partin Park. Dublin broke a 9-9 tie by scoring three runs in the bottom of the fifth and beat Lyons 12-10. Lyons took a 5-1 lead in the top of the second and the girls tied the game in the fifth. Check out the girls in this Slideshow and watch some highlights Video

Two wins down, two to go for title

SS- Taylor Thompson		Pitcher- Amber Braddock		2B- Amanda Powell

Since their first round loss to Dublin the Lyons Mite Girls have stormed through the losers bracket of the District 1 Tourney at Partin Park. In four wins Lyons has outscored the opposition 67-5. On Monday the girls beat Swainsboro 15-1 and Vidalia 14-2 to move in to a championship match on Tuesday beginning at 5 p.m., on Field 2, versus Dublin. Lyons needs two wins to win district and qualify for state. Watch highlights of the Vidalia game Video

Lyons Mites nearly complete perfect game

Machine tosses 1-hitter		Amanda Powell's catch		Brianna Berry snags one

Courtney Moore lines one		Kiarra Williams scores		Taylor Thompson swings

Hitting and scoring is the key to winning in pitching machine ball. The Lyons Mite Girls did plenty of scoring in a 22-0 three inning win over Thomson in the losers bracket of the District Tournament at Partin Park. On defense the girls nearly recorded a perfect game, They retired Thomson three-up, three-down in the first and second innings and got the first out of the third. However, a little roller up the middle of the infield resulted in a throw that was just late to first base breaking up the perfect game. Amanda Powell recorded the final out by catching a pop up from her second base position. Watch Highlights Video Lyons opened up the tourney by losing to Dubin 15-9. Dublin was leading 9-8 on Friday night when rain suspended the game. It was completed on Saturday morning. Lyons stayed alive in the losers bracket by defeating Effingham County 16-2. Lyons will play Swainsboro on Monday at 5:45 and the winner will play the loser of Vidalia/Dublin at 7 p.m. The Vidalia versus Dublin game will open Monday's play at 4:30.

Saturday- Mite Boys- Rincon edged Lyons #1 7-6 and Lyons #2 stayed alive by taking care of Thomson 7-3. The Lyons Flea Girls blanked Effingham County 3-0 and then were eliminated from the tourney by Dublin 13-6. The Lyons Flea Boys lost to Dublin 17-5 and then were eliminated by Rincon.   Friday- The Lyons Junior Girls lost to Vidalia 9-8 in the championship game. Lyons led 4-0 and 6-3, however, a five-run fifth gave Vidalia an 8-6 lead. Lyons rallied with two outs in the sixth and tied the game at eight. Megan Meadows started the rally by stroking a single to right and she scored on a wild pitch. Jeanne Smith reached on a infield hit and drove in Katie Norfleet. Vidalia cliched the win with a run in the bottom of the sixth. Both teams advance to the state tourney at Vidalia. Earlier in the day Lyons routed Effingham County 14-2. In Midget Boys action Vidalia defeated Lyons 7-5. In Mite Boys Lyons #1 beat Twin City 7-2 and Effingham County edged Lyons #2 6-5. The Lyons Flea Girls lost to Dublin.          Thursday- The Lyons Junior Girls beat Effingham 8-0 and then lost to Vidalia 3-0. The Lyons Midget Boys won two games at Thompson. Lyons knocked off Swainsboro 11-3 and Effingham 6-0. D.R. Meadows stroked three triples and two doubles in the two games.

Lyons Fleas deal with heat & finish 4th

The Lyons Flea Girls had to play three games in one day, in the heat, in the Lyons Youth Tournament. The Girls lost to Vidalia 19-10, although they did score seven runs in their final at bat. Then they stayed alive in the double-elimination event by beating Dublin 17-14. However, Bacon County relegated the local team to a fourth place finish, out of 11 teams, with a 16-1 victory. Lyons opened up the tourney with a 15-1, four inning win over Soperton. Y-101 Story   Watch the girls play in this slideshow

Lyons Mites play in Youth Tourney

Screven County, a late addition to the Mite Division of the Lyons Youth Tourney, scored four runs in the fifth inning and beat Lyons 7-4 at Little Fenway at Partin Park. Lyons took a 3-2 lead in the third inning on a run scoring single hit by second baseman Reece Mixon. Dylan Womack and Cole Graham also had RBI hits. Lyons played a solid game in the field. Left center fielder Dalton McBride caught three fly balls and right center fielder George Lookie snagged two. Shortstop Dylan Womack caught three pop ups and handled several grounders, first baseman Logan Williamson caught a liner and stepped on first for a double play and Mixon made three plays at second. Y-101 Story  Watch Highlights Video    Lyons was run-ruled by Wayne County and was eliminated from the tourney. Check out this slideshow

 Third place out of 16, not bad

The Lyons Mite Girls softball team wanted to play for the championship of the Lyons Youth Tourney. Instead losses to Glennville 20-15 and Bacon County 12-5 meant the girls had to settle for the third place trophy in a division that included 16 teams. Y-101 Story  Watch highlights of the Glennville game Video

Lyons Mites smash out three wins

The Lyons Mite Girls softball team opened up the Lyons Youth Tournament with three straight wins. On Tuesday the girls defeated Waynesboro 16-8 and they followed that up with a 12-2 win over Evans County and 15-10 victory over rival Vidalia on Wednesday. In the Vidalia game Courtney Moore went 3-for-4 with two triples, a double, six RBI's and four runs scored. Y-101 Story  Watch the girls in their slideshow

Lyons Junior Boys finish 3rd

TCHS freshman James Ethredge pitches five innings of scoreless ball

The Lyons Junior Boys had two shots at earning a spot in the championship bracket of the Lyons Youth Tournament. Unfortunately, in a winners bracket game the boys lost to Appling County 14-8 and then in a losers bracket game Lyons lost to Wayne County 8-2. Logan Martin his a two-run homer in the Wayne County loss and Chris Mobley stroked two singles.  Watch Highlights Video On a busy Saturday at Partin Park the Lyons Junior Boys broke open a 3-3 game in the fourth by scoring four runs and they pulled away to a 10-3 win over Ware County in the winners bracket of the 48th annual Lyons Youth Tournament. In the decisive fourth Chris Mobley walked with the bases loaded to break then tie and then later he scored on a wild pitch. James Ethredge singled in the other two runs. Bailey Salter pitched a solid five innings allowing five base hits and he induced a lot of grounders which were handled flawlessly by the Lyons infield. Jeremy Beasley pitched a three-up, three-down sixth. The Lyons Midget Boys were eliminated from the tourney by Pierce County 15-8. Lyons opened up a 5-2 lead, however, Pierce County's nine-run third inning doomed them. D.R. Meadows hit two doubles and drove in a run and scored two. J.T. Copeland had two RBI singles. Cole Dowd had a RBI double, Jalen Mobley had a run scoring single and Tyler Luke a sacrifice fly RBI. Lyons lost its first game to Glennville 14-6. Due to a long rain delay the game ended after midnight. Watch highlights of both games Video The Lyons Junior Boys won their sixth straight game as they opened up play in the 48th annual Lyons Youth Tournament defeating Twin City 8-3. James Ethredge pitched the first five innings and he stuck out 11 while giving up two hits and three walks and no runs. He walked the bases loaded in the fourth but escaped by striking out his ninth batter. Hunter Braddock led the Lyons offense by going 4-for-4 with a double and two RBI's. Logan Martin drove in two runs and went 3-for-3. In the fourth inning Hunter Braddy and Jeremy Beasley hit back-to-back two-out run scoring doubles. Watch highlights with Y-101 play-by-play Video

Lyons Midgets top Twin City 10-1

Aryn McGowan pitches two-hitter		Bailey Bryson throws some heat

In a 10-1 five-inning losers bracket win over Twin City, the Lyons Midget Girls played a fine all-around game. In the circle Aryn McGowan came within two outs of pitching a no-hitter. On defense the girls did not make and error and they turned two double plays and at the plate they scored in every inning. Lyons was eliminated from the the Lyons Youth Tournament in its next game with an 8-0 loss to Jeff Davis. The local girls opened up play with a 6-2 loss to Bryan County and then they rebounded with an 18-1 rout of Reidsville. Watch highlights of the Twin City game as McGowan pitches a two-hitter Video and check out the girls in this Slideshow

Lyons Jr. Girls come back & take 2nd

The Lyons Junior Girls made a nice run through the losers bracket of the Lyons Youth Tourney winning three games in a day to move in to the championship game against Telfair. However, Telfair scored four runs in the first inning and won the big trophy by an 8-4 score. Lyons shortstop Kayla Mosley broke up Jaycee Selph's no-hitter with a leadoff double in the fourth. Jeannie Smith stroked two doubles and drove in three runs as Lyons cut the lead to 5-4 in the fifth. The girls began a long Thursday by edging rival Vidalia 9-7 in eight innings. Smith went 3-for-4 with two RBI's and Charly Foskey singled in two runs. Harley Thompson pitched five innings and allowed five hits and Katie Norfleet pitched the final three innings and did not allow a hit and she worked out of some challenging situations like bases loaded and no outs and only allowed one run to pick up the win. Then Lyons banked Soperton 10-0. Mosley doubled in two runs and Lakayla Faison and Megan Meadows each singled in one. Norfleet was also the winning pitcher in that game. She gave up only three hits and she struck out three. Later in the evening Lyons knocked defending champ Glennville from the tourney with an 11-3 win in five innings. Roxy Lane drove in two runs with a double and both she and Foskey had two hits. Smith pitched a complete game to send Lyons to the championship game for the second straight summer. On the first day of the tourney Lyons defeated Reidsville 10-3 and lost to Glennville 10-9. Lyons had a 9-7 lead going to the bottom of the sixth. Watch highlights of the tourney Video

Natalie Kirkley singled, stole second and then third and she induced a bad throw in to right field and scored the game-winning run in the bottom sixth as Lyons beat Vidalia 11-10 to win the District 1 championship at Partin Park. For many of these girls this was their second straight district title. They beat Vidalia in Swainsboro last season to win the Midget championship. Y-101 Story  Watch highlights of a very exciting game broadcast live on Y-101 Radio Video

Lyons Fleas win 1st game

The Lyons Fleas won their first ever game in the Lyons Youth Tournament. The girls hit the ball well and fielded their positions efficiently in a 14-5 win over Metter. Y-101 Story Watch the girls play at Partin Park in this Slide Show

Lyons Fleas win and lose

The Fleas, the youngest age group at Lyons Youth Tournament, opened play with a bunch of exciting games. Lyons beat Jenkins County 14-3 and then the local boys lost to Jeff Davis 5-1. Watch these seven and eight year-olds in action in this Slide Show

Dublin eliminates Lyons Mites   

The 9-10 year old Lyons Mite Boys lost to Dublin 15-11 in their third losers bracket game of the Lyons Youth Tournament. Lyons, which trailed 4-0, built up a 9-4 lead after four innings. Dublin rallied with four runs in the fifth and seven in the sixth. For Lyons Lane Adams was 4-for-4 with two runs batted in and Donnie Barrow was 3-for-4 with two runs batted in. Y-101 Story  Watch highlights video On Saturday Lyons played nearly flawless on defense and won two losers bracket games on Saturday to stay alive in the Lyons Youth Tournament. Lyons defeated Pooler 6-5 in a morning game. Lyons turned a triple play with the bases loaded in the second inning and the local boys ended the game with a double play. Christian Conley and Kyle Watkins each had run scoring singles in the third. Y-101 Story In the second game Lyons edged Ware County 9-7. Barrow went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs and Ben Everett doubled in two runs in the fourth. Watch highlights Video Earlier in the tourney, Lyons lost 3-2 to Glennville after beating Swainsboro 17-2. Christian Conley and Donnie Barrow each drove in a run for Lyons in the loss. Glennville rallied for two runs in the sixth to win the game. D.R. Meadow's Y-101 Profile Listen to Y-101 Radio play-by-play Glennville game  Pooler game  Ware County game

Lyons Mites- win one, drop two

The 9-10 year old Lyons Mite Girls won one of their three games in the Lyons Youth Tourney. Lyons defeated Waynesboro 6-4 and then the girls lost to Bacon County #2 12-4 and to Wayne County 15-0. Watch the girls in this Slide Show

Lyons Midgets drop out of tourney

Watch Manuel Hernandez steal home video

Back-to-back losses to Vidalia (7-3) and to Glennville (15-9) knocked the the Lyons Midget Boys out of the Lyons Youth Tournament. Y-101 Story  On Friday Lyons beat Glennville 9-6. Manual Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a home run and a double and Baily Salter and Stephen Helton each went 2-for-3. On Saturday, on Y-101 Radio, Lyons nipped Swainsboro 3-2. Tyler Luke broke a 2-2 tie in the third with a run scoring double to the center field fence. Hunter Thigpen and Salter each drove in a run. Salter and Cole Dowd each went 3-for-3. Dowd, who was the winning pitcher, threw four innings and allowed one earned run on five hits with five strikeouts. Salter pitched the final two innings and allowed a hit with four strikeouts. Y-101 Story

Juniors drop two close games 

The Lyons Junior Boys lost two one-run games to end their run in the Lyons Youth Tourney. On Thursday Ware County edged Lyons 6-5 and then on Saturday Screven County came back and beat Lyons 4-3. Lyons did defeat Swainsboro 8-2 on Friday. Lyons broke away in the fifth inning by scoring five runs. Pinch hitter Hunter Braddy drove in two runs with a two-strike, two-out single. Jeremy Beasley pitched all six innings and allowed seven hits with five strikeouts.

Lyons All-Stars win 7 of 8 games

For the second time the Lyons All-Stars won seven of eight practice games at Partin Park. The 11-12 year old Midget Girls and Boys swept a pair of games from Evans County. The Girls were led by Ginny Smith (pictured above left) who struck out six and hit an inside the park home run in a 18-1 win. Lyons won game two 15-0. The Boys winning pitcher was Jeremy Beasley (above right) who threw from the mound for the first time as an All-Star. Lyons won game one 18-3 and took the second game 8-2. The Mite Boys swept their games from Evans County and the Junior Boys split a pair with Metter. Y-101 Story Watch highlights of the Midget Boys and Girls and the Junior Boys  Video