Tonkawa baseballers are headed to the Class 2A regional tournament this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.The opponent, time and place hadn’t been announced by the OSSAA at press time.In district tourney action at Hominy, the Bucs swept Hominy two games, 14-2 and 14-4.Tonkawa 14 Hominy 2Tonkawa -- 100 202 9 -- 14Hominy -- 000 000 2 -- 2Jake Randall had the hot hand on Thursday, tallying four hits and leading Buccaneers to a 14-2 victory over Hominy in the opening round.Randall singled in the first, singled in the second, singled in the fourth, and singled in the sixth.The Bucs secured the victory thanks to nine runs in the seventh inning.Buc big bats were led by Luke Shepherd, Bryer Bay, Randall, Kai Day, Noah Campbell who all drove in runs.Tonkawa Buccaneers Varsity notched nine runs in the seventh inning. The offensive onslaught came from singles by Bay and Jake Morgan, two doubles by Shepherd, a sacrifice fly by Randall, by Day, by Campbell, and an error on a ball put in play by Bay.Ryan Morgan led things off on the pitcher’s mound. The fireballer lasted seven innings, allowing six hits and two runs while striking out 11 and walking one.Tonkawa Bucs didn’t commit a single error in the field. Morgan had 11 chances in the field, the most on the team.Tonkawa 14 Hominy 4Tonkawa -- 904 1 -- 14Hominy -- 220 0 -- 4Six runs batted in from Ryan Morgan helped lead the Buccaneers past Hominy 14-4 on Thursday. It was the second game and clinched the series for the Bucs.Morgan drove in runs on a double in the first, a single in the first, a single in the third, and a sacrifice fly in the fourth.An early lead helped propel the Bucs to victory.The Bucs scored on a double by Morgan, a stolen base by Chazz Slavens, a single by Luke Shepherd, a double by Jake Morgan, a single by Landon Strong, a stolen base by Strong, and a single by Morgan in the first inning. CJ Ballard led things off on the mound for the Bucs. The hurler allowed three hits and four runs over one and two-thirds innings, striking out two.Kai Day pitched the final 2.1 innings, striking out three.The Bucs tallied 12 hits in the game.Morgan, Shepherd, Jake Randall, and Day each managed multiple hits for the Bucs.Morgan went 3-for-3 at the plate to lead Tonkawa in hits.Tonkawa ...
