Brookfield scored nine runs in the fourth inning and cruised to a 13-3 win against Glasgow in yesterday's varsity diamond action. It was the Bulldogs fifth victory in a row, and seventh win in the past eight games.

The Bulldogs were held scoreless with just one hit in the first three innings, while the Yellow Jackets plated a run on a two-out RBI single in the 2nd.

Brookfield came alive in the 4th. Three consecutive base hits scored one run, and four walks, an error, and a groundout led to six more runs. Riley Hinckle capped the scoring barrage, knocking in a pair with a single to center.

The 'Dogs piled on in the 5th with a Bryson Shoop RBI sacrifice fly and error, and Peyton Parn followed three batters later with a bases clearing double to left, making the score 13-1.

The Jackets scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth for the final margin.

Hinckle (2 RBI) and Gage Ludington (RBI, 2B, 2 runs) each had two hits, while Peyton Parn (4 RBI, 2B, BB, run), Colton Parn (RBI, 2 runs), and Hank Parks (RBI, run) had a hit apiece.

Bryson Shoop (2 runs) had two RBI, and Trayce Switzer (3 BB, run), and Garret Wood (run, SB) each added an RBI. Ryder Techau (BB) scored twice.

Hinckle earned the win on the mound, allowing three earned runs on four hits and four walks over 4.1 innings. He had two strikeouts. Colton Parn got the last two outs, allowing one hit and fanning the final batter.

The Bulldogs (7-7) will honor their seniors in Thursday's home tilt against Salisbury.

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Clara Hoyt captured conference podium honors in two events in yesterday's Clarence Cannon Conference Meet at Monroe City. She ran a season best and personal record in the 1600,  finishing 3rd, in a close sprint for 2nd, in 5:50.17, and she recorded a season best in the 3200, also finishing 3rd, in 13:19.38.

Kylin King was 5th in the 400 (1:04.7) and 6th in the 200 (29.05).

Jayden Keller was 8th in a season best 29.42 in the 200 and was 9th in the 400, and Breckin Thudium had a season best heave in shot put (8.13m) and was 10th in discus.

Maggie Bennett (8th - 100 Hurdles; 9th -300 Hurdles), Austin Lewis (8th - Long Jump), Lily Willis (9th - Javelin) and Lilly Lindsay (10th - Shot) also recorded top-10 results.

The 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 finished 6th, 7th and 7th, respectively.

Bridger Grimshaw was 4th in pole vault (3.2m) and 7th in the 300 hurdles, while Siope Pulu was 5th in javelin (39.86m) and 9th in shot put.

Calvin Varner ran a season best in the 400 (1:02.97), and the 4x200 (1:41.61) and 4x400 (3:51.64) relay teams also ran season bests.

Kameron Perry (7th - Triple Jump), Coldon Parrent (8th - 300 Hurdles), Wyatt Garber (8th - Triple Jump), Maksim Kerns (9th - Discus) and Aidden Buckner (10th - 100) collected top-10 finishes.

The Bulldogs return to Monroe City on Saturday for the Class 2 District 3 meet.

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Cooper Clarkson carded an 82 in yesterday's Chillicothe Invitational. He finished 18th in a field of 63 golfers over the par-72 Green Hills Golf Course.
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Gabe Leonard and Cole Collins each shot 112, while Cordray Baker had a 132 and Briar Montgomery shot 133.
The Bulldogs travel to Milan today for a tri-match with Trenton.

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Kylin King, Clara Hoyt and Wyatt Garber each finished third in their respective events in yesterday's Gerald Mansfield Invitational at Macon.

King was 3rd in the 200 meter dash (27.63); Hoyt was 3rd in the 1600 (6:09.57; and Garber was 3rd in the triple jump (11:16m).

King was also 4th in the 400 (1:05.22), and Jayden Keller was 5th (1:05.74).

Bridger Grimshaw was 4th in the 300 hurdles (46.59), and Kameron Perry was 5th in triple jump (10.93m).

The 4x200 and 4x100 relay teams were 6th and 7th respectively, while Maggie Bennett was 7th in the 100 hurdles. Jenna Keller (8th - 800), Emree Littrell (9th - 200), Austin Lewis (9th - long jump), Breckin Thudium (9th - shot put), Bennett (9th - 300 hurdles) and Hoyt (9th - 3200) had top-10 performances for the girls.

Aidden Buckner (6th - 100), Ekene Chukwu (6th- discus), Coldon Parrent (8th - 300 hurdles), Grimshaw (10th - pole vault) and the 4x100 (7th) and 4x200 (10th) relay teams had top-10 performances for the girls. Brookfield's boys.

The Bulldogs compete next at Friday's Marcus Hounsom Relays at Putnam County.  

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Brookfield won its sixth straight JV baseball game, upending Monroe City, 7-4, Monday night.

The Bulldogs took advantage of Panthers' miscues in the first inning. Xavier Sada was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored when Westen Davis reached on a ground ball error. Davis later scored on a passed ball. Weston Linscott reached on an error and scored on Dayten Glasgow's double to left, while Glasgow came around and scored on an error.

The Panthers scored three runs in the 2nd inning, drawing to within, 4-3, but the Bulldogs tacked on three runs in the third with no outs. Sada walked, stole second and scored on a passed ball. Davis singled and Ross Ehrich walked. Both were driven in by RBI base hits by Linscott and Glasgow.

The Panthers scored a run in the third, but Sada fanned the final two batters, ending the game.

Glasgow (2 RBI, 2B, run) led the 'Dogs with two hits, while Davis (2 runs, SB), Linscott (RBI, run) and Noah Williams (3B) collected a hit apiece. Ehrich scored a run on a walk.

Sada scored two runs on a hit by pitch and walk and stole two bases. He also picked up the win, pitching three innings and allowing three unearned runs on six hits and a walk, He had four strikeouts.
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The JV Bulldogs (6-3) travel to Glasgow on Monday.

Story by: Dennis Hughes

Brookfield won its 4th straight game, thumping Monroe City, 9-1, in Monday's CCC baseball matchup. It was Brookfield's sixth victory in its last seven games.

The Panthers threatened first, as they loaded the bases via a base hit and two walks with no outs in the 2nd inning. However, they were caught stealing home twice on passed balls. The first did not bound away very far, and Peyton Parn made a great diving tag to get the runner. The Panthers were denied again when Parn retrieved and tossed to Garret Wood covering for the second out. Wood then fanned the next batter.

The Bulldogs took advantage of their good fortune by plating four runs in the third. Gage Ludington and Bryson Shoop drew walks, and Colton Parn singled. Trayce Switzer walked to force in one run, and Peyton Parn followed with a two-run double to left. Hank Parks completed the scoring with an RBI groundout.

The Panthers were gifted a run in the bottom of the frame. The first two batters reached on walks, and an error scored a run. A double play, followed by a strikeout, ended the threat.

The Bulldogs tacked on two runs in the 5th. Switzer singled, Shoop reached by error and Parks walked to load the bases. Riley Hinckle and Wood followed with back-to-back RBI sacrifice flies.

The Panthers lead-off hitter in the 5th reached by a hit by pitch, but was erased by a double play, the Bulldogs second of the game and fifth in the past two games.

Switzer drove in a pair of runs with a double to center in the 6th, and Shoop added an RBI double to left in the 7th.

Switzer (3 RBI, 2 runs, 2B, BB, 2 SB) paced the 'Dogs with two hits, and Peyton Parn (2 RBI, run, 2B, BB, SB), Shoop (RBI, 2 runs, 2B, 2 BB, SB), Colton Parn (run, BB) and Wood (RBI, 2B) each added a hit.

Parks (BB) and Hinckle each knocked in a run, and Ludington scored three runs on three walks and had three stolen bases.
Wood earned the win on the mound, allowing just one unearned run on one hit and six walks. He struck out five. Colton Parne pitched a perfect inning in relief, fanning two.

The Bulldogs (6-7) host Grundy County/Newtown-Harris on Thursday.

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Smantha Sharp topped the podium with two victories, guiding Brookfield's girls to 6th place in the team standings at the Gary Ewing Invitational. Twenty schools participated at the annual event held at Brookfield's Cochran Field.

Sharp, who lapped the field in the 3200 run (11:59.09) and won the 1600 (5:55.83), earned 20 of the Lady Bulldogs 44 team points, while Kylin King collected 10 points, and Clara Hoyt recorded six points. The trio also contributed to another four points in relays.

King was 4th in both the 400 (1:04.75) and 200 (28.86), and Hoyt finished 4th in the 3200 (13:30.32) and 8th in the 1600 (6:31.13).

Maggie Bennett was 6th in the 100 hurdles (18.59) and 9th in 300 hurdles (57.55), while the 4x800 relay team (Jenna Keller, Hoyt, King, Sharp) was 6th in 11:12.40.

The 4x200 (Addyson Bunnell, Maddie Wilbeck, Emree Littrell, Jayden Kellar) and 4x400 (Jenna Keller, Bennett, Bunnell, King) relay squads each finished 8th in 1:59.86 and 4:42.89, respectively.

Austin Lewis (10th in long jump - 4.32m) and Breckin Thudium (9th in shot put - 9.3m; 10th in discus - 24.99m) had top-10 finishes for the Lady Bulldogs.

Bridger Grimshaw led the boys with five of their 10 team points, finishing 6th in pole vault (3.35m) and 7th in the 300 hurdles (46.38). He contributed to another two points in relays.

Wyatt Garber was 7th in the triple jump (11.19m), and the 4x100 (Aidden Buckner, Kameron Perry, Kendrell Carter, Coldon Parrent - 47.61), 4x200 (Grimshaw, Perry, Carter, Parrent - 1:40.02) and 4x400 (Grimshaw, Garber, Parrent, Perry - 3:55.41) relays teams each finished 8th.

The Bulldogs travel to Macon for Tuesday's Gerald Mansfield Invitational.

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Gage Ludington drove in the tying run and scored the winning run on an error, as Brookfield upended Palmyra, 4-3, in JV baseball action. It was the Bulldogs fifth straight win.

Palmyra got on the board with a first-inning RBI double. The Bulldogs failed to score in the first, but scored twice in the second.

Dayten Glasgow and Phoenix Jordan both singled. Chaos then ensued when Glasgow stole third and Jordan stole second. A throwing error scored Glasgow, and a balk plated Jordan, and the Bulldogs led 2-1.

The Panthers answered with two runs in the top of the third, but Brookfield answered.

Nick Sharp led off with a walk and stole second. Ludington singled to left, driving in Sharp, and wound up on third on a two-base error. He later scored on another error.

Westen Davis, Glasgow (SB, run), Jordan (SB, run) and Ludington (RBI, run) each had a hit. Sharp (SB) scored a run, and Ross Ehrich reached on a hit by pitch.

The JV Bulldogs (5-3) play Monroe City on Monday.

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Brookfield remained on a roll, winning its third straight game against Palmyra, 7-4, in Friday's Clarence Cannon Conference baseball action. Brookfield improved to 3-1 in conference play and won its 5th game in the past six.

Palmyra started the first with its first two batters reaching safely via a walk and single. However, one base runner was erased by an unconventional 1-5-3 double play. The Panthers still managed a run on a Bulldog error.

The Bulldogs answered quickly, as lead-off man Colton Parn singled, and Trayce Switzer tripled to right, scoring Parn. Peyton Parn followed with an RBI groundout.

Gifted by a pair of errors and a groundout, the Panthers knotted the score at 2-2 in the next inning.

The 'Dogs led off the bottom of the second with singles by Gage Ludington and Bryson Shoop. Colton Parn reached on an RBI groundout, but an error moved Parn and Shoop to second and third, respectively. Switzer's RBI single scored Shoop, and a walk to Peyton Parn loaded the bases. Hank Park's groundout scored a third run, and Brookfield was up for good, 5-2.

The Panthers were held scoreless in the next two innings, which included a third-inning leadoff single being erased by a 6-4-3 double play. The Bulldogs, meanwhile, scored unearned single runs in the 3rd and 4th innings, as the Panthers committed three, and then two errors, in each of the frames, both with two outs.

However, Brookfield returned the favor in the 5th. A single and double with one out had Palmyra threatening. An error scored one run, and an RBI groundout plated another, cutting the deficit to 7-4.

Riley Hinkle, who started and pitched well in earning the win, got out of minor trouble in the 6th. He tossed six innings, allowing just two earned runs on five hits and four walks, while striking out three.

Garret Wood relieved in the 7th and promptly walked the lead-off hitter. He induced a ground ball for the Bulldogs' third double play of the game and fanned the final batter, getting the save.

Switzer (2 RBI, 3B, run) and Hinckle led the 'Dogs with two hits apiece. Colton Parn (RBI, 2 runs, BB, SB), Shoop (2 runs, SB), Ludington (run) and Wood each added a hit. Peyton Parn and Parks (SB) each knocked in a run.

The Bulldogs (5-7) visit Monroe City on Monday.

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As the weather warms up, so has Brookfield baseball, as the Bulldogs won their fourth game in the past five, blanking Tri-County, 9-0, yesterday. All starters contributed to the team victory with timely hitting and solid pitching.

Bryson Shoop pitched four innings in relief to earn the win, allowing just one hit and striking out four. Shoop also led the 'Dogs with two hits, including a two-run RBI in the second inning, sparking a 4-run frame and 5-0 lead. The Mustangs never seriously threatened, with only one base runner making it as far as third base during the game.

Garret Wood started on the rubber, allowing no hits and fanning four in two innings, and Riley Hinckle followed for an inning, giving up a hit and striking out one.

Peyton Parn, Hank Parks (2 HBP), Gage Ludington and Wood (SB) each collected a hit, run and RBI, while Colton Parn (run, SB), Trayce Switzer (2 runs, 2 BB, SB) and Ryder Techau (2B, run, BB) also had a hit apiece. Riley Hinckle added a sacrifice fly RBI.

The Bulldogs (4-7) travel to Clark County today.

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