Copperheads Take 1st in Coach Coles debute to win the Martha Rivers Winter Elite

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Game 1 against the Matthews Mavericks ended up being a pitchers duel with Ethan Garrett pitching 5 strong innings and Joey Royko the final 2 innings. The Copperheads were down 2-1 after 5 innings and then gave up another run in the 6th to go into the bottom of the 7th trailing 3-1. Will Ray started the 7th of with a single followed by errors on the Mavericks on the next 2 batters that produced a run to score Will Ray. The Copperheads had men on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out for Tyler to hit a single to left center to score both runs and the Copperheads won 4-3.  Seth Hall had a Home run taken away from him when the umpire ruled that the ball bounced over the fence that took away 2 runs from scoring.

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Game 2 the Copperheads took on the Blue Heelers and were able to win the game in the 6th innings 13-5 after producing 9 runs in the bottom of the 6th. Clint Jordan pitched 5 strong innings and Josh Cochran closed out the 6th. Ethan Garrett, Will Ray, and Tyler contributed with 2 hits a piece.

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Going into Game 3 on Sunday the Copperheads had already clinched the #1 seed for the championship game so game 3 gave them a chance to look at certain players in other positions. Seth Hall pitched 5 strong innings and ended up hitting a monster home run over left field fence. William Miller pitched the final 2 innings two innings strong to finish the game. The Copperheads lost the game 10-7 but went into the Campionship game the #1 seed.

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The Championship game put the Copperheads against the BlueHeelers for a rematch of the day before. After a slow start the Copperheads Bats came alive in the 5th and 6th and the Copperheads went on to win the championship game 13-9. Josh Cochran pitched 5 strong innings to close out the game after Jacob Downer pitched the first 2. William Miller, Jacob Downer had Seth Hall had 2 hits a piece including another homerun by Seth Hall. Will Ray had 3 hits.

The Copperheads will take a couple of weeks off and then start light practice under the direction of Coach Coled over the winter as they get ready for the Spring season.

Congradulations to the boys for a great finish!!!!!!