Sewell hurls Blue Devils past Sycamore

WHITE HOUSE White House High senior pitcher Landon Sewell tossed a complete-game two-hitter to help the Blue Devils claim a 4-1 win over visiting Sycamore on Tuesday evening.

Sewell – a Freed-Hardeman University signee – allowed one earned run, issued three base on balls and struck out 10 hitters.

The Blue Devils scored all of their runs in the fifth inning, with senior Luke Hopkins doubling to drive in classmate Noah Burden.

Hopkins scored on Sewell’s successful squeeze bunt, giving White House the lead.

Senior Jake Jarvis and junior Jacob Abbott scored on an error later in the frame.

Hopkins had two of his squad’s three hits.

>> The Blue Devils suffered a 3-1 loss at Sycamore on Monday evening.

White House senior Ethan Escue allowed one earned run on four hits over 5 and 2/3 innings of work, walking two hitters and striking out six.

Senior Cody Gentile had both Blue Devil hits.

White House junior Hunter Neumair drew a fifth-inning walk and scored on Hopkins’ sacrifice fly.

Wacaser shuts down Mt. Juliet

HENDERSONVILLE Senior right-hander Will Wacaser tossed a complete-game, four-hitter as the Hendersonville High School baseball team captured a 5-0 victory over visiting Mt. Juliet on Tuesday evening at Drakes Creek Park.

Wacaser – an Austin Peay State University signee – improved to 3-1, issuing one base on balls while striking out five hitters.

Commando sophomore Brett Coker had run-scoring singles in the fourth and fifth innings, and senior teammate Brandon Fuller singled in a run during the three-run sixth.

Hendersonville (11-3 overall, 2-1 in District 9-AAA) scored another run on senior Jon Swindle’s successful squeeze bunt, and Swindle scored later in the sixth.

Lady Buccaneers rout Mt. Juliet

MT. JULIET The Beech High softball team used an eight-run outburst in the fourth inning of a 12-3 victory at Mt. Juliet on Tuesday evening.

The Lady Buccaneers (7-3 overall, 4-0 in District 9-AAA) collected eight extra-base hits – all doubles – and totaled 16 hits in the victory.

Sophomores Kennedy McCurry and Kaylor Chaffin had three doubles each. Chaffin drove in three runs, while McCurry scored three times.

All nine of Beech’s starters had at least one hit, and four Lady Buccaneers scored at least two runs.

Senior Abbie Vaughn allowed three runs over 6 1/3 innings to pick up the win, while sophomore Mackenzie Williams finished the game with 2/3 of an inning of scoreless relief.

Panthers drop district contests

LEBANON Portland High senior Austin Graves limited the Lebanon baseball team to six hits, but the visiting Panthers mustered just two hits in Tuesday evening’s 2-0 loss.

In a complete-game effort, Graves allowed two earned runs, issued four base on balls and struck out three hitters.

Singles by senior Kemper Dixon and sophomore Dawson Simmons were the only Portland hits.

The Blue Devils scored single runs in the second and fourth innings.

Daniel Holmes struck out 11 Panther hitters.

>> Portland suffered a 15-1, five-inning loss to visiting Mt. Juliet on Monday evening.

The Golden Bears pounded out 17 hits, erupting for eight runs in the third inning.

Dixon had two of the Panthers’ four hits, and classmates Brice Snook and Matthew Ward each had a single.

Portland sophomore Logan Wilson scored a fifth-inning run.

Blue Devils settle for runner-up

WHITE HOUSE The White House High School boys soccer team played to a pair of ties on Saturday afternoon, resulting in a runner-up finish in the White House Round-Robin Tournament.

The Blue Devils opened play with a 1-1 tie with Rossview on Friday evening.

Rossview won the tournament with 16 points, and White House finished with 14 points, one point better than third-place Giles County.

“If we correct our immature mistakes and mature a bit, we’re going to be pretty good by the end of the season,” Blue Devil head coach Mark Lamberth said. “If we don’t learn from it, it’s going to be a very short season.

“Giles County is a team we could see (in the postseason). La Vergne is always exceptionally athletic, and we really need to see that. Rossview is Rossview. Coach (Danny) Chartrand does a great job and gets the most out of his players. We’re seeing well-coached teams with tradition that play with class. It’s an even tournament every year.”

White House played to a 3-3 tie with La Vergne on Saturday afternoon.

The Blue Devils (2-2-3) led 3-1 but finished the match with just nine players due to a pair of red cards, one of which was assessed to senior goalkeeper Logan Trimmer.

Junior goalkeeper Jeremy Potts stepped in.

“He did an admirable job in that game and in the second game with Giles (County),” Lamberth said.

White House junior Brady Briley played a through-ball to senior Mark Lees for the game’s first goal at the 27:00 mark, and Lees played a through-ball to sophomore Hunter Hutton for the second conversion a minute later.

The Wolverines pulled to within a goal with a conversion three minutes later, but Hutton’s through-ball resulted in Lees’ second goal six minutes into the second half.

La Vergne scored with approximately 15 minutes remaining, and then, a foul in the box resulted in the game-tying penalty kick with two minutes to play.

The Blue Devils played to a 1-1 tie with Giles County later on Saturday afternoon.

The Bobcats scored on a direct free kick with three minutes left in the first half, but Briley played a through-ball to Lees for the tying goal with three minutes left.

Potts finished with eight saves.