The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 122, No. 65, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 13, 1995 Page: 7 of 14
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Nathan Bennett
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Tyler Tarjkk
Chris O'Bryan
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Derek McAlister
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Travis Bagley
Jvstta Youngblood
Ashley Rowe
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No brag? just fact, Panola County baseball teams are getting a
reputation in summer baseball that extends beyond our area of East
- ’ Texas. It's also true of other sports at the high school level, notably
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Flags when a stranger approached Yogi.
"Didn't your team "W in tile'SMt*’1*’''1)
series?" the man asked Yogi, and got an
answer to the affirmative.
"How did they do?"
"We won," Yogi said proudly.
"You beat Panola County," the man asked
incredulously.
"No, sir, we are Panola County," Yogi
explained.
Then the man told Yogi that Panola
County had defeated his team in the region
playoffs at Texarkana, and explained that he
didn't think anyone could beat the PC team,
which was why he acted so stunned about a
perceived upset
reputation in summer baseball that extends beyond our area of East
baseball, football and girls basketball, but we're making strides in
other sports, too.
This particular summer baseball season is certainly an exception,
but not really so far from the norm, either.
As the man told Yogi, we're the envy of our opposition. He asked
the Carthage coach if there was any explanation, but there's so many
elements involved, there's no simple answer.
"He acted like he really wanted to know our secret,” Yogi said,
relating the incident days later.
We've reviewed this matter previously, but it bears repeating:
Panola Dixie 9-10 Nationals were one win away from winning
their region and playing in a best-of-three series for the state
championship.
Another Panola team came up just a few runs shy of winning its
region title and playing Taijick's team for the Dixie 11-12 state
championship. Going into the final round, Panola Nationals had an
identical 3-1 record with Texarkana and East Montgomery County.
The latter won a bye at the semifinal level and Texarkana beat
Nationals by one run to step into the championship showdown. East
Montgomery County won, then Panola Americans beat EMC in a
best-of-three state championship series to earn the Texas title.
Panola 13 All-Stars were 0-2 in the 1995 playoffs, but out of that
same Dixie 13-14 league. Panola County won the state title and
recently competed in the World Series at Troy, Alabama. Great
season, guys, you're all winners.
We had teams competing in five divisions of the Dixie League
program and two won state championships. No other program can
boast such success, this or any other year. (It may also be the first time
brothers have ever played in separate World Scries games, too. Josh
and Kooter Romero have kept their parents hopping this summer, for
sure).
Panola Americans will now compete in the Dixie 11-12 World
Series Aug. 14-19 in Lexington, S.C. It's a repeat of last year’s state
championship run. Many of the members of this year's team
represented Texas in the 1994 Dixie 11-12 World Series at Augusta,
Ga.
Members of the current squad are Adam Allison, Zack Allison,
Travis Bagley, Nathan Bennett, Micah Cockrell, Patrick Davis, Philip
Humber, Derek McAlister, Chris O'Bryan, Kooter Romero, Ashley
Rowe, Tyler Taijick and Justin Youngblood. Managers are Mike
Cockrell, retired, and Greg Humber. Coaches are Yogi Tarjick and
Lynn Bennett.
We like the idea these youngsters can impress strangers like the fan
who sought Yogi out during his foray at Six Flags. They are winners,
if they never play another game. If they also excel on the ball fields,
that's icing on the cake.
I know I speak for the whole county when I say you make us all
proud.
It's been said before,
but it bears repeating
Obviously the man was a little confused.
It was just after the Texas State Dixie 11-12 Championship Series
had been settled and Yogi Tarjick and his son, Tyler, were at Six
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Game 10-6 p.m.
Winner 2
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Winner 16
Game 16-8 p.m.
Winner 3
Game 11-8 p.m.
Winner 11
Winner 19
Game 19-8 p.m.
Winner 4
Winner 5
Winner 21 *
Game 21-8 p.m.
Game 12-8 p.m.
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Winner 13
Winner 7
Game 17-6 p.m.
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Winner 8
Game 14-6 p.m.
Winner 14
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Winner 20
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the Bye in game 23. If two teams have played the same number of games, they will draw for the Bye. If all teams
have played the same number, then all will draw for the Bye.
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third place
in state meet
HOUSTON- Carthage
Phillies finished third in the
recent Stan Musial League
Amateur Athletic Baseball
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Phillies
Texas_________
Game 4-8 p.m.
Mississippi
Loser 5
Game 9-3 p.m.
Loser 6
Tennesee
Game 2-4 p.m. |-
Georgia
Louisiana
Game 3-6 p.m. |-
S. Carolina
Host__________
Game 5-6 p.m. |-
Arkansas
Virginia_________
Game 6-8 p.m. [■
Florida
Loser 3_______
Game 8-4 p.m. |-
Loser 4
"We should have won and
might have won the whole
thing. It was certainly possible,
and I was as surprised as
anyone about that"
Phillies ended the season
with a 17-5 record.
(No book was kept by the
team, LaFbllette said, and so no
box scores were available.)
Athletic
state tournament here,
j won their first three
games including a 4-0 upset of
powerful Spring-Klein in the
first round as Brian Lawrence
and Cody Pierce tamed the
tourney favorite in shutout
fashion.
Winston Whiddon hit a solo
home run and Dennis Whitmer
a three-run tater.
A double by Paul Brewster
scored three runs and tied the
game with Lufkin and
eventually Carthage won, 7-6.
Pierce, Brandon Mueller and
Roger Lancaster were on the
hill for Carthage.
Collin LaFollette's sacrifice
fly drove in Brewster with the
only run as Phillies toppled
Columbia, 1-0, behind the
superb pitching of Don Clinton.
One win away from a
championship showdown and a
trio to the Stan Musial resion
tournament, Phillies fen 5-1 to
Saragosa and then bowed out of
the tourney in a 4-1 loss to
Mike's Tavern of San Antonio.
Lancaster was the loser in
the Saragosa contest, Lawrence
the loser against San Antonio.
"Lawrence pitched very
weU, we made a ton of errors
behind him and that's what beat
us," Phillies playing manager
LaFollette explained.
Tyler Tarjick starting.
Tarjick has been trying for some
time to shake a sore arm - it's been
diagnosed as a Little League elbow
by Bone and Joint Clinic doctors in
Shreveport - and it got tender
again in the third inning and East
Montgomery County scored three
runs to take charge early.
Relievers O'Bryan, Youngblood
and finally Bennett were superb in
their efforts to hold damage to a
minimum and when Bennett belted
a two-run homer and Humber came
right behind him to go yard with a
solo rap, the game was forced into
extra innings with Panola winning
7-3 in the 10th. Humber had the
game-winning blow, a two-run
double. He was four for five with
three extra base hits and three
RBIs.
O'Bryan worked three and a
third innings of one-hit, shutout
ball. Youngblood went one and
one-third innings and didn't allow a
run or a hit. Bennett went the final
two and one-third innings and
yielded just two hits but no runs as
EMC was shutout during the final
seven stanzas.
It was the first mound action
this all star season for either
Youngblood or Bennett. The latter
collected the win.
Panola has hit the ball for
average and power. It has collected
108 hits in 335 at bats and sports a
.331. Almost half of those safeties
have been wall bangers or gappers
for extra bases. The Texans have
33 doubles, five triples and 14
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Carthage Seven AU Stars
Team members include Ben Maxey, Kory Cleveland, Jonathon Baker, Zach Kruebbe, Jason Abernathy,
Chase Pittman, Brandon Parrish, Caleb Fallin, Adam Johnson, Kevin Whitaker, Adam Heninn and
Christopher Pauler. / '
Loser 11
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Loser 2
North Carolina and Alabama and
Tennessee and Georgia in 4 p.m.
games with Louisiana and South
Carolina and host Lexington and
Aikansas all playing at 6 p.m. The
other 8 pun. duel is between
Virginia and Florida.
North Carolina, Alabama, Ten-
nessee, Georgia, Texas and Mis-
sissippi are all in the upper bracket
with Lexington, Aikansas, Virginia
and Florida in the bottom bracket
One of those four will draw a bye
in the third round (see bracket
elsewhere this sports section).
0 to Tennessee and was forced to
retire its state flag from the field
before players were really ready to
end the season.
As 12-year-olds they form the
nucleus of a juggernaut that is
hopeful of something better.
Frankly, they have their goal set on
the national championship, and
why not?
If pitching is 90 percent of
baseball, as the experts say, the
Texans are loaded for bear. Six
hurfers have a combined 12-1
record and a 0.91 team earned run
average. They have yielded just 2.5
runs per outing, walking just 22
batters and striking out 134.
In 27 innings, Humber has
posted a 4-0 record and had not
given up an earned marker! He has
fanned 43 and walked only five.
Cockrell suffered a loss in his
last outing, the first for any Panola
hurler. However, he did everything
he could to avoid a 2-0 in the best-
of-three state championship series
against potent East Montgomery
County, allowing no earned runs,
only one walk and striking out
nine. His double was the only hit
by Americans.
Panola beat East Montgomery
County 7-0 in the series opener and
won the title match 7-3 in 10
innings.
Humber pitched the first game
and twiried a masterful three-hit
shutout.
Panola pitched by committee in
the game that determined the title
last Saturday, with 11-year-old
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Team 92 Cheap and Easy
Team «S Late Comers
Team MT AC
Hbh game: Qndlriduat) - Alan Klker 249;
Adam Martin 292; Linda Choate 198. (Team)
Team Pl Lag Nets 452; Team 34 Princes of Bel
Aire 437.
High series: (Individual) - Alan Klker 947;
Lloyd Wilcox 533; Adam Martin 531.
Splits converted: Linda Choate 2-4-7-19.
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High game: (Individual) - Alan Klker 278;
Lloyd Wilcox 228; Billy RaddHT 199; Ronda
, Hamm 198; Linda Choate 178; Carol Beaty
158. (Team) Teem 81 494; Team 88 459.
High series: (Individual) - Ahn Klker 7M;
Lloyd Wilcox 952; Billy RaddHT 532; Ronda
Hamm 517; Linda Choate 515; Carol Beaty
433. (Team) Team 811319; Team 88 1297.
Alan Klker honied gamee of 188, 249, 278
for a 789 Seriea. he will receive an award from
ABC.
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Team 83 Mutt and MT
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High game: (Individual) - Gary Pierce 214;
Ricky AvBes 299; Mark Evam 192; Dawn
Evant 194; Shirley Andersm 192; Kay Well
hern 143. (Team) Team 87 Seven and Eleven
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High series: (MvMnal) • Gary Pierce 595;
. Ricky Avim 599; Mark Evans 551; (mb) Alan
KBtar 999, 218; Dawn Emm 539; Shirley An-
dsraaa 519; Kay WsBbara 478. (Team) Teem
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Spltts converted: Dawn Evan. 5-7; Lindy
Rattan 3-19; Brace Stewart 3-lk
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home runs in 13 games.
Bennett has worn the cover off
the ball, hitting consistently above
.500. He's currently batting .523
with a team high 22. More than
half have been for extra bases,
including nine doubles, a triple and
two homers.
Humber is hacking a bit every
other bat with 17 in 34 chances. He
has seven extra base blows,
including that all important first
home run of all star play when PC
was two outs away from a season-
ending loss. Humber has 16 RBIs,
Bennett 15.
Cockrell averages .408 with half
of his 20 hits going for extra bases.
He's the home run king with four.
Twice this season he's opened the
game with a solo homer.
Taijick and O'Bryan have been
proficient with men on base,
knocking in a total of 22 runs.
Taijick has 12 RBIs and averages
.349. O'Bryan has 10 RBIs and av-
erages .250. The latter has also
drawn a team-high 17 walks and
has an on-base average of .512.
Texans rotate outfielders, but
Zack Allison has still managed to
catch the eye of manager Greg
Humber with a .308 batting aver-
age.
Ashley Rowe's average is only
.222, but he's hit when teammates
were in scoring position and has
five RBIs with his three hits.
Texas open the World Series
against Mississippi at 8 pun. in the
first round Monday.
Other first round matches put
1995 Dixie Boys World Series Aug. 14-19
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
N. Carolina
Game 1-4 p.m. |-
Alabama
Game 20-6 pun.
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Talented ll-year-olds Micah
Cockrell, Nathan Bennett, Philip
Humber, Chris O'Bryan, Travis
Bagley and Justin Youngblood
were among the standouts of the
team that represented Panola
County and the Lone Star State in
the 1994 Series at Augusta, Ga.,
and they're hungry for a second go-
around.
After beating Virginia, 16-0,
Texas fell 15-1 to Louisiana and 2-
LEXINGTON, S.C.- Having
been party to a successful defense
of the Texas State Championship
last week, the majority of the 12-
year-otds on Panola's American All
Stars know they've got some
unfinished business here Monday
when the Dixie 11-12 World Series
gets under way.
The double-elimination tourney
concludes Aug. 19 after either 23
or 24 games and the Texas Stars
think they've got a chance to stay
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