After a bout of severe weather in the River Valley on Monday, high school baseball and softball were able to continue their schedules on Tuesday. The Paris Eagles and Lady Eagles traveled to Hackett to play important conference games on a day that featured dark, gray skies with a constant surface wind throughout both games. For the Lady Eagles softball team, Paris was focused on defeating the Lady Hornets at Hackett after being shutout at home earlier in the season. For the baseball Eagles, Paris was hoping to win its second game over the Hornets after a 13-0 win over Hackett earlier at home. But, it was not to be. Hackett swept both games on Tuesday.
For the Lady Eagles, Paris came out early and took a two-run lead. Hackett tied the game and eventually moved ahead by a score of 3-2 in the contest. But the wheels came off again for Paris, and the Lady Eagles went on to give up 10 unanswered runs to the Lady Hornets. Hackett won the game by a score of 13-2 and in doing so swept the regular season series with Paris. The loss puts Paris two games behind Hackett, two games behind Charleston, and one game behind Boonevill in head-to-head competition with the three leaders in the conference.
The baseball Eagles, after beating Hackett earlier in the year behind a good pitching effort from Konnor Edwards and Mason Bradley, struggled throughout the entire game at Hackett. Paris took a two run lead in the first inning, but was shut down for most of the remaining portion of the game. The Eagles were able to piece together runs that included stealing home base for a run by Duke Walker. Paris clawed back and tied the game in the seventh inning and was able to pitch out of trouble when Hackett had bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh. After holding Paris scoreless in the top of the eighth, Hackett scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning to walk off with the win. The Hackett win evened the regular season series with Paris, with the Eagles holding the tiebreak advantage over Hackett on run differential.
Next up for Paris softball and baseball is a trip to Cedarville to play the Lady Pirates and Pirates in needed conference victories for both teams. Weather will continue to be a factor, so check with players, coaches, administrators, and / or information that is posted online for game schedule information.
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