The 15U Post 78 American Legion team traveled to McMinnville on Monday night to tangle with Post 173. The Raiders squad was looking to get in their final tune-up before this week-end’s American Legion State Tournament. The Raiders swept the doubleheader at Warren County High School 12 to 8 and 8 to 3.
In the opener, Wyatt Nugent got the start on the mound and went 2 innings surrendering 3 runs. Jacob Sherrill came on in relief and shut things down to get the win. Post 78 was held to only 2 hits, but got the benefit of some McMinnville errors and 10 walks. Brett Jones and Remington Banks each had RBI singles for the Legionaires.
In the second game, a 5 run 6th inning by the Raiders broke a 3 to 3 tie to give Post 78 the win. John McKelvey went 3 strong innings on the mound shutting out the Pioneers. Brady Nugent came on in relief to capture the win Coffee County had 6 hits in the nightcap.
The 15U tournament is set to get underway on Friday in Tullahoma at Grider Stadium. Post 78 will tangle with the winner of a first round game between McMinnville Post 173 and Tullahoma Post 43. That game will get underway at 4 PM. The 17U American Legion State Tournament will take place at Vol State Community College in Gallatin. Manchester Post 78 will open tournament play on Thursday as they tangle with Tullahoma Post 43 in a 5:30 PM game. Both tournaments are double elimination.
