Outlaws upend Dragons

News-Times/Jim Lemon Scoop it up...Junction City shortstop Evan Mayfield fields a grounder as Garrett Owens makes an attempt on the ball. Dierks beat the Dragons 6-5 Monday in Parkers Chapel.

PARKERS CHAPEL - All season long, Dierks has turned to Drew Walston for big performances both on the mound and at the plate. On Monday night, the junior delivered another, as his double in the bottom of the seventh scored David Bray with the winning run to lift Dierks past Junction City 6-5 at the 2A South Regional Baseball Tournament.

The win sends the Outlaws into tonight’s regional final against Parkers Chapel, who downed Norphlet 11-1.

In the early going, it appeared the Dragons were going to have little chance of generating any offense against Walston,...

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July, 2008