Greencastle wins county JV baseball, softball
The Greencastle junior varsity baseball team came back from a two-run deficit in the seventh inning to beat South Putnam to win the 2013 Putnam County Classic JV baseball championship game on Saturday.
The softball championship was decided by a much less clear-cut decision. The three county teams -- Greencastle, Cloverdale and North Putnam -- played a round-robin format tournament and each finished with one win and one loss.
Greencastle was named champion, with the tie-breaker being fewest runs allowed.
In baseball, the Tiger Cubs reached the championship game with a victory over North Putnam.
South Putnam beat Cloverdale to reach the finals in game two.
The two teams entered the bottom of the fifth with a 0-0. GHS scored on a sacrifice bunt, then surrendered the lead in top of the seventh.
South Putnam scratched three runs across, but GHS answered right back for the walk-off win.
In softball, North Putnam and Cloverdale played in an offensive showcase in game one. The Clovers out-hit the Cougars, but both teams scored double-digit runs.
GHS beat Cloverdale in game two, entering the final game as a transitive-property favorite.
The Cougars didn't let that get to them and they got their bats going early and often in the win.
Greencastle's two county wins come after a disappointing performance last weekend when the Tiger Cubs lost in the first round of both the baseball and softball varsity tournaments.