ROBERT IRBY
Special to the Independent Tribune
MOUNT PLEASANT â The Mount Pleasant softball team got revenge Thursday from an early-season loss to Anson, this time defeating the Bearcats, 15-5, in five innings on Senior Night for the Tigers.
The first meeting between these two teams ended much differently, as the Bearcats (6-4 overall, 6-4 Rocky River 2A/3A Conference) defeated the Tigers (6-4, 6-4 RRC) 13-0 last month.
Brianna Herring grabs the ball before it goes over the fence. Joan Moore/Special to The Independent Tribune
âIâm really proud of us,â Tigersâ senior outfielder Brianna Herring said. âWeâve struggled the last few games, but Iâm glad we came together and got the win tonight.â
C. JEMAL HORTON
MOUNT PLEASANT â His promising football career almost ended right there on the Mount Pleasant Lions Club field several years ago.
No orange slices, juice boxes or other postgame treats team parents hand out were going to be enough to convince Ryan Tyson otherwise.
He was ready to be done, hang up his cleats and his Lions Club Cowboys jersey, and maybe pursue the other sport he grew up loving: baseball.
But football?
Deuces. Peace out. Buh-bye.
The sport just wasnât fun for Tyson, not at the positions he had to play being one of the biggest kids in the league â 5 foot 8 and 135 pounds in the 10- to 12-year-old division.
C. JEMAL HORTON
MOUNT PLEASANT â His promising football career almost ended right there on the Mount Pleasant Lions Club field several years ago.
No orange slices, juice boxes or other postgame treats team parents hand out were going to be enough to convince Ryan Tyson otherwise.
He was ready to be done, hang up his cleats and his Lions Club Cowboys jersey, and maybe pursue the other sport he grew up loving: baseball.
But football?
Deuces. Peace out. Buh-bye.
The sport just wasnât fun for Tyson, not at the positions he had to play being one of the biggest kids in the league â 5 foot 8 and 135 pounds in the 10- to 12-year-old division.
C. JEMAL HORTON
MOUNT PLEASANT â Whenever a sports team is overcoming the odds and soaring to great heights, thereâs an oft-quoted maxim players love to go to â something along the lines of, âWe werenât supposed to be here.â
Well, the 2021 Mount Pleasant boys tennis team â the same group that has a chance to win its fourth consecutive conference title this season â almost WASNâT here.
Literally.
As the season dawned, Tigers coach Elizabeth Webb learned that sheâd have just four players available, partly because of the graduation of three key seniors and partly because of coronavirus concerns. Usually, a tennis team features at least six players, and many squads have twice that many.
Foard rallies back to down Patton in 2A volleyball playoffs
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Updated January 17, 2021 10:45 a.m. EST
By J. Mike Blake, HighSchoolOT Contributor
Propst Crossroads, NC Fred T. Foard s volleyball team entered the Saturday s third-round playoff match a 2A West regional semifinal showdown with a familiar foe having won 27 matches in a row and hadn t lost to a 2A school since the fourth round of the 2018 playoffs. This year, Foard hasn t dropped a set.
But when Patton took the first set on Saturday, the dominant Tigers who have been No. 1 in the HighSchoolOT West rankings all season were in for their toughest battle in quite some time.