Hiwassee Dam – The Eagles’ baseball team concluded their regular season last week by losing two games to Swain County – 13-7 on May 1 and 6-3 on Thursday.
On May 1, Hiwassee Dam played the first of their final series games against the Maroon Devils. Swain got the scoring going early by taking a 5-0 lead through two innings. The Eagles fought back to trail 5-3 through four innings.
Hiwassee Dam brought the game to one run in the top of the fifth, but Swain extended their lead in the bottom half on the inning with three runs. Swain added five more runs to their lead in the sixth inning to lead 13-4. Hiwassee Dam rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh, but could not come up with enough runs to win the game.
The Eagles scored seven runs on 13 hits and had five errors. Swain scored 13 runs on the same amount of hits and had two errors.
The next day, Hiwassee Dam lost 6-3 as they hosted Swain in their final regular-season game. Hiwassee Dam took the early 3-0 lead after scoring one run in each of the first three innings.
Swain then tied the game with three runs in the top of the fourth. They took the lead with two runs in the next inning to lead 5-3. The Maroon Devils scored one run in the top of the seventh and held the Eagles scoreless to win 6-3.
The Eagles scored three runs on three hits and had four errors. Swain scored six runs on seven hits and had only one error.
The three Hiwassee Dam hits came from Abel Penland, Clay Davis and Dawson Headley. Davis and Headley’s hits were both doubles. Davis started the game on the mound and pitched 6.1 innings. He allowed five runs on six
hits, but had nine strikeouts in his 109-pitch game. Colton Berrong finished the game allowing one run on one hit.
After Friday’s games against Swain, the Eagles celebrated their five seniors: Colton Berrong, Carson Taylor, Kyle Taylor, Clay Davis and Dawson Headley.
The Eagles finished the regular season with a 5-11 overall record and a Smoky Mountain Conference record of 5-7.