By By Andrew Garner
special to the Standard
On the second day of the 9-to-10-year-old All-Stars district tournament in
Opp, Covington County and Brewton earned wins Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals.
Covington County defeated Escambia County, 14-3, and Brewton won over Opp, 8-3.
Covington County 14, Escambia County 3
Cody Robbins and Matt Worley had two hits apiece to help lead their team to an 11-run win over Escambia County.
Covington County scored one run in the first and then grabbed a three-run lead in the second when Jacob Hawkins, Robbins, Brock Hammett and Aaron Warthen scored. Escambia County got on the board by scoring two runs in the bottom of the second inning.
Covington County added four runs in the third inning when Ethan Wilson, Corey Matrullo, Warthen and Campbell Hudson scored. Escambia County’s added one run in the bottom of the inning.
Wilson, Hammett and Hudson scored in the fourth inning; Worley and Matrullo finished the game in the fifth scoring one run apiece.
Garrett Barton, Wilson, Matrullo, Robbins and Hudson all pitched for Covington County in the win.
Stats for Escambia County were not known as of press time.