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Warrior baseball finds stride

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Washington is finding its stride on the diamond with about a month left in the 2021 season.

They defeated Little Axe (21-0) and Perry (6-4) while dropping their game against Dale (5-6) in the last week.

“We jumped out in the Little Axe game,” said head coach Jeff Kulbeth. “We’ve been working on keeping our foot on the pedal in the middle innings.”

The pedal-to-the-metal mentality paid off in the game after Washington put up a 12-run third inning.

Colin Pelton was 2-3 with a triple and ripped off a five-RBI game.

Emitt Wilk was 2-2 with two ribbies.

Wilk, along with Kane Springer and Camden Bates are swinging the bat well, according to Kulbeth.

“Camden has been steady but has found the barrel a lot better,” Kulbeth said.

Freshman Dax McCaskill has also been swinging the bat well. He was called into duty after Kingston Dode was forced to rehab an injury.

“He’s had the next guy up mentality,” Kulbeth said.

In the Perry game Aden Hyde  struck out eight batters in a strong outing. Pelton slammed the door on the Maroons to close the game.

Pelton helped himself out by scoring a pair of runs.

Washington got up early with a 6-0 lead after the second inning but Perry worked themselves back in the game, scoring one run in the fifth and three in the sixth inning.

“We’re doing good things defensively,” Kulbeth said.

Washington travels to the Marlow tournament next week where a talented field awaits.

Marlow, Roff, Antlers, Ft. Cobb, Jones, Alva and Canute will provide a competitive opportunity for the Warriors.

“The next two weeks will be really competitive,” Kulbeth said. “We just need to put it all together and find our stride.”

Washington is 8-4.

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