Hillsboro 20 May 2014

Indians bow out of district semifinals

By
The Highland County Press-

The Hillsboro Indians saw their 2014 season come to a close Monday evening as they lost to the Jackson Ironmen by a 5-0 score at Ohio University.

The Division II SE District semifinals saw the Indians held to a single hit, while they allowed all five of their runs in the second inning.

The lone hit by HHS came off the bat of Cole Reveal in the fourth inning.

Earning the win for JHS was sophomore Hunter Sexton, and the loss went to Hillsboro's Jacob Helterbrand.

Sexton struck out 11 HHS batters, while pitching all seven inning.

 

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Seth Meyer entered the game as the HHS relief pitcher in the fourth inning with the bases loaded, striking out a batter to end the inning, keeping JHS from adding to their lead.

HHS ends the year with an overall record of 11-15. They finished 6-6 in the South Central Ohio League.

The Indians won two postseason games, defeating Circleville 6-3 and Washington, 5-0 en route to a sectional title.

JHS moves to 19-4 overall and will play in the district finals on Wednesday.

This postseason, JHS has also defeated Warren, 8-7 and Meigs, 11-0 in 5 innings in the sectional round. They lost in the district semifinal last season.



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