Youth Compete In Pitch-Hit-Run and Home Run Derby Events

The Green Hills Recreation Association held two events on Saturday, May 7 at the Ebbe Sports Complex in Trenton. The organization held a Pitch-Hit-Run competition and a Junior Home Run Derby, both Major League Baseball-sanctioned events. Winners of the Pitch-Hit-Run contest in the top photo included, from left, front row, 7/8 girls hit and run winner Alexis Bonnett; 7/8 boys run and overall winner Kameron Foster; 9/10 girls hit and run winner Avery Clark; 7/8 boys hit winner Barrett Clark; 9/10 boys pitch, hit, run and overall winner Landon Preston; 7/8 girls pitch and overall winner Bailey Barnett; 7-8 boys pitch winner Camden Mossburg; back row; 11/12 girls pitch, hit, run and overall winner Delaney Franklin; 9/10 girls pitch and overall winner Megan Norris; 11/12 boys pitch winner Brody Polk; 11/12 boys overall winner Kyler Preston; 11/12 boys hit winner Bo Meeker; 11/12 boys run winner Brayden Walter; 13/14 girls pitch, hit, run and overall winner Maci Moore; and 13/14 boys pitch, hit, run and overall winner Joey Lynch. In the bottom photo are home run derby champions Maci Moore, left, who won the 14-and-under division, and Dylan Spencer, right, who won the 12-and-under division. The local winners are now eligible for the sectional level of the Pitch-Hit-Run contest and the regional level of the Junior Home Run Derby.