Pruitt Leads Catholic In Rout of Oakwood

Myles Pruitt’s three-run homer helped Catholic Baseball to a 19-0 rout of Oakwood Christian Academy, Friday in Independent School Conference middle school baseball.

In the second inning, Pruitt jacked a three-run homer to center. All told, Pruitt had four RBI in the contests.

Catholic improved to a perfect 4-0 in conference play and 5-6 overall. Next up, Catholic hosts Grace at OLPH. First pitch is slated for 5 p.m.

Pruitt’s three-run homer in the second was just the beginning, as Catholic scored all 19 runs in the inning. Cooper Grant singled, scoring one run, Ethan Land singled, scoring two runs, Holder Donnelly doubled, scoring two runs, Noah Winland drew a walk, scoring one run, an error scored yet another run.

Sib Evans singled, scoring one run, Sam Baker was struck by a pitch, driving in a run, Deagan Bain singled, scoring two runs. Donnelly then singled, scoring one run, followed by Pruitt’s three-run homer.

Not to be outdone, Nathan Wesson jacked a three-run homer to left.

Winland, Catholic’s starting pitcher, didn’t allow a hit in three innings of work.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.