| Broken Arrow Tiger Baseball 2006-07 |
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Broken Arrow High School
1901 East Albany
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
74012-9275
Ken Ellett,
Director of Athletics
918-259-4520
Broken Arrow High School
1901 East Albany
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
74012-9275
Ken Ellett,
Director of Athletics
918-259-4520
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Rackleff highlights Senior Night
By: Doug Quinn, Sports Editor
04/11/2007
Justin Rackleff's confidence paid dividends for
Broken Arrow High School Tuesday night.
It also gave the Tiger senior something to
remember for a lifetime.
His three-run homer broken open a close game
and vaulted BAHS to a rain-halted, 11-3 victory
over Sapulpa.
Rackleff's first homer of the season came at a
crucial moment on Senior Night.
"I've been feeling pretty good at the plate lately,"
he said. "But, it was a 4-3 game and we needed to
step it up."
The left-handed batting Rackleff, getting the start
at first base, answered the call.
He pulled a Joe Hardzog pitch over the right field wall to highlight a nine-run explosion.
"At first," Rackleff said afterward in a steady rain, "I wasn't sure it was gone or not.
"That was a great feeling when it went over and something we needed as a team."
It was the fourth of five straight hits by BAHS off Hardzog in the frame.
Rackleff's homer scored Nathan Pettus, who had doubled home one run, and Adam Johnston,
who had reached on an RBI single.
"Justin is such a great kid with a great attitude," BAHS coach Shannon Dobson said.
"He's always hooked up and ready to play. It couldn't have happened to a better kid."
The Tigers needed a couple of innings to solve the left-handed Hardzog.
"He (Hardzog) throws so slow, we had trouble adjusting the first couple of innings," Dobson said.
"Against those guys, you have see them a time or two to get the timing down.
"We finally got that timing down in the third inning."
Trailing 3-1 in a snail-paced game, the Tigers sent 14 batters to the plate in the third against
Hardzog and Chieftain reliever Tucker Hurt.
Two Sapulpa errors and RBI singles by Lance Rymel and Andy Wilkins get the Tiger merry go-
round spinning.
BAHS reliever Derek Edmisten was credited with the victory, allowing three hits and one run
over the last 4 2/3 innings.
Game Notes
* BAHS hosts Bishop Kelley at 10 a.m. and Berryhill at 12:30 p.m. Thursday in the Wooden Bat
Tournament at Tiger Field.
* The Sapulpa game Tuesday night lasted nearly two and one-half hours.
* It was called in the bottom of the sixth inning after a persistent rain.
* Lance Rymel, the only junior starter for the Tigers, and Andy Wilkins each had two hits.
* BAHS's defense turned double plays in the fourth and sixth innings behind Derek Edmisten.
* The Tigers hit into a triple play in the fifth inning.
* Sapulpa pitchers Joe Hardzog and Tucker Hurt combined for six walks, three of those to Tiger
leadoff hitter John Swyden.
* Hardzog was charged with six hits and 10 runs but only six of the runs were earned.
* Before the game, BAHS recognized its 10 seniors - John Swyden, Ky Burgess, Andy Wilkins,
Nathan Pettus, Adam Johnston, Justin Rackleff, Kyle Henry, Derek Williams, Kevin LeMoine and
Derek Edmisten.
BROKEN ARROW 11, SAPULPA 3
Sapulpa 111 000 - 3 6 3
Broken Arrow 109 001 -11 10 0
Hardzog, Tucker (4) and Rhodes; LeMoine, Edmisten (2) and Burgess.
W - Edmisten (3-1). L - Hardzog. HR - BA: Rackleff (1).
©Neighbor Newspapers 2007
By: Doug Quinn, Sports Editor
04/11/2007
Justin Rackleff's confidence paid dividends for
Broken Arrow High School Tuesday night.
It also gave the Tiger senior something to
remember for a lifetime.
His three-run homer broken open a close game
and vaulted BAHS to a rain-halted, 11-3 victory
over Sapulpa.
Rackleff's first homer of the season came at a
crucial moment on Senior Night.
"I've been feeling pretty good at the plate lately,"
he said. "But, it was a 4-3 game and we needed to
step it up."
The left-handed batting Rackleff, getting the start
at first base, answered the call.
He pulled a Joe Hardzog pitch over the right field wall to highlight a nine-run explosion.
"At first," Rackleff said afterward in a steady rain, "I wasn't sure it was gone or not.
"That was a great feeling when it went over and something we needed as a team."
It was the fourth of five straight hits by BAHS off Hardzog in the frame.
Rackleff's homer scored Nathan Pettus, who had doubled home one run, and Adam Johnston,
who had reached on an RBI single.
"Justin is such a great kid with a great attitude," BAHS coach Shannon Dobson said.
"He's always hooked up and ready to play. It couldn't have happened to a better kid."
The Tigers needed a couple of innings to solve the left-handed Hardzog.
"He (Hardzog) throws so slow, we had trouble adjusting the first couple of innings," Dobson said.
"Against those guys, you have see them a time or two to get the timing down.
"We finally got that timing down in the third inning."
Trailing 3-1 in a snail-paced game, the Tigers sent 14 batters to the plate in the third against
Hardzog and Chieftain reliever Tucker Hurt.
Two Sapulpa errors and RBI singles by Lance Rymel and Andy Wilkins get the Tiger merry go-
round spinning.
BAHS reliever Derek Edmisten was credited with the victory, allowing three hits and one run
over the last 4 2/3 innings.
Game Notes
* BAHS hosts Bishop Kelley at 10 a.m. and Berryhill at 12:30 p.m. Thursday in the Wooden Bat
Tournament at Tiger Field.
* The Sapulpa game Tuesday night lasted nearly two and one-half hours.
* It was called in the bottom of the sixth inning after a persistent rain.
* Lance Rymel, the only junior starter for the Tigers, and Andy Wilkins each had two hits.
* BAHS's defense turned double plays in the fourth and sixth innings behind Derek Edmisten.
* The Tigers hit into a triple play in the fifth inning.
* Sapulpa pitchers Joe Hardzog and Tucker Hurt combined for six walks, three of those to Tiger
leadoff hitter John Swyden.
* Hardzog was charged with six hits and 10 runs but only six of the runs were earned.
* Before the game, BAHS recognized its 10 seniors - John Swyden, Ky Burgess, Andy Wilkins,
Nathan Pettus, Adam Johnston, Justin Rackleff, Kyle Henry, Derek Williams, Kevin LeMoine and
Derek Edmisten.
BROKEN ARROW 11, SAPULPA 3
Sapulpa 111 000 - 3 6 3
Broken Arrow 109 001 -11 10 0
Hardzog, Tucker (4) and Rhodes; LeMoine, Edmisten (2) and Burgess.
W - Edmisten (3-1). L - Hardzog. HR - BA: Rackleff (1).
©Neighbor Newspapers 2007
| GAME WINNER Senior Justin Rackleff |