CLEVELAND, MS —
The Kosy Ozone All-Stars remained tough throughout the Dixie Youth Ozone World Series.
After winning their first game against Tennessee, they lost to North Carolina.
This loss sent the Stars into the loser’s bracket of the Series and they then reeled off three consecutive victories against South Carolina, Arkansas and Kilgore, Texas.
The Stars were eliminated from World Series play by Florida last Wednesday, and finished third overall in the Series.
The Stars defeated Kilgore, Texas last Tuesday 11-5 before losing to Florida the very next day, 5-1.
Kosciusko-11 Kilgore, Tx-5
Clark Dean pitched 6.0 innings against Kilgore allowing five hits and five runs, with only one run being earned.
Dean struck out an Ozone World Series record 14 hitters while walking five.
Dean was equally impressive at the plate where he hit two home runs and had two RBI while scoring three runs.
The other leading hitters for the Stars were Chris Riley with three hits and three RBI with one run scored, Parker Morgan with one single and another home run with two RBI and one run scored, Logan Fancher had two singles and three runs scored, Cole Frank had a single and two RBI with one run scored, Cody Weeks had a single and one RBI with one run scored, Parker Belk singled and scored a run and Loftin Price finished off the offensive barrage with a single of his own. The Stars finished the game with 13 total hits.
Kosciusko-1 Florida-5
Logan Fancher got the nod for the Stars against Florida and pitched 6.0 innings giving up nine hits and five runs.
Fancher struck out four hitters and walked only one.
Florida scored three first inning runs on back-to-back home runs and led 3-0 after one complete.
The Stars’ only run came on a solo home run hit by Parker Morgan.
The leading hitters for the Stars were Morgan with one home run and an RBI with a run scored, Walker Yuille with a single, Clark Dean with a single and Loftin Price with a single to cap the Kosciusko offense.
Kosciusko was only able to muster four total hits against the Florida pitcher who pitched 6.0 innings walking only one Kosciusko hitter while striking out three.
The Kosciusko Stars finished the World Series in third place out of 16 teams from across the Southeast with a 4-2 record.
After their victory over Kosy, Florida advanced on to the championship game and lost 1-0 to North Carolina who were crowned the 2012 Dixie Youth OZone World Series Champions. The Kosciusko OZone All-Stars were awarded the 2012 Sportsmanship Award after the World Series finale, and were the lone representative from the state of Mississippi left in the World Series after the State Champion and host team were eliminated.
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Parker Morgan hit several home runs in the World Series and came up big on the hill as well for the Stars. Stan Beall/The Star Herald
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Clark Dean struck out an Ozone World Series record 14 hitters last Tuesday against Kilgore, Texas. Dean also helped offensively with two home runs in the 11-5 victory. Stan Beall/The Star Herald
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