By Mike Hutchens, UC Schools Communications Director
Union City, Tenn.–Union City’s Middle School track teams closed out their respective seasons on a high note.
Both the Lady Tornadoes and Tornadoes won first place in their own Invitational Thursday, the girls outdistancing second-place Dyersburg 109-92, with Brighton (50) coming in third.
The UC boys edged Brighton by the slimmest of margins, 85-84.5. Crestview was third with 50 points.
There were eight schools in all to participate in the meet.
The Twister girls got first-place efforts from Ca’Lae Ervin (high jump), Keirsten Treadwell (discus), Clare Atwill (100-meter hurdles) and Chloe Hubbard (100 meters).
A pair of girls’ relay teams also beat their respective fields, including the 4X200 (Hubbard, Atwill, Sh’nyla Moss and Uriah Davis) and the 4×100 foursome consisting of Hubbard, Ervin, Moss and Davis.
The Union City boys got first-place showings from Shontorius Fuller (100 meters), Jayden Evens (800 meters), and the 4X400 relay quartet of Aiden Reid, Andrew Beard, Tayshun Gentry and Evans.
Girls
100m Hurdles
1st Clare Atwill
2nd Ca’lae Ervin
100 Meters
1st Chloe Hubbard
4X200m Relay
1st Chloe Hubbard, Clare Atwill, Sh’nyla Moss, Uriah Davis
1600 Meters
2nd Ainsley Beard
4X100m Relay
1st Chloe Hubbard, Ca’lae Ervin, Sh’nyla Moss, Uriah Davis
800 Meters
2nd Ainsley Beard
200 Meters
2nd Uriah Davis
4X400m Relay
2nd Brianna McLendon, Brylee Robinson, Ainsley Beard, Clare Atwill
High Jump
1st Ca’lae Ervin
Discus
1st Keirsten Treadwell
Boys
100m Hurdles
2nd Jayden Evans
100 Meters
1st Shontorius Fuller
4X200m Relay
2nd Shontorius Fuller, Aiden Reid, Tayshun Gentry, James Turner
1600 Meters
2nd Andrew Beard
800 Meters
1st Jayden Evans
4X400m Relay
1st Aiden Reid, Andrew Beard, Tayshun Gentry, Jayden Evans
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
UC 7, Bradford 6
UC 11, Fulton Co. 1
Barrett Cox roped a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the seventh to cap a stunning Union City rally and lift the Tornadoes to a 7-6 victory over Bradford Thursday at Elam Stadium.
The win was the first of two on the day for UC, which then mashed Fulton County 11-1 in the nightcap of a late-scheduled doubleheader.
The Twisters improved to 7-11 heading into today’s trip to Jackson for an 11 a.m. meeting with Madison Academic.
Down to its last out and trailing Bradford 6-3 Thursday, Union City pieced together an unlikely comeback.
Silas Petty smacked a two-run single with the bases loaded to get the Tornadoes within 6-5 before Cox smashed a two-base hit that chased home Landon Hauhe and Petty to set off a Purple and Gold celebration.
UC had been limited to three hits over the first six innings before mounting its rally.
Hauhe earlier had a two-run double to give the Twisters a 2-1 lead after three.
In the second game against Fulton County, Union City scored in every inning after the Pilots had taken a brief 1-0 lead in their first at-bat.
Six of the Tornadoes’ runs were unearned – the result of five FC errors.
Hauhe, Petty and Kyler Southerland had doubles for the victors, with Southerland going 2-for-3 with three runs scored. Chase Norton also scored three times, while Hauhe reached base in all three of his trips to the plate with two hits and a walk.
Freshman Logan Vincent was the winning pitcher in both games for UC. He tossed an inning of shutout relief prior to the big Tornado comeback in the opener, then was outstanding with four frames of three-hit ball and nine strikeouts in Game 2.
Another frosh, Ben Kail, struck out all three batters he faced to finish up the mercy-rule triumph.
HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS
Union City 7, Westview 0 (G)
Union City 5, Westview 2 (B)
Union City rolled over Westview in both girls’ and boys’ play Thursday.
The Lady Tornadoes recorded a shutout triumph with Molly Kizer and Davy Frankum each winning 8-0 in singles play. The doubles teams of Annie Wade/Shelby Bondurant and Molly Kizer/Gracyn Callicott surrendered just one game in their respective matches.
UC’s superior depth was the difference in boys’ play as the Tornadoes won matches at the second, third, fourth and fifth seeds.
The Union City girls are now 5-6, while the boys are 6-5 in team competition.
Monday, the Tornado squads will host Paducah Tilghman.
Girls
Singles
Annie Wade vs. Channing Covington 8-2
Gracyn Callicott vs. Sophia Shaw 8-2
Shelby Bondurant vs. Kendall Thomas 8-2
Molly Kizer vs. Deborah Shaw 8-0
Davy Frankum vs. Ava Loza 8-0
Doubles
Wade/Bondurant vs. Shaw/Shaw 8-1
Callicott/Kizer vs. Thomas/Loza 8-1
Frankum/Frankum vs. Abby Gunter/Carson Alexander 8-2
Boys
Singles
Gavin Pledge vs. Leo Brown 2-8
Kobe Terrell vs. Jacob Foltz 8-4
Charleton Wisener vs. Houston Baker 8-1
Alex Del Castillo vs. Nicholas Sterrett 8-6
Owen Rogers vs. Gordon Sawyers 8-2
Bryce White vs. Benjamin Braddock 4-6
Lyndon Brown vs. Joseph Roupe 6-0
Doubles
Pledge/Terrell vs. Brown/Baker 5-8
Wisener/Del Castillo vs. Foltz/Sterrett 8-5
Jack Tully/White vs. Sawyers/Davey Richardson 6-0
Brown/Tully vs. Curtis May/Tidus Perry 8-1
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
Obion Central 7, UC 0
The Lady Tornadoes were blanked after managing just five hits and fell to 10-6 heading into today’s District 12-AA make-up game at Milan.
Lainey Barker and Sophie Theobald had doubles for UC.
OC scored five times in the second and added insurance tallies in both the fourth and sixth while pounding out 12 hits. Seven of those Lady Rebel safeties went for extra bases.
Anna Cheatham charged with the pitching loss, dropping her seasonal mark to 4-2. Emma Powell went two innings in relief.
Today’s UC at Milan game is set to begin at 10 a.m.