
By STAN CALDWELL/Sports Writer
Pascagoula split with Long Beach and Hancock did the same with West Harrison to wrap up Region 4-6A play over the past few days.
The Bearcats, after falling to the Panthers 5-3 on the road Friday night, picked up their first league win of the season on Saturday afternoon with a 3-2 decision at home.
On Saturday, Long Beach trailed 2-1 entering the bottom of the seventh before rallying for two runs to pull out the win. Landon Van Court supplied an RBI-triple to tie things up and then Wayne Ulrich delivered the game-winning hit with a run-scoring single to plate Van court with the walk-off winning run.
Pascagoula had snapped a 1-1 tie in the top of the seventh when Braden Smith crossed the plate on a ground out double play ball off the bat of Denzel Melendez.
Matt Dittsworth had an RBI-double in the top of the second to put the Panthers up 1-0 before the Bearcats tied things up at 1-1 when Flynn James drew a bases-loaded walk in the sixth stanza setting up the climactic and decisive seventh.
Will Brady went the distance on the hill for LBHS to pick up the win, while Willie Sims took the loss for PHS.
On Friday night, Tank Bishop had two hits and drove in two runs to pace Pascagoula at the plate in the 5-3 win, while Adrian Rosado added a pair of hits as well.
Colin Lyons had the only hit of the game for LBHS, a two-run home run in the top of the first that gave the Bearcats an early 2-0 lead.
From that point, Panther pitcher Griffin Wells settled down and threw hitless ball over the next six stanzas and allowed just one unearned run.



Noah Williams took the loss for Long Beach.
Pascagoula sits tied for the all important fourth spot for now in the region race at 3-6 while LBHS holds down the cellar at 1-8.
West Harrison is a step behind Pascagoula for that fourth and final playoff spot in the league after an exciting 7-6 10-inning win at home over Hancock Saturday afternoon.
Hunter Ross drove in the game-winning run with an RBI-sacrifice fly to keep the Hurricanes postseason hopes alive.
Tyler Glazzier had a team-high four hits for WHHS, while Ross and Dezi Curley each drove in a pair of runs apiece and Jack Mann and Kenny Linell each had RBI-doubles in the winning effort.


Jude Ulrich also had a team-high four hits for Hancock, while Jaxson Knight had two hits and drove in two runs. Jeffery Hopgood had a two-run single for HHS also.
Reece Parker picked up the win for WHHS, while Knight took the loss.
On Friday, the Hawks secured the series with a 10-0 win in game two.
Knight had two hits, including a double, and drove in two runs in the winning effort while Brandon Arcement, Landon Shields and Matthew Cuevas each had two hits apiece and drove in a run apiece.
Arcement hurled a complete game two-hit shutout to earn the win in the six inning affair.
Glazzier had both hits for the Hurricanes.
Hancock sits in a three-way tie at the top of the region race with Picayune and George County at 7-2, while WHHS is in fifth at 2-7.



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