With an exciting dramatic victory followed by a blowout win, the host Washington-Liberty Generals defended their title in the second annual Norwood Classic baseball tournament.
Washington-Liberty finished 2-0 in the one-day, four-team event held on its home field at Quincy Park. The Generals also won last year’s inaugural event with a 2-0 record and two shutouts.
In this year’s competition, W-L rallied to nip Hylton, 6-5, in the first round on a game-winning two-run walkoff homer by Sam Jackson. Jack Keane and Jordan Jarrell also homered in the win for the Generals.
In the championship game, Washington-Liberty blanked the Meridian Mustangs, 16-0, as right-hander Alex Frymoyer pitched a five-inning no-hitter. He struck out six, walked two and threw 71 pitches.
With the bat for the Generals, Kyle Matske tripled and had a two-run single, Henry Gerber had three hits and an RBI, Sean Guffey had three hits and two RBI, and Keane had two hits.
Henry Thompson added two hits and two RBI, Alex Bartl doubled and singled, Robert Kilpatrick singled and had a sacrifice fly, Nicholas Socknat had an RBI and Frymoyer had a sacrifice fly.
Jackman was chosen as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. Thompson, Frymoyer and Keane were chosen to the all-tournament team.
Former Washington-Liberty baseball standout Alan Walker (a 1969 graduate of what then was Washington-Lee) was on hand to throw out the first pitch prior to the Generals’ first-round game against Hylton.
The tournament is named for legendary W-L head baseball coach Del Norwood. The late Norwood is a member of four Halls of Fame as a result of his success as the Generals’ longtime head coach.
