Oak Ridge senior Brice Mlekodaj (6) is pictured above at bat during a 6-3 win over Campbell County at Bobby Hopkins Park on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
The Oak Ridge Wildcats beat Campbell County 6-3 and 9-4 in two games at home this month. Here are photos from the first game by John Huotari. [Read more…]
Oak Ridge senior Bryson Armes (30) tags out Nate Stevens (11) of Campbell County during a 12-2 rout of the Cougars at home on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Oak Ridge senior Spencer Wilson tied the season record for most wins by a pitcher on Wednesday, when he picked up his eighth win in a 12-2 rout of Campbell County at home. Here are photos from the game. It was Senior Night, and the last home game of the regular season.
Oak Ridge sophomore Ian Campbell (24) expresses his frustration after popping up for an out during a 12-2 rout of Campbell County at home on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. The ball was caught by Cougars first baseman Jared Ray (15), who is pictured in left foreground. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
On first base, Oak Ridge senior Trey Davis (14) gets instructions from Assistant Coach Kevin Lee during a 12-2 rout of Campbell County at home on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Oak Ridge senior Spencer Wilson (11) tied the season record for most pitching wins, 8, during a 12-2 rout of Campbell County at home on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Oak Ridge senior Spencer Wilson tied the season record for most wins by a pitcher on Wednesday.
Wilson picked up his eighth win in a 12-2 rout of Campbell County at Bobby Hopkins Park in Oak Ridge.
Wilson has a chance to break the 23-year-old record in the post-season, possibly as early as Friday. The record that he tied dates back to 1993, and it was set by Joe Fellers.
“That record means a lot to me,” Wilson said Saturday.
The Wildcats had a list of records posted during the pre-season, when they were training and weight lifting, and Wilson said he could tell the record for pitching wins was an old one.
“I’m going to target that one,” he decided. [Read more…]
The Oak Ridge Wildcats beat the Karns Beavers, the number one team in the district, at home 4-3 in 11 innings on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Pictured above is pitcher Spencer Wilson, who pitched the last nine innings. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Note: This story was last updated at 11:30 a.m.
The Oak Ridge Wildcats took down Karns, the top team in District 3-AAA, at home in 11 innings on Tuesday, April 19. Here are pictures from the game.
The Wildcats (14-14, 5-9 District 3-AAA) play at home tonight against Campbell County (2-24, 0-13). It’s Senior Night and the last district game of the season. Events start at 5 p.m.
“Pack the stands and rock the house to send off 2016’s Senior Wildcats as district play comes to an end,” the team said.
We’ll add more information to this story as we can. In the meantime, you can see baseball game highlights on the ORHS Baseball Twitter feed here.
Oak Ridge Coach Mark Garrison is pictured at right above with Spencer Wilson and Ian Campbell of the Wildcats during a 4-3 win over Karns at home in 11 innings on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
