Cancer patients throw out first pitches at SP games
Published 9:07 am Friday, March 31, 2017
- Pastor Larry Kilgore threw out the first pitch for the South Panola varsity Strikeout for Cancer game on Tuesday against Grenada. He is battling pancreatic cancer and had church member and South Panola third baseman Morgan Parker at his side. Bottom Left Photo: Johnny Earl Jones is still fighting his battle with pancreatic cancer and threw out the first pitch of the South Panola Jr. Varsity Strikeout for Cancer game Tuesday. He was with his daughter Zundra Cunningham (left) and granddaughter Janarria Sanford, who plays on the team. The Panolian photos by Andy Young
Cancer patients throw out first pitches at SP games
Pastor Larry Kilgore threw out the first pitch for the South Panola varsity Strikeout for Cancer game on Tuesday against Grenada. He is battling pancreatic cancer and had church member and South Panola third baseman Morgan Parker at his side.
Johnny Earl Jones is still fighting his battle with pancreatic cancer and threw out the first pitch of the South Panola Jr. Varsity Strikeout for Cancer game Tuesday. He was with his daughter Zundra Cunningham (left) and granddaughter Janarria Sanford, who plays on the team.
The Panolian photos by Andy Young
James Jenkins threw out the first pitch for the South Panola Jr. High fastpitch game Tuesday night as a cancer survivor honoree at the annual Strikeout for Cancer game. His granddaughter Anna Scott (right) plays on the team.
By Myra Bean
James Jenkins, Johnny Earl Jones and Larry Kilgore threw out the first pitches of the Strikeout For Cancer (SOFC) games for South Panola Tuesday.
That was just about the biggest highlights as Grenada came through and left with a clean sweep of the games.
In the last game of the big evening, which was also highlighted by a state championship ring ceremony for the competitive cheer squad, Grenada held off a late push by the varsity Lady Tigers 3-2.
South Panola (7-4) scattered six hits across seven innings and committed an unprecedented 10 strikeouts.
Mallory Myers slammed a triple to left center to drive home Kaitlyn Tidwell who reached first on a single to avoid the shutout in bottom of the seventh.
Myers scored on Chloe Morgan’s single RBI (run batted in). A ground out to third base by Ali Cummings ended the comeback for the Lady Tigers.
Tidwell pitched the complete game in seven innings. She did not have any strikeouts but along with the defense they did contain Grenada pretty well.
Grenada got on the board early with a solo homerun over the left field fence. They then put together an offensive attack on two outs to score two runs in top of the fifth.
The Lady Tigers’ district game with Tupelo was postponed yesterday and was rescheduled for Wednesday, April 19 with a varsity only game at 5 p.m.
The district doubleheader with Columbus will be played next Friday, April 7, instead of against St. Benedict. The first game starts at 4:30 p.m. and the seniors will be honored.
This weekend the Lady Tigers will play in the Morris Hunter Invitational at Southaven.
Friday, the Jr. Varsity will play Brighton, Tenn. at 4 p.m. on Field 1. Saturday, the Jr. Varsity will play at 10:15 a.m. against Arlington, Tenn. on Field 2. At 1:30 p.m., South Panola will face Kossuth on Field 2.
The varsity will play Covington, Tenn. at 8:30 p.m. on Field 1.
Saturday, the varsity will play Northpoint Christian at noon and Lewisburg at 4:30 p.m., both on Field 4.
