PRICEVILLE — West Point’s Kolton Easterwood made a good name for himself during the Warriors’ 7-6 extra-inning victory versus Priceville on Saturday.

The freshman hurled seven scoreless innings of relief to allow his team to erase a three-run deficit and take home an 11-inning win against the Tigers.

Trailing 6-4, Riley Voce (single) and Hunter Persall (double) collected a pair of respective RBI hits in the sixth and seventh frames to clinch the tie and send the contest into bonus baseball.

Easterwood went on to strike out back-to-back players in the bottom of the eighth to strand the bases loaded before scoring the walk-off run on a wild pitch in the 11th. He also had an RBI hit earlier in the game.

Blake Yearwood (two RBI) and Tanner Rusk (RBI) also drove in runs.

% Danville 10, West Point 7: The Warriors came up short against the Hawks during Game 2 of Saturday’s doubleheader.

West Point led 6-3 in the fourth inning but was unable to hold strong.

Persall had a pair of run-scoring base knocks, while Levi Laney tallied another for the Maroon and White.

% Hanceville 4, Mortimer Jordan 3: The Bulldogs garnered a 4-1 lead and held on in the final frame to improve to 9-4 on the season.

Hayden Loggins pitched three scoreless innings, scattering one hit and three strikeouts to go along with two hits and an RBI at the plate.

Isaac Hardin (RBI) and Isaac Weissend also had base hits for the Class 3A No. 4 Bulldogs.

The Blue Devils scored a couple of runs in the seventh off Hardin, but Branen Hurst recorded two outs to pick up the save and record the win.

“It was amazing playing at the oldest ballpark in America,” Hanceville’s Mark Kubia tweeted in reference to Birmingham’s storied Rickwood Field.

% Hueytown 1, Hanceville 0: The Bulldogs couldn’t find any success against Golden Golpher ace Carden Mellown, falling in a Saturday bout.

Loggins, Hardin and Dant’e Reese had the lone hits for Hanceville.

Christian James took the tough loss, despite allowing just three hits in six innings of work. He struck out two and walked one.

% Cold Springs 7, Locust Fork 6: The Eagles split a pair of one-run ballgames Saturday at home, eking out the opener on a walk-off single by Tyler Rice.

Cold Springs, trailing 6-5 entering the bottom of the seventh inning, began mounting the comeback with singles by Jakob Ryer and Cody Anderson. Ryer stole his way around the bases to tie the game, and Anderson was driven in by Rice.

Ryer led the Eagles with three hits, while Rice (double and two RBIs), Anderson (one RBI) and Zac Ellison each had two. Levi Harris, Austin Moore and Blake Harbison contributed singles.

Harbison notched the win with a strikeout in two spotless innings of relief. Starter Derick Isbell (two) and Austin Garmon (five) combined for five punchouts in the first five frames.

Cold Springs later lost a 9-8 heartbreaker after committing eight errors.

Fisher Willoughby chipped in two hits and an RBI. Rice (two RBIs), Sean Dunn (RBI), Ellison (RBI), Ryer (RBI), Harris, Harbison and Abbott all had singles.

Ryer was the tough-luck loser with two strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings. Anderson fanned five in a three-inning start, and Moore followed with two K’s in 2 1/3.

Only three of Locust Fork’s runs were earned. The Hornets committed five errors of their own.

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Prep Golf

Fairview’s golf team placed first in 4A-5A and eighth overall during the Glencoe Invitational at Silver Lakes of RTJ on Saturday.

Trey Hanvey (74), Hunter McKelvy (81), Seth Lancaster (87) and Hunter Whitehead (91) carded a team score of 332 to help the cause, while Austin Scott and Holly Pond’s Dawson Foust (84) had solid rounds as individuals.

Hanvey’s two-day total of 147 landed him in the top 10 in a field of 120-plus golfers.

“We had a good overall tournament and played well,” coach Kurt Knight said. “We have to continue to improve in all areas.”