Race for title begins - Thursday, April 22, 2004
No.2 Gamecocks ready to face James Island
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By DENNIS BRUNSON
Item Sports Editor
dennisb@theitem.com
Would Sumter High School varsity baseball head coach Brooks Shumake liked to have been the No.1 seed coming out of Region V-4A heading into the state playoffs? Of course. However, Shumake isn't fussing about finishing second in the region with a young team, one that is playing its best baseball of the season.
"We've won 11 of our last 14 games," Shumake said of the Gamecocks, who host James Island at 7 p.m. today in the first round of the double-elimination District VI tournament. "We've progressively been playing better, learning to win, giving ourselves a chance to win. Lately we've played as well as we've played all year long."
SHS carries a 15-8 overall record into the playoffs and finished 7-3 in region play. It will send right-hander Tyler Scott to the mound against the Trojans, the No.3 team from Region VII. Scott owns a 6-4 record with a 3.28 earned run average. (full story)
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