Marianna Ozone All-Stars season comes to an end

By: Shelia Mader

The Marianna Ozone All-Stars saw their season come to an end last weekend. The positive taken from their experience was they played at their home park. Optimist Park was the host for regional play so the players had lots of fans to cheer them on.  They finished 1-2 in tournament play, winning their first game over Taylor County, 14-11 Friday night. The second game was played Saturday with a delayed start as was the final game of the night. Marianna was shut out by Port St. Joe. The final game of the day that turned into Sunday before a victor was claimed was against Chipley. The Marianna team fell 18-8 with the game’s final out coming early Sunday morning.

Marianna wins over Taylor County

The two teams tallied 25 runs between them with Marianna taking the 14-11 win. They utilized five pitchers, with Will Dickson getting the starting nod. Dickson went two innings, gave up three runs, only one of those earned on no hits, three walks, four strikeouts, and two errors committed behind him. Myles Tolin was next on the mound, went two innings, gave up four runs with one of those earned on no hits, five walks, two strikeouts, and two errors committed behind him. Kaleb Melvin threw one and a third innings, gave up three runs, one of those earned on one hit, two walks, and struck out three batters. Talon Duncan was the next one on the mound, gave up one run on no hits and no walks before giving way to Porter Tolin. Tolin gave up no runs on no hits and issued two walks.

Myles Tolin got the job done on both sides of the plate, leading Marianna with three hits, one walk, one run scored, and an RBI, followed by Ashawri Curry with a hit and two RBIs, while brother Porter Tolin had two hits, one RBI and one run scored. On board with a hit, a run scored, and an RBI was Talon Duncan, with Landon Pyke recording one hit and two runs scored, while Kingsley Webb had two hits, one walk, and scored two runs. Will Dickson and Easton Bellamy both had two walks and scored two runs, with Kaleb Melvin drawing a walk and scored a run.

Port St. Joe shuts out Marianna

It was a new day Saturday when the Marianna All Stars took the field Saturday for game one. There was a few hours delay in start time with the earlier games running behind. The circumstances were the same for both teams so no one is offering that as an excuse. The Marianna team took the shutout with their heads held high, knowing they had another game no matter the outcome of this game.

The offense was not clicking on all cylinders for certain with only one hit and one walk being recorded. Ryder Sikes recorded the hit, with Will Dickson drawing the solo walk.

Three pitchers shared time on the mound with only five earned runs being recorded.  Colt Hinson gave up two earned runs on three hits, two walks and struck out three batters, followed by Kaleb Melvin allowed two earned runs on one hit and three walks. Myles Tolin allowed one earned run on two hits and struck out one batter.

Chipley ends Marianna’s season

With a start on Saturday and a finish early Sunday morning, the Marianna Ozone team came up short of a win. Chipley took the game 18-8. A smorgasbord of pitchers took time on the mound but it was a case of, “if they hit it, it landed in just the right spot”. Half of the runs scored by Chipley were unearned. Taking time on the mound were Talon Duncan, Will Dickson, Kaleb Melvin, Porter Tolin, and Ashawri Curry.

Easton Bellamy led the way offensively with two hits, one walk, one run scored, and two RBIs, followed by Porter Tolin with a hit, a walk, a run scored, and an RBI, while Talon Duncan drew two walks and had an RBI. Kingsley Webb drew a walk, had a run scored, and an RBI, while Kaleb Melvin and Ashawri Curry both had a hit and a run scored, with Ryder Sikes recording an RBI. Coltin Hinson recorded an RBI, while Will Dickson and Myles Tolin drew two walks and scored a run. Rounding out the scoring was Landon Pyke with a walk.