By Johnny Sanders, Sports Editor
TRUSSVILLE – As the seasons have gone, we have had seen Husky teams put up video game numbers. Football had Peyton Floyd and company putting up points on the field, Jordan Hunter and Reid Stodghill and their teams lighting it up on the court (Hunter and the ladies are currently in the Elite Eight) and now we have the Hewitt baseball team doing the same.
On Saturday, the Huskies opened their baseball season winning a doubleheader against Gadsden City by a combined score of 56-1 between the two games. You read that correctly.
The season looks to be a very emotional one, as this past year, one of the Huskies’ leaders on the field, Grayson Pope, experienced an unfortunate accident on the golf course when a pop-up storm hit while he and his friends were spending some time at the Trussville Country Club playing golf. When the storm hit, Pope was on a golf cart and a tree fell on him. Pope is now recovering, and recovering well, from some major brain injuries, even returning to school earlier in the year and having the ability to dress out with his baseball team. There is also a new addition to the outfield wall as the saying “No Fly Zone,” which Pope had written on the glove he used last season, is now written there.
With Grayson in the dugout, the Huskies obliterated the Titans on Saturday not once…but twice.
In game one, the Huskies allowed just one run to the Titans while putting up 29. The game was called in the fifth inning. The Huskies scored nine runs in the first and fourth innings with an 11-score inning in the second. Both teams did hold one another scoreless in the third.
Christian Helmers got the first win of the day, going all five innings for a no-hitter and striking out 11. At the plate, Helmers had four hits and seven RBI.
In game two, the Huskies shut Gadsden City out 27-0. Cooper Huffman got the win here with a one-hitter and seven strikeouts. He also did well at the plate with five hits and seven RBI.
For the day, Brett Moseley had a three-run homerun, Rob Wright had four hits with four RBI and Carson Wideman had three hits and three RBI.
The Huskies starts the season 2-0. They will host James Clements Monday afternoon.
Hewitt-Trussville’s new No Fly Zone in left field.
Photo by: #pray4gray