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Staunton River defeats Knights on ‘Military Appreciation Night’

April 23, 2019
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Brian Hoffman
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The James River baseball team returned from spring break with a “Military Appreciation Night” game against Staunton River Monday. The visiting Eagles took a 12-3 win in Springwood following a brief ceremony prior to the game.

“Coming off of spring break, we needed some extra time to get the bats started,” said River coach Matt Gouker. “The boys played with a lot of grit as they were able to scratch a few across and play all seven.”

The visiting Eagles dominated the early innings and led by 10 before River staved off a “slaughter rule” game and hung in for the full seven innings. Andrew Bridges, Kevin Theimer and Chase Oberg had one hit each for the Knights while Kevin Austin took the lose on the mound. He pitched the first four innings before Kevin Theimer came on for the final three.

 

Veterans in attendance received free admission and plastic soldiers at Monday’s “Military Appreciation Night” baseball game. Photo by Brian Hoffman
Bill Dillon wraps a new quilt around his father-in-law, Robert Homrich, who received the quilt prior to Tuesday’s “Military Appreciation Night” game. Homrich, 94, is a World War II veteran. Photo by Brian Hoffman
River’s Gabe Sebastino takes a late throw to second in Monday’s game with Staunton River. Photo by Brian Hoffman
The James River baseball team wore special uniforms for Monday’s “Military Appreciation Night” game. Photo by Brian Hoffman
Theresa Gouker speaks to Monday night’s crowd about the “Quilt of Valor Foundation,” that makes free quilts to give to veterans. Left to right are Vietnam veteran Tom Gouker, World War II veteran Robert Homrich, Robert’s son-in-law, Bill Dillon, James River coach Matt Gouker and Theresa, who is Tom’s wife and Matt’s mother. Photo by Brian Hoffman

With the loss the Knights fell to 2-7 on the season.

“We can’t take anything away from a good Staunton River team,” said Gouker. “We continue our work as one team to meet our overall team goal.”

The Knights were scheduled to host Carroll County on Tuesday, then they’re off until April 30 when they host Glenvar in Springwood.

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