Visit Panama City Beach College Baseball Classic Schedule and Results
MARIANNA, Fla. – For the third consecutive season, Chipola Baseball will take part in the Visit Panama City Beach College Baseball Classic set to take place this weekend at the Publix Sports Park. In the opening round, Chipola will take on Miami-Dade at 3 PM on Friday, February 2.
Opening weekend recap
Last weekend, Chipola traveled to the JUCO Early Bird Tournament in Auburndale and split their four games against other FCSAA opponents.
Returning sophomore, Brantley Willis, a Marianna native, started the season going 6-for-10 at the plate with three doubles and nine RBI. Florida State University transfer, Jordan Taylor, also had a good weekend at the plate. The sophomore batted .500 in six at-bats and collected three RBIs.
On the mound, Lucas Elissalt (1-0), a transfer from Coastal Alabama South, picked up the first win of the season. Elissalt pitched four innings in the Indians' 14-2 run-rule victory over NJCAA Preseason #1, College of Central Florida. The right-hander held the defending national champions to three hits and two earned runs while striking out four.
The Indians picked up their second win of the weekend and the season over Palm Beach State, 9-5, in Saturday's first game. Freshman Austin Brown (1-0) picked up the win in relief of starter Amari Allen. The O'Fallon, Illinois native allowed three runs on five hits in four innings of work.
Chipola fell in the second game of each day to end the weekend 2-2. On Friday, Polk State got the best of the Indians using four home runs to claim a 9-5 victory. Another hometown player, Cole Nobles, had an impressive first outing for Chipola by not allowing a run in two innings of relief. Nobles struck out six and gave up one hit.
In the final game of the weekend against Seminole State College, Chipola rallied with three runs in the top of the seventh to tie the game then held off the Raiders in the bottom half to force extra innings. A bases loaded sac fly to centerfield provided the winning run as the Raiders took the 7-6 win.
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The Indians will take the diamond against Miami Dade (2-1) in the final game of the Opening Day of the tournament hosted by Perfect Game and Gulf State College.
The Sharks picked up a pair of wins last weekend at the Legends Classic, hosted by the State College of Florida (SCF). In their opening game, Miami Dade took down Northwest Florida, 6-5 in ten innings. The Sharks split their two games on Saturday taking game one, 15-12, over Indian River before falling in game two, 4-2, to Gulf Coast.
Sixteen teams will be at the beach looking to claim one of the country's most prestigious junior college baseball tournaments. Teams from eight different states will be looking to claim the tournament title in the single elimination tournament. For a list of teams participating, click here.
Although only two teams that manage to win their first three games of the weekend will be able to compete for the championship on Sunday, each team will play four games over the course of three days. Teams will play a single game on Friday, two games on Saturday, and another single game on Sunday.
Chipola and the Sharks are matched in the portion of the bracket with Chattahoochee Valley (Ala.) and preseason #15 Florence-Darlington (S.C.). The winners of the opening round will face one another at 11:30 AM on Saturday while the losers will meet later at 2:00 PM. To follow Chipola's schedule weekend schedule and the tournament's standings, click here.
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