2006 Middle School Schedule

Date
 Team
Place
Time
W/L
Score
February

February 27

Faith West

A

4:30

W
9-0
The Northland Christian School Middle School baseball program began its defense of its district title by defeating district rival Faith West Monday, 9-0. The Cougar bats came alive in the first inning by scoring 3 runs, highlighted by Ethan Carnes 2-run ground rule double. Carnes hit a shot to right field that took one bounce and went over the wall. Seventh grader Joel Dennison, playing through a fever, added a hit with 2 runs batted in. Pitchers Robert South, Ethan Carnes and Will Abt combined to limit Faith West to just 1 hit and 0 runs. South started the game going 2 innings. Carnes pitched the 3rd striking out all three of the batters he faced. Abt finished the game out, pitching out of a bases loaded jam capped off by a diving catch from second baseman Jonathan Lane. Sam Greer and South also contributed hits for the Cougars. NCS returns to action Friday with a home game against Westbury Christian. Opening pitch is scheduled for 4:30.
March

March 3

Westbury

H

4:30

L
7-2
The NCS middle school baseball team suffered its first loss of the season, 7-2, to Westbury Christian. In the first meeting between the two middle school's in baseball, Westbury jumped ahead with 2 runs in gthe first inning. Northland answered in the bottom half of the inning when Will Abt tripled to lead off the game then came home on a passed ball, getting the Cougars back within 1. Westbury added 2 runs in the third inning to make the score 4-1. The next two innings were a pitching duel as both teams remained scoreless. Westbury exploded for 3 runs in the last inning to run the score to 7-1. NCS slightly narrowed the gap when Joel Dennison came around to score following a hit by fellow 7th grader Trevor Winne. The loss evens the Cougar's record at 1-1 as Northland returns to play Covenant Christian Tuesday at home. Opening pitch is scheduled for 3:30.

March 7

Covenant

H

3:30

W
14-0

March 13-17

Spring Break

March 20

Holy Trinity

H

4:30
cancelled

March 23-25

Faith West Tournament

A

TBA

Third Place
Katy - The NCS Middle School Baseball team competed in the Faith West Jr. High Baseball Tournament, finishing 3rd. Each game was close and exciting. Thursday, Northland took on Baytown Christian in the last game of the evening under the lights. Each team came up with a run in the 1st inning, but both went scoreless for the next 2 innings until Sam Greer broke the tie with a RBI single down the right field line. The score remained the same until the 5th inning where Baytown scored 2 runs making the score 3-2 going into the 6th and final inning. Down to their last out, the Cougars had runners at 2nd and 3rd when Ethan Carnes ripped a triple down the left field line, putting the Cougars ahead 4-3. Carnes would then come in to score on a walk by the pitcher, extending the lead to 5-3. Trevor Winne, who pitched valiantly in relief since the 3rd inning, got himself into a jam in the bottom half of the last inning. Baytown, with one run already across to close the gap to 5-4, had runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs. Carnes was called in for relief where he walked the 1st batter to load the bases. Carnes first pitch to his next batter was a fast ball and with the game tying run racing towards the plate, Winne was able to get the ball to Carnes covering home and apply the tag, preventing the run from scoring. Carnes then threw 6 consecutive strikes, striking out the final two Baytown hitters and sending Northland to the next round. The Cougars returned to action Saturday morning against Ft. Bend Baptist's 8th grade squad. Will Abt pitched hard for five innings, keeping the Cougars within striking distance trailing 5-3 going in to the 6th and final inning in a well played game. However, the wheels fell off in the final frame for the Coogs as they surrendered 5 runs, mostly due to errors. Northland was able to get one more run across in the 6th, but would lose 10-4. Ethan Carnes continued his hot streak, getting on base nearly every time he was up. With the loss Northland played Ft. Bend Baptist's 7th grade squad to determine 3rd place. Joel Dennison, who stopped the bleeding in the previous game by pitching the last part of the 5th inning, threw 3 great innings allowing only 1 run. Hunter Labrada would lead the Cougars with a couple of hits including a gigantic triple to the outfield fence. Robert South closed the game pitching and also had a couple big hits as the Cougars brought home the 3rd place trophy winning 6-3.
Scores
Game #1: NCS 5 Baytown Christian 4
Game #2: Ft. Bend Baptist 8th 10 NCS 4
Game #:3 NCS 6 Ft. Bend Baptist 7th 3

March 30

Covenant

CANCELLED

March 31

CCCS

H

4:30

W
6-4
April

April 3

Faith West

H

4:30

L
7-4

April 10

Westbury

A

4:30

L
4-3

April 11

Holy Trinity

A

4:30
W
21-0

April 13

CCCS

A

4:30

W
11-8
**With this win Northland clinched 1st place in the district for regular season and #1 seed in the district tournament.

April 18

Ft. Bend Baptist (white)

H

4:30

W
6-5
**NCS scored all 6 of their runs in the last inning to defeat the 8th grade team of Ft. Bend Baptist. Kevin Norwood started the last inning rally with a flare base hit then drove in the game winning run by getting hit with a pitch while the bases were loaded. Northland avenges an earlier defeat to this same Ft. bend team, when the Coogs were defeated 11-4 by the Eagles in the second round of the Faith West tournament.

April 22

District Tournament

1st Round NCS 18 Holy Trinity 2
Championship Round NCS 14 CCCS 1
NCS completely dominated as Ethan Carnes turned in a overwhelming pitching performance, allowing just 2 hits over 4 innings and Robert South and Joel Dennison each contributed 3 hits to Northland's 11 total hits in the game. It was the best overall game by far this season for the Cougars who added to the dynasty by winning their 5th consecutive district title. The Cougars finished the season with an overall record of 11-4 and 4-1 in district.

Head Middle School Coach: Bill Moore     •    Mascot: Cougars   •   Colors: Black/Vegas Gold