Troy found the end zone twice in the first half only to get no points because of holding penalties. In the second half, the flags disappeared and the Trojans did enough to improve to 3-0.
A suffocating Butler defense held Piqua to three first downs a 27-3 win en route to Zach Gueth's first win as a head coach. The Aviators dominated the conference opener in all three phases of the game.
Youth and inexperience are part of the story for the Miami Valley League powers far more than usual. Tipp's youth, at this early stage of the season, is ahead of Troy's inexperience.
A different level of baseball proved to be the undoing of Division I Troy, as the Trojans fell in the district finals to the state's #2-ranked team, the Mason Comets. The Trojans' Caleb Akins shows his disgust following the final out (above). Read more in Friday's Press Pros.
They had some bad moments defensively...and they had one spectacular moment defensively (Ryder Kirtley, above). But the Troy Trojans overcame it all to score five runs on six hits to beat Beavercreek in Tuesday's district semi-final game at Market Stree Field. Read about it.
