Catholic Downs Grace in Middle School Baseball

Catholic turned back a fifth-inning rally by Grace on Thursday to prevail, 8-4, in middle school baseball.

The win improved Catholic to 4-9 on the year. The team will have a quick turnaround, as they travel to face Hunter Middle School today.

Aaron Bouchard got Catholic’s offense rolling with a two-run homer in the first inning. The team tacked on four runs in the fourth with hits by Bouchard, Henry Osborne and a double by Cale Nausley.

All told, Catholic managed 10 hits in the contest. Wayne Lyndsey went 3-for-3.

Nausley did a good job on the mound, giving up one run on six hits over two innings. He recorded a single strike out and didn’t walk a batter. Osborne led the team with eight put-outs.

Prior to the game, Catholic honored nine 8th graders on the squad, Coach Chase White said. Here’s a list of those honored: Tre Borchers, Aaron Bouchard, Parker Coode, Wayne Lindsey, Robby Monohan, Cale Nausley, Henry Osborne, Nathan Tartar, Silas Wesson.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.