CVCC homers its way to JUCO world series
The Chattahoochee Valley Community College baseball team is headed back to Grand Junction, Col., for the JUCO World Series for the third straight year.
The Pirates hammered out seven home runs in crushing Calhoun Community College 22-6 on Wednesday in the ACCC tournament championship game at Eagle Stadium.
Will Campbell, who was named the tournament’s MVP, hit two of the home runs. He finished with five RBIs.
Carson Hughes hit a grand slam. Brandon Hill, JT Thomas, Frank Wager and Jaylyn Smith added homers.
Campbell hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the first as CVCC took a 2-1 lead.
Calhoun added four in the top of the fourth, chasing CVCC starter Logan Haner, who gave up six hits in the inning.
Christian Vann came on in relief and pitched the final 5 2/3 innings to earn the win.
While Vann shut down the Calhoun batters, CVCC’s hitters went to work.
The Pirates scored a pair in the bottom of the fourth on a Smith single and a Jayson Cook sacrifice fly.
CVCC took the lead back and put the game away in the fifth, scoring eight times to take a 12-5 lead. Smith and Campbell both hit three-run homers.
Hughes’ grand slam came in a five-run sixth. Wager hit a solo homer in that inning as well.
Hill hit a three-run homer in the seventh. Thomas hit his homer to lead off the eighth.
All nine starters had at least one hit for CVCC, which finished with 24. Nolan Greckle had four hits and scored four runs. Thomas, Wager, Smith and Cook had three apiece.
Wager joined three CVCC pitchers — Chase Adkins, Jordan Lee and Chase Burks — on the all-tournament team.
The game had been scheduled to be played Tuesday afternoon, but it was delayed by heavy rain in south Alabama.
CVCC will open the world series on May 28 at 2 p.m. against the winner of the Eastern Regional. That regional is set to start Friday in Bel Air, Md.
The world series championship game is on June 3.
CVCC went 1-2 in its 2014 trip, then went 2-2 last year, advancing to the semifinals.
ACCC Tournament
Eagle Stadium Ozark, Ala.
South seeds — CVCC, LB Wallace, Alabama Southern, Wallace-Dothan, Faulkner State
North seeds — Shelton State, Marion Military, Calhoun, Wallace State, Lawson State
Friday
Game 1 — Wallace-Dothan 6, Lawson State 4
Game 2 — Faulkner State 8, Wallace State 6
Game 3 — Calhoun 17, L.B. Wallace 7.
Game 4 — Marion Military 8, Alabama Southern 7
Saturday
Game 5 — Wallace State11, L.B. Wallace 5, L.B. Wallace eliminated
Game 6 — Lawson State 17, Alabama Southern 7, Alabama Southern eliminated
Game 7 — Wallace-Dothan 11, Shelton State 7
Game 8 — CVCC 2, Faulkner State 1
Sunday
Game 9 — Wallace State 12, Shelton State 8, Shelton State eliminated
Game 10 — Lawson State 7, Faulkner State 0, Faulkner State eliminated.
Game 11 — Wallace-Dothan 3, Calhoun 2
Game 12 — CVCC 14, Marion Military 0
Monday
Game 13 — Calhoun 10, Lawson State 1, Lawson State eliminated
Game 14 — Marion Military 10, Wallace State 0, Wallace State eliminated
Game 15 — Calhoun 9, Marion Military 7, Marion Military eliminated
Game 16 — CVCC 11, Wallace State-Dothan 0
Tuesday
Game 17 — Calhoun 9, Wallace State-Dothan 7, Wallace State-Dothan eliminated
Game 18 — CVCC vs. Calhoun, ppd., rain
Wednesday
Game 18 — CVCC 22, Calhoun 6, CVCC wins championship
This story was originally published May 18, 2016 at 6:13 PM with the headline "CVCC homers its way to JUCO world series."