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Makia Maclellan |
Baseball |
05022017 |
Pine View |
Top of 5th inning Snow Canyon leads 11 to 1, with one out, runners on 2nd and 1st. Hard hit grounder to 3b, with runners going on the pitch, 3B throws over to first for the second out. R2 (#16 Makia Maclellan) round third and heads for home. 1B throws to catcher, ball arrives at home clearly before the runner, about 7-8 feet up the line the catcher plants himself for the tag. R2 clearly drops his shoulder and plows through the catcher maintaining possession of the ball to make a tag, for the third and final out of the game. At this time both benches cleared and my partner(Matt Hirschi)and I along with both coaching staffs successfully corralled and calmed all the players down without any further altercation. I then went to the visitors dugout and spoke to head coach Troy. I told him that I felt that play was uncalled for and unsportsmanlike, and the player was now disqualified for the rest of the contest. Troy thought that the catcher was up the line a ways however he agreed with me on the decision of the ejection. My partner and I observed the game ending handshakes and felt that both teams handled themselves very appropriately. I would like to commend both coaching staffs for a fine job of policing there own players to avoid more conflict. |
