Not coming up roses

By News Staff on Thursday, May 4, 2023
Bad day in the field ends Pine Prairie season in Rosepine
  • Members of the Pine Prairie baseball team celebrate with Benny the Bass after Cayden McCollough (2) scores the lone Panther run in the top of the first inning of Game 1 against Rosepine on Friday, April 28. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
    Members of the Pine Prairie baseball team celebrate with Benny the Bass after Cayden McCollough (2) scores the lone Panther run in the top of the first inning of Game 1 against Rosepine on Friday, April 28. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
  • Caden Askey (7) makes contact with a pitch in Game 1. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
    Caden Askey (7) makes contact with a pitch in Game 1. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
  • Grant Welch (5) hustles around the bases on his way to score in Game 3. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
    Grant Welch (5) hustles around the bases on his way to score in Game 3. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
    By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor ROSEPINE – Sometimes, you just run into a better team. One that’s been, and succeeded, on the biggest stages a sport has to offer. And even then, sometimes the smaller dog puts the bigger dog in a world of unexpected hurt and panic. That was the case for the No. 11-seeded Pine Prairie Panthers, who walked into the house of a defending state champion last Fr...

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