Poca opens sectional play with 8-2 victory: ; High school baseball; Sectional roundup

Poca collected only four hits Monday night but was aided by fiveSherman errors as the Dots earned an 8-2 victory as the Class AARegion 4, Section 2 baseball tournament opened at Winfield High.

Sophomore Taylor Humphrey scattered nine hits in getting the winfor the Dots (14-14) while Caleb Arthur and Josh Smalley doubled forPoca.

"Taylor pitched a real strong game and is throwing the ball wellfor us," Poca Coach P.E. McClanahan said. "They had some errors andwe took advantage of their mistakes. It was an ugly win."

Sherman faces elimination tonight at host Winfield (24-6) at 6:30p.m. Poca plays at Winfield at 6:30 Wednesday in the double-elimination sectional.

In other high school baseball sectionals Monday:

Sissonville 4, Clay County 2 - The host Indians got a solidpitching performance from Jameson Landers in earning a victory inthe Class AA Region 4, Section 1 opener.

Sissonville (13-16) entertains defending state Class AA championHerbert Hoover (15-8) tonight at 6:30 p.m. Clay goes againsttonight's loser on Wednesday at 6:30 in an elimination game.

Landers (3-0) only allowed four hits. Billy Kiesel had three hitsto lead the winning offense. J.D. Johnston had two hits for Clay.

Hurricane 9, Lincoln County 0 - The Redskins cruised to the easyvictory over the Panthers (7-22) in Region 4, Section 3 game at Ona.

Justin Henry collected two hits, as did Parker Lang, who alsodrove in three runs while Billy Smith and Bret Barber combined forthe shutout for Hurricane (18-10).

Evan McMillion, Thor Meeks, and Steven Workman also had extrabase hits for the Redskins.

Hurricane faces regional host Cabell Midland (16-7) tonight at 6.Lincoln County plays Wednesday against tonight's loser at 6 p.m. atHurricane High.