Ozark Foothills baseball tournament

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Photos by Brian Rosener, Daily American Republic

The Ozark Foothills Conference baseball tournament opened Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Pattillo Field on the campus of Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff, Mo.

Greenville's Mikey Morey, right, and Doniphan pitcher Wesley Smith race to home plate in the fourth inning Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Pattillo Field in Poplar Bluff, Mo., during the opening round of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. Greenville won 4-2. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Brian Rosener)
Greenville's Mikey Morey, right, is tagged out by Doniphan pitcher Wesley Smith trying to steal home in the fourth inning Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Pattillo Field in Poplar Bluff, Mo., during the opening round of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. Greenville won 4-2. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Brian Rosener)
Greenville catcher Mikey Morey, left, looks for a dropped third strike on Doniphan's Drew Short (7) on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Pattillo Field in Poplar Bluff, Mo., during the opening round of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. Greenville won 4-2. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Brian Rosener)
Doniphan's JonDavid Harber, left, and Clay Payne collide as Payne catches a line drive Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Pattillo Field in Poplar Bluff, Mo., during the opening round of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. Greenville won 4-2. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Brian Rosener)
Naylor pitcher Dalton Woodard throws Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Pattillo Field in Poplar Bluff, Mo., during the opening round of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. Woodard struck out 19 in Naylor's 2-0 win over East Carter. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Brian Rosener)
East Carter catcher Aaron Boyer takes a throw and prepares to tag out Naylor's Cody Collins (4) Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Pattillo Field in Poplar Bluff, Mo., during the opening round of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. Naylor won 2-0. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Brian Rosener)
Greenville third baseman Logan Saffle tags out Naylor's Trey Hays Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Pattillo Field in Poplar Bluff, Mo., during the opening round of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. Naylor won 2-0. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Brian Rosener)
Naylor second baseman Cody Collins, left, tags out East Carter's Nick Saffle after a rundown Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Pattillo Field in Poplar Bluff, Mo., during the opening round of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Brian Rosener)
Doniphan's Kevin Whitlow (15) takes a lead from third base as a teammate squares to bunt Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Pattillo Field in Poplar Bluff, Mo., during the opening round of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. Whitlow later scored on an error. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Brian Rosener)
Greenville's Scott Foster connects for a two-run double in the fifth inning, tying the game Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Pattillo Field in Poplar Bluff, Mo., during the opening round of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. Greenville won 4-2. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Brian Rosener)
Greenville's Scott Foster watches his double clip third base in the fifth inning Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Pattillo Field in Poplar Bluff, Mo., during the opening round of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. Foster drove in two runs to tie the game as Greenville won 4-2. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Brian Rosener)
Neelyville second baseman Hayden Cassinger throws as he avoids Clearwater's Joel Koenig to complete a double play in the first inning Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Pattillo Field in Poplar Bluff, Mo., during the opening round of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Brian Rosener)
Clearwater shortstop Devin Carter (17) throws to first while avoiding the slide of Neelyville's Justin Norman (16) Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Pattillo Field in Poplar Bluff, Mo., during the opening round of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Brian Rosener)
Clearwater pitcher Joel Koenig throws Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Pattillo Field in Poplar Bluff, Mo., during the opening round of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. Koenig pitch shutout 10 innings but the Tigers didn't score against Neelyville and the game was suspended due to darkness, tied 0-0 after 11. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Brian Rosener)
Clearwater catcher Caleb Rowold tags out Neelyville's Lane Spencer in the second inning Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Pattillo Field in Poplar Bluff, Mo., during the opening round of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. The two teams were locked in a scoreless battle after 11 innings when the game was suspended due to darkness. It will resume at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Brian Rosener)