Pirates get needed win over Niangua

The Norwood Pirates baseball team recently lost four straight Summit Conference contests before crushing Niangua, 12-2, in a non conference match-up.
In that win, the Pirates’ offense had 10 hits and were led by Jordan Chambers’ two RBIs and three runs scored.
Carson Vaughan had two RBIs and one run scored while Drae Bradshaw added one RBI and scored four times.
Bradshaw also tossed five innings and gave up one earned run on four hits with seven strikeouts and one walk.
Against Gainesville, the Pirates trailed 8-2 before scoring five runs in the fifth and sixth innings. They would end up falling to the Bulldogs, 8-7.
Both Taylor Garner and Laken Coatney had two RBIs in the loss. Vaughan scored four times.
Bryer Harrison did toss two and two-thirds innings and gave up no earned runs and three hits with two strikeouts. Their other losses were a 9-1 decision to Mansfield, a 4-1 loss to Sparta and a 14-4 loss to Conway.
In the Bears’ loss, Vaughan had one RBI and one run scored.
Norwood has a 2-6 record this fall.