The DeKalb County All Stars for Coach Pitch saw action last Saturday night when they took on the Hartsville All Stars. Hartsville, the defending state champions, clobbered DeKalb, outscoring them 15-5.
In the top of the first, DeKalb only managed a single hit, coming off the bat of Jathan Willoughby with a single.
In the bottom of the first, Hartsville toppled DeKalb with the maximum amount of runs allowed in a single inning with five.
In the top of the second, Hartsville would again shut down DeKalb, only allowing one hit coming from Levi Driver with a single down the third baseline.
In the bottom of the second,  Hartsville had runners on second and third. The batter slapped out a deep ball to right field and brought in two runs on his way to a double. Hartsville continued to rip the defense of DeKalb, scoring on four straight batters and adding another five runs to their total.
Hartsville missed out on another huge scoring opportunity as they had the bases loaded but could not bring the runs in to score.
In the top of the third, Kobbe Clary led the team off with a double into centerfield. Luke Oliver knocked the ball into a fielder’s choice and the runner was out at second.
Gage Trapp slapped out a double and advanced the runner to third.
Daniel Judkins brought in two more runs with his double in right field. Willoughby capitalized on the momentum and also brought in a run to score.
 J.J. Pack brought in the fifth and final run of the inning with a single up the alley that was tipped off the short stop’s g;ove.
In the bottom of the third, DeKalb’s defense was again torched for multiple runs. This time four runs were brought in to score.
In the top of the fourth, Levi Driver led off with a single to third base.
Evan Sprague blasted a ball deep to right field good for a double but Driver was called out at third.
The next batters for DeKalb would strike out.
In the bottom of the fourth, Hartsville would only have to score one run before the run rule went in effect.
They did so with a runner in first and the batter knocked out a triple to end the game.
With this loss, the DeKalb all-stars  were knocked out of the play-off series. Hartsville however will move on and make an attempt to repeat as the state champions.