North Callaway vs. South Callaway baseball 5/21/25
The North Callaway Thunderbirds scored six runs in the bottom of the sixth and held on for a 7-6 win over South Callaway in the Class 3 District 7 championship game. The Bulldogs got on the board in the first when Kolten Adrian’s single scored Avery Foster. North Callaway’s Carter Moore tied it in the bottom half of the inning.
J.B. Connoley with the call on nemopressbox.com. The Bulldogs added a run in the fourth, and two more in the fifth.
Hudson Jones drove in another run with an RBI single in the sixth to make it 5-1, and nearly got out of the bottom of the sixth with no damage when the Thunderbirds had runners at first and second with nobody out, and Tucker Sheets at the plate.
Later in the inning, Coltyn O’Neal putt the Thunderbirds ahead.
With that hit, O’Neal was named the Freeman Financial and Insurance Outstanding Player of the Game. A bases-loaded walk made it 7-5. South Callaway got a run back in the top of the seventh but the tying run was left stranded.
North Callaway is 20-5, and will host the winner of Thursday’s game between Fatima and Belle in the sectional round Tuesday. South Callaway’s season ends at 16-13. Tucker Sheets picked up the win in relief.
Find the complete game in our archive page, and our postgame interview with North Callaway Coach Kirt Kleindienst below.
North Callaway Coach Kirt Kleindienst:
