4-16-04 By: Brian Vaughn
   Friday night was the Diamond Dogs final home ball game and the Bulldogs celebrated senior night with two big conference wins in the roughed  AAAA-West over Morrilton 10-0,
11-0.
   Greenwood (20-6, 9-1) came into the doubleheader with Morrilton (13-7, 6-6 expecting one of their tougher conference games against the third place team in the conference race.
   However, behind the pitching performances of seniors Mark Leon and Cory Allison and the hitting of the Bulldogs they never had to look back once. ..continued

                                  Photo By: Brian Vaughn
Coach Craig Jones applauds his seniors as the Bulldogs celebrated senior night between games with Morrilton on Friday.

Baseball Falls To Van Buren...Takes Shiloh Christian

4-13-04 By: Brian Vaughn
   The Greenwood Bulldogs stepped out of conference play on Monday to take on Van Buren once again for the fourth time. The Bulldogs won the first three contest .  
   The Bulldogs and Pointers battled to a 2-2 tie in 7-innings of play to send the game into extra-innings.
   Van Buren would find the runs in the top of the 8th to win the game 4-2.
   Tuesday brought about a trip up the hill to Shiloh Christian to face the Saints and after their loss to the Pointers a day earlier, the Bulldogs were looking for a win.
   A win they would find taking the game 6-1 behind the pitching of Casey Benincosa ...continued

  Photo By: John Fuchs
Austin Efurd prepares to steal yet another base.

Bulldogs Hit Their Way Into Record Book
Demolish Siloam Springs 29-1, 19-5

4-9-04 By: Brian Vaughn
   Greenwood (17-5, 7-1) head coach Craig Jones was a little uneasy on the way up to Siloam Springs (5-5, 3-5)knowing that the Panthers had swept Greenbrier a team the Bulldogs split with, while only scoring 3 runs in 15 innings of play.
   He wouldn't have to worry long as the Bulldogs completely took Siloam Springs out of the game in the top of the 1st-inning scoring 8 runs.
   After making short order of the Panthers batting lineup the Bulldogs would light up the scoreboard for 15 additional runs in the top of the 2nd-inning to take a 23-0 lead . ...continued

                                   Photo By: John Fuchs
The Bulldog congratulate Joseph Piroutek as he crosses home plate after his grand slam home run which gave the Bulldogs the lead 23-0 in the 2nd inning against Siloam Springs.

Bulldogs In Hunt For Conference Championship

4-9-04 By: Brian Vaughn
   With just three weeks and six conference games left the Greenwood Bulldogs find themselves in a very good spot and in control of their on destiny for the AAAA-West Conference Championship.
   The Bulldogs go into Friday's game with Morrilton with a 7-1 conference record with their lone conference loss to Greenbrier which puts the Bulldogs in second place currently in the conference race.
   Harrison is the current first place team with a perfect 8-0 record in conference action. The Goblins have yet to face the Bulldogs though and will in Harrison for a double-header on Friday,  April 23. ...continued

Bulldogs 'Class Act' In Oklahoma
Win 3 of 4 In Pryor Tournament

4-3-04 By: Brian Vaughn
   Not many in Pryor, Oklahoma knew where Greenwood was at the beginning of the tournament, but a few days and games later. They not only knew where Greenwood was at, but who the Bulldogs were, as they became the "Class Act" of the tournament representing Greenwood.
   The Greenwood Bulldog baseball team moved to 15-5 overall after taking 3 of 4 games in the Pryor, Oklahoma tournament.
   Wednesday the Diamond Dogs faced off against the host school Pryor tigers.
   Mark Leon pitched 6-innings for the Bulldogs giving up only 3 hits....continued

                                      Photo By: Roxanne Benincosa
Jantzen Black and Dillan Black play a little ball in Pryor, Oklahoma. The Dogs won 3 of 4 in the tournament.

Diamond Dogs Sweep Clarksville

3-30-04 By: Brian Vaughn
       Coming off a disappointing split with Greenbrier on Friday and a 6:00 AM practice on Saturday, the Greenwood Bulldogs (12-4, 5-1) were looking to relieve some frustration on someone and that just happened to be the Clarksville Panthers (2-10, 0-6) on Tuesday. 
   Casey Benincosa and Justin Fuchs pitched the game one for the Bulldogs allowing six hits with a combined 10 strikeouts, while the Bulldogs put together seven hits in the game to cruise to a 8-0 win over the Panthers.
   Daniel Stegall and Jantzen Black took the mound for the Bulldogs in game two and only gave up four hits while striking out 10 as the Bulldogs took care of business early winning 13-3 in a 5-inning mercy rule.
   The Diamond Dogs take part in a tournament in Pryor, Oklahoma later in the week....continued  

                   Photo By: Mark Stallings
Greenwood's Justin Fuchs pitches a win against Clarksville on Tuesday 8-0 in Game 1 of a double-header. The Dogs swept Clarksville in Game 2 13-3.
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Diamond Dogs Split With Greenbrier

3-25-04 By: Brian Vaughn
   To only give up only two runs in 15-innings in two games, using only two pitchers in high school baseball is usually an outstanding outing for a team, but when you come home with only one win out of the two games, there's no one on the bus satisfied, especially the coach.
   "We can't hit the ball, that was plain and simple," said Bulldog head coach Craig Jones. "We get two hits off a guy we should get base hits off of. We don't have anybody to come up and make an adjustment. We've seen it for eight innings."
   The Greenbrier Panthers (4-4, 2-4) got the only score of the ball game in the bottom of the 8th-inning to give them the win over the Bulldogs 1-0 in the second game of a double-header at Panther Field.
   The Greenwood Bulldogs (10-4, 3-1) and Panthers fought to a 0-0 tie at the end of 7-innings to send the game into extra-innings....continued

                  Photo By: Brian Vaughn
Cory Allison winds up for the throw against Greenbrier.

Diamond Dogs Finish Strong
Take 2 of 3 In Mountain Home CenturyTel Tournament

3-20-04 By: Brian Vaughn
   The Greenwood Bulldogs (8-3, 2-0) taking part in the Mountain Home CenturyTel Tournament faced 5A Little Rock Catholic in first round action on Friday afternoon.
   The error bug once again would get the best of the Bulldogs in a 7-3 loss to Catholic.
   Cory Allison started for the Bulldogs and pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up 6 hits and posting 5 strikeouts. Jantzen Black pitched the final 2 2/3 innings giving up 5 hits and posting 1 strikeout.
   Jason McDonald went 2 for 4, Jantzen Black 2 for 3, Daniel Stegall 1 for 2 with 2 RBI's. Casey Benincosa picked off 2 of 3 attempting to steal second.
   The Diamond Dogs would hit the field hungry on Saturday....continued

         Photo By: John Fuchs
Scott Loyd waits for his pitch.

Diamond Dogs Sweep Huntsville
 Game 1: 8-1, Game 2: 12-2

3-12-04 By: Brian Vaughn
   Greenwood (6-2, 2-0) started the conference season off the way they wanted too, by sweeping Huntsville.
   Greenwood senior Mark Leon went all 7-innings on the mound for the Bulldogs pitching a spectacular game.
   Leon struck out 12 Huntsville (0-2) batters only giving up two hits and one walk in the first game of a double-header Friday evening.
   Greenwood gave up their lone score of the first game in the 1st-inning, but would score 4 of their own in the bottom of the inning.
   The Bulldogs would add two more runs in the bottom of the 3rd-inning after Mark Leon made short order of the Eagles....continued
  

                                      Photo By: Mark Stallings
Greenwood's Austin Efurd slides in safe against Huntsville as the Bulldogs swept the Eagles 8-1, 12-2 in double-header action Friday evening at Bulldog Field.
                        mark@stallingsphotography.com

Greenwood Takes Two Of Three In Tourney

3-11-04 By: Brian Vaughn
    The Diamond Dogs played three games in four days in the Bentonville Tournament last week in their final tune-up before conference play begins.
   On Monday evening the Bulldogs made short order of Berryville in 5-innings of errorless play 12-0.
   Mark Leon took the win for the Bulldogs going all 5-innings with 7 strikeouts and only giving up 2 hits.
   Jason McDonald was 2 for 3 with an RBI, Daniel Stegall 1 for 3 with 3 RBI's...continued

                                                Photo By: Roxanne Benincosa
Greenwood's Micah Fritsche pitching against Bentonville on Thursday. Greenwood lost 11-1 in 5-innings of play, but won 2 of 3 games during the tournament. Beating Berryville 12-0 and Rogers 5-4.

3-6-04 By: Brian Vaughn
   After being picked apart for 14 hits in a 13-4 loss in the season opener the Diamond Dogs were just looking for their first win of the season Saturday in double-header action against Van Buren at Bulldog Field.
   They would find the win, but would also find they have some more work to do in getting ready for conference play.
   In what was a beautiful day for baseball Saturday afternoon, Greenwood (2-1) would celebrate the dedication of their new blue outfield fence donated by Farmers Bank by sending. ...continued

                                                  Photo By: Mark Stallings
The Bulldogs congratulate teammate Daniel Stegall has he crosses home plate Saturday after he hit a home run over the center field fence.
The Bulldogs beat Van Buren in both games.
                                     mark@stallingsphotography.com

Greenwood Stumbles In Baseball Season Opener
Greenwood 4, Springdale 13

2-26-04 By: Brian Vaughn
   Much like the temperature outside the Diamond 'Dogs started their 2004 season out warm but it only got colder as the day went on.
   Senior Mark Leon would lead the Bulldogs on the mound to start the game. He was replaced by Daniel Stegall in the 4th inning and Stegall was later replaced by Justin Fuchs in the 6th inning.
   Greenwood managed 6 hits for the game, but Springdale picked each pitcher a part for 14 hits in the game.
"Give up 14 hits and walk 7 that don't usually add up to a win," said Bulldog head coach Craig Jones. "We got behind a lot of hitters and when you get behind...continued

                            Photo By: Brian Vaughn
Micah Fritsche leads off third base against Springdale in the season opener for the Diamond Dogs. Greenwood lost 13-4.

2-18-04 By: Brian Vaughn
    Second year Bulldog baseball head coach Craig Jones returns six starters from his 20-6 first season. The first item up for Coach Jones is to find replacements for his graduated ace pitchers from last season Micah Spahn and Brandon Dunn ...continued

Expectations High For 2004 Diamond Dogs

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4-26-04 By: Brian Vaughn
   The Bulldogs had to wait a little longer than they wanted to assume first place in the AAAA-West.
   The Greenwood-Harrison game was rained out on Friday and had to be played on Monday, but not before another hour delay as another tournament was using the field in Harrison.
   All the delays didn't slow the Bulldogs down though as they went right after the Harrison Goblins who up to that point had a perfect 10-0 record in conference action, but after tangling with the Greenwood Bulldogs were 10-2.
   The Bulldogs took both games 14-7 and 14-2 in 5-innings...continued

                                Photo By: Brian Vaughn
Mark Leon about to deliver another strike for the Bulldogs.

4-27-04 By: Brian Vaughn
   One, two, three- Just that quick the Greenwood Bulldogs clinched the AAAA-West conference championship at Airedale field with a triple play to end the final inning and clinched the outright championship.
   Greenood took game two of the final doubleheader of the conferene season 5-0 over rival Alma.
   "Conference champs," said a happy Craig Jones head coach of the Bulldogs following the sweep of Alma. "First conference championship since '99 and the first for this group of seniors in any sport. They were glad they got one....continued

Photo By: Brian Vaughn
Coach Jones and The Bulldog Seniors Celebrate Their Conference Championship.

5-3-04 By: Brian Vaughn
   The Greenwood Bulldogs took their #1 seed out of the AAAA-West down to Little Rock Mills to face Crossett out of the southeast.
   Jantzen Black started the Bulldogs off in the 1st inning with a home run over the center field fence.
   Greenwood added their second and final run of the contest in the there third on a wild pitch by the Eagles pitcher... continued

 Photo By: Brian Vaughn
Cory Allison gets after it all against Magnolia. The Diamond Dogs Advance To Semi-Finals.

5-5-04 By: Brian Vaughn
   Greenwood came into this afternoon's game looking to continue their march to Baum Stadium.
   The Magnolia Panters had that plan also as the Panther Pitcher pitched the best game of the season against Greenwood, but not before helping Greenwood take a 2-0 lead in the first after hitting two Bulldog batters.
   Magnolia closed the lead to 2-1 in the top of the 4th, but the Bulldogs would answer the challenge scoring 3 in the bottom of the inning to extend their lead to 5-1, which would turn out to be the final...continued

5-6-04 By: Brian Vaughn  
   It was like a heavy weight fight bwtween the top two prize fighters as top ranked Sylvan Hills and Greenwood battled for a chance to compete for a state championship.
   With such evenly matched teams it would come down to who got the breaks of the game to determine the winner.
   Today was Sylvan Hills day as with the luck of a fair ball call down the third base line in the bottom of the 4th-inning with two out the Bears busted the game open scoring 4 runs to take a 5-0 lead.
   The Bulldogs had their....continued

Photos By: Brian Vaughn
Jantzen Black aims for the outfield.

5-14-04 By: Brian Vaughn  
   Greenwood set a school record of wins in 2004 going 26-7.
   Along the way the Bulldogs won the AAAA-West Conference Championship and set state records for number of hits and runs scored in a game.
   Head Baseball Coach Craig Jones looks back on the 2004 season and on each of his seniors....continued