NATCHEZ — Columbia Academy watched two batted balls leave the park Friday night — one a solo shot that cleared the batter’s eye in center field in the second inning, and the other a three-run blast in the fifth inning.

The Cougar hitters poured it on Adams County Christian School in five innings, earning a 14-1 win.

“You miss your spot, and they made you pay,” Rebels’ coach Matthew Freeman said. “That was a very good-hitting ball team.”

Jace Calcote got the start for the Rebels. After hitting the leadoff man, Calcote got two outs.

Columbia made him pay for a missed pitch with a two-out RBI double, but Calcote limited the damage in the first inning.

Columbia jumped on Adams County in the second. Slade Willes launched a leadoff home run to center field. Columbia sprung for four runs that inning before Calcote struck out Columbia’s Dylan Martin for the third out.

Calcote lead off with a single to put the Rebels in the hit column, and stole second during the following at bat. With one out, Adams County’s rally was cut short. Columbia’s Willes caught a fly ball and made a hard throw from right field that doubled off Calcote in the baseline as he tried to take third base.

Columbia racked up four more runs in the top of the third inning, the final one of Calcote’s outing.

Caden Gillespie entered in relief for Adams County to pitch the fourth and fifth innings before Columbia completed its 14-1 rout.

“We’ve got a long way to go as far as our discipline, our pitching, our fielding,” Freeman said. “Every bit of this is just as good as practice.”

Adams County managed to tack on one run in the bottom of the fifth, an RBI single from Brady Bean scored Alex McCready. Freeman said, with four games left in the season, he is focusing on giving his young team plenty of reps at the varsity level.

“You look at the score and it’s 14-1, and everybody get’s frustrated,” Freeman said. “You hang your head and pout, but that’s a lesson right there. We’ve got a long way to go before we start competing with the big boys like that.”

The Rebels will host Simpson Academy on Tuesday in the first game of a home-and-away series. The Rebel’s final series against Laurel begins in Natchez on April 19.

“It is what you make of it,” Freeman said. “You can hang your heads and pout or go out and shoot for four.”