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Photo courtesy Andrew Tenbusch

Photo courtesy Andrew Tenbusch

Photo courtesy Andrew Tenbusch

Photo courtesy Andrew Tenbusch

Photo courtesy Andrew Tenbusch

Photo courtesy Andrew Tenbusch

Photo courtesy Andrew Tenbusch

Photo courtesy Andrew Tenbusch

Photo courtesy Andrew Tenbusch

NATCHEZ — It did not take long for visiting Oak Forest Academy to establish itself as the one of the top teams not only in MAIS Class 5A, but also the entire state as the Yellow Jackets took care of the Adams County Christian School Rebels 13-0 in just four innings last Tuesday afternoon at Papa New Field.

Game 1 of this best-of-three 2025 MAIS Class 5A South State Playoffs first-round game between the host and District 4-5A No. 4 seed Rebels and the District 3-5A champion and No. 1 seed Yellow Jackets from Amite, La. turned out to be one in which ACCS would rather forget.

ACCS was out-hit by Oak Forest Academy 10 to two, walked a combined seven batters between starting pitcher Coleman Carter and reliever Jackson Anderson, and committed five errors. ON the other hand, winning pitcher Logan Freche walked just two batters and the defense behind him committed no errors.

The Yellow Jackets (20-4) scored three runs in the top of the first inning and that was pretty much all of the run support Freche needed. He allowed just two hits — singles by Colton Rabb and Sean Kerry Cothern, who each went 1-for-2 — struck out six batters, and the only walks he issued were to Carter as well as Ryder Smith.

However, the Yellow Jackets were not even close to being done bringing in players across home plate. They did that seven times in the top of the second inning to make it a 10-0 game and that was it for Carter on the mound. He gave up 10 runs, only five of them earned, on eight hits with four strikeouts and five walks in his two innings.

Anderson then gave up three runs, none of them earned, in the top of the third inning and just like that Oak Forest was ahead 13-0. Anderson was able to keep the Yellow Jackets off the scoreboard in the top of the fourth, but the Rebels’ bats remained silent against Freche in the bottom of the fourth as OFA run-ruled ACCS after four innings of play.

In his two innings on the mound, Anderson allowed two hits, walked two batter, and struck out one batter.

Freche also helped his own cause by going 3-for-4 with a double and one run batted in. Keegan Kelsey hit a home run and went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored. Kaul Perkins also hit a home run for the Yellow Jackets. Blayke Danna was 2-for-3 with two RBis while Cole Covington went 1-for-3 with a double, one RBI, one run scored. Perkins went 1-for-2 with one RBI, three runs scored, one stolen base, was walked twice, and reached on a error.

With the loss, ACCS fell to 14-12 overall. The Rebels will travel to Amite, Louisiana, to take on Oak Forest Academy for Game 2 of the series at 4:30 p.m. Friday. If they upset the Yellow Jackets in that game, a third and deciding game will take place at 6:30 p.m.

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