Despite a solid outing from senior Tyler Knight, the Cascade Champions were unable to generate the needed offense behind him and fell, 4-0, to visiting Huntland on Thursday afternoon.
The righty flamethrower notched 13 punch outs over five innings pitched, but was tagged for four runs on five hits, two of which were earned.
Huntland struggled in the early goings and both teams sat in a scoreless stalemate after three innings.
It wasn’t until a three-run fourth inning that Huntland broke the game open.
Huntland added a fourth run in the top of the sixth inning.
Jonathan Crosslin worked the final two innings in relief and gave up just one hit, while striking out two.
Daxton Hittson led Cascade at the plate with a pair of singles, while sophomores Conner Melson and Caden Hammonds each doubled.
Cascade will be back on its home field on Monday, hosting Cornersville at 5 p.m.

Huntland 000 301 0 — 4
Cascade 000 000 0 — 0

Cascade: Caden Hammonds 1-for-2, Conner Melson 1-for-3, Daxton Hittson 2-for-3, Hunter Lemmons 1-for-4, Ryan Inmon 1-for-3.

Eagleville 11, Cascade 1
EAGLEVILLE — The Eagleville Eagles dashed Cascade’s hope of a strong opening start on Tuesday in an 10-1 win over the Champions in the 2022 season opener.
The Eagles plated four runs in the second inning and added three more in the third to take a 7-0 run.
Eagleville tacked on two more in the sixth and a final run in the seventh.
Cascade was able to scrap just one run across the plate on a RBI by Sawyer Lovvorn.
Chance Brown led the Champs at the plate with a pair of hits to account for Cascade’s offense.
On the mound, Cascade split work among four pitchers, with Zach Crosslin putting in 2 2/3 innings of work.

Cascade 000 001 0 — 1 2 1
Eagleville 043 021 x — 10 7 1

Cascade: Chance Brown 2-for-3.
WP: Baker
LP: Bates