Official Twitter page of BHS Baseball. 2023 State 2A Champions. HC Alex Leonhardt. Asst Coaches Brad Hoyle, Mark Mackall, Wade Walker and Patrick Mauney.
Southern Piedmont Conference Player of the Year - Marshall McGowan!!!
Marshall also set the hits (55) and RBI (51) single season record for Burns
@MarshallMcGowa4
The battery of Avery Bridges and Zach Wilson close out the CCC Yeti’s first game. A 12-2 win versus Surry. Congratulations to
@CoachGeneBowles
on his first W at
@cccyetis
Congratulations
@ColbyPutnam3
Southern Piedmont Player of the Year and All-State.
.495 BA, 14-2B, 8-HR, 49-RBI, 35-Runs. 12-SB
13-2, 0.63 ERA, 136-K, 17-BB, 0.625 WHIP
Congratulations to Joseph Webb and Ben Mauney. The Southern Piedmont Athletic Conference, Pitcher and Player of the years, respectively.
@j_webb2004
@mauney_ben
Congratulations to
@j_webb2004
on signing with Catawba College to play baseball. We are very proud of Joseph and look forward to his continued success.
@NCPost100
If there ever were a former player who could take adversity and get back up it is
@Thomas_Bridges6
. TB was diagnosed with CML this past week a form of leukemia. He will keep it under control and
#StriveForGreatness
. A message from his family and doctors, is to
#GiveBlood
Proud of our guys after responding to a slow start Tuesday night with a 11-0 W vs McMichael.
@JacksonToney_
with a perfect game and also 2 clutch hits. Shoutout to our defense for a great job with JT.
@MarshallMcGowa4
with a leadoff HR. Nick Williams and Camden Mackall had 3 hits
THE BULLDOGS HAVE DEFEATED THE PREVIOUSLY UNDEFEATED CREST CHARGERS, 7-1! WAY TO GO GUYS!!! We advance to championship game against the South Caldwell-Shelby winner tomorrow night at 7, please come out to Keeter Stadium and support your Bulldogs!!!
CONGRATULATIONS COACH
@AlexLeonhardt1
on your Big South co-coach of the year selection! Also CONGRATULATIONS Wade Walker, Dalton Putnam, Colton Stroupe, Colby Ferguson and Alex Pendleton on your all conference selections!
Burns High School Baseball was all over Clover 13-2 in the first round of the Easter tournament at Shelby! Avery Bridges went 4 for 5 including a 3 run home run and Colson Miller hit a 2 run home run. We scored four runs top 4 and SIX runs top 7! Way to go Bulldogs!
All Conference player Ethan Guy
@EthanGu80054008
was on fire in the post season. He batted .478 with 12 RBIs and 6 Runs scored in the 8 state playoff games helping Burns to a State Championship
#Braves
family, please pray for one of our own
@Thomas_Bridges6
and his family. I promise you, he’s one of the biggest Braves fans you’ll ever meet and an even better person. God never gives you anything you can’t handle and he is the ultimate physician! He’s got this!
BULLDOGS BEAT STUART CRAMER 7-0! Complete game 5 hit shutout from Matt Pittman and a 2 run home run from Avery Bridges, who had two other hits as well! Dylan Beaver and Brack Bivins had 2 hits each as well. Great win. Bulldogs host Forestview on Friday. JV at 4, Varsity at 7.
Bulldogs win at Forestview 7-4! Dub Wilson and Colson Miller had two hits each. Brack Bivins and Patrick Spangler split time on the mound. We took the lead for good with a 3-run 4th. Way to go BULLDOGS! We are at KMtomorrow night, weather permitting! Big game. Come support.
BULLDOGS BEAT SOUTH POINT 4-2 to advance to the championship of the Easter tournament tomorrow night at 7. We scored three runs in the 5th to take the lead for good! Dub Wilson pitched 6 strong innings, striking out 10, only walking one and he had two hits. Way to go Dogs!
Eli Cooke led off the 7th with a hit, Dubesko sacrificed him to 2nd. Wild pitch moved him to 3rd. Nick Williams draws a walk and steals 2nd. IBB to
@MarshallMcGowa4
led to
@ColbyPutnam3
walk off grand slam.
@PrepBaseballNC
Dogs 7 Patton 3
Congratulations to
@j_webb2004
for being named All-Area pitcher of the year.
@mauney_ben
for being named 1st team and
@ColbyPutnam3
for being named 2nd team. Thanks
@JoeLHughesII
and the Gazette/Star for their coverage this year.
2023 graduate, Reid Stroupe was a three year starter for Burns Baseball at catcher. He’s a very reliable young man, shows up everyday and works without question. He did a great job handling our pitching staff and mentoring younger players. Tough hard nose young man
Burns wins at Cherryville 7-2. Led by
@JacksonToney_
(25 uncommitted) and
@MarshallMcGowa4
(25 uncommitted). Toney took the win striking out 9 in 5.2. Josh Taylor (24 LHP uncommitted) struck out 4 Ironmen the last 1.1. McGowan was 3-4 HR and a 2B.
@ColbyPutnam3
(25 GWU)was 3-4 too
Our 2001 team that was the first ever to reach the playoffs, went 23-7 and reached the Western Finals, was honored tonight before the game. Was coached by Richard Howell.
The team will be getting their state championship rings at halftime of the
@burnsbulldogs
football game tonight. Come out and support. The game starts at 7:30.
Southern Piedmont, Pitcher of the Year, Colby Putnam
@ColbyPutnam3
Colby finished the year 12-1 with 123 strikeouts and a 1.42 ERA.
Colby was also the MVP of the State Championship.
BULLDOGS BEAT ASHBROOK 9-1! WAY TO GO BULLDOGS! 1-0 IN THE BIG SOUTH! Three hits each from Zach Wilson and Colson Miller! Matthew Pittman went 6 innings and Patrick Spangler closed it out!
Thank you all who supported our annual reverse raffle BBQ fundraiser tonight. Food was really good. Congratulations to Penny Martin and Steven McMurry who were the top two and split $2750. Money went to a good cause. We are hoping to enclose our batting cage.
Thank you
@CCCYeti_BSBL
@CoachGeneBowles
for addressing the crowd here at our annual reverse raffle fundraiser. He is excited about our upcoming season and urges everyone to come out and support your Burns Bulldog baseball team. GO BULLDOGS!
BULLDOGS BEAT SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH 4-2! Next up is the AC Reynolds-North Iredell winner Friday or Saturday, we will likely be at AC Reynolds, if North Iredell upsets them we would be at home. WAY TO GO BULLDOGS!
BULLDOGS shut out Hunter Huss 6-0! Brack Bivins and Hunter Lail combined on a one-hitter! Dub Wilson, Cade Hoyle and Hunter Lail had 2 hits each. We host Stuart Cramer Friday, weather permitting. GO BULLDOGS!
Congratulations to our football coach
@DevineDomino
and
@Zwilli18
for splitting the $5,000 at tonight’s reverse raffle! Coach Devine would have won it all. Thank you all for your support! It was very successful. Had a great turnout!
Congratulations to
@jordan_rumfelt
, our new Head Varsity Baseball Coach!
Coach Rumfelt has over 11 years coaching experience and has served as a JV Head coach for 5. 2021-22 was his 1st year with CHASE after successful stints at RS Central and Burns High School.
#
#GoldStandard
BULLDOGS BEAT BESSEMER CITY 11-0 in 5 innings! Zach Wilson led the team with 3 hits & 3 runs in 4 AB’s. Dylan Beaver pitched 4 strong innings and Austin Mancuso closed it out. Way to go guys! We host East Burke Thur. JV @ 4, Varsity @ 7. Game was originally scheduled for EB.
Proud of our team!!! It is such a beautiful feat for all the kids while pulling for their teammates. Team first mentality. Thank you Richard McGinnis for the artwork
Marshall McGowan All-State and All-Conference after an injury and “slow” start. .495 BA, 11-2B, 1-3B, 11-HR, 43-RBI, 49-Runs
In the playoffs
@MarshallMcGowa4
.520, 2-2B,1-3B,5-HR
The pitching staff this week vs Cherryville. 2-0, giving up one earned run with 30 K’s. Great job
@JacksonToney_
(25 uncommitted)
@ColbyPutnam3
(25 GWU) and Josh Taylor (2024 uncommitted LHP)