BY CLIFF SMELLEY
Bradford High School’s baseball team was held to five hits in a 9-1 loss to fourth seed West Nassau in an April 29 District 2-3A tournament quarterfinal game in Callahan.
The fifth seed Tornadoes (9-14) took the early lead with a run in the top of the first. Ryland Rike, who reached on a fielder’s choice, stole second and advanced to third on a Ryder Thompson ground out. He scored when the Warriors committed an error on a Mattox Burgin fly ball.
West Nassau (13-12) scored five runs in the bottom of the first.
Jeffrey Brugh went 2 for 4 for Bradford, which also got a double from Patrick Pendarvis.
Bradford entered the tournament off an 8-2 loss to visiting Baldwin in the regular-season finale on April 25.
The Tornadoes trailed 5-0 before scoring both of their runs in the third. Brugh and Rike singled, with Brugh scoring on a Thompson sacrifice fly. Rike later scored on a wild pitch.
Brugh finished 3 for 4.
