The Harrison Golden Goblins were able to stay focused Friday as they swept a doubleheader from Vilonia, 6-3, and 13-0 at the Community First Bank Sports Complex on Jack Williams Field. In the first contest used a dominate second inning of play to take advantage of Vilonia. In the frame, Harrison had four players cross homeplate.

Brian Lofton got things started in the second with a lead off single. He then stole second base. Hayden Stokes stepped to the plate and got a single to put runners on first and third.

What was supposed to be a sacrifice bunt for Curtis Clark, actually turned out to be an error as Lofton was able to come home after a wild throw. With runners on first and second, Matt Brown would get an RBI single to score Stokes and Clark. Brown would then steal second and third and tried to steal home, but was tagged out at the plate for the first out of the inning.

John Viehmann would then get on base from a walk, steal second, Matt Crowder would then ground out for the second out of the frame. Jordan Pratt then stepped to the plate and picked up the RBI single to score Viehmann from second base. Vilonia was able to get a run in the first, fourth and fifth innings of play.

Harrison scored two runs in the first inning. Brown got on base with a lead off double. Viehmann would be walked to put runners on first and second.

Jordan Pratt would get a sacrifice fly to score Brown for the first run and Austin Tate picked up an RBI single to score Viehmann. The guys did a good job of making the plays when we needed them to, said Harrison coach Kirk Bock. In the second contest of the evening, Harrison went straight to work picking up two runs in the first, six in the second and five in the third inning of play to defeat Vilonia.

In the first inning, Brown would get a base hit, but was caught trying to steal second for the first out of the inning. Viehmann then connected for a triple. Crowder picked up the base hit to score Viehmann.

Pratt then picked up a triple and Tate would get on base from an error by the shortstop. Blake Curtis was walked to load the bases. Lofton would then get a base hit to score Pratt for the two runs in the frame.

In the second inning, Curtis Clark got things started for Harrison with a walk. Brown then got a base hit and Viehmann was walked to load the bases. Crowder got a base hit to score Clark.

Pratt was walked to score Brown. Tate would also be walked to score Garrett Bock, who was in the game as a courtesy runner for Viehmann. Curtis hit a sacrifice fly to score Crowder.

Lofton got a base hit to score Pratt and Stokes picked up the base hit to score Tate, giving the Goblins their six runs. The third inning, Harrison was able to manage five more runs to put the contest well out of reach of Vilonia. Brown got things started for Harrison once again with a base hit.

Viehmann followed with a base hit. Crowder would then connect for a two RBI single to score Brown and Viehmann. Pratt would get a base hit and Tate would then pick up a three run homer to clear the bases and give Harrison their fifth run of the frame.

Tate was the winning pitcher for the contest. He threw a one hitter. This is a big win for us, said Bock.

Last year we played them and ended up beating them the first time and they came back to beat us in the second contest. That didn t happen this year. The guys stayed focused and were ready to play.