Jim Walker

jim.walker@irontontribune.com

 

AID — Chayden Renfroe’s performance made his dad proud. The Symmes Valley Vikings were pretty happy, too.

Renfroe struck out nine and didn’t walk a batter as he pitched a five inning four-hitter to lead the Symmes Valley Vikings to an 11-1 rout of the Western Indians in a Southern Ohio Conference game.

Chayden — son of Vikings’ head coach Chad Renfroe — was making his first career start.

Symmes Valley (5-0, 4-0) had 12 its led by Tanner Mays who was 3-for-3 with a double and Payton Hayes who was 2-2.

Trent Thompson was 2-3 while Austin Mannon, Jacob Klaiber, Tyler Carpenter, Nick Klaiber and Renfroe all had a hit.

Jacob Klaiber had a two-run single as the Vikings went up 3-1 in the first inning.

Carpenter had two-run double and Thompson a two-run single in a six-run second inning and it was 9-1.

The Vikings added two runs in the third to cap the scoring.

The Vikings host Portsmouth Clay on Wednesday in an SOC game.

Western 100 00 = 1 4 3

Sym. Valley 362 0x = 11 12 1

Adam Smithson and Dustin Branscomb. Chayden Renfroe and Cameron Meadows. W-Renfroe (K-9, BB-0). L-Smithson (K-1, BB-4). Hitting Western: Dustin Branscomb 1-2, Brandon Brewster 2-2, Adam Smithson 1-2; SV: Payton Hayes 2-2, Austin Mannon 1-1, Tanner Mays 3-3 2B, Jacob Klaiber 1-3, Trent Thompson 2-3, Tyler Carpenter 1-2 2B, Chayden Renfroe 1-2, Nick Klaiber 1-2.