The Cardinals continued their winning streak Tuesday evening when they traveled to Skiatook and defeated the Bulldogs by a score of 12 to 2. The Cardinals jumped out to an early lead when they scored five runs in the top half of the first. Tyler Nair led off the game with a single and singles by Jonathan Bewely and Josh Walker netted the Cards their first run. David Chester followed with a walk and a run later scored when Kevin Phillips reached first on a fielder's choice. Ryan Coe drew another walker and Brad Aguillard drove home two runs when he singled. Alex Belitz followed Aguillard with a single and drove home the final run of the inning. The Bulldogs countered with a manufactured run in their half of the inning on a walk, sacrifice bunt, passed ball and a ground out that scored the run. Collinsville scored three runs in the second inning when Walker reached first on a walk. David Chester followed with a towering drive over the left center field fence, his fourth of the year. Phillips followed Chester with a single and later scored on an Aguillard single. The Cards managed to score once in the third inning. Consecutive singles by Nair and Bewely put runners in scoring position with Nair scoring on a Skiatook error. Skiatook scored their final run of the game on a double and a single. The Cardinals scored three times in the fifth and final inning when Bewely doubled and Walker singled to set the stage for Chester's third run batted in. Phillips followed Chester and received a walk. Aguillard followed Chester and drove in his third and fourth runs of the game when he doubled.

Josh Walker started on the bump for the Cardinals and pitched four strong innings allowing two runs, two hits, walking one and striking out seven. Belitz pitched the fifth inning and did not allow a run while giving up one hit and struck out one.

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Walker, Belitz (5) and Shoate; W: Walker (2-0). HR: Chester (4).

The Collinsville Cardinals posted their second victory of the day when they defeated the El Reno Indians by a score of 12 to2 in five innings. Starting Cardinal Pitcher, Eric Sirmon, limited the Indians to one run and two hits while walking two and striking out three. Jeremy Guest pitched the final inning for the Cardinals and allowed one run, one hit, a walk and struck out two.

The Cardinals scored three runs in the first. Tyler Nair reached first on an error and Josh Walker drew a base on balls. David Chester then hit a towering home run over the left center field fence to plate three Cardinal runs. Ryan Coe followed with a double and was later thrown out at the plate for the third out on a Matt Sowards single. In the second inning the Cards score four times. Consecutive El Reno errors allowed Jake Hamlin and Shawn Curtis to reach base. Jonathan Bewely followed with a single that plated Hamlin and Walker walked to load the bases for Chester. Chester responded with a base clearing double driving in his fourth, fifth and sixth runs of the game. The third inning saw the Cards scoring twice when Bewely singled and Walker and Chester drew consecutive walks. This allowed Brad Aguillard to plate two runners when he singled. The Cardinals did not score in the fourth, but put the game away in the fifth when they scored three times. Nair led off the inning with a single that was followed by Walker receiving a base on balls and Chester was hit by a pitch. Aguillard singled to drive home his third Cardinal runner of the game. Coe followed with a double that plated both Chester and Aguillard.

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Sirmon, Guest (5) and Coe and Shoate; W: Sirmon (1-0). Hr: Chester (5).

Jonathan Bewely lined a single to right field that scored Shawn Curtis which allowed the Cardinals to post a dramatic 8 to 7 victory over Class 6A Putnam City Patriots. The Cards had to score two runs in their half of the last inning to secure the win. Matt Sowards led off the inning with a single and went to third when Shawn Curtis doubled. Sowards later scored the tying run when a pitched ball got past the Patriot catcher and stuck in the backstop padding. It was a hard fought game that saw the lead change three times before Bewely's game winning single. Putnam City jumped to the lead in the first when they scored three times. The Cardinals countered in their half of the inning when they also scored three. Tyler Nair started the rally when he singled and advanced to second on Josh Walker's single. David Chester was safe on an error that loaded the bases. Brad Aguillard lifted a sacrifice fly to left that plated Nair. Ryan Coe, Alex Belitz and Sowards drew consecutive walks with the Belitz and Sowards walks plating runs. The Patriots re-took the lead in the second when they scored a single run. The Cards took the lead for the first in the second. Bewely doubled and later scored when Josh Walker lined a home run over the right center field fence. Coe followed with a single but was unable to score. Putnam City once again took the lead in the next inning when they scored twice and the Cards did not score in their half of the inning. In the fourth inning the Patriots first batter led off with a double that caused the Cardinals to replace starting pitcher, Curtis. Belitz became the Cardinal Pitcher and over the next three innings would only allow the runner he inherited to score. Walker relieved Belitz in the seventh and pitched a scoreless seventh.

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Curtis, Belitz (4), Walker (7) and Coe; W: Walker (3-0). HR: Walker (6).

The Collinsville Cardinals traveled to Oklahoma City Friday, March 17th and were scheduled to play three games in the Bishop McGuinness Festival, but the festival was cancelled when Oklahoma City Bishop McGuinness head coach Joe Cook suffered a fatal heart attack while coaching his team against Mount St. Mary. Mr. Cook was standing in the third base coaching box and slumped over and fell to the ground. Paramedics worked on Cook for about 45 minutes and he was taken to Integris Baptist Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to Oklahoma City newspaper, The Oklahoman. Mr. Cook was a well respected coach and personal friend of Collinsville coach, Tony Reeder. Cook led the Irish to a Class 4A state championship in 2002 and state runner-up in 1984 and 2001. He had also been named the Oklahoman's All-City Coach of the Year in 1981, 1984 and 2002. The Cardinal Baseball family extends its sympathy and prayers to the Cook family and Bishop McGuinness School.

The opening pitch of the American Bank of Oklahoma Baseball Classic is now scheduled for Thursday, March 23 at 11:00 am. The classic, consisting of two four team pools, will continue through Saturday the 25th.. This year's Classic will include Pawhuska (last year's winner), Bixby, Coweta, East Central of Tulsa, Enid, Grove and Ponca City. This field of eight should provide plenty of excitement and great baseball.

Thursday

11:00 AM Enid vs. Pawhuska
1:30 PM Ponca City vs. Coweta
4:00 PM Bixby vs. Grove
6:30 PM Collinsville vs. East Central

Friday

11:00 AM Bixby vs. Pawhuska
1:30 PM Ponca City vs. East Central
4:00 PM Grove vs. Enid
6:30 PM Collinsville vs. Coweta

Saturday

10:00 AM Coweta vs. East Central
12:30 PM Grove vs. Pawhuska
3:00 PM Bixby vs. Enid
5:30 PM Collinsville vs. Ponca City

Saturday (approximately 6pm)

3rd Place Game
2nd Place Game
1st Place Game