Parker's reaching the century mark in his fifth season is quite a feat, but he is quick to give credit to everyone that's been involved with Cascade baseball over that time.

"The first thing is just having kids that love the game and are willing to work hard and good people helping me and supporting me," he said. "(Assistant coach) Scott (Comstock) has been a major part of that.

"Our willingness to work hard and put in the extra time in January, February and especially during the summer has helped us to elevate our game to build a real good program and pick up where (former Cascade coach) David (Parker) left off."

The teams traded out their aluminum bats in order to bang around with the wood for both contests. Cascade didn't appear fazed, scored in each of the first four innings and took the first game 9-1.

"We worked hard on staying inside the ball and hitting it where it's pitched (Wednesday) in practice, and we did that in the game today," Parker said. "We worked hard on getting bunts down and placing them and that showed up in the game today also. (The wood bats) just really made them focus harder and play the game the right way."

Starting pitcher Jay Bishop scattered three hits to pick up the 'W'. The sophomore southpaw walked four and struck out a pair in his complete-game performance.

Senior Corey Mullins delivered a third of his team's total in the 'H' column with two singles and a double. Fellow senior Kyle Clanton double, singled and drove in a pair of runs.

Hornet hurler Austin Williams took the loss.

Cascade 11, Huntland 1: Mullins picked up where he left off in the nightcap, swinging the lumber around the yard at a pace that would make Paul Bunyan smile. The center fielder banged out three singles and drove home three scores.

"Corey started out on fire for us and then got away from his approach," Parker said. "Putting the wood bat in his hand at practice and today in the game made him focus even more, and he did a real good job. You could see him making adjustments during at-bats.

"He also laid down some excellent bunts for us, beat them out and put a lot of pressure on them."

Not to be outdone, Clanton produced a two more base knocks and two RBIs.

Clanton wasn't done helping shoulder the load when he slid on his mitt. The right-hander tossed all five innings, striking out three while allowing only two hits in the victory.

Getting through 12 innings against the Hornets with only using two pitchers was a pleasant sight for the Champions (15-3).

"After playing two big district games and using some arms, the kids just worked real hard," Parker said. "They came in and threw strikes. They pitched to contact instead of going out there trying to strike everybody out. They were able to keep their pitch counts down and get complete games."

Jacob Neal was the losing pitcher.

Cascade's game in Lynchburg today versus Moore County was moved up to 3 p.m. They also added a home game on April 17 with Cornersville.