MARYVILLE, Tenn. - LaGrange stayed alive in the CCS Baseball Tournament with a 9-2 victory over top-seeded Maryville on Thursday afternoon at Scotland Yard. The Panthers (19-22) will face the Huntingdon on Friday at 3 p.m.

LC got outstanding relief pitching from Parker Copeland (1-1), while Noah Preuer led the Panthers' 14-hit attack with three hits and two RBIs. Copeland relieved starter Eduardo Peralta in the fourth inning. He threw five scoreless innings, holding the Scots (31-11) to just one hit. Caden Hare closed out the win by pitching a scoreless ninth inning. 

Maryville touched up Peralta for two runs in the second inning. The Panthers got a run back in the top of the third. Curt Bonner's two-out double brought home Riley George to make it 2-1.

LC broke the game open with a five-run fifth inning to build a 6-2 lead. Five different Panthers drove in a run in the inning. Preuer, Carson Burgamy, and Adam Dorn all had run-scoring singles. Jackson McElvey drove in a run with a ground out and David Smigelski added a sacrifice fly.

The Panthers tacked on two more runs in the sixth inning. McElvey was hit by a pitch to start the inning. He stole second and came around to score on an error. Preuer's two-out single scored Jorge Fragoso to give LC a 8-2 lead. The Panthers closed out the scoring in the eighth as Bonner came home on Smigelski's sacrifice bunt.