Roundup: Eastside Wins, Burton, Rye Cove Fall In Region 1d Baseball Openers

Eastside, Chilhowie and Honaker came out with wins on Thursday in the opening round of the Region 1D baseball tournament. In Coeburn, Drew Richards went 3-for-4 and drove in four runs to power Eastside to a 15-2 quarterfinal victory over Holston. Dakota Moore was 2-for-3, also plating four runs, and Noah Rasnick picked up the pitching win after striking out 11 batters and allowing four hits over 5 1/3 innings for the Spartans. Host Chilhowie scored all of its runs over the first three innings and Daniel Boardwine was 2-for-3 with two RBIs in a 6-2 victory over J.I.