SEBRING - After battling a case of the nerves in Friday night's first-round 10-0 loss to Sebring, Avon Park bounced back in a big way in the Dixie AAA District 8 tournament at Max Long Recreational Complex.
The boys in red and white eliminated Clewiston from the double-elimination tournament by a score of 14-4 on Saturday morning, and then stormed from behind to eliminate Okeechobee National 12-11 on Saturday afternoon.
Okeechobee National took an early 2-0 lead, but Avon Park answered with five runs in the second inning.
Avon Park added to its lead in the bottom of the third inning by scoring two more runs for a comfortable 7-3 advantage.
Okeechobee National kept pecking away and finally took an 11-10 lead in the top of the sixth inning with the help of a couple of Avon Park errors.
Down to its last three outs and facing elimination, Avon Park took advantage of a pair of Okeechobee National errors and a ground out to put the tying run at third and the winning run at second base.
A single to right field tied the game, and when the throw got away, the winning run alertly raced home to keep Avon Park alive.
Avon Park faced Sebring on Sunday afternoon.
For the complete story and pictures see Tuesday's Highlands Today sports section.
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