The Roanoke Rapids JV Yellow Jackets baseball team opened their 2016 season at home Wednesday at Doyle field hosting the Northern Nash Knights.

The Jackets came up short losing to Northern Nash 7-3.

Leading hitters for the Jackets were: Cameron Salmon with a double and 1 RBI, Aaron Jackson with a single and Peyton Jackson with a single

On the mound for the JV Jackets:

Cameron Salmon pitched three innings with 1 strikeout, walked 3 batters, allowed 2 hits and 2 runs.

Aaron Jackson pitched 2 innings with 3 strikeouts,  walked 3 batters, allowed 4 hits and 4 runs.

Jake Van Dam pitched 2 innings with 5 strikeouts, walked 2 batters,  allowed 2 hits and 1 run.

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Head coach Tyler Snyder's post game comments, "This was our first game and I'm extremely happy of the guys. We made some mistakes but that is baseball. We hit into 3 double plays ut made solid contact which was just right at them. We had good pitching and good defense that got us out of jams which will give us confidence going forward."

The JV Jackets will be back in action Wednesday February 9th at Northern Nash with the first pitch at 4:30 PM.

Photos by Randy Wrenn