COLUMBIA – The Enterprise Yellow Jackets secured a huge district win Thursday night with a 7-4 victory over the East Marion Eagles in Region 8-2A baseball action.

With the win, Enterprise wins the district crown and will have a first round bye in the Class 2A state playoffs.

This was a huge win for us,” said Enterprise coach Cass Brister. “It wasn’t pretty, but we got the job done. Austin Fuller pitched lights out in a really big game. W needed him to step up and he responded to the task.”

I am so proud of my guys for winning district,” continued Brister. “This was a huge accomplishment considering the good teams we had to play. Overall, I am glad to get the win, but we need to refocus if we want to make a run in the playoffs. We still have adjustments that we still need to work on to be more successful.”

The Jackets (10-9, 8-2) will be in action Monday as they visit Bogue Chitto to take on the Bobcats. Junior varsity action starts at 5 p.m., followed by the varsity contest at 7 p.m.

Enterprise 7, East Marion 4 

The Jackets managed to overcome a slow start in the first inning as the Eagles held a 4-2 lead and outscored East Marion 5-0 in the last three innings to prevail.

Austin Fuller provided a dominating performance on the mound for the Jackets, collecting 16 strikeouts and walkeing only five batters.

Quitman Smith suffered the loss for the Eagles with 11 strikeouts and 10 walks.

Hunter Richardson, Jackson Cole and Max Miller were the offensive leaders for Enterprise with a single apiece.

Daveeon Jefferson paced East Marion at the plate with two singles. Anthony Ingram, Charlie James and Joseph Lefebvre hit safely.