off and running

Belhaven got its season off to a nice start on a cold Saturday, sweeping newbie Blue Mountain 9-0 and 10-0 at Smith-Wills Stadium. The Blazers got good pitching from starters Brett Blaise and Allen Johnson, but perhaps the most notable performance was delivered by Anthony Doss. The Southern Miss transfer, making his Blazers debut, went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI in each game. Doss, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound outfielder who played high school ball at Northwest Rankin, may help the Blazers replace some of the thump they lost with the departure of Craig Dean and Timmy Foster from last year’s NAIA World Series club. … For the record, Dustin Lunn got the historic first hit (in the first inning) for Blue Mountain.