WOODLAWN - Peyton Wells held the Class 4A Arkadelphia Badgers to just one run in his pitching debut for Woodlawn Monday afternoon as the Bears picked up a 3-1 victory in the season opener for both teams.Wells, a junior, was solid in his first outing as he scattered five hits, struck out 12 and gave up just one walk over seven innings on the mound.Woodlawn broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the third when Mason Edmonds drew a one-out walk and Wells followed with a double to plated the first run. Wells' courtesy runner, Gage Boykin, moved to third on a error by the Arkadelphia catcher and then scored on a sacrifice fly by Dillon Lunsford.The Bears added to their lead in the fourth when Tate Hall was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, and then advanced to third on a double by Parker Arnold. Grant Coward then hit a fly ball into what turned out to be a double play, but it was enough for Hall to score to make it 3-0 Woodlawn.The Badgers got on the board in the fifth with back-to-back singles with one out, and then scored on a fielder's choice. Wells struck out the next batter to end the threat.Woodlawn loaded the bases on three consecutive walks with two out in the bottom of the fifth before a fly ball ended the inning.Well retired the next six Arkadelphia batters in order to lock down the win.The Bears had just three hits in the game. Wells and Arnold both had doubles while Brayden Jones had a single....
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