The Smith-Cotton baseball team jumped ahead with a three-run third inning and beat Camdenton 6-1 to open the season on Tuesday at Liberty Park.
The Tigers had the bases loaded with one out in the third when Cody Kozak hit a chopper to short that the Camdenton shortstop misplayed, allowing Cole Simoncic to score. Dakota Brown followed that with a single to left scoring Ian Dotson and Luke Archibeque.
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