KINGWOOD — Elkins Post 29 and first-year manager Phil Wilson opened the season with a 7-2 win over Kingwood Post 56 on Monday night.
Philip Barbour product and current Alderson Broaddus pitcher Will Knight earned the win, going all seven innings and allowing no earned runs on just two hits, striking out 11 and walking two.
Post 56 pushed both of its runs across in the second inning, taking advantage of a pair of Elkins errors and a single from Kyler Grimes to grab a 2-1 lead.
Post 29 responded in the third with a four-run outburst as Nick Hamrick and Cory Reed drew walks and Alex Wilson, Dustyn Primavero and and Knight followed with doubles.
Primavero also had an RBI single in the first.
Elkins tacked on two more runs in the sixth on the strength of singles by Austin Bolyard and Wilson and a Kingwood error.
Primavero and Wilson led Post 29 with two hits each.
Cam Barlow took the loss for Kingwood, giving up five runs on three hits in four innings, striking out three and walking six.
Elkins returns to action at 7 p.m. today at Clarksburg Post 13.
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