Raptors take down Lawton-Bronson 5-3

The Ridge View baseball squad overcame a slow start to defeat Lawton-Bronson 5-3 in conference tournament action at Lawton on Thursday night. It was the Eagles who struck first, taking a 1-0 lead in the second inning. The Raptors were held scoreless until the fourth inning, when they came alive for three runs to build a 3-1 advantage. Ridge View tacked on a pair of insurance runs in the sixth inning to increase the margin to 5-1. As it turned out, they needed those runs, because Lawton-Bronson wouldn’t go down without a fight, scoring twice in the seventh to cut the lead to 5-3.