You can not keep a good Eagle down. Wednesday night the Overton Bobcats did everything they could to exact revenge on the Independence Eagles. However, the Indy Eagles fought back each and every time they were down. Three different occasions the Eagles fell behind and three times they came back.  The Eagles rallied for a 9-8 win over the Bobcats of Overton in the Region 6-AAA baseball championship. The victory gives the eagles their 13th straight win and 18th in their last 19 games. Independence trailed 1-0 in the first, 4-2 in the second and 7-4 in the fourth. Carden’s three-run homer gave the Eagles an 8-7 lead in the fourth.

Indy Eagles junior Ford Wilson (4-0), the No. 9 hitter in the batting order, drove in the winning run with a single in the fifth inning and earned the victory in relief. Eagles shortstop Josh Lee went 2-for-4, including a two-run homer in the first for the Vanderbilt commitment. For the Bobcats they helped the Eagles out by committing seven errors in the game as well. They had six miscues a week earlier in the district championship.  "Tonight was another example of down and out and behind a few times and these guys find a way to keep hanging around,” Eagles Coach Bill Moore said. “Our seniors have stepped up lately beyond words. They don’t want it to end and I don’t want to end for them.”