Alex Haynes

Rifle High School catcher Alex Haynes prepares to apply the tag to Demons player Mario Gonzalez during a game at Cooper Field on Tuesday.
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Demon pitcher Patrick Hailey got Rifle's leadoff man Zach Whitmore to ground out to the mound, but then issued walks to Kyle Bond and Haynes.
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Bond scored Rifle's first run of the game when Haynes, who was initially caught in a rundown on a Glenwood pick-off attempt, drew the attention of the Demon infield long enough to get his teammate to the plate and himself safely in at second base.
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Haynes would then score when Glenwood shortstop Matt Seaver misplayed a pop fly by Rifle's Ernesto Mendoza.

MONTROSE, Colorado — Rifle's Alex Haynes turned in a monster round at Thursday's Montrose High School-hosted tournament at Cobble Creek Golf Course.

The Bear senior went 3 under on the front nine and 3 over on the back nine to card an even-par 71, which placed him second behind Montrose's Pat Young in the individual standings.Young took the tournament with a 70.

"He was smoking today," Rifle coach Deanna Forney said of Haynes.

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Roaring Fork's Micah Evonitz and Rifle's Alex Haynes produced Garfield County's top showings at Wednesday's Steamboat Springs Invitational boys golf tournament, posting matching 85s at Haymaker Golf Course.

Also shooting well from local teams was Glenwood Springs' Michael Braklow (84), Roaring Fork's Micah Evonitz (85), Rifle's Alex Haynes (86), Coal Ridge's Casey Lawrence (93) Roaring Fork's Arick Zeigel (94), Glenwood's Taylor Mays (95), Rifle's Chris Kuester (99) and Coal Ridge's Craig Spaulding (99).

But the Bears didn't go without a no-hitter on the day, as Alex Haynes returned in the second game to toss five no-hit innings in another 10-0 Rifle triumph.

"We just needed to get our other pitcher healthy," Bond said afterwards about handing the ball over to his Bear teammate.
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Haynes was 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI for the Bears, while Dwight Cerise contributed a pair of hits and an RBI in three at-bats.
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Taking off from first, Cameron Brown was gunned down at the plate as Rifle center field ran down Cordova's gapper near the fence, fired the ball to Fix at shortstop, who fired a strike to the catcher, Haynes, for a tagout at the plate to end the game.
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Haynes hit a three-run walk-off homer on top of a no-hit, five-strikeout pitching performance as the Bears rolled to a 10-0 mercy rule win in Saturday's second game.

The Rifle hurler's game-ending bomb capped a seven-run fifth inning for the Bears, who improved to 5-4 overall and to 2-2 in the Class 4A Western Slope League.Haynes finished with a hit and five RBIs at the plate and improved to 3-1 for the season on the hill.