Manchester rallies past Peebles 6-5 in SHAC baseball thriller

Clayton Colvin drove Manchester’s comeback and Traevyn Hilderbrand helped finish it, as the Greyhounds rallied past Peebles 6-5 on Thursday, April 9, at Peebles High School in one of the early season’s biggest Adams County baseball swings. Manchester trailed 5-2 before scoring twice in the top of the seventh, stealing a road win that tightened the Southern Hills Athletic Conference race and extended the Greyhounds’ recent edge in the county rivalry.

The matchup carried extra weight because both teams entered with strong conference starts. Peebles was 2-0 in SHAC play and Manchester was 1-0, so the result had a direct impact on the league standings. After the game, MaxPreps listed Manchester at 2-2 overall and 2-1 in conference play, while Peebles dropped to 5-3 overall and 3-1 in the SHAC.

Manchester struck first in the second inning when Carson Inman singled and scored on a double by Kenton Butt. Peebles answered in a hurry after two outs, stringing together singles around a three-run double from Bo Johnson, then adding a walk and another single to push ahead 4-1. Both teams scored again in the third, leaving the Indians up 5-2 after three innings and setting up what looked like a strong home start in the county matchup.

The Greyhounds began to chip away in the fifth. Hilderbrand led off with a hit and later scored on a wild pitch by Braylen Stephens, the freshman left-hander on the mound for Peebles. Colvin then delivered a base hit, swiped a base and later scored with help from Parker Hayslip’s bunt single, cutting the margin to 5-4.

Peebles left runners stranded in both the fifth and sixth, and that missed chance proved costly. In the seventh, Luke Applegate singled, Colvin came through with a bunt single to tie it, and a Peebles wild pitch allowed Colvin to score the go-ahead run after Manchester had moved him into scoring position. Colvin then worked the final half-inning in relief, and Peebles’ last rally ended with a runner picked off first and the final batter striking out looking.

The win was Manchester’s third straight over Peebles and, according to MaxPreps, its closest victory since May 6, 2025. For Peebles, the loss snapped a strong 4-1 start to 2026 after a 5-12 campaign last spring, a reminder that in SHAC baseball, one tense inning can undo an otherwise fast start.