PREP BASEBALL: Columbia holds on to top North Marion in season opener

  • Columbia pitcher Grant Bowers winds up to pitch against North Marion on Tuesday night. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)
    Columbia pitcher Grant Bowers winds up to pitch against North Marion on Tuesday night. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

    With the tying run on base and Columbia on the verge of blowing a 5-run lead, Ayden Phillips only had one thought on his mind.

    “Throw gas.”

    He, and the Tigers, had just enough left in the tank to escape…