One attitude was prevalent in the St. Aloysius dugout after Saturday’s 10-0 beatdown of Scott Central in the opener at Bazinsky Field.

It was a win, nothing more. Even if the game was shortened by the 10-run rule.

“It was a win, it’s great to open your season with a win, but that’s what it was,” St. Al coach Clint Wilkerson said. “I wasn’t real pleased, but it’s a heck of a lot better playing badly and winning than it is playing well and losing.”

Tears were shed before the contest as Kyle Coleson’s mother Lisa and younger brother Cody were presented with Kyle’s Class 1A state championship ring in a touching ceremony by senior catcher Brendan Beesley. All of the Flashes’ hats have No. 32 on the back in tribute to Coleson, who died of leukemia in November.

“Kyle was definitely the hardest worker on our team last year and in 2008,” St. Al pitcher Stephen Evans said. “Giving his mom that ring meant a whole lot to us, knowing that he is still with us and was part of that state championship team.”

But it’d be the only magical moment on a warm, clear day at Bazinsky.

The Flashes quickly jumped on the board in the bottom of the first.

 Shortstop Pierson Waring led off with a double that corkscrewed in the eddy currents in left and finally floated down behind Nate Kitrell at the wall. An error scored Waring and Nosser drove in Luke Burnett with a line-drive RBI single to put St. Al up 2-0.

After a 1-2-3 inning by Stephen Evans in the second, the Flash bats went back to work. Justin Rushing walked and Beesley lanced a line-drive single. Errors later accounted for all four runs in the frame to put the Flashes up 6-0.

Evans worked three innings and was replaced by younger brother Reed Evans, who quickly found himself in trouble after an error and a single by Zach Gardner put runners on the corners. But the younger Evans battled back, inducing an easy flyout to left and shoehorning a pair of strikeouts around a walk to end the lone Scott Central scoring threat.

St. Al wasn’t finished offensively.

An RBI double by Rushing and a sacrifice fly by Josh Eargle were the highlights of a three-run uptick by St. Al in the bottom of the fourth.

In the top of the fifth, the St. Al defense erased a leadoff single by Kitrell as Waring ignited a 6-4-3 double play to clear the bases.

After Waring led off the fifth with a triple, Blake Haygood ripped a liner at the shortstop that was misplayed, allowing the speedy Waring to score easily to end the contest.

Stephen Evans earned the win in three innings of work, allowing two hits and striking out one.

Contact Steve Wilson at swilson@vicksburgpost.com