WEST MADISON -- The Scott Skyhawks played almost as many baseball games during spring break as they did in the first four weeks of the season.

Scott (3-7) went 1-3 last week with a 3-2 win over Lincoln County on Monday, a 9-8 loss to Herbert Hoover on Thursday, an 8-1 loss to Buffalo on Friday and a 10-0 loss to Chapmanville on Saturday.

"We just have to do a better job against pitchers who throw strikes," Scott head coach Mickey Thompson said Friday. "We were just going through the motions. We have to learn how to win games, and we have to learn how to finish games."

Thompson isn't worried about the Skyhawks' win-loss record. He simply wants to find the right players and the right lineup to give his team its best chance against Chapmanville in the upcoming sectional tournament, which is scheduled for May 11, 12 and 14 and features a home-away-home format that favors Scott.

"We're just trying to find what works," Thompson said.

The fact that inclement weather has postponed so many of their games has hindered the Skyhawks, he said.

"Hitting in here during practice is nothing like hitting out there in a game," Thompson said as he sat in a chair beside the Skyhawks' indoor batting cage. "Pitchers can't do the throwing they need to do, either.

"This season has been a learning experience for me and the kids both. Luckily, we have a good group of juniors and seniors who have been through it. They're teaching us as we go."

Scott 3, Lincoln County 2

The visiting Skyhawks collected only three hits, one each by seniors Kameron Akers, Dale Holstein and Eric Price, but they benefited from five errors by the Panthers.

Scott scored two runs in the fourth inning and one in the seventh to pick up the road win.

Price also earned the victory on the mound.

Herbert Hoover 9, Scott 8

The Skyhawks led 8-4 after five innings, but the host Huskies scored four runs in the sixth and one run in the seventh to pick up a come-from-behind win.

Junior Shawn Ballard and senior Drew Runyon each hit a home run for Scott. Akers added a pair of doubles and a triple.

Buffalo 8, Scott 1

The Skyhawks took a 1-0 lead in the first inning off doubles by Runyon and Akers, who collected their only RBI.

Unfortunately for the Skyhawks, they managed only two more hits the rest of the game.

The visiting Bison scored five in the third, two in the fourth and one in the seventh to rally on the road.

Chapmanville 10, Scott 0

The host Tigers scored four in the first, three in the second, one in the fourth and two in the fifth to send the Skyhawks up Corridor G with a five-inning, mercy-rule loss.

Scott had only two hits, nine fewer than Chapmanville.

Here are the results from the rest of the Skyhawks' regular-season games, according to the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission Web site: a 17-2 road loss to Sissonville on March 19, a 9-6 home win over Herbert Hoover on March 30, a 5-4 home win over Sherman on March 31, a 13-3 home loss to Lincoln County on April 2, a 10-9 home loss to Capital on April 4 and a 14-0 home loss to South Charleston on April 9.

Scott was scheduled to visit Matewan on Monday. Results for that game were unavailable for this week's issue but will be published in next week's edition.

Scott cancelled its game against Fayetteville on Tuesday.

Scott will play back-to-back games against Charleston Catholic today and Thursday, with the Skyhawks hosting the first and the Fighting Irish hosting the second.

Scott also has a road game against Valley Fayette on Friday, a home game against Liberty Raleigh on Saturday, a road game against Man on Monday and a road game against Buffalo on Tuesday.