Bulls hold off Cubs rally, take game one 8-5

Bulls hold off Cubs rally, take game one 8-5

WORTHINGTON — The Jackson Bulls held off multiple rally attempts from the Worthington Cubs to take a pivotal game one 8-5 Thursday in a best-of-three Region 10C playoff series. Jackson grabbed a 5-0 lead quickly through two innings before the Cubs clawed their way back with the long ball. A three-run blast in the third inning cut Jackson’s lead to two runs and a later two-run shot in the seventh made it a one-run game. With the game suddenly han…