Don’t give up on the Diamondbacks just yet.

    Century, at one point winless, hopeless and without a prayer, has turned its season around.

    At breezy Halliwell Park, Century rocked the Rigby Trojans 14-4 in five innings Tuesday afternoon.

    It is the D-backs’ fourth win of the season, and all of those have come in the past two weeks — including knocking off Blackfoot last Thursday, the Broncos’ only district defeat of the year.

    Brandon Georgeson was on the mound for the Diamondbacks last Thursday when he held the Broncos to two runs on eight hits. He was back at work against the Trojans.

    The junior right-hander struck out seven and gave up four hits — only one after the first inning — on the way to picking up another win.

    In fact, Georgeson threw a full eight innings when the D-backs nearly upset Pocatello April 12. Georgeson credited that game for the beginning of the turnaround.

    “It was like, ‘We can definitely hang with teams,’” he said. “When we beat Blackfoot it was, ‘OK we can beat some great teams.’”

    Century is not just finding some newfound confidence. The Diamondbacks are forming a mental edge, too.

    An error, a walk and three hits put the Trojans up four runs at the top of the first. Shawn Packard’s two RBI double to right field’s warning track being the highlight play.

    “Earlier in the year, they would have come off the field with their heads down,” said Century head coach Duane Rawlings. “(Today) they came off the field, ‘OK now it’s our turn. Let’s go get four runs ourselves.’

    “That’s been the attitude these guys have instilled upon themselves.”

    Century did turn right around and not only did the D-backs get back the four runs, but they added three more of their own — with one hit in the inning. Five Rigby fielding errors allowed the first five runners to reach base until Georgeson’s RBI single to right field.

    The Trojans struggled to handle the constant whipping wind. Nearly any ball smacked into play spelled disaster. Offensively, Century’s one goal was to put the ball in play and force the opponent to make a play.

    Rigby never found a way to answer.

    And that spelled doom for the Trojans because Georgeson — displaying some of the steely resolve the D-backs had lacked to start the year — started throwing first pitch breaking balls.

    Georgeson and Century gave up four runs in the first with three hits, but held on for four scoreless innings with one hit after that.

    “We can do anything as long as we don’t stop ourselves,” Georgeson said. “The only thing that really hurts us is ourselves, so if we stay positive, avoid errors, hit the ball, there’s nothing we can’t do.”

    Leading the Diamondbacks at the plate, sophomore Connor LaMont was 2-for-4, senior Braden Palmer reached base four times, scored three runs and launched a triple in the fourth.

    Century — 4-14 overall and 2-5 in the 4A Fifth-Sixth District — travels to Rigby (4-13, 1-8) today. The Diamondbacks finish off the regular season with Preston Friday.

Century 14, Rigby 4

Rigby    400 00x x — 4 4 13

Century    704 21x x — 14 7 2

Rigby — Shawn Packard, Jacob Madsen (3) and Walker Brown. Century — Brandon Georgeson, Braeden Leiby. 2B — Shawn Packard (R). 3B — Braden Palmer (C).