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 Thursday, July 19, 2007
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Raider rally seals district triumph
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Daryl Schepanski - Sports Editor |
MAQUOKETA— With the way the Anamosa baseball team has been playing the last three weeks of the campaign, maybe it wasn’t that big of a surprise the way the class 3A district semi-final contest at Maquoketa turned out Friday, July 13.
“We’ve been a red-hot baseball team winning 14-of-15 down the stretch so we are a team that has tremendous confidence right now and feel we can beat any baseball team we face,” said Raider baseball coach Byron Schlotterback after his team rallied for a thrilling 6-5 triumph over the Cardinals scoring twice in the bottom of the seventh to post their first class 3A district victory since 2004 when Anamosa knocked off Marion in a 2-1 final. “We’ve shown we can win in just about any style of play, and while the style that won us the game Friday night wasn’t exactly pretty, we’ll take a win any way we can get it. Especially at this time of the year.”
Anamosa trailed Maquoketa 2-0 after the Cardinals plated a pair of runs in the second inning without the benefit of a hit.
The score stayed the same until the fourth inning when the Raiders took advantage of wildness from Maquoketa’s Matt Gurlach as they plated four runs, all coming after two were out and took a 4-2 lead.
“Maquoketa’s pitcher, who had thrown a good game to that point, got wild in the fourth inning and we took advantage,” said Schlotterback. |
Sparking defense
Anamosa senior Nate Vaughn throws out a Clear Creek-Amana runner Monday, July 9, during the Raiders’ regular season 11-0 rout of the Clippers. (Journal-Eureka photo by Daryl Schepanski) |
Step and drive
Raider senior Alec Embree drives the baseball for one of his two hits at Clear Creek-Amana Monday, July 9, as Anamosa rolled to an 11-0, six-inning blowout triumph. Embree was on the hill four days later helping the Raiders to their first class 3A district victory in four years winning at Maquoketa Friday, July 13. (Journal-Eureka photo by Daryl Schepanski) |
"We worked four walks in five at-bats with Jordan and Tucker coming through with some big and timely hits.”
Nathan Kaufman, Kalib Seeley and Alec Embree all drew two-out walks and with the bases loaded, Jordan Alderdyce delivered an infield single that scored Kaufman and pinch-runner Spencer Wood. After a Maquoketa throwing error on the play scored pinch-runner Kaleb Kilburg, the Raiders had a 3-2 lead.
Stu Miller drew another walk in the frame followed by a Tucker Vondracek single to left field that scored Alderdyce.
“We had a 4-2 lead but I felt we hadn’t really earned it,” said Schlotterback. “They gave us some free bases and we took advantage squeezing through some big hits.”
The Cardinals came right back and answered the Raider four-run frame with a three-run top of the fifth.
“We gave them three more runs in that inning too,” said Schlotterback. “In the second inning they scored twice without a hit and in the fifth they scored three times with only one hit as we had some walks and hit by pitches and errors that all played a factor in them taking the lead.” |
Maquoketa led 5-4 but the Raiders continued to battle giving themselves scoring opportunities in the fifth and sixth innings only to see the rallies come up empty.
“We were almost out of time but the kids responded in our last at-bat,” said Schlotterback. “Greg Vernon got on base to lead off the inning and that seemed to put a charge into us.”
Vernon singled to open the bottom of the seventh then Brandon Kula followed with another single putting runners on first and second.
Kaufman also delivered a hit and with the bases loaded and nobody out, Seeley stepped to the plate.
“We don’t normally call for a bunt suicide squeeze with the bases loaded and nobody out, but Kalib put down a perfect one that actually turned out to be so good it was an infield hit,” said Schlotterback. “Greg made a great read off third base and scored the tying run.”
With the bases still loaded and nobody out, Embree ripped a deep drive to center that scored pinch-runner Mitch Hewitt with the game-winning run.
“In the fourth we scored all our runs with two out and in the seventh we score all our runs with nobody out,” said Schlotterback. “When we get on a roll, we can be tough to slow down.”
Embree worked the game’s first five innings on the mound and allowed just three hits while walking and fanning six Cardinal batters.
Kaufman picked up the win in relief tossing the final two frames of two-hit baseball while also striking out two.
“Alec battled out there and put us in a position to win,” said Schlotterback. “We know he’s a high pitch count kid who will give up some free bases, but with the way he throws, we can live with that. Nathan came in and slammed the door in the sixth and seventh innings too.”
Raider bats ripped a total of 10 hits off Maquoketa pitching as Vondracek, Kula and Embree all came through with two hits each.
“This was an ugly game on both sides but I really felt the team that made fewer mistakes won,” said Schlotterback. “We were that team.”
The win advanced the Raiders to the district final back at Maquoketa against Central DeWitt.
“I really liked our chances coming into this game,” said Schlotterback. “We were playing some of our best baseball of the season and we were swinging the bats aggressively, but in the end, it was our offense that really struggled and it cost us our season.”
Anamosa managed just two Kaufman hits in a 5-0 season-ending setback against the Sabers.
“That DeWitt pitcher was good, but I didn’t think he was any tougher than the Clear Creek-Amana pitcher we faced earlier in the week,” said Schlotterback. “We ripped that pitcher all over the diamond but against Steffens in the biggest game of the year for us and the biggest game this program has seen in four years our bats just went stone cold.”
The game got off to a rough start for the Raiders as Anamosa, the visiting team on the scoreboard, saw Central DeWitt load the bases with no one out in the very first inning.
“We were in some trouble right away,” said Schlotterback. “But then Greg Vernon bailed us out with an incredible catch in center.”
Saber catcher Zach Posey drilled a Kaufman offering to deep center for what appeared to be a grand slam home run.
Vernon ran hard to the fence and after making contact with the wall, reached up and over the fence to pull back Posey’s blast.
“They had the bases loaded and no one out and only scored one run in the first,” said Schlotterback. “That could have dug us a deep hole but instead, we had the momentum back.”
Keaton Miller scored on the fly ball for the Sabers but Kaufman worked his way out of the inning not allowing any more runs striking out Central DeWitt’s Ryan Cady to end the frame.
“I wish we could have made a statement and scored after that inning but it just never happened,” said Schlotterback. “We really threatened to score only once and that didn’t turn out to good either.”
Kaufman singled in the second inning but was stranded at second base and singled again in the fifth, but was picked off third base.
“Not only didn’t we make good contact, but we also struck out 11 times and that made getting any kind of rally started very difficult,” said Schlotterback. “As I look back at this game, I’m surprised we did so little offensively.”
The loss ended the 2007 Anamosa baseball summer with a 24-15 record overall.
The Raiders wrapped up their regular season at Clear Creek-Amana Monday, July 9, and behind some powerful offense and sensational pitching, cruised to an 11-0, five-inning rout of the Clippers.
“Clear Creek-Amana is a pretty decent team that plays in a tough baseball conference and I was impressed with the way we came out and swung the bats,” said Schlotterback. “We plated four quick runs in the first inning and grabbed momentum right away.”
Vondracek, Vernon, Kaufman and Seeley crossed the plate in the opening frame before Nate Vaughn, Spencer Wood and Stu Miller all crossed the plate in the second inning handing the Raiders a commanding 7-0 advantage.
Kaufman, Seeley, Alderdyce and Miller all scored in the fifth frame as the Clippers struggled hitting off dominant Anamosa pitching.
Embree and Kaufman combined to hold the hosts to just one hit overall while fanning five Clippers in the regular season ending triumph.
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Williams seventh-inning blast propels Midland baseball team past Warriors
By
Daryl Schepanski - Sports Editor |
On the attack
Midland’s Zach Bonney rips into a Calamus-Wheatland pitch helping the Eagles to a thrilling 7-5 class 1A district quarter-final victory Wednesday, July 11. (Journal-Eureka photo by Daryl Schepanski) |
CALAMUS — The script couldn’t have been written any better than if Midland baseball coach Josh Soper had penned it himself.
Trailing 5-2 late in their class 1A district quarter-final at Calamus-Wheatland Wednesday, July 11, the Eagles used some clutch hits and some late inning heroics by Riley Williams to post a thrilling 7-5 triumph over the Warriors.
“This turned out to be an incredible finish for us,” said Soper. “We didn’t play our best and Scott didn’t pitch well until the fifth inning, but we pulled it out in the end.”
Williams sent Eagle baseball fans home happy after blasting the first pitch he saw in the bottom of the seventh over the left-center field wall for a game-ending, walk-off two-run homer that broke a 5-5 tie and sent Midland into the class 1A district semi-final round.
“Riley has come through in some clutch situations already for us this year and he did it again,” said Soper. “Even with Scott Willimack on first with no outs, I never considered having Riley bunt. He’s just too good a hitter. I wanted him swinging away and wow did he ever swing away.”
Midland, the home team on the scoreboard though playing in hostile territory on the Warriors’ own diamond, fell behind early as Calamus-Wheatland scored a first inning run to jump out on top. |
“We’ve shown on occasions this year we been a team that can battle back,” said Soper. “This team has tremendous confidence and they feel they’re never out of any game they play or against any opponent.”
The Eagles answered in their half of the second inning when Willimack and Williams singled and Cameron Sorgenfrey walked to load the bases.
After Cody Dirks pinch-ran for Willimack, Alex Paulsen hit a fielders choice that plated Dirks for Midland’s first run of the district contest.
Zach Bonney then delivered a key run scoring single plating Williams and just like that, the Eagles had a 2-1 lead.
The Warriors wasted little time in getting their lead back as the visitors on the scoreboard struck for two runs in the top of the third taking a 3-2 advantage.
“Scott was struggling with his control a bit in those middle innings and Cal-Wheat took advantage pushing across a few runs and built a three-run lead,” said Soper. “He did a good job minimizing the damage and kept us in it long enough for us to win it in their end.”
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Covering serious ground
Midland’s Riley Williams shows he’s pretty good with the glove early during the Eagles’ class 1A district quarter-final at Calamus-Wheatland Wednesday, July 11. It was Williams’ bat however that spoke the loudest as his two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh sealed the win for the Eagles. (Journal-Eureka photo by Daryl Schepanski) |
Trailing 5-2, the Eagles came through with a key three-run fifth frame.
Jarred Stepp was hit by a pitch and after Spencer Bowen walked, Williams singled to score Stepp. The key at-bat in the inning came when Trevor Robinson hit a slow roller to third that was thrown away by the Warriors scoring pinch-runner Dirks as well as Williams.
“That was a key play in the game,” said Soper. “We needed some good things to happen and they did in that sequence.”
The game stayed tied until the seventh when Willimack led off with a walk before Williams’ huge blast that ended the contest.
“I asked coach if I could swing away and when he gave me the sign, I didn’t miss,” said Williams. “Cal-Wheat had just brought in a new pitcher and I knew he was going to want to come in and get ahead right away with a fastball and that’s what I got.”
Williams led the Eagle offense ripping three hits while also scoring three times and driving home three more.
Willimack settled down on the mound for Midland and worked a seven-hitter while fanning four Warrior batters.
“I really struggled there for a while pitching,” said Willimack. “I didn’t really start pitching well until about the fifth inning and once I started feeling more confident, things started going much better.”
The win advanced Midland to the class 1A district semi-final back in Calamus Thursday, July 12, where the Eagles faced Lisbon and were handed a rough 11-4 loss.
“We just couldn’t stop them tonight,” said Soper. “Riley had a tough time with his command and Lisbon really came out hitting the baseball.”
Trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the first, Jed Holland singled home Stepp to get the Eagles on the board.
After a three-run Lion second inning and another single run in the third, Midland was staring at a 6-1 deficit.
Stepp homered in the third to slice the Lisbon lead to 6-2.
Trailing 8-2 in the fifth, the Eagles rallied when a Bonney single scored Kolby Harms before a Bowen single plated Bonney trimming the Lion lead to 8-4.
“We battled back and had some hard hits of our own,” said Soper. “But we just couldn’t keep them from scoring.”
Stepp led the Eagle seven-hit offense with two hits.
The Eagles close the books on the 2007 campaign with a 12-15 record overall. |
Just short of Tri-Rivers softball titles
By
Daryl Schepanski - Sports Editor |
ARLINGTON — So close to a Tri-Rivers Conference championship they could taste it, the Anamosa softball team made a key trip to Starmont Monday, July 9, needing a sweep over the Stars to keep their league title hopes alive.
“The girls wanted very much to complete the sweep here at Starmont and go to Alburnett on Wednesday and have a big showdown with the Pirates, but it just didn’t work out that way in the end,” said Raider softball coach Rick Delagardelle. “The first game against Starmont was a heartbreaker. We led the whole way until the very end and saw a 1-0 lead disappear in the bottom of the seventh.”
Anamosa (25-15, 16-6) scored their lone run of the opening contest in the third inning when Katie Grassi ripped a one-out single and after stealing second base, scored thanks to a Kayla Sanborn RBI single.
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Traci’s Night
Members of the Anamosa softball team showered lone senior Traci Dirks (with crown) with gifts Thursday, July 12, before the Raiders’ contest hosting Lisbon. (Journal-Eureka photo by Daryl Schepanski) |
“We had runners on base in several innings but just couldn’t get the big hit when we needed it other than Kayla’s,” said Delagardelle. “This was a disappointing loss. We felt we were a good enough team to come here and sweep Starmont, we just didn’t have the bats working in the first game.”
The Stars scored both of their runs in the seventh stringing together two hits and a walk in the frame for the game-winning runs.
The second game however saw a run-scoring barrage as the two teams combined for 26 runs and 20 hits as Anamosa pulled out a 15-11 victory.
“This was a much different game in the fact that both teams started making a lot of errors and both pitchers struggled with their control,” said Delagardelle. “Every girl in the line-up scored at least one run and all but two had at least one hit.”
Chelsey Bildstein and Grassi scored in the opening inning but the Stars answered with three of their own in the bottom half of the first taking a 3-2 lead.
Bildstein and Grassi scored again in the third and after Cammy Dole, Lindsey Bildstein and Kellie Vaughn all crossed the plate in the fourth, the Raiders had a 7-3 advantage.
Starmont knotted the score plating three in the bottom of the fourth but the Raiders again took a lead when Traci Dirks walked and scored in the fifth.
After Grassi and Sanborn crossed the plate in the sixth inning, Anamosa had a 10-7 lead, but the hosts weren’t done scoring yet either as Starmont plated four runs in the sixth to take an 11-10 lead.
“We did not want to leave Starmont getting swept,” said Delagardelle. “We had to rally late again and this time, got it done at the end.”
Trailing by a run, Anamosa exploded scoring five times in the seventh inning as Chelsey Bildstein, Grassi, Sanborn, Dakota Ahrendsen and Vaughn all scored keying the game-winning Raider rally.
Anamosa bats tallied 11 hits overall with Grassi, Sanborn, Ahrendsen, Dirks and Maisie Timp all ripping two hits each off Starmont pitchers.
Helena McNamara earned the start in the pitchers’ circle for the Raiders and worked the game’s first 3 1/3 innings allowing five hits and just one earned run while fanning three.
Mallory Lacy entered the game in the fourth and tossed the final 3 2/3 innings allowing six hits and no earned runs.
“We really struggled defensively,” said Delagardelle. “We’ve been a very funda
mentally sound team most of the year, but this wasn’t one of our better efforts.”
Of the Stars’ 11 runs, 10 were unearned.
“We were fortunate to win this game with numbers like those,” said Delagardelle. “Thankfully we had the bats working.”
The road show continued for the Raiders as Anamosa traveled to Alburnett and needing a sweep to tie for a River Division championship, split with the talented and overall Tri-Rivers Conference champion Pirates.
“Mallory pitched a great game in the opener,” said Delagardelle. “She was in complete control all game long.”
The Raiders broke a scoreless tie in the fifth frame when Timp and Vaughn each crossed the plate.
Anamosa built their lead to 3-0 when Lindsey Bildstein scored in the seventh inning thanks to a Chelsey Bildstein double.
The Pirates rallied in the bottom of the seventh scoring once and had the tying runs on base before Lacy worked her way out of trouble.
Lacy fanned 11 Pirate batters and yielded just five hits while Chelsey Bildstein tallied both of Anamosa’s hits in the win.
“This was an emotional win for us considering all the things the girls were dealing with the death of Crystal Carson,” said Delagardelle. “Quite a few girls on this team were good friends with Crystal and this has been a tough time, but we talked as a team that we were going to play these games and just do the best we could.”
The second game saw Alburnett score early and often before a line-drive to the leg of Lacy forced the Anamosa pitcher out of the ball-game.
“Lauren Herren had to step into a pretty tough situation there,” said Delagardelle. “Her first varsity outing is against the conference champions and one of the top teams in the state but I though she battled.”
The Pirates led 7-0 before the Raiders began to battle back as Chelsey Bildstein, Dole, Grassi and Lindsey Bildstein all crossed the plate in the third inning.
Alburnett built a 10-4 lead after plating three runs in the fourth frame but Anamosa began to chip away again as Chelsey Bildstein and Grassi scored in the fifth to trim the Pirate lead to 10-6.
“We had some great defensive plays in this game as well as some pretty impressive offense,” said Delagardelle. “Kellie made a great catch and then threw to first for a double-play. Against a pretty good Alburnett team, we proved we could play right with them.”
Ahrendsen led the Raider offense with two hits and also drove home four runs. Chelsey Bildstein also tallied two hits.
Anamosa wrapped up their 2007 regular season slate Thursday, July 12, hosting Lisbon and on Senior Night honoring the Raiders’ lone senior Traci Dirks, were edged in a 3-0 final.
The Lions scored two in the first then added another run in the second to build their early advantage.
“We settled down after they scored early and gave them a good game the rest of the way,” said Delagardelle. “We put the ball in play but Lisbon just made the plays time and again.”
Ahrendsen and Lindsey Bildstein tallied the lone Raider hits in the defeat while Lacy worked all seven innings and fanned an impressive 11 Lions. |
Lions continue stellar season-ending spurt
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Daryl Schepanski - Sports Editor |
OLIN — Playing some of their best softball of the 2007 summer, Olin displayed more powerful offense, defense and pitching posting a resounding 10-0 rout hosting Andrew in a class 1A district quarter-final contest Saturday, July 14.
“I don’t think there is any doubt about it, we are playing our best softball of the season right now,” said Lion softball coach Karen Ginn as her team used a five-run sixth inning to end the contest with the Hawks an inning early with the 10-run rule. “We’re making the routine plays we struggled making earlier in the season and with that, we’re also making some outstanding plays too.”
Olin (19-10) was outstanding all game long against an out-matched Andrew team as the hosts scored two first inning runs when Jackee Butteris doubled home Danielle Frederick and Makenzie Ginn.
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Making the turn
Olin’s Roxanne Stolte turns a double-play at second base for the Lions during their 10-0 rout hosting Andrew Saturday, July 14. (Journal-Eureka photo by Daryl Schepanski) |
Bunt and run
Olin’s Kalli Hansen lays down a perfect bunt that turned into a hit for the Lions during their lopsided 10-0 class 1A district quarter-final rout hosting Andrew Saturday, July 14. Hansen had three hits including an inside-the-park home run in the win. (Journal-Eureka photo by Daryl Schepanski) |
“That was all the offense we’d need but we just kept coming at them,” said Ginn. “Coming through with 16 hits in a six-inning game is a pretty impressive total no matter who you’re playing against.”
D.J. Francksen plated Emily Brecht in the second inning while Ginn drove home Kalli Hansen in the third handing the Lions a 4-0 lead.
After a scoreless fourth frame, Hansen ripped an inside-the-park home run in the fifth before six straight hits led to five Lion runs in the sixth and final inning.
Francksen singled and scored in the frame followed by Kelli Bean, Frederick, Hansen and Ginn.
“I have high hopes we can make a deep run in the tournament this year with the way we’re playing right now,” said Ginn. “Everything seems to be coming together and we are becoming a more confident softball team each and every day.”
Ginn was unstoppable all game long not only leading the Olin offense going a perfect 4-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBIs, but also tossed a four-hit shutout at the Hawks fanning five while not walking a batter.
Hansen added three hits while Frederick, Butteris and Francksen all came through with two hits each for the impressive Lion offensive explosion.
“We had 16 hits and seven of them were for extra bases too,” said Ginn. “We didn’t just hit the ball, we hit it hard and hit it hard all game long.” |
Ginn ripped two doubles while Bean, Frederick, Butteris and Francksen all added two-base hits as well while Hansen added the home run.
The Lions closed out the 2007 regular season schedule Thursday, July 12, hosting a talented Wilton team and in a pitcher’s duel from the outset, pulled out a big 1-0 victory over the Beavers.
“This was a huge win for us to get heading into the district tournament,” said Ginn. “Coming up with a 1-0 win over a team like Wilton is a huge momentum builder.”
Wilton, who hadn’t been shutout all season long, could do little against Ginn who held the visitors to six hits while also fanning six Beaver batters.
“We had some breaks go our way and made some big plays when we needed them,” said Ginn.
“When you’re on a roll, you seem to make your own breaks and that’s just the way things are going for us right now.”
After Ginn opened the second inning with a lead-off double, Brecht followed with a two-out double and Olin had all the runs they’d need.
“Once again, this was one of our best efforts of the year,” said Ginn. “I know I’ve been saying that a lot lately, but the girls just keep topping themselves almost every time out.”
Ginn led the four-hit Lion offense with two hits while Butteris and Brecht also reached base.
Olin hosted Andrew in a preview of the district quarter-final Monday, July 9, and rolled to a doubleheader rout of the Hawks taking 10-2 and 15-3 finals.
“We got off to a bit of a slow start in the first game but kicked it in during the fourth inning,” said Ginn. “We were hitting the ball hard during the first three innings too but just hitting right at them. We knew it was just a matter of time before all these hits would start falling in.”
Andrew led 2-1 before a huge six-run fourth frame saw Chelsey Wagner, Brecht, Hailey Schroeder, Rachael LeClere, Bean and Ginn all cross the plate giving the hosts a 7-2 lead.
Brecht plated Wagner in the fifth before Bean and Ginn scored in the sixth thanks to RBI hits from Roxanne Stolte and Butteris.
Ginn fanned eight Hawk batters in the pitchers’ circle and allowed just one hit while Olin bats exploded for a whopping 17 hits overall.
Ginn, Stolte and Wagner paced the hosts with three hits each.
The second game saw more Olin offense as a 10-run first frame led to the 15-3 five-inning rout.
Olin batted 15 times in the opening inning of game-two as Bean, Frederick (twice), Ginn (twice), Stolte, Butteris, Wagner, Schroeder and LeClere all crossed the plate.
“When we hit the ball hard, good things happen,” said Ginn. “Plenty of good things to go around for everyone in this doubleheader.”
The Hawks actually took a brief 2-0 lead before the Lions responded scoring 15 of the game’s final 16 runs.
Olin bats ripped six extra-base hits with Ginn tallying two doubles and a triple leading the 13-hit offense.
Bean tossed the five-inning complete game striking out seven Andrew batters while allowing a mere three hits in the big 12-run victory. |
Olin hangs tough with Lisbon in district opener
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Daryl Schepanski - Sports Editor |
CALAMUS — For three innings, the Olin baseball team had favored Lisbon on the ropes in a class 1A district quarter-final contest at Calamus Wednesday, July 11, and while the bats struggled, the defense kept the Lions in the contest before succumbing to a 10-0, six-inning season-ending defeat.
“It’s been the same old story for us all season long,” said Lion baseball coach Mark Thomsen as his team tallied two hits in the loss. “We just couldn’t hit the ball. Through three innings it’s just a one-run ball-game and we have as good a chance as anyone to pull the upset and shock everyone. But when we can’t get runners on base and into scoring position just about all game long, that’s going to make it pretty tough to win and that was the case again for us in this game.”
Lisbon, the home team on the scoreboard, broke a scoreless tie in the second inning plating a run.
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Looking it in
Olin’s Josh Heinsius grabs a pick-off throw from pitcher Travis McAtee during the Lions’ 10-0, six-inning season-ending setback in Calamus. (Journal-Eureka photo by Daryl Schepanski) |
“Lisbon was hitting the ball and putting it in play, but we responded to that challenge by making the plays defensively to keep us close,” said Thomsen. “We only made one error in the entire game and even it didn’t cost us any runs.”
Lisbon’s Lions began to gradually pull away from the visiting Olin Lions tallying two fourth-inning runs to take a 3-0 lead before adding a three-run fifth frame to take control with a 6-0 advantage.
“We could feel the game slipping away but kept after it the best we could,” said Thomsen. “I really did feel we were playing good baseball but in the end, Lisbon was just too much for us to handle.”
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Connection speed
Olin’s Justin Rix watches his long line drive during the Lions’ tough class 1A district quarter-final loss against Lisbon in Calamus Wednesday, July 11. Rix and the Lions hung tough against a talented Lisbon team before succumbing to a 10-0 defeat. (Journal-Eureka photo by Daryl Schepanski) |
Lisbon plated four big runs in the bottom of the sixth to end the contest early with the 10-run rule while also ending Olin’s 2007 campaign.
Mason Smith and Dan Inglis recorded the Lions’ lone hits in the contest.
“Next year I think we’ll be a better hitting team,” said Thomsen. “We’re young and we learned a lot this year. We played our best baseball down the stretch too so we do have something to build on.”
Olin wrapped up the 2007 summer with an 0-17 record overall. |
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