MONROE — The Cheesemakers lost back-to-back games against Edgewood May 13 and 14.

In the first game May 13, Monroe was ousted in the fifth inning by mercy rule, falling 10-0 at Warner Park.

Trevor Meier took the loss on the mound, allowing eight runs — five earned — on seven hits and five walks with no strikeouts in 3.2 innings of work. Jared Baumgartner finished off the sixth and was replaced with one out in the fifth by Jared Cline, who walked a batter and allowed the game-ending hit. Baumgartner was charged with two unearned runs on a hit and a walk on 15 pitches.

At the plate, the Cheesemakers collected just two hits — singles by Payton Sawdey and Payton Stauffacher — and walked four times.

Edgewood scored a run in the bottom of the first and two in the second to take a 3-0 advantage. A 5-run fourth inning knocked Meier off the mound, and the two unearned runs in the fifth ended the game. Monroe committed two errors defensively.

In the second game, played May 14 at Monroe, the Cheesemakers were again held scoreless on two hits and two errors in a 9-0 loss.

Tyler Matley, Monroe’s leadoff hitter, had the only two hits for the Cheesemakers, while Stauffacher collected two of the team’s three walks.

Sawdey was tagged for six runs on five hits and four walks in 2.1 innings of work. Henry Brukwicki pitched 2.2 innings of work, allowing just two hits and one unearned run to score. Jared Dillon pitched the final two frames, allowing two unearned runs on three hits. Dillon struck out two batters — the only two of the season series against Edgewood.

The Crusaders scored five runs in the top of the second to put Monroe on its heels. Edgewood led 7-0 after the fourth and added two runs in the sixth for good measure.

Argyle 7, Darlington 4

ARGYLE — The Orioles broke a 4-4 tie with a 3-run sixth inning in a nonconference game May 13. The win also gave bragging rights for the year to Argyle coach Jeff Solberg, who beat his brother Brad, the Darlington coach.

In the bottom of the second, the Orioles scored four runs to take a 4-0 lead. A half-inning later, the Redbirds responded with four runs of their own.

Mitchell Flannery got the win in relief, throwing 4.2 scoreless innings and scattering two hits and three walks with three strikeouts. Miken Godfrey started for Argyle and allowed all four runs on five hits and a walk in 2.1 innings. He struck out six.

Barry Schliem took the loss for the Redbirds, allowing seven runs on six hits and four walks in 5.1 innings. Nick Andrae got out of the sixth inning, recording two outs on six pitches.

Kolbe Ubersox had three hits for Darlington, while Preston Banfield was 2 for 3 with two RBIs. Jayden Johnson was 2 for 3 with two runs and two RBIs for Argyle, while teammate Mason Waage was 1 for 3 with two runs batted in. Gavin Johnson, Waage and Banfield all doubled.

Pecatonica 9, Barneveld 1

Pecatonica 4, Barneveld 3

BLANCHARDVILLE — The Vikings capped a Six Rivers East title with back-to-back days of wins over Barneveld May 13 and 14.

In the May 13 road game, the Vikings used a big 6-run second inning to set the pace, and led 9-0 headed into the bottom of the fifth.

“The story of the game was Carter (Ruegsegger) on the mound,” Pecatonica coach Jim Strommen said.

Ruegsegger pitched a 7-inning complete game on just 80 pitches, allowing four hits and an unearned run with zero walks and five strikeouts. He was also 2 for 4 at the plate with a walk and an RBI.

Colton Schraepfer and Everett Johnson each had two hits and Lane Busser had three runs and four walks. The Vikings walked 11 times.

“We had some timely hitting,” said Strommen, who added that hits teams 11-0 walk differential played a major role in the win.

In the second game, a May 14 venture in Blanchardville, the Eagles put up a fight.

After Barneveld scored in the top of the first, Schraepfer led off the bottom half with a single and promptly stole second and third before scoring on a passed ball. 

Both teams locked down on defense after the opening frame. Barneveld scored two runs in the top of the sixth to take a 2-run lead, but then the Vikings responded with a 3-spot in the bottom half of the frame.

“Kudos to my kids. They did a great job,” Strommen said.

Hunter Enloe got the win on the mound, throwing 6.2 innings on the mound, allowing four hits and a walk with three strikeouts. Schraepfer came in for the final out and quickly induced a ground ball to record the save.

At the plate, Schraepfer was 2 for 3 with two runs. Zander Brunker, Ruegsegger and Johnson all had RBIs. 

Strommen was pleased with how his players responded to the adversity, and said it was his four seniors — Schraepfer, Busser, Ruegsegger and Johnson — that picked up the rest of the team when needed. Pecatonica (17-3, 11-1 Six Rivers East) was scheduled to close the regular season with a doubleheader at Highland May 17.

New Glarus 4, Waterloo 3

NEW GLARUS — The Glarner Knights scored two runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to secure a conference win over the Pirates May 14.

Trailing 1-0 in the fifth, Carter Siegenthaler singled with two outs to bring in Reeve Binger to tie the score. Cooper Dreyfus then reached on a dropped third strike that escaped the Pirates catcher, which allowed Nathan Streiff to touch home plate.

An inning later, Streiff hit a 2-RBI single to right, scoring Ben Melvin and Holden Latsch.

In the top of the seventh with Peyton Mendleski on the mound, Waterloo scored two runs with bases loaded and nobody out to trim the score. A suicide squeeze by the Pirates backfired, with Mendleski flipping to Latsch at home for the force out. Two pitches later, a fly ball to right turned into the game-ending double play.

Latsch got the win on the mound, tossing five innings of 1-run ball on five hits and six walks with four strikeouts. Mendleski allowed two runs on two hits and a walk with two Ks.

Mineral Point 12, Darlington 0

MINERAL POINT — The Pointers scored five in the second, three in the third and four in the fourth to mercy rule the Redbirds, who went hitless in a SWAL game May 14.

Darlington’s Chase Mosely had a pinch-hit walk to end the perfect game with two outs in the top of the fifth. Two pitches later, the game was over.

James Hartwig took the loss on the mound for the Redbirds, allowing eight runs on five walks and three hits in 2.1 innings. Andrae tossed the final 1.2 innings for Darlington. Mineral Point, ranked second in the state in Division 4, got a home run by Dom Mcvay.

Black Hawk 11, Monticello-Albany 10

Monticello-Albany 11, Black Hawk 10

SOUTH WAYNE — The Warriors and Ponies split a high-scoring doubleheader May 14. 

In Game 1, Jexen Stietz hit a walk-off bases loaded single on the first pitch thrown by Monticello-Albany reliever Andy Gertsch with one out in the bottom of the seventh. It was the first win of the year for Black Hawk.

The back-and-forth game opened with the Warriors taking a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second. The Ponies tied it in the next half-inning, but then Black Hawk dropped five runs on the visitors in the bottom of the frame. Trailing 8-2 after four, Monticello-Albany tied the score with a 6-run fifth inning, only to see the Warriors again score two runs to take the lead again. A 2-run sixth by Monticello tied it at 10.

Stietz was 4 for 5 with two RBIs, while Rece Shelton, Cayden Milz and Dempsey Schliem each had two hits for Black Hawk. Josh Dahl, Luke Johnson and Andrew Eyler had two hits each for Monticello-Albany.

Kollin Klitzke pitched 6.1 innings for the Ponies, allowing 12 hits and three walks on 100 pitches. He also hit four batters, balked three times and threw five wild pitches.

Jayden Stietz pitched the first four innings for Black Hawk, allowing four runs — two earned — on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts. Schliem pitched 2/3 of an inning, allowing four runs on two walks, and Jexen Stietz tossed the final 2.1 innings.

In Game 2, Black Hawk rallied with a 6-run sixth inning to take a lead on the Ponies, but the Monticello-Albany responded with a 3-run frame of their own to squeak out the win.

Dahl had three hits, three runs and three RBIs for Monticello-Albany. Brandon Schiferl was 2 for 4 with three runs and two RBIs for Black Hawk. Avery Baumgartner was 2 for 3 and Shelton finished 3 for 3 with two RBIs.

Gertz threw the first four innings for the Ponies, while Trayden Foster entered in the fifth and was roughed up in the top of the sixth. Corbin Kelly got the win for the Ponies, tossing the final two frames.

Baumgartner lasted just 2.2 innings as the starting pitcher for Black Hawk, allowing five runs on two hits and eight walks in 72 pitches. 

Jexen Stietz tossed 1.1 innings of scoreless relief. Thatcher Schliem allowed three runs on three walks in 1/3 of an inning, while Dempsey Schliem allowed four runs in 1.2 innings of work.

McFarland 10, Brodhead-Juda 0

BRODHEAD — The Cardinals lost a Rock Valley game May 14, collecting just one hit against JT Rimenthal.

Quinton Kammerer allowed eight runs — three earned — on five hits and two walks in three innings of work. Brady Malkow pitched the final two innings for Brodhead-Juda.

Malkow had the only hit of the day for the Cardinals, which also received walks from Marco Bueno and Chase Harnack.

Cam Schaaf homered for McFarland, which scored six runs in the second and two in the third and fourth innings to take full control of the game.