HIGHLAND — The Vikings improved to 19-3 overall on the season with a doubleheader sweep of Highland May 17. Pecatonica won the opener 15-1 and finished off the nightcap with a 10-6 victory.
Lane Busser got the win on the mound in Game 1, allowing just one earned run on two hits and no walks while striking out six. The only run he allowed was a solo blast to leadoff hitter Drew Hennessey in the bottom of the first inning. Hennessey had both Cardinals hits.
The Vikings scored four runs in the first and dropped an eight-spot in the second to pull away.
Carter Ruegsegger was 3 for 4 with a home run, three RBIs, four runs scored and a hit by pitch for Pecatonica. Colton Schraepfer was 2 for 2 with a double, a walk, a hit by pitch, two RBIs and two runs. Easton Schraepfer had two hits and two RBIs.
“Lane did a great job for us,” Pecatonica coach Jim Strommen said. “We took advantage of seven walks, three hit by pitches and then came up with some timely hits.”
We took advantage of seven walks, three hit by pitches and then came up with some timely hits.Pecatonica coach Jim Strommen
In Game 2, Everett Johnson toed the rubber and scored the win, tossing all five innings. Johnson walked two, struck out two and gave up six runs on 12 hits and 75 pitches. Highland’s Grant Hying went deep off Johnson with a 2-run shot in the fourth.
Ruegsegger’s hot bat stayed alive in the nightcap, as he blasted a 3-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning to make it 10-5. Busser also went deep, hitting a 3-run shot of his own in the bottom of the second.
Pecatonica trailed 3-0 after an inning and a half, but a six-spot in the bottom of the second put the Vikings in control. Easton Schraepfer had a bases-loaded walk to bring in the first run, then Dakota Doescher smacked a two-run single. Busser followed with a 3-run tater to left.
The Vikings were scheduled to close out the regular season with a nonconference game at Mount Horeb May 20. Pecatonica hosts Darlington in the first round of the WIAA Division 4 playoffs May 23.
New Glarus 6, Wisconsin Heights 5
NEW GLARUS — The Knights were walk-off winners against the Vanguards May 16.
After giving up three runs in the top of the seventh, New Glarus buckled down in the bottom half of the inning. Schuett singled to center to open the inning, and Connor Siegenthaler reached on a hit by pitch. Holden Latsch then walked to load the bases.
Ben Melvin and Reeve Binger both walked back-to-back to tie the game at 5. With one out and the bases juiced, Peyton Mendleski singled to left to end the game.
New Glarus scored two runs in the bottom of the second to stake an early lead, but Heights tied it in the top of the fifth. The Knights scored a run in the bottom of the sixth to make it 3-2.
Mendleski tossed 4.1 innings, allowing two runs on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts. Carter Siegenthaler came on in relief to get the win. Siegenthaler gave up three hits and a walk with two strikeouts. All three runs against Siegenthaler in the top of the seventh were unearned.
Mendleski had three RBIs, while Latsch had two walks, a hit and two runs.
Darlington 7, Iowa-Grant 6
DARLINGTON — The Redbirds used a little small ball and came up with a walk-off against Iowa-Grant May 17.
Tied 6-6, Darlington’s Kolbe Ubersox opened the bottom of the seventh by reaching on an error to the shortstop. Nick Andrae then walked and Carter Lancaster dropped a sacrifice bunt to move the runs up. Three pitches later, Preston Banfield dropped a squeeze bunt, with IG pitcher Ross Havlik misplaying the ball, allowing Ubersox to score.
Banfield tossed six innings on the mound, giving up four earned runs on nine hits and three walks while striking out six. Barry Schliem pitched the seventh, allowing an unearned run to score.
At the dish, Ubersox and Andrae each had two hits and a double. Shane Gallagher also had a pair of hits.
Darlington led 1-0 after the first inning, but a 3-run inning by the Panthers put the Redbirds behind. Darlington took a 6-5 lead with a four-run fifth inning.
Parkview 12, Darlington 5
NEW GLARUS — The Glarner Knights used five pitchers as they lost a nonconference game to Orfordville Parkview May 17.
New Glarus fell behind 2-0 after the first inning and trailed 5-1 after five. Parkview scored seven runs in the top of the sixth to take full advantage of the game. The Knights countered with two runs in the bottom of the sixth and two more in the seventh, but it was not enough to overcome the large deficit.
Darris Schuett was 2 for 3 with two runs and a walk for the Knights. Holden Latsch was 1 for 3 with a walk, and RBI and two runs.
McFarland 6, Brodhead-Juda 0
MCFARLAND — The Cardinals collected just five runs and couldn’t scratch home a run against the Spartans May 16.
Cade Walker took the loss on the mound, giving up five runs on seven hits and three walks. Gavin Kammerer gave up a hit and two walks in relief and was replaced in the sixth inning by Marco Bueno, who needed just two pitches to get out of the frame. Bueno’s first pitch was hit for an RBI-sacrifice fly, and the following toss ended the inning with a double play to second.
Bueno and Jake Miller each doubled for Brodhead-Juda. Reece Samuel was 2 for 3 with a home run and three RBIs for McFarland.
Potosi-Cassville 11, Monticello-Albany 6
POTOSI — Corbin Kelly had two hits and Andrew Eyler drove in two runs for the Ponies, who dropped a Six Rivers crossover game May 17.
Kelly tossed the first four innings on the mound, allowing six runs, a walk and eight runs. Luke Johnson struck out the side in the fifth, but gave up three runs on three hits in the sixth before being relieved by Eyler, who finished off the inning.
Monticello-Albany scored four runs in the top of the first inning, three of which were unearned. Potosi-Cassville scored two runs in both the first and second to erase the deficit, then plated four runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth to take full control of the game. The Ponies scored twice in the seventh before Will Bierman slammed the door shut on the mound.
River Ridge 14, Black Hawk 4
SOUTH WAYNE — River Ridge jumped out to a 9-0 lead entering the bottom of the third, and the Warriors couldn’t come up with any magic after that May 17.
Avery Baumgartner was 3 for 3 with a walk, a run and an RBI for Black Hawk. Jexen Stietz had two hits and Rece Shelton smacked a double and drove in two.
On the mound, Jayden Stietz gave up seven runs — three earned — on six hits and two walks in 1.2 innings of work. Cayden Milz tossed 3.2 innings of relief and Jexen Stietz got the final two outs of the sixth inning.
