LOWDEN - The North Cedar baseball team picked up their rst victory of the season last Thursday when they hosted Northeast for a doubleheader with the Rebels. North Cedar won game one 8-4 and lost a close game in the nightcap, 6-2. North Cedar improves to 1-3 overall and 1-3 in the River Valley Conference with the win. North Ce- dar’s home contest against RVC South Division foe Mid-Prairie was rained out on Tuesday, May 28. No make-up date is known as of presstime. North Cedar is on the road all week and will return home on Monday, June 17 in a doubleheader with Ca- manche. The Knights do play close to home this Thursday at Durant, and Saturday when they play at the Calamus-Wheatland Tournament.
Knights Get Boost In 4th Inning
In game one, North Cedar and Northeast were tied at two after the second inning. The Knights put up two runs in the top of the second and the Rebels tied the game in the bottom of the inning. North Cedar however, would score the next six runs, including four in the top of the fourth inning to take an 8-2 lead. The Golden Hawks tacked on two runs in the bottom of the seventh, but is was not enough.
Juniors Ethan Sahr and Tyler Thurston combined to scatter six Mid-Prairie hits. They also combined to strike out nine Golden Hawk batters. Sahr started the game and was the winning pitcher. He worked 5 2/3 innings, struck out six, gave up four hits and two runs. Thurston pitched 1 2/3 innings in relief and struck out three and gave up two runs.
North Cedar had a season high 12 hits in the game. Brennen Kreel was 3-for-4 with a run scored and Tyler Thurston was 2-for-4 with a double, run, and 3 RBI’s. Devon Willis also was 3-for-4 with a RBI and two runs. Ethan Sahr, Jacob Wagner, Gage Walshire, and Tadan Lange each had hits. Walshire had a RBI.
In game two, North Cedar fell behind 2-0 after the rst inning and 3-0 after the second inning after adding a run, on their way to a 6-2 win. North Cedar got within one run, 3-2 after the fourth inning. Northeast responded with three unanswered runs.
Devon Willis took the loss after working three innings. He gave up three runs on one-hit, struck out two and walked three. Chase Miller and Tadan Lange combined to pitch the nal four innings in relief. They combined to give up three runs on four hits. They combined to strike out six and walk two.
Brennen Kreel was 2-for-2 with a double and 2 RBI’s to lead the Knights. Gage Walshire had the other North Cedar hit in the game and scored a run. North Cedar drew six walks in the game, one each from Jacob Wagner, Devon Willis, Ethan Sahr, Gage Walshire, Brennen Kreel, and Tadan Lange.
Knights Lose Doubleheader With Comets Despite Scoring 9 Runs
BELLEVUE — The North Cedar Knights traveled to Bellevue last Thursday to play the Comets at Cole Park. There, the Comets beat North Cedar by scores of 9-5 and 14-4 in ve innings. The nine combined runs in a RVC doubleheader is the more than any of the Knights doubleheader combined runs all of last year.
North Cedar saw a 5-3 lead evaporate in the fth inning of game one. A 6-run fth by Bellevue was enough to get past North Cedar 9-5. North Cedar tied the game at 1-1 in the second and took their rst lead with a four-run fourth to set the score at 5-2. Bellevue’s 6-run fth put the game out of reach for North Cedar as the Comets led 8-5 with two innings left.
North Cedar had 12 hits in its season opener with three players collecting multi-hit games. Tyler Jackson and Ethan Sahr each were 3-for-4 at the plate while Devon Willis was 2-for-2. Ja- cob Wagner, Tyler Thurston, Gage Walshire, and Brennen Kreel each had hits. Thruston had 2 RBI’s while Wagner and Walshire each had 1 RBI.
Ethan Sahr started and went four innings. He struck out ve, walked three and gave up ve runs on four hits. Chase Miller took the loss after an inning of relief work. Tyler Thurston also pitched in the game.
Bellevue won game two 14-4 in ve innings. North Cedar led 1-0 after the rst inning before Bellevue scored four straight runs over two innings to take a 4-1 lead. North Cedar’s bats came alive in the top of the fourth when they scored three runs to tie the game at 4-4.
Tadan Lange started the game and pitched three innings. He gave up four runs, two of which were earned. He struck out ve, walked ve and gave up one run. Alex Woodward took the loss after not recording an out, but giving up ve runs.
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