WHEATLAND — The summer season rolled along for the North Cedar Knight baseball team last week. The Knights played as many games last week (6) as they had the rst two weeks of the season combined (4). Those games produced their second victory of the season a 6-1 win over Durant in Iowa City at Duane Banks Field, the home of the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Knights also played RVC foes Monticello and Iowa CIty Regina and got a pair of games at the Calamus-Wheat- land tournament.
Knights Fall Twice To Monticello Panthers
MONTICELLO — North Cedar started their week with a pair of road games at Monticello. There, the Panthers won both contests 13-3 and 11-1 in games that ended early. The Knights fell to 1-5 in the RVC with the losses.
In game one, North Cedar fell 13-3 in six innings. North Cedar fell behind 11-0 after four innings before scoring three runs in the top of the fifth to set the score at 11-3.
Monticello would score twice in the bottom of the sixth to extend their lead to 10, 13- 3. Monticello scored multiple runs in an inning in the rst four innings of the game.
Alex Woodward took the loss after two innings of work. He gave up eight runs on four hits and walked four. Cole Taylor and Jacob Wagner each pitched in relief. Devon Willis led North Cedar at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a run. Brennen Kreel had a RBI single and Tyler Thurston and Gage Walshire each had RBI’s in the game.
In game two, Monticello broke open a 3-1 game with a ve-run fourth inning to extend their lead to 8-1. The Panthers add- ed three runs in the sixth to end the game by the 10-run rule, 11- 1. Tyler Thurston took the loss after starting and going three innings. Thurston gave up six runs on three hits while walking seven and striking out two. Chase Miller pitched three innings in relief. North Cedar got hits from Ethan Sahr, Devon Willis, and Brennen Kreel.
Knights Score First In Iowa City Regina Loss, 5-2
IOWA CITY — Two early runs were not enough for North Cedar to hang on for a win at Iowa City Regina last Tuesday, June 4 in a 5-2 loss. There, North Cedar scored twice in the top of the second inning to take an early 2-0 lead. Regina tied the game at 2 with two runs in their half of the second. Regina scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the third to take a 3-2 lead. The Regals extended their lead to 5-2 in the sixth, which would be the nal score.
Ethan Sahr took the loss after working four innings. He struck out ve, walked one and gave up three runs on ve hits. Taden Lange pitched two innings in relief after giving up two runs on two hits. He struck out three and walked no batters.
North Cedar had six hits with Sahr and Lange each collecting two hits. Lange and Jaxon Sander each had RBI in the second inning. Sahr had two stolen bases. Tyler Thurston and Tyler Jackson each had hits in the game.
Lange’s Gem Gives Knights Win Over Durant
IOWA CITY — North Cedar freshman Taden Lange pitched the North Cedar baseball team to their second win of the season last Thursday when the Knights beat Durant 6-1. The game was played at the University of Iowa Duane Banks Field. Lange joined teammate Ethan Sahr in the win column this year with the victory. Lange wonhis rstgameintwostarts this season. He has pitched in four games and 13 2/3 innings. Lange nearly pitched a shutout in the game, allowing four hits and one run over seven innings for a complete game. He struck out ve and walked two. Lange lowered his ERA to a team best 2.05 and lowered what opposing batters bat against him to .143. At one point in the game, Lange retired 13 straight Wild- cats with 1-2-3 innings in the 3rd, 4th and 5th. He also had a 1-2-3 inning in the rst. Lange helped himself at the plate with a hit and 2 RBI’s.
North Cedar had six hits o Durant pitching. Jacob Wag- ner was 3-for-3 with a RBI and 2 runs while the Knights lead- ing hitter Devon Willis (.414) was 2-for-3 with a RBI and run.
North Cedar and Durant played to a scoreless tie after four innings. North Cedar scored the game’s rst runs in the top of the fth. North Cedar sent ten batters to the plate in the inning and scored three runs. The rst two batters reached base to start the inning and a RBI single by Jacob Wagner plated Tyler Jackson for the game’s rst run. Later Wagner would score on a wild pitch and Devon Willis would score on a bases loaded walk to give North Cedar a 3-0 lead. That score held until the top of the seventh.
There, North Cedar scored three more runs to take a 6-0 lead and sent eight batters to the plate. Jacob Wagner hit a one-out triple and scored on a Willis RBI single. Willis and Tyler Thurston, who reached base by being hit by a pitch, would each score on a RBI single by Taden Lange. Durant would score their only run in the bottom of the seventh.
Knights Play Two Tri-Rivers Foes Conference Teams
WHEATLAND — North Cedar traveled the short distance East to play at the Calamus-Wheat- land tournament last Saturday, June 8. There, North Cedar played Tri-Rivers foes Cala- mus-Wheatland and Midland losing both games.
The Knights lost 10-0 to Cala- mus-Wheatland. The Warriors are ranked No. 5 in Class 1A and came into the tournament 11-1 with their only loss to Class 3A No. 3 DeWitt on the last day of May. Calamus-Wheatland broke a scoreless game with a 7-run second inning. The Warriors added single runs in the fourth-sixth innings to end the game at 10-0 in six innings.
Alex Woodward took the loss after working two innings and giving up seven runs. He gave up three hits, walked ve and struck out one. Cole Taylor pitched three innings in relief. He gave up three runs, struck out four and walked one batter. North Cedar had four hits in the game by four di erent players. Ethan Sahr, Devon Willis, Ja- cob Wagner, and Jaxon Sander each had singles in the game.
In their other game, North Cedar fell 2-1 to Midland. The loss set the Knight’s record at 2-8 through the rst ten games. The Eagles have a new coach, familiar with RVC teams. Former Monticello coach Josh Soper is now the head coach at Midland, a place he started his career at years ago. Soper entered the season with 205 wins and had his new team 8-2.
North Cedar junior Ethan Sahr went toe-to-toe with Midland ace Alex Smith and held his own. Sahr pitched six innings and struck out a season high 13 in the game. He took the loss, after giving up two runs on six hits. Four di erent Knights had hits in the game. Devon Willis and Gage Walshire each had doubles while James Garner and Jaxon Sander each had hits. Sander had two of the ve North Cedar stolen bases in the game.
Alex Smith started the game and went four innings. He struck out four and walked two. He gave up one-run on two hits. Wilson Buckwalter was the winning pitcher in relief of Smith after working three innings. He struck out ve, walked none, and had two hits. Smith led Midland at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a double and RBI. Buckwalter also was 2-for-3 with two doubles and a run scored. Iziek Soper, Brett Schoenherr, and Zain Sauer each had hits in the game.
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