Beavers win one of three games last week

 WILTON — The Wilton Beavers had a rough end to the regular season with two losses in their nal three games. Both losses were to ranked teams in the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association. Wilton beat Monti- cello 10-4 on Wednesday, July 10 to improve to 18-1 in RVC games. The Beavers lost to Class 3A No. 8 Fair eld 17-3 and Class 1A No. 1 Mason City Newman 8-2 to close the week.

Beavers Wrap RVC Season 18-1
WILTON — Wilton Baseball team won their 18th River Valley Conference game after getting a come from behind victory over Monticello, 10-4 last Wednesday, July 10. The win was number two in a row for Wilton.

Monticello scored single runs in the rst and second inning to take a 2-0 lead after two innings. Wilton scored their rst runs on a grand slam by Jared Townsend in the bottom of the third to take a 4-2 lead. The Beavers would score six unanswered runs to take a 10-2 lead. Monticello would add two final runs in the top of the seventh, but couldn’t get closer than the nal score of 10-4.

Jared Townsend was the winning pitcher after ve innings of work. He struck out eight, walked three and gave up two runs on ve hits. Collin Mc- Crabb pitched the nal two innings in relief and gave up two runs and struck out three. Wilton had eight hits in the game with two players collect- ing multi-hit games. Brayton Wade and Collin McCrabb each had two hits while Cory Anderson, Chantz Stevens, Ashton Stoelk, and Townsend each had hits.

Wilton had 10 stolen bases in the game. Senior catcher Brock Hartley had three stolen bases to lead the Beavers.

Trojans Spoil Regular Season Home Finale 

WILTON — It was a tough night for Wilton against Class 3A state ranked Fairfeld on Thursday, July 11. The Trojans scored eight runs in the top of the rst inning to take command of the ball game. 

Jared Townsend smoked a two-run home run in the bottom of the rst to get Wilton within 8-2, but the Beavers would get no closer. Fair eld plated ve runs in the top of the second inning to take a 13-2 lead and added three runs in the top of the fourth to take a 16-2 lead. Each team would score one more run, setting the final at 17-3 after ve innings.

Ashton Stoelk started and took the loss after not getting out of the rst inning. He gave up six runs on four hits. A.J. Bosten and Brock Hartley each pitched. Wilton had six hits in the game from six di erent players. Garrett Bohnsack had a hit and RBI while Clayton Cooling, Collin McCrabb, Chantz Stevens and Brayton Wade each had hits.

Newman Catholic Gets Best Of Battle Of Top Teams
CEDAR RAPIDS — It’s not common or usually possible for two, top-ranked high school baseball teams in di erent classes to meet in the regular season. However, last Friday, that is what happened in Cedar Rapids. The top ranked team in Class 2A Wilton Beavers, played the top ranked team in Class 1A, Mason City Newman, in a non-conference game in Cedar Rapids. There, Mason City Newman beat the Beavers by a score of 8-2.

Cory Anderson started and took the loss. He gave up eight runs, three earned, struck out one batter, walked three, and gave up seven hits.

Newman Catholic scored two runs in the bottom of the rst and three runs in the bottom of the second to take a 5-0 lead. Wilton responded scoring their two runs in the game in the top of the third to trim the New- man Catholic lead to 5-2 after three innings. Wilton however, would be outscored 3-0 the rest of the way, falling 8-2.

Wilton had four hits in the game. Chantz Stevens was 2-for-3 with a run and Ashton Stoelk and Brock Hartley each had hits. Hartley had the only Wilton RBI. Five different Wilton players reached base via walks. Cory Anderson, Collin McCrabb, Stevens, Ashton Stoelk, and Brayton Wade all had walks.