Knights Tame Tigers 9-3

 LOWDEN — The 2020 baseball season began Monday night as Tipton traveled to North Cedar to play the Knights. There, North Cedar beat the Tigers 9-3 behind good pitching and an offense that had eleven hits. Ethan Sahr pitched four innings to get the win and struck out five. Cole Taylor pitched three innings. Kayden Rezac took the loss after two innings of work where he gave up four runs. Cole Syring also pitched for THS.
 North Cedar trailed 2-1 going to the bottom of the second. There, the Knights scored three times to take a 4-2 lead. North Cedar led 4-3 after three innings and used two-run fourth and a three-run sixth to extend their lead to 9-3. Sahr led North Cedar batters, going 4-for-5 with a double, four RBI’s and a run scord. Tyler Jackson and Jaxon Sander each had two hits.
 Tipton had eight hits in the game, but couldn’t get the timely hit they needed to push more runs across the plate. Nile Schuett and Kayden Rezacc each had two hits to lead THS. Schuett had two RBI’s and Rezac had one RBI. Other Tipton hits came from Connor Hermiston, Trent Pelzer, Cole Syring and Carter Hill.
 

New Look Beavers Capture Win In First Game
 WILTON — The Wilton Beaver baseball team could be the team in 2A with the most newcomers after a large senior class graduated last year, but the new players picked up a big victory in their season opener Monday night over Monticello, 3-0. The Beavers reached a Class 2A Regional Final game last year and the departing seniors led the 2018 Beaver squad to the state tournament. This year’s team however, still is hungry, and still knows a thing or two about the game of baseball.
 The Beavers played ‘small’ ball in the bottom of the third inning to push across all three runs. Wilton sent seven batters to the plate in the inning. Chase Garvin led off the inning with a single and reached third after Colby Sawvell and Chase Hagen each reached base on bunt singles. Garvin would score on a wild pitch by Monticello and Karson Willey roped a two-out, two-run single to score Sawvell and Hagen to put the score at 3-0. Monticello advanced runners to third base three times over the seven-inning game, but could not score a run. Jackson Hull was the winning pitcher after working 5 ⅓ innings and facing 20 batters. He struck out eight and walked one batter while scattering three hits. Nolan Townsend picked up the save after slamming the door on a Panther comeback over the final 1 ⅔ innings. Townsend struck out three and walked one while facing nine batters.
 Wilton had five hits in the game. Gage Hagen was 2-for-3 with a run scored while Chase Garvin, Colby Sawvell, and Karson Wiley each had hits.
 

Wildcats Fall At Home 5-4
 DURANT — The Wildcats couldn’t solve Iowa City Regina ace Chase Becker Monday night in a 5-4 loss. Becker, one of the top pitchers returning in the River Valley Conference, spun four innings of no-hit baseball to get the win. Becker and two other Regal pitchers combined to limit Durant to two hits in the game. The Wildcats had a tough game defensively too, committing four errors in the game. Brendan Paper took the loss. Danny Molony earned the save for the Regals.
 Regina scored three times in the top of the fourth inning to break the tie and take a 4-1 lead.