MAUSTON – Weather has allowed few Lakeland West baseball games to see a first pitch so far this season.
In fact, the Luck-Frederic and Unity baseball teams had to travel three hours just to play against each other. Both teams got the rare, early April opportunity to take the field at the Woodside Sports Complex on April 11 and the Eagles claimed a 16-3 win.
Jacob Grams led a Unity offense that posted 16 hits and scored multiple runs in each of its four at bats. Grams had four hits, four RBIs and four runs scored for the Eagles after Luck-Frederic opened the game with a three-run at bat in the top of the first.
Jaxon Tilton had a hit, two runs scored and three RBIs for Unity; David Whitlock had three hits and an RBI; Ayden Christensen had two hits, two RBIs and a run scored; Ashten Christensen had three hits and an RBI while Conner Eichelt had a hit, two RBIs and a run scored.
Whitlock pitched four innings for the win, striking out 10 and allowing five hits.
Ben Ones and Broc Carter had two hits, an RBI and a run scored each for Luck-Frederic; Sam Morley had a hit and an RBI.
Carter took the loss, going two innings and striking out three while allowing 10 hits.
Unity 3, Shell Lake 2
L.J. Manning provided the game-winning RBI in the bottom of the seventh in Unity’s second win on April 11.
The two teams combined for just seven hits and were tied 2-2 after the fifth inning. Jaxon Tilton and Jacob Grams had a hit and a run scored each for the Eagles; Xavier Nadeau had a run scored.
Manning also pitched four innings with nine strikeouts, though Grams got the decision with three innings pitched and six strikeouts.
Grantsburg 12, Amery 7
The Pirates broke a 1-1 fourth-inning tie by scoring multiple runs in each of their final four at bats of a win on Friday.
Grantsburg still had to withstand a final at-bat rally from Amery, which posted five runs in the bottom of the seventh. However, the Pirates were able to capitalize on eight Amery errors in the game.
Brock Matheny had two hits for Grantsburg while Zach Rombach and Levi Anderson had two RBIs each.
“It was an okay outing, considering it was only the second day we have been on the field this season,” Grantsburg coach Pete Johnson said.
Ladysmith 5, Unity 4
Despite a combined 14 strikeouts from L.J. Manning and Jacob Grams, the Eagles took a loss on Friday.
Manning pitched four innings with nine strikeouts for Unity while Grams pitched two innings and had four strikeouts.
The Eagles held an early 1-0 lead and tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the fourth but Ladysmith had a three-run at bat in the bottom of the fourth and the Eagles couldn’t get the game-tying run.
Isaiah Fugate, David Whitlock and Bennett Mitchell had an RBI each for Unity.
SCF 11, C-W 1
Brady Belisle had three RBIs for St. Croix Falls in its lopsided win over Chetek-Weyerhaeuser on April 11.
After taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning, the Saints followed with a pair of five-run at bats to take an 11-0 lead into the fourth inning. Chetek-Weyerhaeuser dashed a shutout attempt with a run in the top of the fifth, which was the game’s final at bat.
Brayden Olson and Nolan Imhoff had two hits each for the Saints; Tyler Olson had two RBIs.
Brayden Olson pitched three innings for the win, striking out eight.
SCF 10, Barron 6
Dylan Smith and Brady Belisle had two RBIs each for the Saints in their win on Thursday.
St. Croix Falls erased an early 2-0 deficit with a three-run first inning and led 4-1 to start the fourth inning. The Saints then scored two runs in each of the next three innings before stopping a Barron rally at three runs in the top of the seventh.
SCF 19, Barron 7
The Saints claimed a second win over Barron on Thursday with Dylan Smith providing four hits and four RBIs.
The two teams combined for 27 hits in the game and 11 runs in the first inning. But St. Croix Falls took an 8-3 lead from that first inning and added nine more runs over the next two innings.
Brady Belisle had three hits and four RBIs for the Saints; Tyler Olson had four RBIs.
Pecatonica 12, Siren 2
An eight-run fifth inning gave Pecatonica a home win over the Dragons on April 6.
Siren took a 1-0 lead with its first inning at bat but Pecatonica took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the inning and was up 3-1 before posting eight runs in the fifth.
The Dragons were limited to three hits; Luke Pettis, Nick Webster and Lucas D’Jock had one hit each. Pettis scored both Siren runs.
