In their Lakes Conference baseball opener, Spirit Lake
batters showed plenty of patience at the plate in drawing ten walks en route to
10-4 win at Emmetsburg. The Indians only tallied three hits, which came from
Nick Wetzler, Cody Poke, and Tate Hanson. Brandon Stoll was the winning pitcher, surrendering two
earned runs on four hits with six strikeouts. The Indians improve to 3-1
overall and 1-0 in league play. They return to the field Friday against
Cherokee. Emmetsburg’s Tayler Wegner got the loss despite just two earned runs
allowed. The E-Hawks defense committed five errors. The loss drops Emmetsburg
to 1-2 this summer and 0-1 in the conference. They play at Okoboji on Thursday,
a game that can be heard on Q102.
Click here for the postgame interview with Indians coach Jason Schneider.
A rough pitching night doomed Spirit Lake
in their Lakes Conference softball opener. The Indians lost at Emmetsburg by a 14-2
score in four innings. Spirit
Lake used four pitchers
throughout the game, issued thirteen walks and allowed six hits. Freshman
Bailee Newman took the loss as the starter. Offensively, Paige Krause was
2-for-2 with a RBI and Emily Mercer drove in a run on one hit. Spirit Lake
falls to 2-3 overall and 0-1 in conference play, with a home contest against
Cherokee on Thursday. The ninth-ranked E-Hawks sit at 4-2 this year, 1-0 in the
league, and travel to Sioux Central this evening.
Elsewhere in softball, Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire
picked up a ten-run win over non-conference opponent, Trinity Christian. GT/RA
won 14-4 behind a three-hit, two-run night by Daisy Jordan. Brooke Hoffman crossed home
four times, while Alyssa Hoffman earned the win allowing three earned runs on
four hits and striking out seven. GT/RA improves to 2-3 and travels to Harris-Lake Park for a doubleheader with the Wolves.
The nightcap can be heard on KUOO.
Okoboji’s Siouxland Conference game at Sheldon was postponed
due to rain and will be made up as a varsity doubleheader on June 20. Okoboji’s baseball game with Sheldon was also postponed
due to wet conditions. A makeup date has yet to be decided. And Sibley-Ocheyedan’s home softball game with MOC-Floyd Valley was rained out and has a make-up date of June 5.
