Category: Varsity

4-21-2011 vs. Decatur Eisenhower Panthers

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Eisenhower Panthers	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	3	2
NCWHS Wildcats	4	0	3	0	0	0	X	7	9	3

 

Wildcats Tame the Panthers 7 – 4

The Normal West Wildcats opened conference play with a 7 – 4 victory over the Decatur Eisenhower Panthers at West Varsity Field.  Erik Sipes three-run homer in the 1^st inning gave the Wildcats an early lead and it held up to move the Wildcats to 12-4 on the season and 1-0 in the Big 12 conference.

  

Dustin Detweiler started on the mound for the Wildcats and got the win, pitching five innings.  He gave up four runs, but only one earned on three hits, two walks and a hit batter, with six strikeouts.  Alex Jefferson came on in the 6^th inning to pick up the save.  He gave up only one walk in his two innings and struck out the side in the 6^th. 

After falling behind 2-0, the Wildcat got the lead right back in the top of the 1^st.  Kyle Vaughn singled and stole second base before two wild pitches brought him home.  Adam McGinnis walked and stole second before a Wes Sery walk put two men on for Erik Sipes.  Sipes launched a shot over the center field fence to put the Wildcats up 4-2.  In the 3^rd inning, the Wildcats pulled away from a 4-4 tie when Wes Sery led off with a double to left center and moved to third base on an infield out.  Trey Rogers beat out an infield grounder to score Sery and then scored on a Matthew James double over the center fielder.  James scored on two more wild pitches.

Wes Sery led the Wildcats with two hits while Erik Sipes had three runs batted in.

The Wildcats are scheduled to play the Panthers again tomorrow in Decatur, but the weather forecast is grim, so the next game may be against the Urbana Tigers at home on Saturday.

04-20-2011 vs. University High Pioneers

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U-High Pioneers	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	0	3
NCWHS Wildcats	3	4	3	0	X	X	X	10	10	0

 

Wildcats Perfect in Win over Pioneers

Matthew James was essentially untouchable at West Varsity Field in a 10-0 five inning win over the U-High Pioneers.  James fanned 14 of 15 batters he faced, blowing fastballs by them and buckling knees with the breaking pitch.  The only exception was a 3^rd inning routine grounder to third base.  The victory upped the Wildcats’ record to 11-4.

 

The offense got on the board in the 1^st inning when Alex Jefferson led off with a walk, moved to third on a Kyle Vaughn base hit and scored on Adam McGinnis’ RBI double down the third base line.  After Wes Sery drove in Vaughn with an infield ground out, Adam Seifert laid down a bunt for a hit that scored McGinnis.  In the 2^nd, Trey Rogers, returning from a broken thumb, got aboard on an infield error before Jefferson and Vaughn singled to load the bases.  McGinnis brought two in with a double and Sery drove in two more with a double to left center.  In the 3^rd, Ryan Speller led off with a single before Jefferson blasted a two-run homer to left.  Vaughn not aboard on error, moved up twice on wild pitches and scored on Sery’s second double of the game.

Jefferson, Vaughn, McGinnis and Sery led the Wildcats with two hits each.  Sery had four runs driven in while McGinnis had three and Jefferson two.

The Wildcats are scheduled to return to action tomorrow against Decatur Eisenhower at Stephen Decatur middle school in Decatur.

4-12-2011 vs. Morton Potters

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NCWHS Wildcats	2	1	0	1	6	2	1	13	17	4
Morton Potters	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	8	5

 

Wildcats Handle the Potters

The Normal West Wildcats rode the hot bats of Alex Jefferson and Adam McGinnis to a 13-3 victory over the Morton Potters in Morton on Tuesday.  Another lovely spring day seemed to provide a spark to the offense, which rapped out seventeen hits including four for Jefferson and three for McGinnis.  The Wildcats improve to 10-4 on the season as the Potters fall to 6-4.

Alex Jefferson got the Wildcats started with a line drive single to center in the 1^st inning.  Kyle Vaughn moved him along with a single as well.  Jefferson scored when Morton threw wildly attempting a double play later in the inning on a Wes Sery groundball.  Sery moved to second on the play as well.  Erik Sipes then singled to left to drive him home.  In the 2^nd, Matthew James smashed one off of the second baseman and then stole second base.  He moved up on a wild pitch strikeout and scored on a Morton infield error.

 

Jefferson mashed a two out homer to left in the 4^th inning to give the Wildcats a 4-0 lead.  In the 5^th, the Wildcats broke loose for six runs.  Adam McGinnis led off with an infield single and Wes Sery lined one to left for a hit.  Adam Seifert walked to load the bases and Matthew James drove in a run with a walk.  Ryan Speller then drove a sacrifice fly to center to score Sery.  Jacob Davis then double to right center to score Seifert and Jefferson brought home two more with a double off the left center fence.  Kyle Vaughn finished the barrage by singled Jefferson home.

In the 6^th, James walked followed by a Speller single.  After Nolan Caldwell moved them up with a ground ball, Jefferson brought in James with a bunt single.  In the 7^th, Adam McGinnis led off with a solo blast to left.  Wes Sery then walked, but was forced on a nice play by the Morton third basemen on a laser by Erik Sipes.  Adam Seifert singled to put runners on the corners and Sipes scored on a James grounder.

Jefferson led the Wildcats with four hits while McGinnis had three and Vaughn and Sipes had two.  All nine starters got at least one hit for the Wildcats.  Jefferson had four runs batted in and James had two.

Kyle Vaughn picked up the win for the Wildcats on the mound, moving his record to 3-0.  Vaughn pitched five innings, allowing three runs on eight hits with no walks, a hit batter and a strikeout.  Nick Barnhill finished up for the Wildcats, going two innings and only giving up one walk and getting two strikeouts.

The Wildcats return to action Friday against the University High Pioneers at ISU field.  Writer’s note, the pie at Busy Corner in Goodfield was exceptionally good, as usual.