Author: Ben Matthews

 

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NCWHS	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	11	0
Pekin	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	5	0

 

The Wildcats returned to their winning ways, downing the Dragons 5-4 in Pekin Saturday afternoon.

McCade Brown notched the victory for the Wildcats, hurling 5 strong innings and registering three strikeouts while allowing four hits and just two earned runs.  Mark Ogden earned the save in relief, ringing up another strikeout against just one hit and one earned run over the final 2 innings.

Jake Marti (homerun, 2 singles, 4 RBIs) stayed red-hot for the Cats, crushing a homerun in his third consecutive game – this time a no-doubter to left field in the top of the seventh.  Ben Smith (2 doubles) and Brown (2 singles) were also major contributors, with Holden Lueck (single, RBI), Jeremy Fischer (single), Mark Ogden (single), and Tyler Ott (single) all providing key hits in the victory.

The Wildcats return to the diamond Tuesday evening in their first conference action, where they’ll face Peoria Notre Dame in Peoria beginning at 4:30pm.

 

 

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NCWHS	0	1	0	0	4	–	–	5	5	2
Limestone	0	3	5	0	–	–	–	8	8	1

 

The West JV Wildcats battled the weather and the Rockets Friday night, coming up short 8-5 despite a fifth inning rally in a weather-shortened affair Friday night in Limestone.

Jeremy Fisher started on the hill for Normal West, registering a strikeout, seven hits, and scattering three earned runs over 3 innings of work.  Mark Ogden closed out the final inning, recording an additional strikeout and allowing one hit in relief.

Jake Marti (homerun, RBI) led the offense for the Cats, pounding his second homerun in as many games on a line drive to right field in the second inning.  Ben Smith (double, 2 RBIs), Chase Hacker (double), Fischer (single, RBI), and Holden Lueck (single, RBI) rounded out the rest of the offense for West.

NCWHS JV return to action Saturday, where they’ll face Pekin at the Pekin Sports Complex beginning at 12pm.