Author: Ben Matthews

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Metamora	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	3	2
NCWHS	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	7	3

 

The NCWHS Wildcats out-hit Metamora 7-3, but couldn’t push enough runs across to get the win, losing 3-2 in seven innings to the Redbirds.

Jake Marti and Jeremy Fischer combined to log six strikeouts, holding Metamora to just one earned run.

One run in the bottom of the fourth helped the Wildcats close their deficit to 3-1. A single by Ben Smith gave the NCWHS Wildcats life, but Metamora stopped the rally with a ground out to end the inning.

The Wildcats closed the gap to one in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI single by Chase Hacker, but were unable get any closer.

 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NCWHS	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	7	8	5
PrairieCentral	4	0	0	3	0	8	–	15	12	1

 

The NCWHS Wildcats lost 15-7 to Prairie Central Thursday despite Jeremy Fischer going 3-4 at the dish. Fischer put himself in scoring position with two extra-base hits for the NCWHS Wildcats. He doubled in the first and fifth innings and singled in the seventh inning.

Jake Rutkowski, Chase Hacker, and Camden Schwarz took the mound for the Wildcats, combining for 7 strikeouts while giving up 8 earned runs in the loss.

NCWHS jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first. The Wildcats’ threat began with a double by Fischer, who later scored. The Wildcats added a run when Zack Jones scored on a groundout RBI by Ben Smith.

Prairie Central held a 7-2 lead going into the top of the fifth, but NCWHS scored 4 runs on doubles by Fischer and Jake Marti and added another in the top of the sixth on an RBI single by Jones to tie things up heading into the bottom of the sixth.