4-27-10 Freshman vs. U-High

West battles U-High                              

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 U-High Pioneers  0 1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
NCWHS Wildcats   0 0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  2

 

Tuesdays game against U-High was a classic pitchers duel.

U-High got on the scoreboard first with a single run in the 2nd inning.  The Wilcats (17-1) missed early on a couple of scoring opportunitiesuntil finally coming thru in the 4th inning when Josh Appel singled home Matt Hunsaker.

The score remained tied until the top of the 11th when Matthew James launched a 2 out Home Run over the right field fence to win the game 2-1.

Nick Heib pitched 4 innnings and was relieved by Tyler Ort who held the Pioneers scoreless in3 innings.  Matthew James came in to pitch the final 4 innings striking out 10 batters along the way. 

Up next are the Raiders of BHS in  a 4:30 game Friday at Parkside.

Capturing the long battle are pictures by Clay Wheeler:

 

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/47873653@N08/sets/72157623825601757/

4-26-2010 Freshmen v. Rantoul

WEST flies through at the Air Base                                 

 

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NCWHS Wildcats

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Rantoul

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Extra Base Hits –

            Homerun – Adam

            Doubles – Matt, Alex, Matthew

 RBIs –

            Turner (1), Adam (4), Kyle (1), Matt (2), Alex (2), Matthew (2), Chris (1)

 Pitching by Matt and Austin

 

Capturing the expressions of the day are pictures by Clay Wheeler:

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4-23-2010 Freshman vs East Peoria

 

4–23-2010 vs. East Peoria 

 

The Wildcats swept a doubleheader from East Peoria by the scores of 11-1 and 16-0.

 

GAME 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 East Peoria  0  1  0  0        
NCWHS Wildcats  4  0  0  4      11    

  

Game 1

In game 1, Alex Jefferson and Adam McGinnis held the visitors to just 1 run on 3 hits while striking out 8.  Offensively,  the bats wer alive with the sounds of pinging on Home Runs by Matthew James (2) and Adam McGinnis.  Nick Heib added a double and RBIs came from Jefferson (4), James (4) , McGinnis(1) and Heib (1).

 

GAME 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 East Peoria  0  0  0  0     0    
NCWHS Wildcats 9  0  3  4        16    

  

Game 2

In game 2, the Wildcats pickedup where they left off.  Solid pitching from Caleb Smith (3 Ks) and Kyle Zulz (2 Ks) kept East Peoria hitless over 5 innings.

At the plate, Matthew James connected on his 3rd home run dinger of the day with a 3 run shot in the first.  Josh Appel cleared the bases with his first homer of the season.  McGinnis homered for his second time of the day along with Turner Reid.

RBI leaders were Appel (4), James (3), Reid(3), McGinnis (2), and Chris Smickilas, Caleb Smith, Austin Aereola and Alex Jefferson each with one.

With the wins the Wildcats improved their overall record to 15 and one.