Comets fall short at New London – Ottumwacourier

NEW LONDON The Cardinal baseball team tried to rally late in a Southeast Iowa Superconference contest at New London on Thursday. The Comets scored three times in the sixth inning to pull within 7-3, then scored twice in the seventh before the Tigers finally closed out an 8-5 victory.

Marcus Olson, Cameron Honomichl and Colby Aschenbrenner all collected two hits and an RBI against the Tigers. Mason Aschenbrenner added a doubleand scored a run while Jentry Arbogast drove in Tanner Collins with an RBI single.

Cardinal (4-5, 2-5) will be back in action this weekend at the East Marshall Tournament on Saturday. The Comets hit the road again on Monday for SEISC action at Louisa-Muscatine.

Varese, Mohawks shut out Melcher-Dallas

MELCHER Mateo Varese didn't allow a single run over seven innings on the mound as the Moravia Mohawks defeated Bluegrass Conference rival Melcher-Dallas, 4-0, on Thursday. Varese allowed just one hit and struck out Sam Houston to end the game.

Moravia scored on a single by Casey Smith in the second inning. Varese earned the win for the Mohawks, striking out 14 Melcher-Dallas hitters in the victory.

Tucker Babbitt and Smith each drove in one run to lead Moravia. The Mohawks stole eight bases during the game with Varese swiping three.

Moravia (8-3), winners of six-straight games, hosts another Bluegrass Conference rival to open next week as the Mohawks welcome in Mormon Trail on Tuesday.

Sabers score fifth-straight victory

BUSSEY Senior pitcher Trace Embray allowed just one run on four hits over seven innings, lifting Twin Cedars to a fifth-straight victory as the Sabers edged Iowa Christian Academy 3-1 on Thursday night. The Sabers had just four hits of their own, including a two-run double by sophomore Broke DenBurger would bring all three runs home during the contest.

Twin Cedars (6-6) will host Bluegrass Conference rival Melcher-Dallas on Tuesday.

Warriors winwildcontest over Lone Tree

KEOSAUQUA After scoring six times in the very first inning, the Van Buren baseball team had to hold on until the very last batter. Lone Tree cut a 12-4 deficit all the way down to 14-13 and put the tying run on third base, loading the bases with two outs before Michael Schmidt was retired by sophomore Jaxon Thomas on a 3-2 pop outto close out a three-hour thriller on Thursday night.

Jonah Heckenberg scored three times in the wild contest, only bettered by a four-run night from teammate Greg Wenke thanks to three walks and two hits that allowed the Warrior junior to reach base five times, scoring four times. Van Buren (5-8) hosts the Southeast Iowa Classic throughout the weekend.

Panthers fall to Louisa-Muscatine

LOUISA Torell Washington went 2-3 at the plate and scored the second run of the sixth inning for the Pekin Panthers on Thursday night during Southeast Iowa Superconference action at Louisa-Muscatine. Those two runs, however, would be all the runs Pekin would get in a 7-2 loss to the Falcons.

Pekin (5-5) will be looking bounce back throughout this weekend joining Winfield-Mount Union and Van Buren at the opening site of the two-day Southeast Iowa Classic in Keosauqua over the weekend.

Mormon Trail outslugs Seymour

SEYMOUR It appeared as though the Seymour Warriors would battle back and forth all night with Bluegrass Conference rival Mormon Trail on Thursday. The teams found themselves tied at 2-2, 4-4, 7-7 and 9-9 before a 10-run explosion in the top of the seventh lifted Mormon Trail to a 19-13 victory.

Seymour (5-4) will look to bounce back on Tuesday night at home against Murray.