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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Varese, Mohawks shut out Melcher-Dallas <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Tucker Babbitt and Smith each drove in one run to lead Moravia. The Mohawks stole eight bases during the game with Varese swiping three. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Sabers score fifth-straight victory <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Twin Cedars (6-6) will host Bluegrass Conference rival Melcher-Dallas on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Warriors winwildcontest over Lone Tree <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Panthers fall to Louisa-Muscatine <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Mormon Trail outslugs Seymour <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Seymour (5-4) will look to bounce back on Tuesday night at home against Murray. <\/p>\n
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