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The
Official Newspaper of Manchester and Delaware County, Iowa
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
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Hawk boys outscore opponents 48-8 while winning five of six games
by Ken Boesenberg
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The West Delaware boys baseball team won five of six games last week to up their season record to 9-1.
The Hawks started out the week on Monday night with a WaMaC Conference double header with the visiting Sailors of Waterloo Columbus.
In game on the Hawks BJ Hermsen had a dominating performance on the mound. He allowed the Sailors just three hits while striking out 11 in the Hawks 7-0 win.
The Hawks supplied Hermsen with all the runs he would need in the home half of the second inning.
Nathan King laced a two out double and Garrett Linderwell followed with a walk. Justin Gideon then double to score King for a 1-0 Hawk lead. |
The Hawks Zach McCool celebrates his third inning two-run home run in game two against Independence with teammates at home plate. |
Linderwell later scored on a wild pitch by the Columbus hurler to give the Hawks an early 2-0 lead.
West Delaware added two more runs in the bottom of the fourth on a two-run home run by Justin Gideon. Nathan King who had reached on a one-out single scored ahead of Gideon.
The Hawks final three runs of the game came in the home half of the sixth inning.
BJ Hermsen led off with a single and stole second. Nate Lahr drew a walk and the Hawks pulled off the double steal to put runners a second and third with just one out.
Hermsen would score on a passed ball for the first run of the inning. Garrett Linderwell drove in the second run with a double to left center field. He would later score on a throwing error by the Columbus catcher for a 7-0 Hawk lead.
Hermsen recorded strike outs 10 and 11 in the top of the seventh for outs two and three to give the Hawks a 7-0 shutout victory.
Getting hits for the Hawks in game one were Zach McCool 1 for 3, BJ Hermsen 1 for 3, Nathan King 2 for 3, Garrett Linderwell 1 for 3 and Justin Gideon 2 for 2 with a home run and three runs batted in.
Game two was a different affair as the Hawks could manage just four hits in the contest as the Sailors pulled off a 3-2 victory.
Hawk hurler, Garrett Linderwell went the distance allowing three runs on just seven hits while striking out 12 Sailor batters.
The Hawks scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Chris Harbaugh led off with a single and come into score on an error by the Sailor shortstop.
Columbus came back with two runs in the top of the fifth on two doubles and a single by the top half of their batting order.
The Sailors added a run in the top of the sixth to take a 3-1 lead.
BJ Hermsen hit a long home run to right center field with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning to cut the Sailor lead to 3-2. However, that would be the final score as the Hawks were unable to score in the home half of the seventh.
Chris Harbaugh led the Hawks with two hits in three at bats. Hermsen’s sixth inning home run and Garrett Linderwell’s seventh inning single were the only two other West Delaware hits.
After being rained out on Wednesday night in Dubuque the Hawks traveled to Independence for their second conference double header of the week.
The Hawks had their hitting shoes on against the Mustangs as they banged out 11 hits in their game one 11-1 victory and 17 more hits in their game two 16-0 win.
In game one the Hawks scored a pair of first inning runs and added two more in the second for an early 4-0 lead.
That would be more than enough run support for starting pitche
r Zach McCool. McCool tossed a six inning no-hitter at the Mustangs while striking out five batters.
Holding a 6-0 lead the Hawks broke the game wide open in the top of the sixth, scoring five times with two outs.
Chris Harbaugh started the rally with a double to left center. Lucas Kafer followed with his second hit of the game to drive in Harbaugh. After Zach McCool drew a walk, BJ Hermsen hit home run number five of the season over the left center field fence to drive in three runs.
Nate Lahr then reached second on an error by the Mustang second baseman. Nathan King followed with a base hit to make the score 11-0.
Indee got one run in the bottom of the sixth to make the final score 11-1 in favor of the Hawks.
Getting hits for the Hawks were Chris Harbaugh 2 for 5, Lucas Kafer 3 for 4, Zach McCool 1 for 3, BJ Hermsen 1 for 4, Nathan King 1 for 3, Justin Gideon 1 for 3 and Clark Butler 2 for 3.
In game two senior catcher Nate Lahr belted a pair of home runs and drove in five runs to support the one-hit, nine strikeout pitching effort of Mitch Mormann as the Hawks downed the Mustangs 16-0.
Zach McCool hit a two run home run in the top of the third inning as the Hawks erupted for six runs.
Leading 8-0 entering the sixth, the Hawks scored eight runs to put the game completely out of reach.
The eight run inning was highlighted by a Nate Lahr’s second home run of the game, this time with the bases full of Hawks for a grand slam.
Lahr had three hits in the game, as did Zach McCool. The pair combined to drive in eight runs.
Mitch Mormann showed why he will pitch at the next level with an outstanding performance on the mound.
Mitch retired the first 12w batters he faced before giving up an opposite field single to the lead off batter in the fifth.
That Mustang runner was erased when he tried to steal second and was gunned down by Nate Lahr.
That fifth inning single and a sixth inning two out walk were the only baserunners allowed by Mormann.
The win bumped the Hawk season record to 7-1.
Getting hits for the Hawks in game two were Chris Harbaugh 2 for 5, Lucas Kafer 1 for 3, Ryan Hauser 2 for 2, Zach McCool 3 for 4, BJ Hermsen 1 for 5, Nate Lahr 3 for 4, Nathan King 2 for 3, Garrett Linderwell 1 for 2, Justin Gideon 2 for 3.
On Saturday the Hawks were in Fort Dodge for a pair of games against some 4A competition.
The Hawks won their first game 9-2 over Sioux City East with BJ Hermsen picking up the pitching victory.
Hermsen set down eight of the first nine batters he faced via the strike out. He had 13 K’s in the game, allowed just two hits and did not walk a batter.
The Hawks took a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning when lead off batter Chris Harbaugh singled, Lucas Kafer singled and consecutive doubles by Zach McCool and BJ Hermsen. Those four hits plated three runs with the fourth scoring on Nathan Kings ground out to short.
After scoring a lone run in the third for a 5-0 lead the Hawks put the game away with a four run seventh inning.
Nate Lahr swatted a three-run home run for the big blow of the inning.
Getting hits for the Hawks were Chris Harbaugh 2 for 5, Lucas Kafer 1 for 4, Zach McCool 2 for 4, BJ Hermsen 3 for 4, Nate Lahr 2 for 4, Nathan King, Garrett Linderwell and Justin Gideon with one hit each.
The Hawks second game of the day came against the host Dodgers of Ft. Dodge.
Trailing 1-0 heading into th e fourth inning, West Delaware had been limited to just one hit and two base runners over the first three innings.
With two out Nate Lahr singled and was followed by a Nathan King single sending Lahr to third.
A balk on the Ft. Dodge pitcher plated Lahr and moved King to second. Garrett Linderwell and Justin Gideon then stroked back to back doubles to score the Hawks second and third runs of the game for a 3-1 lead.
Ft. Dodge scored it’s second run of the game in the fifth inning.
Justin Gideon came in to toss the final two innings of the contest. He faced just six batters, striking out three and recording three harmless fly outs.
Linderwell picked up the victory, working five innings and allowing the two runs on six hits. He struck out four and walked one.
This week the Hawks travel to Maquoketa on Monday night, host Starmont on Wednesday night in a JV/varsity double header and travel to Marion for a pair of WaMaC conference tilts against the Indians on Thursday evening. |
Hawk girls up record to 10-3 with five wins last week
by Ken Boesenberg |
The West Delaware Hawk girls softball team picked up five wins while losing just one game last week to up their season record to 11-2.
The Hawks started out the week with a conference double header against the Mustangs of Independence, on Sill Field in Manchester.
The Hawks jumped on the Mustangs for three first inning runs to go on to a 5-1 opening game victory.
Ashley Hood and Lindsey McDowell singled with one out. Both advanced a base on a wild pitch.
After Katlyn Heiserman flied out to center, senior Katie Wessels banged a two-out double to drive in Hood and McDowell.
Wessels scored the third run of the inning on Katie Murphy’s RBI single to left field. |
The Hawks Katlyn Heiserman throws out a Wapsie Valley runner during the Hawks 1-0 loss to Wapsie during the Jesup Tournament on Friday afternoon. |
Murphy would take care of the rest by herself on the mound. She tossed seven innings of six hit ball while striking out eight to post the four run victory over the Mustangs.
The Hawks scored their final two runs of the game in the fifth inning.
Kayla Vaske led off with a single and went to second on a wild pitch. She came into score on an error by the Mustang pitcher. Katie Wessels then drove in her third run of the game with a run scoring single.
This game would mark the return of Hawk senior shortstop Katlyn Heiserman to the starting line up.
Heiserman suffered a torn ACL during the basketball season. The injury cost the balance of the basketball season and all of the spring track season. And as well the first several weeks of the softball season.
She was flawless in the field for the Hawks easily handling her only two fielding chances.
Getting hits for the Hawks in game one were Kayla Vaske 1 for 2, Ashley Hood 1 for 3, Lindsey McDowell 1 for 3, Katie Wessels 2 for 3, Katie Murphy 1 for 3, Jenny Hood 1 for 3 and Katlyn Heiserman 1 for 3.
In game two the Hawks scored one run in the second and another in the seventh to defeat the Mustangs, 2-0.
If you are wondering why the Hawks would score a run in the seventh to win by a score of 2-0 after leading 1-0 after six, here is the reason.
In WaMaC girls softball the hosting team is the home team for game one and the visiting team for game two.
If it sounds unconventional, it is....but that’s the way it is. Although they do remain the home team on the scoreboard, confusing, huh?
The Hawks got their second inning run when Katie Murphy led off with a single and was sacrificed to second by Jenny Hood and later came into score on a wild pitch.
Murphy also got the Hawks in position to score their second and final run of the game in the seventh inning.
She led off with a double and scored when the pitcher threw away Jenny Hoods bunt attempt.
Murphy allowed a one out double in the bottom of the seventh be
fore retiring the next two batters on a ground out to right field and a game ending pop fly.
When Ashley Hood threw out the runner at first from right field in the bottom of the seventh inning it was the third time in the game she had done so. She also threw out two runners at first in game one.
Murphy tossed the complete game victory, giving up no runs o
n just three hits while striking out three batters.
The Hawks collected just six hits; one each by Kayla Vaske and Kayla Bries. Sara Hermsen and Katie Murphy had two hits each.
Of Friday and Saturday the Hawks played in the Jesup Invitational where they competed in four games.
They started out Friday with a 10-2 win over Decorah in a morning game.
The Hawks collected hits off Viking pitching and were aided by 9 Decorah errors to score their 10 runs.
Katie Murphy picked up the win with five innings of work. She gave up 1 run on 2 hits while striking out 8 and walking none.
Paige Heiserman tossed the final two innings and gave up one run.
In the afternoon contest the Hawk dropped a 1-0 heartbreaker to Wapsie Valley via the international tie breaker in the eighth inning.
The Hawks and the Wapsie Valley battled through seven scoreless innings.
In the international tie breaker the team at bat starts with a runner on second base in each half inning.
The Hawks had Kayla Bries on second to start the eighth. She was sacrificed to third by Katlyn Heiserman. However, Kayla Vaske’s attempted bunt was caught on a diving catch by the Wapsie Valley third baseman who then double up Bries off third to squelch the Hawk scoring opportunity.
In the bottom of the inning Wapsie sacrificed their runner to third before getting a game ending double to deep left field by the third batter of the inning for a 1-0 win over the Hawks.
Katie Murphy tossed a complete game for the Hawks, giving up just the one run on only three hits while striking out nine batters.
The Hawks had four hits in the game, one each by Katlyn Heiserman, Ashley Hood, Haley Klein and Lindsey McDowell.
On Saturday the Hawks faced North Fayette in their first game which they won by a score of 12-0 in three innings.
The Hawks scored six runs in
the bottom of the first and three runs in both the second and third innings to pick up the win.
Four Hawks had two hits each, Kayla Vaske, Ashley Hood, Katie Wessels and Katlyn Heiserman.
Katie Murphy faced six batters, striking out four for the win. Jenna Hermsen came in to toss the final inning and did not allow a base runner giving the Hawks a combined perfect game over three innings.
In their second game of the day they posted a 2-0 win over Class 4A opponent Dubuque Hempstead.
Sara Hermsen and Kayla Bries delivered sixth inning run scoring singles for the Hawks.
Katie Murphy picked up the win with a four hitter while striking out nine batters. |
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