By Becky Walz,
In a busy conclusion to the week, the South Winn baseball team (18-8, 14-1 UIC) clinched the Upper Iowa Conference title with a win over Postville Thursday. South Winn moved to 14-1 in the league with just three games remaining to secure their fifth conference championship in the past six years.
Just one
The Warriors used four pitchers over four innings allowing just one run on one hit in their 16-1 win over Postville (0-15, 0-15 UIC) Thursday.
SW scored once in the first before the batters went to work with seven runs in the second, two in the third and closed the game with a six-run fourth inning by the mercy rule.
Carson Streeter hit his first career home run and Keagen Streeter and Kole Hageman pounded out three hits each.
“One of our goals going into the season was to compete for a conference championship and our guys put together a great run in the league to put us in a position to win it with three games still remaining. I’m proud of their efforts this season and look forward to our tough remaining regular season schedule to get us set for postseason play,” said Coach Alex Smith.
SW 1 7 2 6 x x x 16 11 0
Post 0 0 0 1 x x x 1 1 3
Parker Timp (WP) – 1IP, 2BB, 2K; Carson Wenthold (RP) – 1IP, 1H; Cody Meyer (RP) – 1IP; Dylan Taylor (RP) – 1IP, 1R, 1H, 1BB, 1K
HR – Carson Streeter 1; 2B – Kole Hageman 1; 1B – Keagen Streeter 3; Hageman 2; Wenthold 1; Jamie Kuennen 1; Timp 1; Brody Tieskoetter 1; RBI – C. Streeter 3; Tieskoetter 2; Wenthold 1; K. Streeter 1; Kuennen 1; Timp 1; Meyer 1; Kaden Bullerman 1; Braiden Todd 1; Jordan Baumler 1; SB – K. Streeter 2; C. Streeter 2; Timp 1; Tieskoetter 1; Meyer 1
On the road
Friday, South Winn faced off against another high level non-conference opponent in Sumner-Fredericksburg (16-4) on the road.
It was a pitchers dual, and unfortunately a lone run by Sumner-Fred proved to be the difference as the Cougars won 1-0. Keagen Streeter and Jamie Kuennen tossed six quality innings, but S-F’s Noah Henderson was that much better allowing just three hits and striking out nine Warriors. Parker Timp nearly tied the game in the top of the seventh hitting a ball of the center field fence in what turned out to be a double.
“We want to continue to test ourselves against solid teams and prep ourselves by seeing good pitching and being tested defensively. While we struggled at the plate, a bright spot of this game was making zero errors, especially when we only struck out two batters on the hill. Our guys are pretty resilient so I’m confident we will bounce right back,” said Coach Smith.
SW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
S-F 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
K. Streeter (LP) – 3IP, 1R, 3H, 4BB, 1K; Kuennen (RP) – 3IP, 1H, 1BB, 1K
2B – Timp 1
At home Saturday
The Warriors hosted the South Winn Classic on Saturday, going 1-1.
In game one the Warriors pulled out the 6-4 win over Osage (10-10) with two big home runs by Parker Timp and Brody Tieskoetter. Braiden Todd picked up the win on the mound throwing five solid innings while Carson Streeter picked up the save throwing the final two innings.
South Winn dropped the second game of their day to Williamsburg (17-16) by a score of 7-2. Jamie Kuennen homered in the game to produce the two runs.
“We continued to face good competition on the day. We benefited from the long ball with Parker (Timp) and Brody (Tieskoetter) coming up with big hits. I was very pleased with how we pitched and played defense in both games and know as we continue to face good arms, we will be well prepared for the playoffs,” concluded Coach Smith.
Osage 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 2
SW 0 1 0 2 1 2 x 6 2 2
Todd (WP) – 5IP, 2R, 4H, 3BB, 3K; C. Streeter (RP) – 2IP, 2R, 2H, 1BB
HR – Tieskoetter 1; Timp 1; RBI – Tieskoetter 3; Timp 2
SW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
Will 3 0 0 4 0 0 x 7 10 2
Hageman (LP) – 4IP, 7R, 8H, 3BB, 1K; Timp (RP) – 2IP, 2H, 2K
HR – Kuennen 1; 1B – Kuennen 1; RBI – Kuennen 2
Final week
The Warriors hosted MFL MarMac Monday and will have Turkey Valley visit Calmar Tuesday, June 27, for the JV/varsity twinbill at 5 p.m. South Winn will wrap up the regular season at Waverly-Shell Rock Thursday, June 29, with the junior varsity playing at 5 p.m., followed by the varsity squad.
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