Wheaton/Herman-Norcross Warriors baseball defeats Ortonville Brandon/Evansville 9-1 in Pheasant Conference action

On Thursday, the Wheaton/Herman-Norcross Warriors baseball team improved to 6-1 overall with a 9-1 win over a tough Brandon/Evansville Chargers squad in a game held at Evansville.

Brandon/Evansville pitchers issued 13 walks on Thursday afternoon as the visiting Warriors handed the Chargers a 9-1 loss. W/H-N collected 9 hits and also capitalized on four Chargers' errors.

Quotes courtesy of Craigolsonsports.com
"We faced a well balanced Warriors team that didn't make many mistakes," commented B/E head coach Brian Perleberg. "Their pitcher (Mason Lampe) threw strikes, limited his walks and received some great defensive play. On the other hand, we had a couple of errors that came at costly times and our pitchers gave up thirteen walks. You can't give a strong team like WHN that many opportunities and expect to win."

Coach Perleberg also noted, "Their shortstop, Kelly Engquist, took away several near hits by making some big league plays that you don't often see in high school baseball."

Engquist is a sophomore at Herman-Norcross Community Schools.

Wheaton/Herman-Norcross Warriors baseball defeats Ortonville 6-3 while improving to 3-0 in the Pheasant Conference

The Wheaton/Herman-Norcross Warriors baseball team improved to 5-1 overall with a 6-3 win over Pheasant Conference rival Ortonville on Monday in Wheaton.

The Warriors are now 3-0 in the Pheasant Conference. They won a marathon game last Thursday over neighboring rival Chokio-Alberta 6-5 in 14 innings at Chokio.

Read more on that game in the April 22 issue of the Herman-Hoffman Tribune.

The W/H-N Warriors travel to Evansville this Thursday (April 22) for a conference double-header against a very solid Brandon/Evansville Chargers team. The Chargers (3-1) knocked off Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley in eight innings on Monday at Graceville by a 6-4 margin.

The first game of the double-header begins at 4:00pm.