The West Central baseball team won their fourth straight game and third game in as many days.  West Central defeated McCook Central/Montrose 9-5 at home on Wednesday, April 28th.

McCook Central/Montrose scored a run in the top of the first inning after an error and a double, but West Central put three runs on the board in the bottom of the inning.  Ryan Healy led the inning with a double and later scored on an error.  Grafton Stroup hit an RBI triple, and Zach Madsen had an RBI single to give West Central a 3-1 lead.

McCook Central/Montrose was able to get a run back in the top of the third on three straight singles.  They tied the game in the top of the fourth inning by scoring a run on an error to make it a 3-3 game.

West Central took the lead for good in the bottom of the fourth inning.  Madsen hit a home run to center field to put West Central back in front 4-3.  West Central got three more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.  Loren Jacobson hit an RBI triple and scored on an error.  Noah Hohn had an RBI double, and West Central lead 7-3 after five innings.  Ben Sebert had a two-run single in the bottom of the sixth inning to push the lead to 9-3.  McCook Central/Montrose got two runs in the top of the seventh.

Madsen had two hits, including a home run, with two RBIs.  Stroup had two hits, with a triple, and an RBI.  Jacobson also had two hits, with a triple, and an RBI.  Healy finished with two hits, one of those a double, with an RBI.  Hohn had a double with an RBI.  Sebert had a hit with two RBIs, and Jack Linnemann also had a hit.

Healy started the game on the mound pitching two innings giving up two runs, one earned, on four hits with two strikeouts.  Stroup got the win pitching five innings of relief giving up three runs, all unearned, on three hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.

The West Central high school baseball team had their second straight shutout win in as many days on Tuesday, April 27th.  West Central defeated Sioux Falls Christian at home 10-0 in five innings.

Logan Marris only allowed three hits over five innings while walking two batters and striking out nine Sioux Falls Christian hitters.

The offense provided more than enough run support for Marris.  West Central scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning, two runs in the bottom of the second inning, and then four more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Ryan Healy and Zach Madsen both had two doubles in the game.  Madsen also had four RBIs.  Grafton Stroup also had two hits, including a triple, with two RBIs.  Noah Hohn had a hit with an RBI.  Ben Sebert also had a hit.  Loren Jacobson had two RBIs as well.

West Central will host McCook Central/Montrose in their third straight game in as many days on Wednesday, April 28th.

West Central earned a hard-fought 2-0 win over Lennox at home on Monday, April 26th.  The two teams combined for a total of 11 hits and neither team scored until the fifth inning.

Each team had scoring chances early in the game, but West Central finally broke the scoreless tie in their half of the fifth inning on an RBI single by Grafton Stroup.  West Central added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth inning when Adam Parsons scored on a wild pitch.

Noah Hohn pitched the complete game on just 85 pitches.  Hohn gave up five hits and had two walks and five strikeouts.

Loren Jacobson had two hits in the game.  Stroup had a hit and RBI.  Ryan Healy, Hohn, and Parsons all had a hit in the game as well.

West Central will host Sioux Falls Christian on Tuesday, April 27th.

The West Central baseball team played two games on back-to-back nights on Wednesday, April 22nd and Thursday, April 23rd.

The Trojans hosted Tea Area on Wednesday, and after holding an early 3-0 lead, Tea scored the final six runs of the game for a 6-3 victory over West Central.

Noah Hohn made the Titans pay for committing two errors in the bottom of the first inning.  Hohn hit a three-run homerun to left field to give the Trojans an early 3-0 lead.  Tea tied the game in the top of the third inning on a three-run homerun of their own.  The score remained 3-3 until the top of the seventh.  Tea got another three-run homerun to take a 6-3 lead.  West Central was retired in order in the bottom of the seventh.

Hohn’s three-run homerun was only one of two hits in the game for West Central.  Ryan Healy had the other hit.  Healy pitched the first two innings giving up two runs, both earned, on one hit with two walks and a strikeout.  Grafton Stroup pitched the final five innings giving up four runs, all earned, on seven hits with five strikeouts.

West Central bounced back with a 15-2 win in five innings over Chester/Colman-Egan/Flandreau on Thursday in Flandreau.

West Central scored in every inning except the second.  The Trojans scored three in the first inning, five in the third, two in the fourth, and five more runs in the top of the fifth inning.  C/CE/F scored a run in the fourth and fifth innings.

Zach Madsen had four hits, including a double, and three RBIs.  Hohn had two hits, one a double, with two RBIs.  Seth Gabbert also had two hits, including a double, and two RBIs.  Logan Marris had a hit and RBI.  Healy also had a hit in the game.  Marris pitched four innings giving up an unearned run on two hits with five walks and six strikeouts.  Braden Herr pitched one inning giving up an unearned run on a hit with two strikeouts.