|
|
|
| Friday April 8 |
|
|
| . |
Willamette 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 - 8 16 2
Churchill 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 3 6 1
Gorder Concannon (4) and Leber.
Thompson Doerksen (5) and Kearney.
W- Concannon, L- Thompson
2B - (W) Selby, Concannon, Waggoner (C) Dezarn
RBI - (W) Hathaway 2, Kuvaas 1, Selby 3, Peterson 1, Leber 1 (C) Pomeroy 1, Kearney 1. |
|
The Wolverines came out swinging today as each starter had at least one hit in a 8-3 victory over Churchill. Willamette evened their record at 2-2 pounding out 16 hits.
Trent Waggoner led the Wolverines going 3-4 while junior Zach Selby was 2-3 with 3 RBI. Cole Hathaway, Ryan Concannon, Darrin Gorder and Dustin Leber each had two hits.
Starter Darrin Gorder looked good early until hit got hit by a line drive and then became inconsistant. Concannon came in with the bases loaded and it only took one pitch to get the Wolverines out of a jam in the fourth.
Dezarn had half of Churchill's hits going 3-3 with a walk while Murray, Doerksen and Perales each had a hit in the loss.
WHS recap |
| . |
| . |
| Thursday April 7 |
|
|
| . |
SHS 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 - 7 10 3
WHS 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 - 6 4 3
Evans, Dudley (5) and Helfrich; Waggoner and Leber.
2B- (S) Ralston, Bates 2, R. Helfrich 2, (W) Waggoner, Selby, Hathaway.
3B-None,
HR-None.
RBI- (S) R. Helfrich 2, T. Helfrich, Bates.
(W) Hathaway, Drath 2, Waggoner 2.
Pitching Stats:
IP H R ER BB/HBP K
Evans 4.3 4 6 6 3/2 2
Dudley 2.6 0 0 0 1/0 3
Waggoner 7.0 10 7 4 1/0 6 |
|
Springfield jumped on the Wolverines out of the gates scoring three runs in the top of the first, the big hit coming from Ryan Helfrich's bat scoring Kameron Bates on a double down the right field line.
The Wolverines cut the score to 3-1 when Zach Selby doubled and eventually scored on a pass ed ball in the second.
The Millers scored two in the fourth and one more in the fifth to take a 6-1 lead.
Willamette's bats came alive and scored five runs on 3 hits, 2 walks and a hit batter before Blaine Dudley came in to close the door. Cole Hathaway had a RBI double, Jalen Drath had a 2-run single and Trent Waggoner hit a 2-run double to tie the score for Willamette in the fifth.
Both teams were held scoreless in the sixth and Springfield scratched a run across in the seventh which proved to be the winning run.
Dudley picked up the win for the Millers holding the Wolverines scoreless during his 2 2/3 innings of relief. Bates hit a one out double to center over the outstretched arms of Hathaway and then he advanced to third on a deep fly ball to right. Helfrich then hit a double to right-center to score Bates.
WHS recap |
| . |
| Tuesday April 5 |
|
|
| . |
Willamette 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 = 4 3 4
Marist 0 1 3 0 1 1 x = 6 5 2
Conconnan (L) and Leber
Haskin (W), Eyster (6) and Bartlett
3B - Chiongbiong
2B - Swindling
RBI (M) Bartlett, Chiongbiong, Swindling, Britt, Baird, Silver
(W) Vetter 2, Peterson
|
|
Kevin Haskin and Zach Eyster combined for a three hit, 6-4 win over Willamette. The Wolverines rallied late but to no avail.
Marist got on the board first in the second inning with a little small ball.. Ryan Inouye stroked a single to open the inning then stole second. Jerry Rouleau moved Inouye to third with a fielder's choice. Then Will Bartlett laid down a sac bunt to score Inouye.
Marist's big inning came in the third. Logan Silver led off with a single. Bennett Chiongbiong cleared Silver off the bases with a triple. Will Swindling's double scored Chiongbiong and Jake Britt hit a sac fly to center to score Swindling to make it 4-0.
Willamette immediately answered in the top of the 4th. Trent Waggoner walked with one out. The next batter struck out to set the stage for a two out rally. Zach Selby was then hit by a pitch. Both runners advanced on a wild pitch. Tyler Peterson then walked and Darek Vetter singled in Waggoner and Selby to pull Willamette within 4-2.
In the bottom of the 5th, Austin Baird singled in Chiongbiong to put Marist up 5-2 after five. Haskin had struck out five batters to that point and worked himself out of a three walk jam in the third.
But Willamette was about to rally.
Marist's Haskins got the lead off batter in the sixth before walking Darren Gorder. Gorder eventually scored on a passed ball. Zach Selby followed Gorder with a single and then Tyler Petersen knocked Selby in to bring the Wolverines within 5-4, with one out. Eyster entered the game and got two quick outs. Eyster closed the door in the top of the 7th with a 1-2-3 inning against the top of the order, ending the game with a strike out.
Both teams were a little rough around the edges, with several base running errors and a couple of errors on routine catches or plays. The pitchers weren't overpowering today and their walk/HP's came in bunches which resulted in runs during those innings. But both teams fought through their problems and never let an inning blow up. The difference today was the Marist bats being a little more powerful.
recap by GH |
| . |
| Friday April 1 League OPENERS |
|
|
| . |
| . |
MHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0
WHS 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 - 5 10 1
Molzahn Benitez (5) and Jones
Waggoner and Leber.
2B - (W) Kuvaas 2, Selby, Peterson, Vetter
HR - (W) Drath, Concannon
RBI - (W) Drath 2, Concannon, Vetter, Peterson
(M) Molzahn 4 inns, 9 H, 5 ER, 3 K, 1 BB
Benitez 3 inns, 1H, 2 k, 2 BB.
(W) Waggoner 7 inns, 2 hits, 0 ER, 10 K, 3 BB. |
|
Junior Trent Waggaoner pitched a two hit shutout, punching out 10 Pirates. Willamette collected eight extra base hits, including two home runs by soph Jalen Drath and senior Ryan Concannon.
The Wolverines benched two starters for being late. The replacements went 3-5 with a double and a home run. Unfortuneately, the regular starters are way too young too know about Wally Pipp. |
| . |
|
|
2010 Record:
League 3-12
Overall 7-17
PRE - LEAGUE
Willamette brings a lot of experience back this season. They return three players who were in the top 10 in batting average in the league last year - Kuvaas, Svennsson and Urioste.
After opening up against South Albany and North Marion, they'll travel to Arizona to show off their bats during spring break..
LEAGUE
Willamette faces just the opposite situation of Thurston. Thurston opens each round of league games with a killer schedule. The Wolverines close each round with a killer schedule. They finish with defending state champs North Eugene, then Thurston, Sheldon and South Eugene.
This is a program on a huge upswing with four returning league all stars. Opposing coaches better be ready or the Wolverines will run over them.
The Wolverine offense went AWOL the third and final round last spring. Don't count on that happening again this year.
PLAYERS
Willamette is loaded with returning varsity players. Look for many more Wolverines to pick all all league honors in 2011.
Seniors:
Tony Svensson - Honorable Mention All League
Juniors:
Trent Waggoner - Honorable Mention All League
Sophomore:
Cole Urioste - 1st Team All League
Scott Kuvass - 1st Team All League
Willamette 2011 Roster |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| # |
Player |
Yr |
Pos |
Ht |
Wt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Cole Urioste |
10 |
OF,P |
5-9 |
150 |
2 |
Scott Kuvaas |
10 |
SS,P |
6-0 |
165 |
3 |
Dustin Leber |
11 |
C,OF |
5-10 |
160 |
4 |
Julian Reid |
12 |
C,OF |
6-0 |
170 |
5 |
Ryan Concannon |
12 |
OF,P |
6-0 |
160 |
8 |
Darron Gorder |
10 |
OF,P |
6-2 |
165 |
10 |
Zach Selby |
11 |
3B.C |
6-3 |
190 |
11 |
Darek Vetter |
11 |
2B.OF |
6-0 |
150 |
12 |
Tyler Peterson |
12 |
1B,P |
6-1 |
175 |
13 |
Cameron Lister |
11 |
2B,SS |
5-11 |
160 |
15 |
Hayden Olma |
10 |
1B,P |
6-2 |
180 |
16 |
Tony Svensson |
12 |
1B,P |
6-1 |
175 |
21 |
Koleton Williams |
11 |
1B,P |
6-2 |
185 |
22 |
Commor Parker |
12 |
OF,P |
6-3 |
185 |
23 |
Jalen Drath |
10 |
2B,SS |
5-9 |
165 |
24 |
Matt Erickson |
12 |
OF,P |
5-11 |
180 |
25 |
Trent Waggoner |
11 |
3B,P |
5-10 |
205 |
|
|
.