Diamond Results: May 17
Warsaw Baseball 7, Concord 1
The Tigers (10-12, 7-6 NLC) won their third straight game Monday in Dunlap.
Alex Light led the way with a triple, two RBI and two runs scored. Joey Springer and Nico Luna also had two hits and Sam Justice added a hit and two walks.
Bryson Shrock and Hunter Dutton both had three hits for the Minutemen, but despite collecting 13 hits off Kyle Showley, Concord managed just the one run in his complete game. Showley struck out four and walked just one.
NorthWood Baseball 18, Plymouth 6
NorthWood (16-6, 10-3 NLC) went no doubt on Plymouth to lay claim to at least a share of the Northern Lakes Conference title.
Sergio Lira Ayala had a monster game, going 4-for-5 with six RBI and three runs scored. Two of his hits were homers, and Nate Newcomer also added a homer as NorthWood mashed 14 hits in the contest.
Jacob Raasch got another win on the hill, allowing three earned in four innings as the Panthers have a home game with Goshen Wednesday, a win clinches the conference outright with Northridge a game back.
Wawasee Baseball 6, Goshen 4
The Warriors moved three games over .500 with the win at Warrior Field.
Wawasee (13-10, 7-6 NLC) used a homer from Parker Young and two RBI from Cole Dolsen to move into a third place tie in the NLC with the RedHawks and Warsaw.
Kam Salazar struck out seven and allowed just three Goshen hits in six innings, Grant Brooks working the seventh for the save.
Ryan Menzie led a Wawasee hit parade in a 14-12 win over Goshen in the JV game. Menzie drove in three while Daniel Wilson had a double, two RBI and two runs scored.
North Judson Baseball 15, Triton 1
Another tough night in the Hoosier North Athletic Conference for Triton (2-16, 2-11 HNAC), as Judson ran away with the contest in Bourbon.
Connor Bensen had two hits and three RBI as the Blue Jays had 10 hits in the contest.
Triton mustered just a Luke Kaufman single against the duo of Xavier Sanchez and Kean Sanchez, which had 10 combined strikeouts in the game.
Warsaw Softball 3, Concord 0
Warsaw (15-5, 10-2 NLC) kept its faint hopes of a shared NLC title alive with a home shutout of Concord.
Tori Tackett tossed a gem, allowing just three hits, walking one and striking out seven. Tackett helped her own cause with an RBI double, and Natalya Holder had two hits, a stolen base and a run scored. Lindsey Bradley also added an RBI in the victory.
Warsaw’s NLC hopes for any title shot would have to come from a twinbill sweep of Mishawaka Thursday and a Northridge loss to winless Plymouth on Wednesday.
NorthWood Softball 15, Plymouth 8
NorthWood sent the softball all over the yard in its win at home over Plymouth.
The Panthers had 22 hits in the contest, five coming from Morgan Jenkins, who scored four runs and drove in three. Jenkins pushed her season batting average to .644 and her league average to a whopping .702 (33-48).
Lili Lomeli and Kali Butler each drove in three runs as well for the Panthers (7-13, 5-7 NLC).
Ashlyn Brooke got the win, striking out eight.
Mia Wojcik was the bright spot for the Pilgrims, hitting her ninth and tenth home runs of the season.
Goshen Softball 11, Wawasee 1
Goshen scored three early runs to take control of the contest at Shanklin Park.
The RedHawks scored three in the first inning, then four more in the third as they poured it on. Tyra Marcum was in the middle of it, tripling and hitting a homer, driving in four and scoring three times. Klair Sweet added a hit and two RBI.
Kathryn Flannery scored Wawasee’s (3-20-1, 2-11 NLC) lone run and Casey Drake added a double.