{"id":142822,"date":"2021-05-13T03:54:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T08:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=142822"},"modified":"2021-05-13T03:54:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T08:54:25","slug":"roundup-baseball-softball-wbl-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/05\/13\/roundup-baseball-softball-wbl-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: baseball, softball, WBL track"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Van Wert independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baseball<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert 7 Heritage (IN) 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a non-conference tune-up before the final two Western Buckeye League games of the season, Van Wert topped Heritage 7-3 at Smiley Park on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three Cougar pitchers teamed up to strike out 10 Patriot batters. Ethan Rupert struck out three in 2 1\/3 innings, then Luke Wessell fanned six over the next four innings. Adian Pratt pitched the remaining 2\/3 of an inning and struck out one batter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the plate, Turner Witten had two hits and two RBIs and Ries Wise had a third inning RBI double that scored Wessell and Pratt. Owen Treece also had a hit and an RBI for Van Wert (19-4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cougars led 1-0 on a first inning sacrifice fly that scored TJ Stoller. Van Wert added three runs in the third and three more in the fourth for a 7-0 lead. Heritage scored runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert will host St. Marys Memorial on Friday then will travel to Kenton on Saturday. If the Cougars win both games, they\u2019ll share the WBL championship with Defiance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Softball<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Marys Memorial 9 Van Wert 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ST. MARYS — Van Wert fell behind early and couldn\u2019t recover in a 9-1 loss to St. Marys Memorial on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a scoreless first inning, the Roughriders scored five runs in the second, then added a pair of runs in the fourth and two more in the sixth inning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert\u2019s lone run came in the third inning when Lorynn German singled home Carlee Young. German, Young and Brenna Bollenbacher had Van Wert\u2019s three hits in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lady Cougars (3-17, 2-6 WBL) will host Kenton today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WBL track<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIMA — After the first day of the Western Buckeye League meet, Van Wert holds a slim lead for first over host Shawnee, 28-26, while the Lady Cougars are tied for third with Kenton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The boys\u2019 4×800 relay team (Gage Wannamacher, Trey Laudick, Gage Springer, Hunter Sherer) took first place with a time of 8:17.44, while Dru Johnson and Ethan Brown finished 1-2 in the long jump finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The girls\u2019 4×800 relay team (Kyra Welch, Tyra McClain, Carly Smith, Saylor Wise) finished second with a time of 9:57.88.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Action will resume Friday at Shawnee High School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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