Glenwood City baseball pummels Colfax, Elmwood-Plum City for conference wins
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GLENWOOD CITY shortstop Brock Wood threw the baseball to first base during a May 13 Dunn-St. Croix baseball game at home against Colfax. Wood went 3-for-5 batting with a pair of doubles in the Toppers’ 16-6 win. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
The Glenwood City baseball team snapped a four-game losing streak when its offense sprang to life for a pair of 10-run conference wins last week to wrap up the regular season.
The Hilltoppers recorded back-to-back 16-6 wins when they hosted Colfax Monday, May 13 and traveled to Plum City Thursday, May 16 to tangle with the Wolves of Elmwood-Plum City.
In the two games, Glenwood City broke out its bats collecting 36 hits as it improved to 5-9 in league games and 6-9 overall.
The Hilltoppers received the number 8 seed in the lower half of the WIAA Division 4 Bruce sectional and will host #9 Prentice this Thursday in a regional quarterfinal. The winner will play at top-seeded Rib Lake next Tuesday, May 28.
Colfax
The Hilltoppers used 17 hits and took advantage of nine Viking errors to avenge an early loss in Colfax with a 16-6 home win Monday, May 13.
After Colfax pulled out to a 1-0 lead, the Toppers used five straight hits, including two doubles by Brock Wood and Blake Fayerweather to move ahead 5-1 after an inning of play.
The Vikings pulled closer with a couple of third-inning tallies but it was all Glenwood City after that as they took advantage of several Colfax errors along with timely hits to put up four runs in the fourth, two in the fifth and finished it off with five more in the sixth.
In the Glenwood City fourth, Wood led off with a hit and Steven Booth reached safely on a Colfax error. After Peyton Theune struck out, Fayerweather walked to the load the bases. Wood came home to score on passed ball, Brody Riba singled home Booth. Then with two outs, Caleb Klinger sent a double to deep right that plated both Fayerweather and Riba to give Glenwood City a 9-3 lead.
With two out in the fifth, the Hilltoppers tacked on two more scores with three consecutive hits. Booth started with a hit, Theune followed with a triple that sent Booth in with the score. Fayerweather followed with a base hit that brought Theune home and made the score 11-3.
Colfax scored three runs in the top of the sixth, but Glenwood City answered with five in the bottom half to bring the game to an end. Sam Cassellius started the scoring spree with a lead-off single, Klinger followed with a hit and Andrew Blaser drew a walk to load the bases. A passed ball allowed a Topper run to score. Corey Strong was hit by a pitch to juice the bases once again. Brock Wood then delivered his second two-bagger of the game which scored Klinger and Blaser. Booth came to the plate and hit a deep single to right that brought both Strong and Wood home to end the game.
TOPPER Andrew Blaser takes a swing at a pitch during a May 13 home baseball game versus Colfax. Glenwood City won the conference game 16-6. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
Three Toppers finished the game with a trio of hits. Wood and Booth both went 3-for-5 in the batter’s box with a pair of RBIs and three runs scored. Two of Wood’s three hits were doubles. Theune also tallied three hits including a triple in four at bats and he scored twice. Fayerweather, Riba and Klinger each finished with a pair of hits which included a double from Fayerweather.
Theune was also the winning pitcher. The senior allowed three runs on four hits in three innings on the mound and finished with five strikeouts against one walk. Fayerweather tossed two and two-third innings giving up three runs on three hits with three walks and two Ks. Booth threw a third of an inning and allowed a hit but no runs.
Elmwood-Plum City
Glenwood City continued to swing hot bats when they played its conference and season finale in Plum City versus Elmwood-Plum City Wolves Thursday, May 16.
The Hilltoppers banged 19 hits and scored runs in all but the fourth inning, plating four runs in the second, sixth and seventh innings to claim their second consecutive 16-6 win of the week.
Theune, Fayerweather, Jake Wood and Corey Strong each tallied three hits in the game to lead the Toppers. Theune, Brock and Jake Wood and Riba each had a double.
Theune earned his second pitching victory of the week. He went four innings and allowed just two runs on a hit and struck out eight Wolves while walking just one. Booth tossed three innings and gave up four runs on an equal number of hits, had six Ks and issued a pair of free passes