ST. JOSEPH — The bats are heating up in St. Joe.
The Spartans' baseball and softball teams have combined to score 59 runs in only 22 innings over the past three days, helping the boys improve their record to 3-4 and the girls get off to a 2-0 start. I haven't been able to attend ever game, but I have to say, from the looks of the box scores, these wins have been dominance in their simplest form. The Spartans' have just been cooking.
The girls rolled up 15 runs in relatively easy fashion Wednesday in pounding Westville, then tallied 14 runs after spotting Bismarck-Henning a 2-0 lead Thursday. Catcher Hannah Bowen has cracked two homers and already has nine RBIs for the Spartans, putting her on pace for 158 in a 35-game season. And yeah, I know that's not going to happen, but it doesn't change the fact she's still off to a great start. Elizabeth Everingham and Andi Morgan have also went deep for the Spartans. Coach Randy Wolken said Thursday he's excited to have some power in addition to the Spartans' regular dose of speed.
“We’ve always had a run and slap-hitting style offense in the past, but we’ve kind of changed our style a little bit this year because we have a little bit of power,” Wolken said. “We have seven or eight girls that can hit it out.”
The baseball team has its fair share of four-base hit power, too.
The Spartans absolutely crushed CPCI pitching during a conference series this week, erupting for 32 runs in a pair of victories. Austin Griswell had five RBIs in SJ-O's 13-9 win Thursday, and the trio of Jared Orcutt, Blake Hoveln and Eli Marlow went an insane 9-for-10 with RBIs Tuesday (Marlow and Orcutt then added two more RBIs apiece Thursday).
Now I don't know if the Spartans' firepower will be there all year, but I think the teams need to take advantage of the offensive outbursts as long as you can. Baseball and softball are the kinds of sports where absolute domination and complete failure are always just an at bat away. Slumps come, they always come, so I think the Spartans would be advised to ride their hot streaks as long as they can.
UPDATE: The Spartans' softball team will not be playing in the Johnston City Tournament Saturday due to weather conditions.
"They don't think they're going to be able to play at all down there," Wolken said Thursday. "I had a charter bus and hotels rooms and everything, so I had to cancel (to be reimbursed)."
The tournament may go on without SJ-O, weather permitting.
The Spartans' baseball and softball teams have combined to score 59 runs in only 22 innings over the past three days, helping the boys improve their record to 3-4 and the girls get off to a 2-0 start. I haven't been able to attend ever game, but I have to say, from the looks of the box scores, these wins have been dominance in their simplest form. The Spartans' have just been cooking.
The girls rolled up 15 runs in relatively easy fashion Wednesday in pounding Westville, then tallied 14 runs after spotting Bismarck-Henning a 2-0 lead Thursday. Catcher Hannah Bowen has cracked two homers and already has nine RBIs for the Spartans, putting her on pace for 158 in a 35-game season. And yeah, I know that's not going to happen, but it doesn't change the fact she's still off to a great start. Elizabeth Everingham and Andi Morgan have also went deep for the Spartans. Coach Randy Wolken said Thursday he's excited to have some power in addition to the Spartans' regular dose of speed.
“We’ve always had a run and slap-hitting style offense in the past, but we’ve kind of changed our style a little bit this year because we have a little bit of power,” Wolken said. “We have seven or eight girls that can hit it out.”
The baseball team has its fair share of four-base hit power, too.
The Spartans absolutely crushed CPCI pitching during a conference series this week, erupting for 32 runs in a pair of victories. Austin Griswell had five RBIs in SJ-O's 13-9 win Thursday, and the trio of Jared Orcutt, Blake Hoveln and Eli Marlow went an insane 9-for-10 with RBIs Tuesday (Marlow and Orcutt then added two more RBIs apiece Thursday).
Now I don't know if the Spartans' firepower will be there all year, but I think the teams need to take advantage of the offensive outbursts as long as you can. Baseball and softball are the kinds of sports where absolute domination and complete failure are always just an at bat away. Slumps come, they always come, so I think the Spartans would be advised to ride their hot streaks as long as they can.
UPDATE: The Spartans' softball team will not be playing in the Johnston City Tournament Saturday due to weather conditions.
"They don't think they're going to be able to play at all down there," Wolken said Thursday. "I had a charter bus and hotels rooms and everything, so I had to cancel (to be reimbursed)."
The tournament may go on without SJ-O, weather permitting.
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