Royals Pick Up Two Wins

Winner/Colome club baseball team defeated Martin and Hot Springs in games played Sunday in Martin.

The Royals defeated Martin 13-0 in five innings.

Carter Brickman threw a complete game shutout. He have up 4 hits, 1 walk and had 6 strikeouts.

Reed Harter had two doubles and a single. Holden Thieman had a triple and a single. Kelly O’Bryan had a double and a single and Nick Lantz added two singles.

Winner/Colome defeated Hot Springs 11-0 in five innings.

Kelly O’Bryan pitched a complete game shutout. He gave up one hit, no walks and had nine strikeouts.

In batting, Harter had a triple, double and single; Thieman, double and single; Brandon Bicek, 2 singles; Nick Lantz and O’Bryan, both 2 singles.

On Thursday, Platte defeated Winner/Colome 4-0.

Riley Calhoon pitched five innings giving up 2 runs, 5 hits, 2 walks and had 7 strikeouts.

Lantz had 2 hits.

“Thursday was a tough game for us because we couldn’t get across some runs,” said coach Drew Weber.

It was a one run game going into the bottom of the 6^th inning and the Royals had four to five chances to put some runs on the board but just could not get the big hit.

“We hit the ball hard all game but they weren’t falling. Riley threw a good game and really deserved to get the win,” said Weber.

The coach said Sunday was a great two wins although the team had to battle 30 mile an hour winds. “We brought the bats back from the dead and really hit well in both games,” said Weber. “We had been in a 3-4 game slump at the plate and we finally broke out which allowed us to relax a little bit and play our game. Brickman and O’Bryan threw two games and I think we were error free in both games, which was impressive given the weather conditions.”

The coach added: “We still have a ways to go to get to where we want to be.” Winner/Colome’s record is 6-1. “Considering our youth and inexperience that is something we can be proud of.”

The Royals will host South Central on Monday, April 27. The junior varsity game will start at 5:30 p.m. at Leahy Bowl followed by the varsity contest.