This weekend, on Saturday, September 6th, the Junior High Baseball team played against Trico and Ziegler-Royalton. For the Trico game, Nolan Heintz started and finished pitching. The final score for this game was 12 to 3, with the boys taking home another win. During their second game against Ziegler-Royalton, AJ Klingenberg started pitching but was swapped with Ryker Wisneski in the second inning, and he finished the game. The final score was 5 to 6. The timer ran out and came close, but the boys lost by one run.
Then, on Monday, September 8, the baseball team played Nashville. Jayden Willis threw only 71 pitches. The final score was 12 to 2 after five innings. The Nashville game was also a kidney cancer game for #Team Stella. On September 9, the boys played Marissa at home. Jake Lange started to pitch, but then AJ Klingenberg came to finish the game. The final score was 8 to 6, with the boys taking home another win. Then on Wednesday, September 10, the boys played Trinity Hoyleton at home. Tyson Hackstadt pitched for two innings, then Hudson Schneider came in to pitch for two innings. Then Colton Segelhorst came in and pitched for one and a half innings. After that, Tyson Hackstadt came back to finish it off. The final score was 15 to 14. The boys then took home another win.
Finally, the last game that week, on September 11, was against Carlyle, and the score was 7 to 3, with Okawville winning again.
On Tuesday, September 16, the Okawville Jr. Rockets played against New Athens at New Athens’ home field. After an intense game, Okawville beat New Athens 9-8, taking the lead late in the game. The game was tied at eight in the top of the seventh. Okawville played well, and after they played Breese at home for their 8th-grade night!