East Greene Sweeps GR

HAWKS ROLL 11-2; HAWKETTES WIN BY ONE

East Greene scored a baseball-softball sweep at Glidden on Thursday, June 16, with the Hawks rolling over Glidden-Ralston, 11-2, in baseball, and the Hawkettes picking up a 9-8 softball win.

Wes Onken was on the mound for EG, striking out 14 Wildcat batters while giving up 2 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned run and walking 5 in 6 innings of work. Reed Ostrander pitched one inning to help shut down the Wildcats, giving up 1 hit.

The Hawks had their bats working with 11 hits against GR. Ostrander hit a 3-run homer run and Tyler Cooklin had three hits in four trips to the plate. Onken went 2-3 with a double, and Tory Beger and Alex Gordon each had a double.

The Wildcats’ offense came from Zack Rohrbeck with 2 hits and Nate Christian with one hit and 2 RBIs.

The win over GR moved the Hawks to 2-3 in the Rolling Hills and 6-5 overall. GR evened its league mark at 3-3.

Hannah Onken got the win on the mound for the Hawkettes. She gave up 9 hits, 8 runs, 6 earned runs, and 7 walks, while striking out 6 GR batters.

East Greene had one of its best offensive nights of the season. Hannah Gunn had 3 hits, including a double and 2 RBIs. Jolee Wessling had 2 hits with Bailey Godwin, Katlynn Gannon, Molly Neese and Onken with 1 hit each. Godwin, Neese, Kinney and Onken each had an RBI.

The Hawkettes got on base with 9 walks from the GR pitcher, and heads-up play resulted in four stolen bases.

It was the first Rolling Hills Conference softball win for EG. The Hawkettes are now 1-4 in the league and 2-6 overall. Glidden-Ralston fell to 1-4 in the conference.

HAWKS FALL IN AR-WE-VA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

EG had a good showing in the Ar-We-Va Tournament on Saturday, June 11, with a 4-3 win over East Sac, a Class 2A school, which put them in the championship game against Newell-Fonda, which had advanced with an 11-7 win over host Ar-We-Va, a finalist in last year’s Class 1A state tournament.

Newell-Fonda got by the Hawks in the championship game, 10-7, to improve to 3-13 for the season. East Sac drubbed Ar-We-Va 15-2 in 4 innings in the consolation game to move its season mark to 10-4. Ar-We-Va started the season with a win but has since lost 10 straight games.

EG was rained out Monday, June 13, at home against Walnut. On Tuesday, the Hawks fell to Orient-Macksburg on the road, 4-3.

Rolling Hills Baseball
Through Thursday, June 16:
Iowa Christian/Ankeny Christian 5-1
Walnut 5-2
Orient-Macksburg 3-2
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 3-2
Glidden-Ralston 3-3
East Greene 2-3
Adair-Casey 1-6
CAM (Anita) 0-4

Rolling Hills Softball
Through Thurs., June 16:
Walnut 5-0
Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira 3-1
CAM (Anita) 3-2
dair-Casey 2-3
Orient-Macksburg 2-3
Glidden-Ralston 1-4
East Greene 1-4