Pair of freshmen lead C-M baseball to win over English Valleys

NORTH ENGLISH — Career nights from a pair of Colfax-Mingo freshmen and a breakthrough performance on offense led the Tigerhawk baseball team to its first win of the season on Wednesday.

Colfax-Mingo registered its third straight win over English Valleys after scoring four in the third and seven in the sixth during a 14-1 road win in South Iowa Cedar League play.

The Tigerhawks out-hit the Bears 12-2 and English Valleys committed nine errors. Colfax-Mingo has outscored English Valleys 30-1 during its three-game win streak.

Chase Trotter posted a career-best four hits, three doubles, three runs and four RBIs to lead the Tigerhawks at the plate and Wyatt Jay struck out a career-high 11 batters over six innings.

Trotter also stole one base. He leads the Tigerhawks (1-6, 1-6 in the SICL) with five runs and seven total bases this summer.

Alex Teed collected two hits, a double, two runs and one RBI and he was hit by a pitch.

Kyle Wood doubled, scored two runs and stole two bases and was hit by a pitch, Fisher Grove tallied one hit, two runs, two RBIs and one walk and Camden Cunningham walked once, scored two runs and stole two bases.

Cunningham has a team-best walks walks this summer. Jadyn Patten, Jay, Owen Ament and Maverick Harter all had one hit. Patten scored two runs and walked once, Ament finished with one RBI and one steal and Harter scored one run. Ayden Sloan registered one RBI.

Jay (1-0) tossed a six-inning complete game and struck out 11 while walking one and hitting one. He surrendered one unearned run and allowed two hits.

Cael Grove had one of English Valleys’ two hits and took the pitching loss. The Bears (0-5) fell to 0-5 in the SICL.

North Mahaska 13, Colfax-Mingo 1

COLFAX — The Tigerhawks were limited to two hits and committed three errors during a 13-1 home loss to North Mahaska during SICL action on Thursday.

Colfax-Mingo trailed 2-1 after one, but the Warhawks plated two in the second, one in the third and eight in the fifth to end the game early.

Sloan had one hit and one run to lead the C-M offense and Teed had the other hit. Cunningham, Jace Lewis and Xavier Woods all walked and Cunningham and Woods each stole one base.

The Tigerhawks struck out eight times at the plate.

Cunningham (0-3) took the pitching loss after allowing six runs — five earned — on seven hits and two walks over 4 1/3 innings. He struck out three.

Patten surrendered one unearned run on two hits and one walk in 1/3 of an inning and Sloan didn’t get an out but allowed six earned runs on three hits and three walks.

Luke Boender led North Mahaska (4-5, 4-2) with three hits and two RBIs and Hunter Wemli had two hits, two runs and two steals.

Jack Kelderman struck out eight and allowed two hits and one earned run over five innings.

Sigourney 16, Colfax-Mingo 0

SIGOURNEY — Hunter Sellers tossed a no-hitter and struck out 10 batters for Sigourney on Friday and the Savages downed Colfax-Mingo 16-0 during SICL play.

Class 1A No. 4 Sigourney scored four runs in the first and six each in the second and third to end the game early. It was the Savages’ seventh straight win over the Tigerhawks.

Teed walked and stole one base to lead C-M at the plate, while Jay walked once. The Tigerhawks committed four errors.

Lewis allowed nine runs — six earned — on four hits, four walks and one hit batter over 1 1/3 innings. He struck out one.

Patten got two outs but not before surrendering four earned runs on four hits and one walk with one strikeout.

Trotter allowed three runs — two earned — on two hits, two walks and two hit batters in one inning.

Sellers’ no-hitter came in four innings. He gave up two walks in the complete-game shutout. He also had one hit, two runs and two RBIs at the dish.

Sigourney improved to 8-0 and 4-0 in the SICL.