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MARSHFIELD – The Columbus Catholic baseball team finished off a two-game Cloverbelt Conference East Division sweep over Owen-Withee/Thorp, winning 12-2 on Thursday night at Jack Hackman Field.
Mac Konieczny had two hits and three RBI, and Carter Sommer had two hits and drove in a pair of runs for the Dons, who are now 9-2 overall and 3-1 in the Cloverbelt East after beating Owen-Withee/Thorp (0-6, 0-5 Cloverbelt East) for the second day in a row.
Carson Eckes picked up the pitching win for the Dons, allowing two runs in five innings with eight strikeouts.
Columbus Catholic will host Auburndale in a nonconference game at Hackman Field on Monday at 5 p.m.
Dons 12, Redhawks 2
Owen-Withee/Thorp 002 000 – 2 3 3
Columbus Catholic 300 405 – 12 12 5
WP: Carson Eckes. LP: Lechleitner.
SO: Lechleitner (2 1/3 inn.) 2, Abramczak (3 1/3 inn.) 1; Eckes (5 inn.) 8, Carter Sommer (1 inn.) 2. BB: Lechleitner 5, Abramczak 5; Eckes 3, Sommer 0.
Top hitters: CC, Eckes 2×3, 2 runs, RBI; Mac Konieczny 2×5, 3 RBI; Sommer 2×5, 2 RBI; Ray Becker 2×2, 2 runs, RBI; Rocco Maher 2×3, 2 runs, RBI.
Records: Owen-Withee/Thorp 0-6, 0-5 Cloverbelt Conference East Division; Columbus Catholic 9-2, 3-1 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.