Columbus Catholic baseball drops pair of Westby tournament

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WESTBY – The Columbus Catholic baseball team dropped a pair of games at the Westby Invitational on Saturday, losing to Fennimore 16-3 and host Westby 13-9.

Against Fennimore, Cole Timmler had two of the Dons’ six hits.

The Golden Eagles scored eight runs in the top of the first inning and added six more in the third on their way to a win in five innings via the 10-run rule.

The Dons led 5-3 after two innings against Westby, but the Norsemen responded with 10 runs during the next three innings to pull away.

Brock Bennington and Jadon Nienast each had three hits, Xane Adler had two hits, and Emmitt Konieczny had three RBIs for Columbus Catholic against Westby.

Columbus Catholic is now 2-5 this season and returns to Cloverbelt Conference East Division action Tuesday at Greenwood.

Golden Eagles 16, Dons 3
Fennimore 806 11 – 16 15 2
Columbus Catholic 100 20 – 3 6 3
WP:
Dawson Cole. LP: Carlos Hackel.
SO: Cole (3 inn.) 2, Jacob Henkel (1 inn.) 0, Max Kenney (1 inn.) 1; Hackel (2 inn.) 1, Wyatt Drexler (1 inn.) 1, Blake Jakobi (2 inn.) 0. BB: Cole 2, Henkel 0, Kenney 0; Hackel 7, Drexler 3, Jakobi 0.
Top hitters: F, Lucas Lendosky 2×4, 2B, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Chase Hestetune 2×3, 3 runs, RBI; Cameron Winkers 3×3, RBI; Cole 2×2; Austin Horn 2×2, 2 runs; Devin Kreul 2B, 3 RBIs; Landon Miles 3 RBIs. CC, Cole Timmler 2×3.
Records: Fennimore 5-2; Columbus Catholic 2-4.

Norsemen 13, Dons 9
Columbus Catholic 050 020 2 – 9 11 3
Westby 122 350 x – 13 14 2
WP:
No. 5 (name not provided). LP: Will Schlafke.
SO: Ellefson (2 inn.) 1, No. 5 (3 1/3 inn.) 3, Korn (1 2/3 inn.) 0; Schlafke (3 inn.) 3, Emmitt Koniecnzy (2 inn.) 1, Nathan Nemitz (1 inn.) 0. BB: Ellefson 3, No. 5 6, Korn 1; Schlafke 3, Konieczny 2, Nemitz 0.
Top hitters: CC, Brock Bennington 3×4, 2 runs; Konieczny 1×5, 3 RBIs; Jadon Nienast 3×3, 2B, RBI; Sam Wilczek 1×2, 2 runs; Grant Olson 1×1, 2 BBs, 2 runs; Xane Adler 2×3, 2B, 2 runs, 3 RBIs. W, Lemke 5×5, 3 runs, 2 RBIs; Bergdhal 2×4, 2 runs, RBI; Milutinovich 2×4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs; Griffin 2×3, 3 RBIs; Korn 2 runs; Nelson 2 runs.
Records: Columbus Catholic 2-5; Westby 3-3.