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EDGAR – The Edgar baseball team swept a doubleheader from Auburndale on Tuesday and with it, lays claim to a share of the Marawood Conference South Division championship.
The Wildcats won 15-8 and 13-2 to finish their regular season with a 15-2 record and a 9-1 mark in the Marawood South, tying Stratford for the conference title. The Marawood title is Edgar’s first since 1997.
Austin Dahlke had two hits and four RBIs in the opener as the Wildcats scored in six of their seven at-bats, plating four runs in the second and six in the fourth.
Hunter Wright had three hits and two RBIs, and Caden Weinfurter had two hits and two RBIs for Auburndale (9-12, 3-7 Marawood South).
In Game 2, Kyle Brewster had a home run and two RBIs, Drew Guden and Dahlke each had three hits, with Guden driving in four for Edgar.
Auburndale was held to four hits in the five-inning game.
Auburndale will play a WIAA Division 3 regional quarterfinal at Nekoosa on Thursday. Edgar earned a first-round bye and will host either Butternut/Mercer or Wausau Newman Catholic in a Division 4 regional semifinal on Tuesday, June 15.
Game 1
Wildcats 15, Eagles 8
Edgar 140 612 1 – 15 11 3
Auburndale 003 041 0 – 8 6 3
WP: Konnor Wolf. LP: Hunter Wright.
SO: Wolf (4 inn.) 8, Brayden Baumgartner (1 inn.) 0, Ashton Schuett (2 inn.) 1; Wright (4 inn.) 1, Sloan Welch (3 inn.) 1. BB: Wolf 1, Baumgartner 4, Schuett 0; Wright 3, Welch 4.
Top hitters: E, Kyle Brewster 1×2, 2 runs, 3 RBIs; Drew Guden 1×2, 3B, 2 runs; Austin Dahlke 2×3, 2 runs, 4 RBIs; Schuett 2 RBIs; Goodwin 2 runs; Brehm 2 runs; Baumgartner 2×3; Wolf 2 runs. A, Wright 3×4, 2 RBIs; Caden Weinfurter 2×4, 2 RBIs.
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Game 2
Wildcats 13, Eagles 2
Auburndale 001 10 – 2 4 0
Edgar 253 3x – 13 14 0
WP: Schuett. LP: Aden Cherney.
SO: Cherney (1 1/3 inn.) 0, Alex Willfahrt (2 2/3 inn.) 1; Schuett (4 inn.) 4, Brewster (1 inn.) 1. BB: Cherney 3, Willfahrt 1; Schuett 3, Brewster 1.
Top hitters: E, Brewster HR, 3 runs, 2 RBIs; Guden 3×3, 4 RBIs; Dahlke 3×4, 2 2Bs, 3 runs, RBI; Schuett 2×4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Brehem 2 RBIs; Wolf 3B; Baumgartner 3 runs.
Records: Auburndale 9-12, 3-7 Marawood Conference South Division; Edgar 15-2, 9-1 Marawood South.