By Fred Kroner
In baseball wins over Armstrong-Potomac (Thursday, Aug. 19), over Rossville (Monday, Aug. 23), and over Schlarman (Tuesday, Aug. 24) the Prairieview Ogden Junior High Mustangs had their fourth, fifth and sixth different players pick up pitching wins.
Jemesen Ehler pitched 4 1/3 innings in an 11-1 victory over Armstrong. He allowed three hits and struck out seven.
In a 24-2 triumph over Rossville, Graham Ray yielded four hits in three innings. He fanned four.
Coy Hayes, who hammered two home runs and drove in four runs, threw the final inning against Rossville.
And, in a 10-1 triumph over a one-loss Schlarman Academy squad, Parker Fitch worked 6 1/3 innings, yielding five hits while striking out 12. Lane McKinney closed out the win on the mound after Fitch reached his IESA-imposed pitch limit.
Against Rossville, Hayes, Fitch and Kodey McKinney had three hits each. Fitch laced two triples to go with a single. He had four RBI. Lane McKinney and Kaden Wedig collected two hits apiece.
Against Armstrong, Fitch and Lane McKinney totaled three hits. Wyatt McKinney had two hits. Fitch’s hits included a double and a triple. Kodey McKinney drove in three runs. Garrett Loschen scored three runs.
Against Schlarman, PVO took command with a four-run fourth inning, which featured a two-run double by Ray and solo RBIs from Vance McComas and Lane McKinney.
For the game, Ray and Lane McKinney each had two hits and knocked in three runs. Both players ripped one extra-base hit. Fitch’s lone hit in the game was a triple.
Other Mustangs with pitching wins besides Ehler, Ray and Fitch are Hayes, Dalton York and Lane McKinney.
PVO is 6-2 and returns to action on Thursday (Aug. 26) at Westville.
“This is by far the deepest team I’ve ever had,” coach Greg Immke said. “There are 45 kids in the junior high and I have 21 out for baseball.
“Many of the kids not starting this year would be starters on other years’ teams. It’s a great group of kids who have bought in and work hard.”
