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Bat Cats edge past Newton Rebels, 9-7
Enwiya homerun2
Updated: Jun 10, 2021, 6:03 PM
Published: Jun 10, 2021, 2:10 PM
BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com

NEWTON – Late-game scoring and clutch relief pitching sparked the Great Bend Bat Cats past the Newton Rebels 9-7 in Wednesday's wild Sunflower Collegiate League baseball game.

Great Bend trailed 4-2, but outscored the Rebels 7-0 to lead 9-4 after 81/2 innings. Relievers Brian Shadrick, Matt Nedved and Chris Lenocker combined for three shutout innings.

The first-place Bat Cats (7-1) return to Newton (1-7) Friday and play the Rebels Saturday at home.

Jett Forrest's two-run eighth-inning single against Newton reliever Carson Frazier scored Kyle Gates and Brett Freiberg for a 5-4 lead. Forrest scored on Tyler Henry's double for a 6-4 lead.

Bat Cat sparkplug Alex Rodgers scored on a ninth-inning wild pitch. Gates singled home Noah Best and Andrew Enwiya singled home Gates for a 9-4 lead.

Newton's Nick Grade scored on a wild pitch after he tripled home Nolan Riley and Aidan Corrigan in the ninth inning. Reliever Lenocker struck out Barton County's Connor Allen for the final out. 

Enwiya doubled home Rodgers in the first inning. Newton's Thomas Capllonch singled in Corrigan for a 1-1 tie. Tyler Henry homered for a 2-1 Bat Cat lead. 

Riley's two-run single scored Eli Hickman and Andrew Brautman for a 3-2 lead. Brautman singled in Hickman for a 4-2 lead after six innings.

Noah Best singled home Forrest in the seventh-inning to ignite seven consecutive Bat Cat runs. 

Bat Cats 100 010 133 – 9 10 0

Rebels 010 021 003 – 7 9 3

Thornton, Shadrick (5), Nedved (7), Lenocker (8) and Enwiya. Hockett, Maley (8), Frazier (8), Rabe (9) and Doshier. W–Nedved, 1-0. L–Maley. 2B–BC–Enwiya, Forrest, Best. NR–Riley, Corrigan. 3B–NR–Grade. HR–BC–Henry

KANSAS COLLEGIATE LEAGUE

Great Bend Bat Cats 7-1

Cheney D Dawgs 6-2

Derby Twins 6-2

Hutchinson Monarchs 2-1

Rose Hill Sluggers 5-3

Haysville Aviators 3-5

Andale Warhawks 1-5

Sunflower Seeds 1-6

Newton Rebels 1-7

6-13–Sluggers at Diamond Dawgs; Twins at Warhawks; Aviators at Rebels

6-12–Sluggers at Seeds (DH); Aviators at Diamond Dawgs; Twins at Monarchs

6-11–Rebels at Bat Cats; Seeds at Sluggers; Aviators at Diamond Dawgs; Monarchs at Twins

6-9–Bat Cats 9, Rebels 7; Aviators 3, Diamond Dawgs 2; Twins 6, Monarchs 2

6-8–Bat Cats 7, Rebels 3; Sluggers 10-5, Seeds 1-8;  Diamond Dawgs 12, Aviators 5; Monarchs 6, Twins 5

6-7–Rebels 8, Bat Cats 6; Diamond Dawgs; 13, Aviators 6;  Sluggers 11, Warhawks 9; Monarchs 4, Twins 3

6-5–Bat Cats 8, Seeds 5; Diamond Dawgs 6-7, Warhawks 5-5; Aviators 12-2, Sluggers 9-4; Twins 5, Rebels 1

6-4–Bat Cats 8-6, Seeds 5-1; Diamond Dawgs 7, Warhawks 5; Sluggers 9, Aviators 2; Twins 13, Rebels 3

6-3–Aviators 6-5, Cannons 5-2; Twins 8, Rebels 0; Warhawks 5, Diamond Dawgs 4

6-2–Bat Cats 17-5, Seeds 2-0; Warhawks 8, Diamond Dawgs 5; Twins 8, Rebels 0; Aviators 6, Sluggers 5; Monarchs 10, Broncos 2

6-1–Twins 4, Rebels 1; Sluggers 6, Aviators 1
Larned softball sweeps Ellis
karley lemuz
Larned pitcher Karley Lemuz - photo by Janet Fleske Special to the Tribune
Published: Apr 7, 2025, 2:25 AM
Larned softball wins opener LARNED — Larned's softball team scored 39 runs to dominate the Ellis Railroaders 21-4 and 18-5 in Friday's doubleheader. LARNED 21, ELLIS 4 (G1) — Larned's Brooks Simmons tripled and drove home a trio of runs. Driving home a pair of runs were Eowyn Hedding, Maya Wilson, Teagan Walker, Jadyn Crosby and Jillian Hagerman. Hagerman and Karley Lemuz each doubled. Lemuz (2-0) pitched five innings to earn the victory. The Indians took advantage of nine walks, seven errors, six wild pitches and two hit batters. Ellis' Maleah Vine drove home two runs. Rylan Aschenbrenner had an RBI LARNED 18, ELLIS 5 (G2) — Larned's Hedding doubled and drove in three runs. Walker and Hagerman each drove in two runs. Driving home one run were Lemuz, Brooke Simmins, Crosby, Ivy Hope and Gillian Smith. Crosby (2-0) pitched five innings to earn the victory. Railroader Vine drove home two runs. Kia Mader and Raegan Jimenez drove in runs. Larned 010 938 — 21 15 1 Ellis 400 000 — 4 2 7 Lemuz and Brooke Simmons. Rome and Ashenbrenner. W—Lemuz, 2-0. L—Rome, 0-3. 2B—L—Hagerman, Lemuz. 3B—L—Brooke Simmons Larned 240 2(10) — 18 17 4 Ellis 00 14 — 5 6 2 Crosby and Hedding. Rome and Jimenez. W—Crosby, 2-0. L—Rome, 0-4. 2B—L—Hedding, Walker; E—Rome, Jimenez. 3B—L—Walker
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