Hamilton Southeastern finished Hoosier Crossroads Conference play with a sweep of Franklin Central this week.
On Thursday, the Royals blitzed the Flashes 14-5 in an away game. Southeastern scored six runs in the seventh inning, including a two-run double by Ty Bradle. Landon Riekhof and Bradle would later score on a wild pitch.
Bradle batted in three runs, while Cole Earlewine scored three runs and was 3-for-4 at the plate. Chugga Rosario hit a double. Cam Howard got the pitching win.
The series finished at HSE’s Ken Seitz Field on Friday, and it was a dramatic ending: The Royals needed 11 innings to beat Franklin Central, 7-6.
Harrison Dilts led off the bottom of the 11th wtih a single, then was moved to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Griffen Haas. Dilts then ran to third on a passed ball, then scored the walk-off run on a wild pitch.
Cole Earlewine hit a home run for Southeastern in its first at-bat, then Eli Miller got home when Riekhof hit a sacrifice bunt. Dilts had three hits, with Miller hitting two doubles, including a three-run double in the second inning. Riekhof doubled in Miller in the fifth inning.
Howard went three and two-thirds innings for the win, striking out six.
The Royals finished the regular season 10-17.
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 14, FRANKLIN CENTRAL 5
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Cole Earlewine 4 3 3 0
Eli Miller 5 0 1 1
Clayton Wilke 0 2 0 0
Landon Riekhof 5 2 2 2
Ty Bradle 4 2 2 3
Harrison Dilts 5 0 2 0
Michael Hoog 4 0 0 0
Chugga Rosario 3 2 1 0
Maddux Bach 3 2 1 0
Griffen Haas 4 1 1 0
Totals 37 14 13 6
Score by Innings
Southeastern 233 000 6 – 14 13 1
FCHS 012 010 1 – 5 8 2
2B: Rosario, Bradle. SB: Riekhof 3, Earlewine 2, Haas 2, Wilke, Dilts, Bach, Bradle. HBP: Hoog.
HSE pitching IP R ER H
Brady Strawmeyer 5 4 3 7
Cam Howard (W) 1 0 0 0
Eli Lantz 1 1 1 1
Strikeouts: Strawmeyer 4, Howard 2. Walks: Howard 1.
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 7, FRANKLIN CENTRAL 6
(11 innings)
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Cole Earlewine 5 1 1 1
Eli Miller 5 2 2 3
Ty Bradle 5 0 0 0
Landon Riekhof 4 0 1 2
Harrison Dilts 5 1 3 0
Griffen Haas 4 0 1 0
Ian Bucher 3 1 1 0
Chugga Rosario 1 0 0 0
Hunter Wright 3 1 2 0
Christian Beal 3 0 0 0
Cam Howard 0 1 0 0
Maddux Bach 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 11 6
Score by Innings
FCHS 020 004 000 00 – 6 11 1
Southeastern 230 010 000 01 – 7 11 4
HR: Earlewine. 2B: Miller 2, Wright, Riekhof, Haas. SB: Bucher. SAC: Haas. HBP: Wright.
HSE pitching IP R ER H
Cam Howard (W) 3.2 0 0 3
Colin St. Clair 1.0 0 0 0
Ethan Lund 1.2 0 0 3
Jax O’Haver 0.2 4 2 2
Sam Reagan 4.0 2 0 3
Strikeouts: Howard 6, Reagan 6, Lund 4, St. Clair 2. Walks: Lund 2, Howard 1, St. Clair 1, O’Haver 1.
Hits and runs would wind up being at a premium in Thursday night’s battle between Cathedral and University. Two teams that are priming up for their respective state tournaments put together quite the chess match.
Cathedral would use a five-run sixth inning to get the big road win at RoundTripper Academy, 6-2.
The Irish struck first in the top of the third when Patrick Mazur stole home for the early 1-0 lead.
University would answer right back in the bottom when Jake Hooker lined a double to right to score Owen Schellhase to tie it up 1-1.
The bases got loaded right away for the Irish in the sixth on a leadoff hit-by-pitch and a pair of walks. Another couple of walks from Hooker, who came in to relieve Grayson Knight, put Cathedral up 3-1.
Carson Johnson lengthened the Irish lead to 5-1 with a two-run single. Hooker would balk a run that made it 6-1.
The Trailblazers tried to stage a comeback in the bottom of the seventh. Weber Morse slugged a solo home run to right, but University couldn’t muster more than that, dropping the home game, 6-2.
Dylan Haslett went the distance on the mound for Cathedral, striking out 14, while walking just one.
Grayson Knight went five innings and took the loss, walking seven Irish, but was able to strike out eight.
Covenant Christian came to RoundTripper and played with purpose in Friday night’s battle with the Trailblazers and came out with a 10-3 win.
The Warriors were on a mission, scoring one run in each of the first three innings to jump out to a 3-1 lead. Brock Buckley led off the game with a home run.
University was able to get their first score in the second. Owen Schellhase tripled and later scored on a groundout from Grayson Knight.
A six-run top of the fourth would doom the ‘Blazers and they wouldn’t be able to come back offensively.
The Trailblazers were able to add one more run in a last-ditch effort in the seventh, but lost the game 10-3.
Covenant Christian (15-9) won its fifth consecutive game. The Warriors will face Ben Davis at 10 a.m. today.
University (18-6) lost its second game in a row and hopes to get back on the winning track in a tournament at Bedford North Lawrence today. The Trailblazers’ first game is against Silver Creek (22-6) at 1 p.m.
CATHEDRAL 6, UNIVERSITY 2
University AB R H RBI
Jake Hooker 3 0 2 1
Thomas Price 3 0 1 0
Seth Hogg 3 0 0 0
Mark Hamby 3 0 0 0
Weber Morse 3 1 1 1
Jasper Owens 3 0 0 0
Brady Redman 3 0 0 0
Owen Schellhase 2 1 0 0
Sam Woodward 2 0 0 0
Totals 25 2 4 2
Score by Innings
Cathedral 001 005 0 – 6 4 0
University 001 000 1 – 2 4 0
HR: Morse. 2B: Hooker 2. SB: Price.
University pitching IP R ER H
Grayson Knight 5 4 4 2
Hooker 1 2 2 1
Price 1 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Knight 8, Price 3, Hooker 2. Walks: Knight 7, Hooker 2.
COVENANT CHRISTIAN 10, UNIVERSITY 3
University AB R H RBI
Jake Hooker 2 1 1 0
Thomas Price 3 0 2 0
Laine Spears 0 0 0 0
Max Westerkamm 1 0 1 1
Seth Hogg 4 0 1 1
Weber Morse 2 0 0 0
Jasper Owens 1 0 0 0
Owen Schellhase 3 1 2 0
Mitchell Price 3 0 0 0
Grayson Knight 3 0 0 1
Gabe Mervis 2 0 0 0
Brady Redman 1 0 0 0
Cooper Burnett 2 1 1 0
Totals 27 3 8 3
Score by Innings
CCHS 111 610 0 – 10 12 1
University 010 010 1 – 3 8 1
3B: Schellhase. SB: Price. HBP: Morse.
University pitching IP R ER H
Ian Smitley 3.2 9 9 9
Morse 2.1 1 1 3
Mervis 0.2 0 0 0
Redman 0.1 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Smitley 3, Morse 1, Mervis 1, Redman 1. Walks: Smitley 3, Mervis 1.
Guerin Catholic dropped an 18-1 home game against Lawrence North Thursday in five innings.
The Golden Eagles scored their run in the third inning when Will Fremion singled in Caden Ratcliff.
Guerin Catholic is 18-8 and hosts Terre Haute South today in a doubleheader.
LAWRENCE NORTH 18, GUERIN CATHOLIC 1
(5 innings)
Guerin Catholic AB R H RBI
Will Fremion 2 0 1 1
Adam Novelen 2 0 0 0
Clay Patton 2 0 1 0
Davis Wagner 3 0 0 0
Sam Tabor 1 0 0 0
Ryan Zimmerman 2 0 1 0
Anthony Ferrucci 3 0 1 0
Bryson Dorsey 1 0 0 0
Xander George 1 0 0 0
Sam Miller 1 0 0 0
Caden Ratcliff 1 1 0 0
AJ Nunley 1 0 1 0
D Donahue 0 0 0 0
Totals 20 1 5 1
Score by Innings
LNHS 131 (13)0 – 18 16 2
Guerin Catholic 001 00 – 1 5 4
GCHS pitching IP R ER H
Cuinn Morrow 3.1 11 10 12
Max Cosell 0.1 7 7 4
Ratcliff 1.1 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Morrow 3, Ratcliff 3. Walks: Cosell 2.