Northeast Nodaway’s baseball team won two out of three last weekend to get their seventh win of the season.
They first beat winless North Nodaway 17-1 Tuesday, April 28th. It looked like they might not get that game in, but the rain held off enough to keep the North Nodaway field playable.
With one out in the Bluejay first, Lance Runde walked and stole second. Brock Healy grounded out to advance him to third. Jace Burns walked. Burns stole second. Wyatt Scadden singled to score both runs to make it 2-0.
North Nodaway got a run back in its half of the first when Blaine Clements walked and Brady O’Connell walked the next three batters to force in a run to make it 2-1. But O’Connell settled down to strike out nine in his first varsity pitching debut. Gaige Bodle handled the catching duties with O’Connell on the mound.
Liam Cordell walked on a close 3-2 pitch, stole second, and took third on a wild pitch. Brady O’Connell was plunked. Xander Bodle (running for O’Connell) stole second. Reece Gray was plunked to load the bases. Lance Runde grounded out to Ridge Clements at second for the second out as Liam Cordell scored and everybody else advanced.
But then all hell broke loose for the Mustangs as the Bluejays would get nine runs with two outs. It started with a bad-hop single from Brock Healy as Xander Bodle scored and Reece Gray came around third. North Nodaway tried to throw out Gray at the plate, but the ball got away as Healy took second.
Brock Healy stole second and then Jace Burns singled to right to score Healy to make it 6-1. Wyatt Scadden reached on what was ruled a drop despite some chirping from the Mustang side as Burns took second. Bentin Roberts got the benefit of a close 3-2 call and walked to load the bases. Liam Cordell singled to score Wyatt Scadden and Jace Burns to make it 8-1 as Bentin Roberts took third.
Liam Cordell stole second and Brady O’Connell singled to right to score Liam Cordell and Bentin Roberts to make it 10-1. Gaige Bodle singled to center as Dale Deardorff (running for O’Connell) took third. Reece Gray walked to load the bases. Lance Runde singled to center as Gaige Bodle and Dale Deardorff scored to make it 12-1. Lance Runde stole second and Brock Healy singled to center to score Lance Runde and Reece Gray to make it 14-1.
With one out in the Bluejay third, Bentin Roberts doubled to left. Liam Cordell grounded out to third baseman Marek Stevens as Bentin Roberts took third. Brady O’Connell beat out an infield hit as Bentin Roberts scored to make it 15-1.
North Nodaway started getting better swings off O’Connell in the third, but Stetsyn Brown hit one in the right-center field gap, only to slip coming around first and Liam Cordell cut him down to kill the rally.
Reece Gray led off with a double to start the Bluejay fourth. Lance Runde singled to left to score him to make it 16-1. Brock Healy was plunked to put runners on first and second. Jace Burns grounded out to first baseman Blaine Clements as Runde took third and Brock Healy took second. Wyatt Scadden flied out to center fielder Laythen Ebrecht as Lance Runde scored to make it 17-1.
Brady O’Connell got stronger as the game progressed and struck out the side to end the game.
Against Platte Valley, Northeast Nodaway got a win over them for the first time since the 2019 season, when they beat them 16-1 in bitterly cold and wet conditions at the old Bluejay field. Slumps have a way of dying hard, but the Bluejays broke open a tight game in the fifth and the sixth innings Thursday to get the 10-2 win.
Reece Gray got three hits for the Bluejays in the win. The Bluejays got Jordan Dannar back from a hip pointer. Brock Healy went deep into the game, pitching six innings, before Liam Cordell finished the game.
Gray led off the game with a single and stole second and third. Jace Burns singled to center to score him to put the Bluejays in front 1-0.
The score remained at 1-0 until Leo Marriott led off the Platte Valley third with a base hit. He advanced to second on a balk. Ryan Langford grounded out to Lance Runde at third as Leo Marriott took third. Koleby Staples singled to center to score Marriott to tie it at 1-1. Lance Runde made a catch at third and Liam Cordell made one at second to limit further damage.
With two outs in the Bluejay fourth, Reece Gray beat out an infield hit to short to keep the inning going. Lance Runde walked. Brock Healy singled him home to make it 2-1.
Wyatt Scadden walked to lead the Bluejay fifth. Three straight hit batters forced in a run and opened the floodgates, making it 3-1. Lance Runde doubled in Liam Cordell and Brady O’Connell to make it 5-1.
Platte Valley threatened to get some runs back in its half of the fifth, but Brock Healy picked Grady Gockel off third to end the threat.
With one out in the sixth, Jace Burns singled to right. Wyatt Scadden walked, and Jordan Dannar was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Liam Cordell singled to score Burns to make it 6-1. Gaige Bodle was plunked, the fifth Bluejay to be hit, and Wyatt Scadden scored to make it 7-1. Reece Gray doubled to score Jordan Dannar and Liam Cordell to make it 9-1. Lance Runde was hit, the seventh Bluejay to be hit, and Gaige Bodle came home on a balk to make it 10-1.
Platte Valley got one back in the sixth when Emalee Langford grounded into a force at second, scoring Ezra Morriss to make it 10-2.
The game was Northeast’s fourth straight win, their first four game winning streak since the 2022 season when they won their first 12 games. They tried to keep the momentum going against perennial powerhouse Plattsburg and jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second when Brady O’Connell singled home Brock Healy. An error let in a Plattsburg run in the fourth, but a home and third double play by the Bluejays kept it tied at 1-1. Gaige Bodle singled home Wyatt Scadden in the Bluejay fourth to put the Bluejays up 2-1, but then the bottom dropped out for the rest of the game as 12 walks proved to be too much for the Bluejays to handle, and Plattsburg pulled away to an 11-2 win.
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