PREP BASEBALL: Brodhead/Juda, North Boone earn conference victories

WALWORTH, Wis. — In the nightcap of a doubleheader on Wednesday night, Brodhead/Juda stayed steady with a single run scored in each of the first five innings to take down Big Foot 5-3.

The Cardinals (3-4, 2-1 Rock Valley Rock), who won the first game 4-0 , fell into a quick 2-0 deficit when the Chiefs’ (4-4, 2-4) Skylar Jacobs and Braden Buchholz both drew bases-loaded walks in the first.

By the time Big Foot scored its third run, an RBI single by Konner Glos, it was the seventh inning and Brodhead/Juda had surged ahead. RBI singles by Clayton Elliott, David Masloske and Kohen Sawle made it 3-2 through three innings while a bases-loaded balk and a full-bags walk by Masloske put it to 5-2 in the fifth.

Evan Senobe went 2-for-2 with a double, a pair of walks and three runs for the Cardinals, who had six hits and 11 bases on balls. Elliott also had two hits while Big Foot was paced by Connor Weeks’ two hits.

Brodhead/Juda started Sam Searls, who went 3 2-3 innings with four hits, two earned runs, five walks and seven strikeouts. Elliott tossed 1 1-3 frames and allowed no hits with two strikeouts and Senobe finished the last two innings and allowed two hits, an earned run, three walks and three punchouts.

Matt Haeberlin took the start for the Chiefs and allowed six hits, four earned runs, seven walks and struck out three in four frames. Owen Smith threw two innings and didn’t allow a hit but walked four and allowed one earned run while earning a strikeout.

• NORTH BOONE 7, ROCK FALLS 2: RBI singles from Matt Self and Ben Neri highlighted a four-run third inning as the Vikings had a strong win over the visiting Rockets in Big Northern action on Wednesday night.

Eli Lopez scored on a wild pitch and Grady Condon touched home on a passed ball in the crucial frame. North Boone (14-5, 5-2 BNC) took a 1-0 lead in the first on RJ Wolski’s RBI groundout and added runs in the fifth off Self’s sacrifice fly and in the sixth off of Wolski’s one-run double.

Lopez and Chris Doetch each had two hits while Wolski and Self both recorded a pair of RBI. Condon and Wolski both whacked doubles while JJ Ford smacked a triple.

Ford went five innings and allowed two unearned runs on three hits and struck out 13. Neri finished the last two innings and allowed just one hit and three walks while striking out five.