ROCKTON — Senior Drake Broege did what he does best Tuesday, crushing a long drive over the center field fence for a three-run homer on his way to a four-RBI day in a 12-2 non-conference victory over visiting Beloit Memorial at Weber Field.
The Indians improved to 12-4 overall.
Broege gave Hononegah a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI single, but Beloit tied it in the second when Brooks Mitchell doubled with one out and Dustin Foss knocked him in with a single.
Zander Koch came on in relief of starter Alexander Skrade and got out a bases-loaded jam with a strikeout.
The Indians answered with five runs in the bottom of the inning, highlighted by Broege’s blast. Logan Edward led off with a walk and Cameron Nelson singled. Bryce Ewing grounded into a fielder’s choice at third. Landen Seymour reached on an error, loading the bases and Austin Dresser’s fly ball to right was dropped, allowing a run to score.
Nick Santis grounded out to the third baseman, with another run scoring to make it 3-1 and Broege’s bomb pushed the lead to 6-1.
Hononegah scored three more runs in the third inning, two in the fourth and a single run in the fifth to end the game by the mercy rule. The Knights’ Ruddy Ramirez knocked in a run in the top of the fifth.
Broege, Seymour, Evan Sayles and Edward each had two hits to lead Hononegah’s 12-hit attack. Broege’s homer was the only extra-base hit.
Hononegah used four pitchers. Skrade went 1 1-3 innings, allowing two hits and a run. Koch pitched 1 2-3 of hitless and scoreless baseball, striking out two. Dresser pitched a scoreless inning and Nelson pitched the final inning, allowing two hits and a run.
Foss was the only Knight with multiple hits, going 2-for-2.
Mike Nora pitched 4 2-3 innings for the Knights and was tagged with 12 runs (five earned).
• DIXON 6, NORTH BOONE 5: Eli Lopez had three hits in three at-bats, but the Vikings fell to rallying Dixon in Poplar Grove.
North Boone led 5-3 after scoring twice in the fifth inning, but Dixon scored once in the sixth and twice in the seventh. The visitors won despite committing eight errors and being outhit 11-10.
Lopez pitched the first six innings and allowed seven hits and five runs (three earned). He walked four and struck out nine. Reliever JJ Ford took the loss, allowing three hits and one run in his inning of work. He struck out one.
Brady Lawrence had a big game for Dixon, going 3-for-4 with a home run.
• BRODHEAD/JUDA 15, EDGERTON 14: The Cardinals led by eight in the fourth inning, but had to fight off a late charge from the host Crimson Tide.
The teams combined for 28 hits, with 15 by the Cardinals.
Brodhead/Juda scored three runs in each of the first two innings only to have Edgerton tie it with six in the bottom of the second.
The Cardinals tallied once in the third and then put up seven in the fourth. Edgerton chipped away with a pair in the fifth. The Cardinals answered with an all-important run in the sixth as Brooks Malkow scored on a wild pitch because the Crimson Tide scored three times in both the sixth and seventh innings.
After Edgerton drew within a run on a two-run, two-out single by Olin Zellmer in the bottom of the seventh, Brodhead/Juda went to reliever Evan Senobe to retire Ethan Stengel on a grounder to second base to end the game.
Malkow led the Cardinals’ attack, going 2-for-4 with three runs batted in. Colton Kurt led Edgerton with a 3-for-5 day.
• EVANSVILLE 4, CLINTON 1: The Cougars outhit the Blue Devils 4-1 but their pitching staff walked six and hit three batters in the Rock Valley Rock loss.
Clinton (4-4, 1-3) got a double from Collin Gill and singles from Payton Whalen, Bryce Phillips and Nathan Haag. An RBI groundout from Logan Hendricks in the fifth accounted for its lone run.
Evansville (3-6, 2-2) took a 1-0 lead in the first after Alex Karnes walked, stole second and then scored on an error, one of the Cougars' two of the day.
Tim Arnold then walked a pair with the bases loaded and hit a batter with the bags full to make it 4-0 in favor of the Blue Devils. He didn't allow a hit in five innings while striking out five but he walked five and allowed four unearned runs.
Logan Thill allowed one hit, walked one and struck out one in the sixth.
• PALMYRA-EAGLE 12, PARKVIEW 0: The Vikings were no hit and gave up six runs in the opening inning as it fell in Trailways-South Conference action to the hosting Panthers.
Parkview (0-11, 0-8) did draw five walks but it committed five errors and gave up nine hits as Palmyra-Eagle (8-2, 5-1) added three runs in the third.
Gehrig Grenawalt took the loss for the Vikings after allowing nine hits, 11 runs, but just two earned, with three walks and five strikeouts.
Noah Taylor went 3-for-4 in the leadoff spot for the Panthers while Hunter Pagel knocked in a pair of runs. Sam Millis earned the win after allowing just four walks and no hits with five strikeouts.
• LINESCORES:
HONONEGAH 12, BELOIT 2
B. Memorial 010 01 — 2 5 4
Hononegah 153 21 — 12 12 1
Leading hitters: BM, Foss 2x2, 1 rbi. H, Seymour 2x2, 2 runs, 1 rbi; Santis 1x4, 1 run, 1 rbi; Broege 2x2, 2 runs, 4 rbi; Sayles 2x4, 1 run, 1 rbi; Edward 2x2, 1 run; Nelson 1x2, 2 runs, 1 rbi. HR: Broege.
Pitching: BM, Nora (L) 4.2-12-12-5-3-0. H, Skrade 1.1-2-1-1-1-1; Koch (W) 1.2-0-0-0-0-2; Dresser 1.0-1-0-0-0-1; Nelson 1.0-2-1-1-1-2.
DIXON 6, NORTH BOONE 5
Dixon 100 201 2 — 6 10 8
North Boone 101 120 0 — 5 11 1
Leading hitters: D, Feit 2x3, 1 run, 2 rbi; Clark 1x2, 1 rbi; Wiseman 1x3, 1 run; Selman 1x4, 1 run, 2 rbi; Lawrence 3x4, 2 runs, 1 rbi. NB, Lopez 3x3, 2 runs, 1 rbi; Ford 1x4, 1 run, 1 rbi; Self 1x3, 1 run; Espain 1x4, 1 run; Vermett 2x4, 1 rbi. 2B: Feit, Lawrence, Vermett, Ford. HR: Lawrence.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): D, Leslie 5.2-10-5-3-2-5; Richards (W) 1.1-1-0-0-0-0. NB, Lopez 6.0-7-5-3-4-9; Ford (L) 1.0-3-1-1-0-1.
BROD./JUDA 15, EDGERTON 14
Brodhead/Juda 331 701 0 — 15 15 3
Edgerton 060 023 3 — 14 13 4
Leading hitters: B/J, Senobe 2x4, 2 runs, 1 rbi; Bockhop 2x2, 1 rbi; Masloske 1x5, 2 runs; Elliott 2x3, 1 run, 2 rbi; R. Searls 2x5, 2 runs, 2 rbi; S. Searls 2x5, 1 run, 1 rbi; Sawle 1x4, 2 runs, 1 rbi; Malkow 3x4, 2 runs, 3 rbi; Foster 1x3, 1 run, 1 rbi. E, Fox 2x5, 2 runs, 2 rbi; Zellmer 2x3, 1 run, 2 rbi; Stengel 2x6, 1 run, 2 rbi; Hanson 1x4, 1 run, 1 rbi; Appel 2x5, 1 rbi; Kurt 3x5, 3 rbi; Kittleson 1x3, 3 runs. 2B: Masklske, Gockhop, Searls, Fox 2, Appel, Kurt..
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): B/J, S. Searls (W) 3.1-6-6-0-7-3; Elliott 1.2-3-5-5-4-3; Sawle 1.2-4-3-0-0-0; Senobe (S) 0.1-0-0-0-0-0. E, Stengel (L) 3.1-8-11-7-2-1; Hatch 3.2-7-4-4-1-1.
EVANSVILLE 4, CLINTON 1
Clinton;000;010;0;—;1;4;2
Evansville;100;300;—;4;1;1
Leading hitters: C, Whalen 1x4; Gill 1x2; Philips 1x2; Haag 1x3; Atkinson 0x2, 1 Run. E, Nelson 1x2, 1 RBI.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): C, Arnold (L) 5.0-0-4-0-5-5, Thill 1.0-1-0-0-1-1. E, Karnes (W) 5.0-3-1-0-1-7, Nelson 2.0-1-0-0-2-1.
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