Baseball team starts season with doubleheader wins
On March 18, the Holyoke High School baseball team opened its season with a doubleheader in Byers. Across both games, Holyoke never gave up a hit, and the Dragons brought home a 22-1 win and an 18-3 win.
“Things went about as well as we could have hoped for for the first game,” Head Coach Jimmy French said. “It was good to actually get out and play against another team.”
This year’s baseball team has a large amount of returning talent as well as a few new faces. Seniors leading the group are Angel Carrasco, Ty Dirks and Kai Siep; juniors are Jerren Hunter, Caiden Krueger, Tyson Mosenteen, Isaiah Rueter, Caden Sporhase, Wyatt Sprague, Carter Van Overbeke and Cash Weber; sophomores are Irving Dominguez, Eduardo Hermosillo, Cody Maloney, Mason Powell, Carson Sheppard-Hein and Reid Sprague; and freshmen are Cozner Deaver-Ring, Gustavo Goytia, Edwin Perez Orona and Colby Weber.
Coaching alongside French are Assistant Coaches Zach Krueger and Cordell Walker.
With the 2-0 record spurring them on, the Dragons are looking ahead to the next couple of months of action.
“I know we have some bigger challenges ahead and we have a lot of work to do,” French said, “but I’m very happy with our start to the season.”
On Saturday, March 25, HHS will host the Haxtun Bulldogs in a doubleheader beginning at 11 a.m.
Holyoke 22, Byers 1
Saturday’s first game saw Holyoke take a fast and substantial lead over Byers. In the top of the first, the Dragons scored 12 runs. In the second inning, Holyoke added five more runs and Byers got on the board with one run. Going into the third inning with a 17-1 lead, the Dragons racked up another five. Holding the Bulldogs scoreless in the bottom of the third, Holyoke ended the 22-1 game early due to the mercy rule.
Mosenteen pitched all three innings, giving up no hits and striking out eight of the 13 batters he faced. He allowed one earned run and five bases on balls.
At bat, Reid Sprague posted a triple; Wyatt Sprague hit three doubles and a single; Mosenteen, Carrasco and Maloney each hit two singles; and Krueger, Cash Weber and Dirks hit one single apiece.
On base, Carrasco and Dirks stole two bases each; and Wyatt Sprague, Mosenteen, Goytia and Cash Weber stole one apiece.
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