Trojan baseball splits series with Garden City

Monday, April 21


Despite splitting a four-game set with Garden City this weekend, the Colby Community College baseball team (24-22, 14-14) holds its own destiny on whether it will host a first-round series in the region tournament. CCC maintained its two-game edge over Garden City and Dodge City in the conference standings, with just one four-game conference series left. The Trojans play Hutchinson at home on April 26-27. Meanwhile, Garden City will play last place Cloud County and Dodge City will travel to Butler.

The Trojans are currently in fourth place at 14-14, behind Seward (22-6), Hutchinson (21-7) and Barton County (19-13). They are ahead of Garden City (12-16), Dodge City (12-16), Butler (11-17), Pratt (9-19) and Cloud County (8-20). The Trojans could lock up a home series if they win three-out-of-four against Hutch, which would be a tall task.





Recaps against Garden City



Game one

Trojan starter Sean Lydon pitched all seven innings to pick up the victory in a 4-2 win. Lydon allowed two earned runs on nine hits while striking out seven batters. The offense was supplied by Steve Kletke, who homered twice, and Brennan Peterson who was 2-for-4 with a solo homerun.



Game two

The Trojans dug themselves a big hole, falling behind 11-3 after two innings. They did mount a comeback, but fell short, losing by a 12-10 score. Brennan Peterson, Jaret Chatwood and Aaron Dunsmore each had three hits in the loss.



Game three

The Trojans lost game three 5-3. Chris Urbach allowed five runs in 2 2/3 innings and picked up the loss. Josh Edwards pitched well in relief, allowing just one hit in 3 2/3 innings of relief. Aaron Dunsmore was 2-for-3 with a triple and two runs scored, and Steve Kletke was 1-for-3 with a double and 2 RBI.



Game four

The Trojans evened up the series with a 6-4 victory. Scott Hornstra went the distance, picking up his fifth win of the season. Hornstra allowed just one earned run, four overall, in seven innings. Aaron Dunsmore was 2-for-3 with a homerun, 3 runs scored and 2 RBI. Catcher Eric Sim was 1-for-3 with 2 RBI and Steve Kletke doubled twice for the Trojans.

Lady Trojan softball riding seven-game win streak

The Colby Community College Lady Trojan softball team swept through their home tournament, the Allen Wolf Memorial Tournament, winning all five games. Along with a doubleheader sweep on Friday of Cloud County, the Lady Trojans are on a seven-game winning streak, and their overall record is now 24-25. The Lady Trojans play home doubleheaders this week on Tuesday (against Garden City, 3 p.m.), Wednesday (Butler County, 3 p.m.) and Friday (Lamar, 1 p.m.).

The Lady Trojans travel to Cloud County on Sunday, April 27 for their final regular season action of the year. On Monday, April 29, the Lady Trojans will play a first-round playoff game for the conference and region tournament. Seedings are not yet finalized. Here are the recaps (provided by head coach Ryan Sturdy) for this weekend’s games



Lady Trojans Go Undefeated in Allen Wolf Memorial Tournament



Colby 3

Dodge City 2 (8 innings)



Winning Pitcher – Brittani Kage 3H 2R 0ER 6BB 4K 8IP

Leading Hitter – Kaylie Gomez 2-3 1RBI 2B 3B

Team Hits – 7



Colby 14

Brown Mackie 0 (5 innings)



Winning Pitcher – Ninostka Amaro 2H 0R 0ER 1BB 4K 5IP

Leading Hitter – Kaylie Gomez 3-4 3R 1RBI

Team Hits – 7



Colby 2

Lamar 1



Winning Pitcher – Kari Panno 2H 1R 0ER 1BB 4K 7IP

Leading Hitter – Ninostka Amaro 2-3 1R 1RBI HR(20)

Team Hits – 7



Colby 8

North Platte 0 (5 innings)



Winning Pitcher – Kari Panno 2H 0R 0ER 1BB 2K 5IP

Leading Hitter – Ninostka Amaro 3-3 2R 2RBI 2doubles

Team Hits – 5



Colby 5

Dodge City 0



Winning Pitcher – Ninostka Amaro 3H 0R 0ER 5BB 2K 7IP

Leading Hitter – Kat Nickel 2-3 1R 2RBI

Courtney Duell 2-3 2RBI 2B

Team Hits – 6



Coach Comments: I am very pleased with the way we have played the last three days. We have struggled all season and we are starting to do the little things to help us win games. We are on a seven game winning streak. That should give us confidence on Tuesday and Wednesday in our conference and region games against Garden City and Butler. There were different players that stepped up all weekend and got the team going when we needed it. Our pitchers threw very well and we didn’t make mistakes on defense that cost us. We are currently 24-25. We have four doubleheaders left before the region tournament. We have three home dates this week. Games start at 3pm on Tuesday and Wednesday and 1pm on Friday.