Hawks beat Westby to reach regional final, lose to second ranked La Crosse Aquinas
Senior Drake Ingham fires a pitch in relief at La Crosse Aquinas as fellow senior Noah Pedretti gets ready at shortstop. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Keagan Dull gets ready to connect with the ball during his swing. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Pinch runner Deacon Chesebro takes a lead off of first base late in the Hawks regional semifinal win at Westby. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Westin Marx celebrates after hitting a leadoff double in the third inning of Wednesday’s Regional Final contest at Aquinas. Marx had the Hawks only hit and run scored during the game. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Abe Amundson keeps an eye on the Westby base runner at first base. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Hunter Jones got the start on the mound for the Hawks against Aquinas. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
PdC junior second baseman Nick McCullick gets ready for the next play. The fifth seed Hawks would beat the fourth seed Norsemen. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Prairie du Chien junior left fielder Brady Lenzendorf begins his swing during the Hawks regional semifinal road win at Westby. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
The Prairie du Chien Blackhawks defeated the Westby Norseman 7-3 in a WIAA Regional Semifinal game in Westby on Tuesday, May 28.
The Blackhawks got the most out of their 7 hits and 6 walks to score 1 run in the second inning, 4 in the fifth and 2 more in the seventh. Bryce Lenzendorf and Dawson Eastman each had 2 hits and 2 RBI. Noah Pedretti and Abe Amundson each had a single. Westin Marx had a home run in the second inning that really turned the tide for the Blackhawks.
Logan Kiesau got the win for PdC. Kiesau threw 5 innings allowing 3 runs on 5 hits while striking out 2. Abe Amundson pitched the last 2 innings and struck out 4 while not allowing a run.
PdC improved to 14-8 on the season and advanced to the WIAA D3 Regional Finals on Wednesday, May 29th at La Crosse Aquinas.
The Prairie du Chien Blackhawks season came to an end with an 11-1 loss in five innings to La Crosse Aquinas last Wednesday night.
The only offensive highlight for the Blackhawks was a double by Westin Marx to lead off the third inning. He later scored on a passed ball to plate which was the Blackhawks only run of the game.
Three Blackhawk pitchers threw in the game. Hunter Jones started and went two innings and took the loss. Nick McCullick and Drake Ingham pitched the final three innings in relief.
The Blackhawks finished the season 14-9 overall and 6-4 in the SWC, good for second place in the conference.
