Remsen St. Mary’s – Gehlen District Baseball

A stolen base for the Hawks courtesy runner.  Gehlen shortstop Dylan Lehmann takes the throw. The Hawks first baseman, Brady Homan, holding a Gehlen runner at first base. Spencer Schorg crosses the plate with St. Mary’s first run of the game on a second inning ground out by Blaine Harpenau. Jeremy Koenck slides in safely at second base with the Jays’ Dylan Lehmann taking the throw from Keaton Logan. Jeff Augustine  at the plate with catcher Skylar Waldschmitt getting set to receive the pitch. Jeff Augustine swings and misses at a Skylar Waldschmitt pitch in the seventh inning of Tuesday’s District game against No. 2 Remsen St. Mary’s.  Jaxson Bunkers is the catcher.

(Photos courtesy of Sadie Regnier)

REMSEN — Junior Blaine Harpenau allowed four hits and struck out ten in six innings Tuesday night to pitch No. 2 Remsen St. Mary’s to a 9-1 quarterfinal round victory over Gehlen Catholic in the 1A Districts at Remsen.  Xavier Galles drove in three runs for the Hawks.  St. Mary’s took advantage of three Gehlen errors in the first three innings to take a 4-0 lead and added five more in the fifth to break the game open.  The Jays avoided the shutout with a Traegen Kramer RBI single in the seventh inning off Skylar Waldschmitt.  Remsen St. Mary’s takes a 17-0 record into the District finals Saturday in Remsen against Trinity Christian.  Gehlen ends their season at 3-6.