Just as the Glencoe-Silver Lake baseball team hit the high point of its season, the Panthers suddenly stumbled a couple times last week.
GSL opened its most recent three-game stretch by winning its ninth game in a row in a 5-3 victory at Mound Westonka on Tuesday, May 9, that avenged an earlier-season loss to the White Hawks.
However, the remainder of the stretch was not nearly as kind to the Panthers as the team suffered losses of 7-2 and 5-2 at Dassel-Cokato and Norwood-Young America, respectively, to close out the week.
The setbacks left GSL with a 12-4 overall record, 8-2 in the Wright County Conference West and 8-1 in games against fellow Section 5AA teams. The Panthers opened this week still leading the WCC West by one-half game over New London-Spicer. GSL hosts the Wildcats in a doubleheader on Thursday at Vollmer Field.
Peyton Sell tossed a complete-game six-hitter in the Panthers’ win over Mound Westonka. Korey Johnson drove in three runs and scored once on a 3-for-4 day at the plate. Mitch Boesche also had three hits and one RBI, while Taylor Schauer and Alex Troska each had two hits and one run scored.
For more on this story, see the May 17 issue of the Chronicle.
