Dons have 10 hits in road win

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

COLBY — Billy Young had three hits and earned the win on the mound as the Columbus Catholic baseball team beat Colby 12-6 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division matchup Friday at Colby High School.

Young allowed five runs in 5 2/3 innings to grab the win for the Dons, who are now 4-7 overall and 4-6 in the Cloverbelt East. Colby drops to 2-8 overall and in the conference.

Noah Taylor, Matthias Gouin, and Brett Loveland each had two hits for the Dons, who had 10 in all.

Columbus will finish a suspended game from Tuesday on Saturday morning at Hackman Field.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Dons 12, Hornets 6

Columbus Catholic 300 143 1 – 12 10 2

Colby 100 004 1 – 6 7 3

WP: Billy Young. LP: Quinton Haltz.

SO: Young (5 2/3 inn.) 4, Matthias Gouin 3; Haltz 0, Schmitt (1 1/3 inn.) 0, Not Reported (1 2/3 inn.) 1.BB: Young 8, Gouin 0; Haltz 3, Schmitt 3.

Top hitters: CC, Young 3×5, 2B; Noah Taylor 2×4, 2B; Gouin 2×3; Brett Loveland 2×5. COLB, Logan Uhlig 2×3.

Records: Columbus Catholic 4-7, 4-6 Cloverbelt East; Colby 2-8 overall and Cloverbelt East.