Dons fall to 6-7 in Cloverbelt East

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

OWEN-WITHEE — Owen-Withee scored three runs in its final two at-bats to edge Marshfield Columbus Catholic 8-5 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division baseball game Friday.

Columbus Catholic tied the game at 5-5 with a run in the top of the fifth before the Blackhawks pulled away with a run in the bottom of the inning and two more in the sixth.

Billy Young suffered the loss for the Dons (6-8, 6-7 Cloverbelt East), striking out three and allowing 11 hits and three walks in a complete-game effort.

Brett Loveland had two of Columbus Catholic’s four hits against Owen-Withee pitcher Kole Karaba, who walked 11 but struck out seven.

Columbus Catholic is off until May 23 when it finishes its regular season with a doubleheader at Greenwood.

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

Blackhawks 8, Dons 5

Columbus Catholic 300 110 0 – 5 4 4

Owen-Withee 300 212 x – 8 11 4

WP: Kole Karaba. LP: Billy Young.

SO: Young 3; Karaba 7. BB: Young 3; Karaba 11.

Top hitters: CC, Brett Loveland 2×3; OW, Mark Kitlica 2×3; A.J. Ovyn 3B; Karaba 4×4; Darryn Bottlemy 2×4.

Records: Columbus Catholic 6-8, 6-7 Cloverbelt East; Owen-Withee 7-6, 7-5 Cloverbelt East.