The Leafs made a Friday afternoon trip to Spring Valley where they defeated old NCIC foe Hall Township 13-0! Kolten Schmoll-Burton went 2-2 with two doubles while driving in two. AJ Weller and Logan Palmer added a pair of hits each while Kale Whitaker gave up just one hit in four innings pitched to earn the win. The bats were hot on the underclass level as well as the Leafs defeated Hall 16-6.
GHS followed up their Friday victory with a big Western Big 6 conference doubleheader in Moline. The host Maroons stopped a Leaf 7th inning rally to hold on for a 2-1 game one win. Schmoll-Burton scored the only Leaf run of the game and also pitched all six innings for GHS where he gave up only 2 hits while striking out three in the loss.
In the second of the twinbill, the Leafs fell behind 4-1 after five but rallied to cut the deficit to one but left the bases loaded in the 7th as Moline held on for the 4-3 win. Kruiz Ludwig went 3-3 with a double while driving in 2. The JV beat the Maroons 7-5 in game one and 4-3 in game two.
Next Up: At Alleman on Tuesday (4:30pm)
Maple Leafs 13 Spring Valley Hall 0
Moline 2 Maple Leafs 1 - Game 1
Moline vs Maple Leafs - Game 2