Jefferson Baseball

J-Hawks tumble twice to Senior

DUBUQUE - Jefferson's Spencer VanScoyoc had four hits, but the J-Hawks lost a pair of games to Dubuque Senior, 3-1 and 3-2, Monday in Mississippi Valley Conference baseball.

VanScoyoc, Ben Koering and Drew Johnson had two hits apiece for the J-Hawks (5-15, 4-10) in the opener.

Koering scattered five hits and went the distance on the mound.

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Topsy-turvy J-Hawks split twinbill

His ballclub is battling for a division title in the Mississippi Valley Conference, but Dubuque Hempstead Coach Jeff Rapp complains about inconsistency.

“We’re like a Jekyll and Hyde team,” he said after the Mustangs (9-8, 8-4 MVC) split a doubleheader at Cedar Rapids Jefferson Friday night. “We’ve had some very good games. But we’ve also been ugly at times.”

He’s got nothing on first-year Jefferson Coach Kyle Rodenkirk. His young J-Hawks (5-13, 4-8) were embarrassed on their home field Wednesday night by Prairie, losing the opener 15-1 and the nightcap 7-4.

So what do they do but jump on Hempstead for three runs in the first inning of the first game Friday and cruise to a 6-2 win behind the solid pitching of sophomore Lucas Larson.

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Prairie hammers J-Hawks in sweep

Pitching that ranged from solid to stellar allowed Cedar Rapids Prairie to sweep a doubleheader from Jefferson Wednesday night at Jefferson’s home field.

The stellar performance came in the first game from Spencer Dean. The senior right-hander allowed just one hit in a 15-1 rout. The Hawks took the nightcap, 7-4.

With Dean striking out five J-Hawks while walking one, Prairie scored in every inning but the first, touching three pitchers for 16 hits.

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Koering homers in Jeff's loss to East

DES MOINES - Des Moines East struck for eight runs over the first four innings and the 10th-ranked Scarlet handed Jefferson a 9-2 loss Tuesday in a non-conference baseball game.

Ben Koering had two of Jefferson's four hits, including a home run leading off the fourth inning. Cam Frazier plated the other run with a sacrifice fly in the third inning.

East (12-1) banged out 14 hits.

The J-Hawks dropped to 4-10. They host Prairie in a doubleheader Wednesday at 5 p.m.

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