Linn-Mar Baseball

Linn-Mar sweeps twinbill at Bettendorf

BETTENDORF - Manny Jeffery belted two home runs Friday as the Linn-Mar Lions swept a doubleheader on the road from Bettendorf, 11-1 and 8-4.

Jeffery hit both of his home runs in the first game and drove in five runs. Scott Mortensen went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs for the Lions. Taylor Yoke was 2-for-2.

Brandt Ollinger and Austin McCulloh socked home runs for Linn-Mar in the nightcap. Ollinger was 2-for-4 and drove in four runs.

The Lions raised their record to 4-1.

Game 1

Linn-Mar      109 000 1 - 11 14 0
Bettendorf    010 000 0 - 1 6 3

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Linn-Mar takes 5th in Metro Tournament

The Linn-Mar Lions clipped Mount Vernon, 5-2, to finish fifth in the Metro Baseball Tournament Wednesday at Kennedy.

Andrew Gassmann and Taylor Yoke had two hits for the Lions (2-1). Adam Bradley drove in two runs.

Blake Booth went 3-for-4 for Mount Vernon.

Mount Vernon   100 010 0 - 2 7 0
Linn-Mar       013 001 x - 5 7 0

W - Jeffery. L - Ketelson.

KCC baseball splits with Muscatine

MUSCATINE - Zach Patterson has struggled as a hitter for much of the season for the Kirkwood Eagles this year, but he had a good day at the ballpark Wednesday.

Patterson went 5-for-6 and hit a home run as Kirkwood split a twinbill at Muscatine.

The Eagles won a slugfest in the opener, 16-14. Muscatine scored twice in the bottom of the seventh and grabbed the nightcap, 5-4.

Patterson went 3-for-3 in the opener with his home run and scored three runs. Austin Saikal also went 3-for-3 with a homer and three runs.

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Stroschein, Wyant pick colleges for baseball

Linn-Mar graduates Austin Stroschein and Justin Wyant plan to continue their college baseball careers after they graduate from Johnson County Community College this spring.

Stroschein has committed to Creighton University and Wyant has committed to Chicago State.

Stroschein, a 6-foot-5 right-handed pitcher, compiled an 8-4 record and 5.03 ERA at DMACC this past season as a freshman, with 66 strikeouts in 73.1 innings. He transferred to Johnson County this year for his sophomore campaign.

Wyant, a 6-1 right-handed pitcher, went 8-2 with a 3.25 ERA for Johnson County as a freshman, with 46 strikeouts in 61 innings.

Stroschein and Wyant graduated from Linn-Mar in 2013.