Linn-Mar Baseball

LM's Wyant tosses no-hitter in sweep

Ryan Wyant threw a five-inning no-hitter as Linn-Mar blanked Waterloo East, 13-0, in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday night at Linn-Mar.

The Lions held on to win the nightcap, 5-4.

Wyant struck out six and walked two. He also had a pair of hits and two RBIs. Caleb Reimer had three hits for the Lions while Jackson Jacobs and Brandon Homewood had two apiece.

Ben Larson had three hits and scored two runs in Game 2 for Linn-Mar. Thomas Niemeyer also had two hits and Wyant drove home a pair with a third-inning double.

Andrew Gassmann picked up the win in relief. Michael Bogert got out of a jam in the seventh to record the save. The Lions are 11-16 overall, 6-10 in the MVC.

Game 1

Waterloo East    000 00 - 0 0 3
Linn-Mar         058 0x - 13 14 1

WP - Wyant. LP - Snook

Game 2

Waterloo East    000 300 1 - 4 9 2
Linn-Mar         102 011 x - 5 9 2

WP - Gassmann. LP - Snook. S - Bogert.

Lions fall twice to Cedar Falls

The Linn-Mar Lions dropped a Mississippi Valley Conference twinbill Monday to Cedar Falls, 16-4 in six innings and 5-3, at the Linn-Mar field.

Cedar Falls scored 11 runs in the second inning of the opener.

Manny Jeffery, Jackson Jacobs and Austin McCulloh had two hits for Linn-Mar in the first game. Jacobs had two doubles.

Jeffery went 3-for-4 and scored twice in the second game. Jacobs had two more hits.

The Lions fell to 9-16 overall and 4-10 in the MVC.

Game 1

Cedar Falls    0(11)1 004 - 16 14 2
Linn-Mar       201 100 - 4 10 5

W - Balthazor. L - Bogert.

Game 2

Cedar Falls    100 001 3 - 5 8 3
Linn-Mar       002 010 0 - 3 9 2

W - Corson. L - Wyant.

Cougars, J-Hawks lead Metro baseball

This is not shaping up as a particularly good year for high school baseball in the Metro area.

Only Kennedy and Jefferson have winning records in conference games. And only Kennedy, Jefferson and Xavier have winning records overall.

The Xavier Saints suffered a big loss this month when Mitch Keller accepted a $1 million signing bonus from Pittsburgh and left to begin his pro career.

The Linn-Mar Lions also have suffered a big loss with all-state catcher Brandt Ollinger playing travel ball this summer with an all-star team. Linn-Mar Coach Chad Lechner said Ollinger will be gone for an extended period of time.

Kennedy is ranked No. 2 in Class 4A and Jefferson defeated No. 1 Hempstead in the second game of a doubleheader Friday.

Here are the Metro records through June 22:

Kennedy         14-2 overall   10-2 MVC
Jefferson       13-6 overall   8-4 MVC
Xavier          12-8 overall   6-6 MVC
Marion          8-8 overall    6-6 Wamac
Linn-Mar        9-14 overall   4-8 MVC
Prairie         4-12 overall   3-7 MVC
Washington      3-12 overall   3-9 MVC
Cedar Valley    0-14 overall

Lions fall twice to No.5 Waukee

WAUKEE - The Linn-Mar Lions dropped a pair of baseball games to No.5 Waukee Saturday, 2-1 and 11-1 in five innings, at Waukee.

Brandon Homewood pitched a strong game for the Lions in the opener. He went six innings and allowed two runs on five hits. Ben Larson and Adam Stolley had two hits for Linn-Mar.

Linn-Mar got only four hits in the second game and used four pitchers.

Game 1

Linn-Mar    000 010 0 - 1 7 1

Waukee      020 000 x - 2 5 0

W - Corbett. L - Homewood.

Game 2

Linn-Mar    000 10 - 1 4 0

Waukee      240 23 - 11 13 0

W - Sell. L - Yoke.