Imperial Peewee teams get wins in a busy week

All three of Imperial’s peewee teams added wins to their records last week.
Imperial 1 takes two games
Imperial 1 traveled to Hershey for its first league game of the week.
Imperial 1 stranded one runner in the top of the first inning, then, despite allowing three base runners, gave up one run in the bottom of the first inning.
Runs by Miles Hanes and Krayton Paisley to start the second inning gave Imperial 1 a lead it wouldn’t give up.
Imperial 1 held Hershey scoreless in the second and third innings, while adding runs from Noah Rau, Carter Kuenning and Hanes in the third inning.
A run by Cristobal Tarango Flores extended Imperial’s lead in the fourth inning, but Hershey matched the run in the bottom of the fourth.
Imperial put the game out of reach in the fifth inning. Kuenning, Tucker Mollendor, Jackson Cyboron and Paisley scored to give their team 10 runs in the game.
Three up and three down in the bottom of the fifth finished off Hershey in the 10-2 win.
Kuenning and Mollendor shared pitching duties for Imperial.
On Friday, Imperial 1 hosted Grant.
The home team held Grant scoreless over the first four innings of the game.
Rau, leading off for Imperial 1, scored in the first inning, but the team didn’t bring anyone else around in the first or second innings.
The offensive tide turned in the third inning. Austin Smith, Rau, Kuenning and Cole Pankonin scored to give Imperial 1 a 5-0 lead.
Though no runs were scored in the fourth inning, Grant made it interesting in the fifth, scoring two runs to cut Imperial 1’s lead to three, 5-2.
Not scoring in the fifth inning, Imperial 1 found its hands full in the sixth inning. Grant loaded the bases, but Imperial didn’t allow any runs to secure the win.
Rau pitched a complete game for Imperial 1.
Imperial 2 splits game
Imperial 2 opened its week Wednesday with a 3-11 loss at Grant.
The Imperial team was scoreless for its first three innings while giving up 11 runs to Grant.
In the fourth inning, James Bomba walked, Destry Oxford singled and Braxton Chubb walked to load the bases with no outs. A walk by Taylor Maddux scored Bomba, then a double by Tyce Hammerlun brought home two more runs.
After one runner was caught stealing, back-to-back strikeouts ended the Imperial threat.
Imperial 2 was able to hold Grant scoreless in the bottom of the fourth, but Grant returned the favor in the top of the fifth to end the game.
Conner Stromberger, Brextin Moreno and Chubb combined to strike out five and walk seven while giving up 11 hits.
The team traveled to Ogallala Friday for a 18-5 win over Ogallala 3.
With Imperial 2’s first six batters failing to reach base, the team fell behind 0-4 by the end of the second inning.
Lukas Fries, Stromberger and Chubb reached base to start the third inning. Fries scored on a single by Chubb and Stromberger crossed home plate thanks to a ground ball by Tate Teply. A triple by Hammerlun and single by Zak Anderson helped Imperial 2 take a 5-4 lead by the end of Imperial’s at bat.
Imperial 2 pitchers faced nine batters over the third and fourth innings, but didn’t allow a run and struck out four while giving up three walks.
Chubb, O’Neil and Moreno had base hits in the fourth as Imperial 2 added five more runs.
Imperial 2’s offense broke loose in the fifth. Eight of the team’s first nine hitters scored. Teply, O’Neil, Moreno, Oxford and Fries had hits in the inning.
Ogallala 3 rounded out the game with one run in bottom of the fifth inning.
Anderson and Fries shared pitching duties. The pair walked 14 and struck out 10, while giving up two hits.
Imperial 3 takes
down Ogallala 3
Imperial 3 picked up its first win of the season Wednesday in front of its home crowd.
The home team batted around in the first inning to jump out to an 8-2 lead when Ogallala 3’s pitcher struggled to find the strike zone. Adan Mireles, Jaxsen Villarreal, Aaron Cervantes, Rodrigo Robles, Zariah Carman, Cole Dufy, Dylan Miscles and Aidan Tomky all scored for Imperial 3.
Ogallala 3 got one run back in the second inning when Imperial 3 went scoreless in the bottom half.
The lead dwindled to 8-6 after the top half of the third inning, but Imperial 3’s top half of the lineup scored six runs before the inning ended.
Ogallala 3 came back in the fourth to tie the game at 14.
Imperial 3 had its own rally with two outs. With the bases loaded, Robles beat the throw to the plate on a walk-off single for the win.
Mireles pitched for Imperial 3.
Imperial 3 made the trip to Ogallala to face Ogallala 2.
Runs were tough to come by in the 1-17 loss.
Cole Duffy scored Imperial 3’s only run in the second inning.
Dylan Miscles was on the mound for Imperial 3.
Up next
Five more leagues nights are ahead for the peewee teams.
On Wednesday this week, Imperial 1 will host Ogallala 1 at 5:30 p.m.
Imperial 2 and 3 will play each other at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Imperial 1 will be at Ogallala 2 for a 6 p.m. game.
Imperial 2 will host Ogallala 1 at 6 p.m., while Imperial 3 has the night off.