Henning to host Nimrod on Saturday in regular season finale

Tyson Misegades slides in safely to third base for the Deer Creek Shockers during Saturday’s game in Henning.

By Chad Koenen

Publisher

With a severe thunderstorm rolling in, and the demo derby roaring in the background, the Deer Creek Shockers defeated the Henning North Stars by a score of 11-3 on Saturday night. 

Eric Fick took the loss on the mound for Henning during Saturday’s game against Deer Creek.

The two teams combined for 23 hits, but it was the Shockers who were able to string together enough hits in a row to score runs in five innings on Saturday night. 

After Henning stranded the bases loaded without a run in the bottom of the first inning, the Shockers were able to plate a pair of runs in the second inning when Chase Nordlund hit an RBI single and scored later in the inning on a passed ball to make the score 2-0 in favor of Deer Creek. 

The Shockers added two more runs in the third inning when Colby Shertler hit an RBI double and Travis George followed with an RBI single with two outs to make the score 4-0 in favor of the Shockers. 

Chase Nordlund slides in just ahead of a throw to Nick Lindberg at third base during Saturday’s game between Henning and Deer Creek.

Nick Lindberg put the North Stars on the scoreboard in the bottom of the third inning when he hit a solo home run over the center field fence to make the score 4-1, before the Shockers added four more runs in the top of the fifth inning to pull away for good. 

After picking up back-to-back walks to open the top of the fifth inning, Shertler hit a sacrifice fly to bring Tyson Misegades across the plate to make the score 5-1. Two more walks once again loaded up the bases with just one out, before Nolan Coyle hit a two-run single to right field and Matt Steege followed with a fielder’s choice that brought another run across the plate to make the score 8-1 in favor of Deer Creek. 

Carl Colburn went 1-4 with a run scored for Deer Creek on Saturday night.

Jonathan Goeden hit an RBI single in the top of the seventh inning to make the score 9-1, before Blake Haverkamp hit a two-run single with the bases loaded to make the score 11-1 in favor of the Shockers. 

Henning added two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning thanks to an RBI single by Dan Marso and a fielder’s choice by Justin Love to end the scoring at 11-3. 

Lane Dilly picked up the win for Deer Creek as he went seven innings and allowed just one run, while striking out five hitters. 

Shertler, Travis George and Nolan Coyle led the way offensively for Deer Creek with two hits apiece.

Eric Fick took the loss on the mound for Henning as he went 4 1/3 innings and gave up five hits and seven earned runs. Stephen Lindberg came into the game in relief and gave up six hits and three earned runs in the loss. 

In their other action of the week, the North Stars fell to Perham by a score of 10-0 on Friday night and the Deer Creek Shockers fell to New York Mills by a score of 6-5 on Wednesday night. 

The North Stars will wrap up their regular season this week with a road game in Dent on Wednesday, before heading home for a game against Vergas on Friday and Nimrod on Saturday. All of their games are scheduled to get underway at 7:30 p.m. Henning is currently 3-14 on the season and 2-10 in the Hi-10. 

Deer Creek will host Bluffton on Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m., before hosting Midway on Friday night in their regular season finale. The Shockers are currently 12-4 overall and 9-4 in the Hi-10.

Bluffton is currently leading both the region and Hi-10 with a region record of 13-2 and Hi-10 record of 10-2. The Shockers are in second place, while New York Mills is 11-4 in the region and 8-3 in the Hi-10. Perham is 10-6 in the region and 10-3 in the Hi-10, while Clarissa is 7-9 in the region and 6-7 in the Hi-10. Henning is 3-12 in the region and 2-10 in the Hi-10, while Vergas is 1-10-1 in the region and 1-7-1 in the Hi-10 and Dent is 1-10-1 in the region and 0-8-1 in the Hi-10. 

Region 14C playoffs will be held July 26-28, Aug. 2-4 and Aug. 9-10.