Baseball and Lacrosse Saturday

Warde/Enfield baseball quarterfinal action

The Ludlowe baseball season ended earlier this week. I will have more on that soon in a separate post of its own. 

Once the Ludlowe baseball season ends, I often think my sports year for high school sports is over. I say this every year. And it never is. I find games and events to go to. It's just different. 

With that said, I turned Saturday into a doubleheader of Warde and Ludlowe sports. 

First, it was over to Warde to watch their baseball state quarterfinal game. The Mustangs, the number two seed in Class LL, hosted the seven seed Enfield. 

It was a terrific ballgame. A pitcher's duel between Warde's Austin Howard and Enfield's Jake Lubanski. 

The game was scoreless through four and a half innings before Warde got on the board in the bottom of the fifth. 

The Mustangs did what the Mustangs do. They used their speed and smarts as they scored three runs on only one hit. They took advantage of Enfield's mistakes while also being aggressive on the bases to put the pressure on Enfield and make thing happen. 

Howard and Hayden Lee did the rest for Warde on the mound. Enfield did put two on in the sixth, but Howard got out of it thanks to a diving catch by Carson Swaim in right field. 

Howard threw six innings allowing four hits and two walks, while striking out seven and walking just two. Lee came on to throw a perfect seventh to get the save. 

Warde advances to the state semifinals for the third year in a row. They will face Staples on Tuesday at a location and time to be determined. 

After that game ended, I headed to Ludlowe for their boys' lacrosse state quarterfinal game with Guilford. 

The Falcons came out with a 15-7 victory. 

Ludlowe took a 3-1 lead after one quarter, then broke the game open in the second, outscoring Guilford 6-0 in the quarter to take a 9-1 halftime lead. 

The Falcons won the third quarter, 4-3 before Guilford won the final quarter, 4-2, but it wasn't enough as Ludlowe came away with the victory. 

Ludlowe advances to the Class L semifinals where they will face St. Joe's on Wednesday. Time and location are to be determined. 

This is the first state semifinal appearance in school history. 

So yeah, I am definitely not done with high school sports for the year. In addition to these two teams, Ludlowe softball won their state quarterfinal game on Friday and advance to the state semifinals this week. 

Busy week ahead. Plus, the Barnums season is underway. We will see what games I end up at. 

Let's keep the sports going.