High school baseball: South Lewis pounces on Watertown to stretch win streak to 14 straight
WATERTOWN — The South Lewis baseball team has gotten the jump on opposing teams after moving up to play in the Frontier League’s Division I. This proved to be the case again Monday as sparked by Conner Carpenter, the Falcons took another big step. Carpenter tripled to lead off the game as South Lewis scored 11 runs over the first three innings to outslug Watertown and record an 18-13 triumph in a division game on a summer-like evening at the Alex T.
Duffy Fairgrounds. “We love to get up early, we’ve got to jump on them quick and don’t look back — that’s coach (Chad) Brown’s motto,” Carpenter said. The Falcons extended their winning streak to 14 games, improving to 15-1, including 11-1 in league play.
“This is a big win, a big win for us,” Carpenter, a center fielder said. “I mean, they’re a (Class) AA school, Watertown, they have very good hitters on their team. But a big win for South Lewis.
” Also, South Lewis clinched at least a share of the division title. “Coming into the season they’ve worked hard,” South Lewis coach Chad Brown said. “We knew we were going to be playing the A’s and B’s, and that’s been a goal of ours, just to try and come in and play well and just try and win that league.
” “It’s great, we’re a pretty senior heavy team, so to do that for their last year, it feels great,” Falcons shortstop Kal Cihocki said. The game proved to be a slugfest as both teams combined for 35 hits, including 19 from the Cyclones. Carpenter, Cihocki and Maddox Morrison each totaled three hits and five different players each drove in a pair of runs for South Lewis.
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