Sports Nemeth slides Huskies into Districts with 6-4 victory

By DJ Watson Harrison News-Herald Sports Writer

CAMBRIDGE — It has been another strong week for the Harrison Central Huskies baseball program.

While difficult to upstage the first two rounds of tournament play, the Huskies found yet another gear in the East District Semi-Final this past Monday evening at Don Coss Stadium in Cambridge.

After three innings of play against the District’s second-seed Buckeye Trail Warriors, the Huskies found themselves trailing 4-1 and facing a season-ending setback. What followed was a three-run fifth inning to tie the game, and a tworun sixth that pushed the Huskies past the Warriors and into the District championship game with the 6-4 victory. The Huskies have spent much of the second half of the season watching their offensive star Treston Nemeth getting passed to first base intentionally. That being said, it is highly likely that the Buckeye Trail coaching staff is wishing they fol- lowed suit late in Monday night’s semi-final.

Harrison senior Kaden Jurosko opened up the top half of the sixth with a base on balls at the plate, and sophomore Kayden Dunkle would work him over to second with a sacrifice bunt. Enter Nemeth.

Instead of electing to do what most teams have done over the course of the past month, the Warriors went after Nemeth and paid the price.

Nemeth roped a line drive to right field plating Jurosko in what would end up being the game-winning run. Nemeth would go on to steal third and score on a fielding error, providing the much-coveted insurance run to get through the final two innings.

The Huskies took an early lead in the contest, posting one run in the opening inning. The Warriors quickly answered with two runs in the bottom half, holding on to the 2-1 lead until adding on in the third with two more runs.

It was once again the surging Wyatt Pierce who worked through a complete game from the mound and guided the Huskies past the Warriors and into the District Championship. Pierce fanned four Warriors, and relied on another night of strong team defense behind him.

If the District Semi-Final wasn’t enough excitement, the Huskies used a Jace Madzia walk-off