Rochester Spring Update: Zebras beat Comets for third straight win

Editor’s Note: Val Tsoutsouris is sports editor for Rochester Telephone Co. and writes the Val T Sports blog at rtc4sports.com.

Baseball: Rochester 10, Caston 2

Freshman Carson Paulik had three hits, two RBIs and three runs scored, and Brayden Zink delivered the go-ahead two-out RBI single in the bottom of the fourth to lift the Rochester baseball team to a 10-2 win over visiting Caston at Bob Copeland Field Saturday.

Ethan Medina added three RBIs for Rochester, who won their third straight game to improve to 6-2.

Zink’s hit, which came off Caston starter Noah Herd, put the Zebras on top 2-1, and they added four runs in the fifth and four runs in the sixth.

Paulik had a two-run single, and Ethan Medina’s hot grounder down the right field line stayed just fair for a two-run double to make it 6-1.

Gavin Young had a two-run double in the sixth, and Tanner Reinartz and Medina had RBI singles.

Reinartz allowed one run over the first five innings for the win. Hunter Campbell struck out five of the eight batters he faced over the final two innings to close it out. Campbell allowed one hit and one unearned run.

Reinartz and Campbell combined for 14 strikeouts.

Boys Golf: Rochester Placed 12th At Don Dicken Classic

The Rochester boys golf team shot a 368 and finished 12th out of 15 teams at the Don Dicken Classic at Stonehenge Golf Club in Winona Lake Saturday.

Noah Riffle led Rochester with a 79, J.R. McLochlin had a 93, Drew Strasser had a 97, Wes Meadows had a 99, and Enrique Navarro had a 115.

Westfield won with a 282.

Track:

Oak Hill Relays Canceled

The Oak Hill Relays track meet scheduled for Saturday was canceled. Rochester was among those teams scheduled to compete. No reason was given for the cancellation.

Softball:

Rochester 19, Culver 3 (5 innings)

Culver sports fans have likely seen enough of Rochester senior Emma Howdeshell for the year.

She had a game-high 16 points in the Lady Zs’ 35-23 win over Culver in basketball Nov. 30.

On Friday at Cavalier Field, she showed off her hitting acumen in softball against Culver, going 3 for 3 with a double, a triple and a homer and three RBIs as the Lady Zs cruised to a 19-3 win in five innings.

Howdeshell was also hit by a pitch twice and scored five runs. She is now batting .792 on the season – 19 hits in 24 at-bats – and sports a 2.578 OPS.

Kylie Coleman added two hits and four RBIs for the Lady Zs, who bounced back from a 13-3 loss in six innings to Logansport Wednesday. Maddi Heinzmann had a tworun single in the first inning. Baseball: Rochester 20, Culver Academy 9 (6 innings)

The Rochester baseball team delivered a Friday the 14th nightmare to host Culver Academy at George T. Wilkins Baseball Field Friday.

The Zebras scored 13 runs in the sixth and went on to beat the Eagles 20-9 in six innings.

Rochester improved to 5-2. Culver Academy fell to 1-2.

Rochester built a 6-0 lead in the second inning but trailed 8-7 after five innings.

Luke Hunting drove in the go-ahead run when he reached on an error, and Rochester also received seven of their 16 walks in the sixth. In addition to the 16 walks, Culver Academy pitchers also hit three batters and threw