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four wild pitches.

Six different Eagles pitched, and all of them walked at least one.

In contrast, Rochester pitchers Aaron Huffman and Carson Paulik walked none.

And on top of that, Rochester also stole six bases.

Jake Seuferer had three of Rochester’s 10 hits, including an infield single in the sixth. Tarick McGlothin singled and tripled, and Tanner Reinartz singled and doubled.

Boys golf: Rochester takes 3rd in 3-way dual vs. Culver Academy, Valley

The Rochester boys golf team shot a 177 and finished third in a three-way match against Culver Academy and Tippecanoe Valley at Round Barn Golf Course at Mill Creek Thursday.

Culver Academy won with a 166, and Valley shot a 173.

J.R. McLochlin led the Zebras with a 40. Noah Riffle had a 42, Drew Strasser had a 44, Wes Meadows had a 51, and Enrique Navarro had a 56.

Valley senior Greg Miller was the medalist with a 38.

The match was held in unusually warm mid-April weather with sunny skies and temperatures in the low 80s.

Boys Golf: Rochester Takes Third

In 3-way Dual Vs. Culver Academy, Valley

The Rochester boys golf team shot a 177 and finished third in a three-way match against Culver Academy and Tippecanoe Valley at Round Barn Golf Course at Mill Creek Thursday.

Culver Academy won with a 166, and Valley shot a 173.

J.R. McLochlin led the Zebras with a 40. Noah Riffle had a 42, Drew Strasser had a 44, Wes Meadows had a 51, and Enrique Navarro had a 56.

Valley senior Greg Miller was the medalist with a 38.

The match was held in unusually warm mid-April weather with sunny skies and temperatures in the low 80s.

Softball:

Logansport 13, Rochester 3 (6 innings)

Prior to April 12, the Rochester softball team’s two losses had each been by a run.

Their 13-3 loss in six innings to host Logansport might have been a different matter.

Pitchers Sydney Haughs, Emma Howdeshell and Darah Strasser combined to walk five and hit four batters. The defense committed five errors, including a dropped fly ball on the final play of the game that allowed the two clinching runs to score.

Offensively, Rochester left eight on base, and that does not include the two baserunners who were nabbed on the bases, one runner who was thrown out trying to return to third after overrunning the base and another who was picked off first on a back pick from Logansport catcher Alexsa Herrold.

Rochester lost their third straight game after a three-game winning streak to start the season.

First-year coach Jim Coleman said he demanded better of the team in his postgame talk.

“I’ll be honest,” Coleman said. “Those are plays we have to make. They’re routine plays. I thought not only defensively we struggled. I thought on the bases we struggled; we got picked off two different times. Our plate approach was not there tonight like it has been.

“Our overall approach to tonight’s game was not there.

It’s not the same team that I’ve seen. I really challenged the girls after the game tonight. We’ll see how they respond moving forward.”

Girls Tennis:

Rochester 5, LaVille 0

Ella McCarter, Rily Holloway and Rylee Clevenger each won their singles matches in straight sets, and the doubles teams of Olivia Bailey and Audrey Bolinger and Taylor Howard and Elizabeth Weaver also won for the Lady Zs in a road win over LaVille Tuesday. McCarter, Holloway and Clevenger lost only five games combined. Clevenger won 6-0, 6-0 over Sydnee Miller.

Howard and Weaver also won in straight sets.

Bailey and Bolinger pulled out a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 win. Rochester also won the JV match 3-0.

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