Photo by Keith Stewart
ALAH pitcher Kirk Herschberger eyes Peyton Hagerman at third base during the seventh inning Tuesday. A three-error seventh helped the Timberwolves to five runs to take the game 10-0.

Still goes the distance with 13Ks, one hit

April 8, 2015

by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com

Okaw Valley’s 10th and final run Tuesday evening wasn’t the prettiest. After the Knights third error of the inning on the throwout at first allowed Joe Jeffers to reach base, freshman Connor Cloyd sprinted home. He would get there, too, but not before a less than graceful finish.
“I told him to get down, but I didn’t tell him to face plant,” said OV head coach Andrew Hagerman. “The face plant was his idea. I prefer for him to slide. That lightened up the dugout though.”
Not that there was much tension at that point. OV senior ace Devon Still cruised through most of the seven innings, racking up 13 strikeouts and allowing five walks and just one hit, which nearly, itself, was done away with by the solid infield defense.
The Knights lone hit came in the bottom of the third when Tyler Schuring, facing a 2-2 count, dropped a single into shallow centerfield to ruin Still’s bid at a no-hitter.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.