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Tuesday July 1, 2025
Big Bats Lead Norway Knights To D4 Regional Title

NEWBERRY---The Norway Knights brought out the big bats on Saturday to win a MHSAA Division Four regional championship. The Knights dominated Rudyard, 18-6, and then took down Indian River Inland Lakes, 14-1, in the championship game.

The box scores from the games are posted below.

Norway (23-4-1) advances to the D-4 state quarterfinal game against Gaylord St. Mary on Tuesday at Traverse City St. Francis High School. Game time is 4:00 ET/3:00 CT.

Click the thumbnails in the ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS box above to see photos from Mark Doda and Melanie Mattas.

Game One:
Norway            0 5 7 3 3      18 Runs, 16 Hits, 1 Error
Rudyard          2 0 3 1 0        6 Runs, 8 Hits, 4 Errors

Norway Hitting:  Cody Carlson with 3 hits- 1B, 2B, HR …. Ryan Menard 3-run HR

Pitching:  John Edwardsen (11-1)  5 innings, 8 hits, 7 Ks, 4 BBs

Second inning - 5 runs on 6 hits, third inning - seven runs on 5 hits & 2 BBs, fourth inning - 3 runs … Menard - 3 run HR, fifth inning - 3 runs … Carlson 2 run HR.  Rudyard used 3 different pitchers.

Game Two:
Inland Lakes-Indian River      0 0 1 0 0      1 Run, 4 hits, 3 errors
Norway                                            0 5 3 6 X      14 runs, 14 hits, 3 errors

Hitting:  Six players with 2 hits - Kevin Evosevich , Dane VandenHeuvel, John Edwardsen, Cody Carlson, Try Doda, Justin Bal …. Edwardsen 2B, Menard 2B,  Evosevichl 3B

Pitching:  Bryce Plante (6-1)  5 innings, 4 hits, 4 Ks, 1 BB

Justin Bal  & Kevin Evosevich with 3 RBIs.  2nd inning; 3-1Bs, 2-2Bs, 2 BBs ….. 3rd inning Justin Bal 2-run 2B, 4th inning 5 1Bs … big hit was Evosevich 2-run 3B

Norway  23-4-1  Plays Gaylord St. Marys on Tue at TC St. Francis





Choose team:
Date Time Opponent Score Record
4/28
4:30 PM
at Gladstone Braves
4 - 3 (W)
5/3
4:00 PM
Bark River-Harris Broncos
- (T)
RAIN
5/3
6:00 PM
Bark River-Harris Broncos
- (T)
RAIN
5/9
4:00 PM
Gladstone Braves
1 - 0 (W)
5/9
6:00 PM
Gladstone Braves
2 - 0 (W)
5/18
5:00 PM
at Escanaba Eskymos
0 - 2 (L)



Norway Pitcher Edwardsen Reaches All-State Goal
Monday June 20, 2016
U.P. Baseball, Softball Teams Compete In Regionals
Friday June 10, 2016
Popelka Outduels Edwardsen In Escanaba Victory
Wednesday May 18, 2016
Norway Tops Gladstone Twice To Stay Undefeated
Monday May 9, 2016
Braves Come Up Short As Knights Stay Unbeaten
Thursday April 28, 2016