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

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