With arms unwrapped, Hawks shut out Marissa to earn sectional title date

GREENVILLE — Whichever idle time Gus Coonrod had in Carrollton’s dugout Thursday at Smith Discipline was invested with a heavy wrap all around his right arm.

But the ailing elbow unwrapped for the postseason inflicted a globe of hurt on Marissa, with Coonrod firing a shutout to direct the Hawks to a 7- victory above the Meteors beneath a mild rain in a Greenville Class 1A Sectional semifinal at Greenville College.

Carrollton, which has been eradicated in a sectional 8 situations since winning a state championship in 2011, enhances to 12-15 and will meet up with the 12-10 Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran Silver Stallions for the sectional title at 11 a.m. Saturday. CORL prevented an all-WIVC Saturday in Greenville by beating Greenfield beneath the lights in Thursday’s 2nd semifinal.

The Greenville Sectional champ innovations to the Springfield Super-Sectional at Lincoln Land Neighborhood Faculty at 3 p.m. Monday to participate in the winner of the Jacksonville Routt Sectional. Brown County plays Harmony Triopia for that title Saturday in Jacksonville.


The Hawks jumped on Marissa starter Austin Hill for two runs on three hits in the to start with inning and two operates on four hits in the 2nd. Kyle Leonard and Coonrod, hitting in the Nos. 1-2 slots, utilised back again-to-again hits to ignite each innings that set Carrollton up 4-.

Hill departed following two innings and Carrollton tacked on a few runs versus reliever Chase Hurst, who authorized four hits, no walks and two strikeouts in four innings. Marissa, in the sectional for the very first time since 2011, finishes 13-8.

The top rated 4 hitters in the Hawks’ lineup – with Pohlman and Jackson Cotner hitting behind Leonard and Coonrod – merged to go 9-for-14 with a few doubles and a triple whilst scoring all 7 of their team’s runs. Leonard went 3-for-3, with Coonrod, Pohlman and Cotner joining Boden Flowers with two hits for Carrollton. Cotner and Flowers both experienced two RBI.

Coonrod, who conquer Nokomis 11-1 in a 5-inning earn at the Calhoun Regional semifinals in his initial visual appearance because April 14, shut out the Meteors on five hits – all singles — with two walks and 9 strikeouts on 89 pitches. He decreased his Period to .81 with 27 strikeouts and 8 walks in 17 1/3 innings. 

Only a state championship can save the Hawks from ending without the need of a profitable season. But with the postseason bringing the return of Coonrod and Grant Pohlman to sort a formidable two-person pitching rotation, Carrollton is the losing team nobody wishes to facial area.

Whilst Coonrod’s arm might be in have to have of surgical repair service, Pohlman is considerably less than two yrs taken out from medical procedures that has limited his pitching publicity. Soon after shutting out Pawnee 4- on 90 pitches in Monday’s regional title activity at Calhoun, Pohlman is qualified Saturday for a whole postseason pitch limit of 115 with 4 days rest.

In his final 13 innings covering a span of 5 weeks, Pohlman has not allowed a operate though giving just three hits to drop his time Period to 1.52 with 33 strikeouts and 13 walks in 27 2/3 innings.

An all-point out quarterback for Hawks soccer, Pohlman’s largest influence has come at the plate. The Lincoln Land baseball recruit is hitting .529 with 41 RBI when hitting 13 of Carrollton’s 18 homers. Pohlman is 1 of just a few Hawks hitting greater than .300, with Coonrod at .435 with 22 RBI and a person homer and Cotner at .354 with 21 RBI and two homers.

Centralia CORL 10, Greenfield 4 – The only 20-earn crew in the sectional bowed out at Smith Discipline, with the Stallions beating the Tigers in Wednesday’s rain delayed 2nd semifinal. Greenfield, which closed the common year by beating Carrollton 13-10, finishes 23-7.

The Tigers were being in a sectional for the third season in a row due to the fact successful their first regional in 2019. After becoming removed by Father McGivney in its initially sectional title video game final season, Greenfield departs in the semis for the 2nd time.

Single runs in each and every of the first two innings – on Drake Stuart’s RBI double and Garrett Costello’s sac fly – gave the Tigers a 2- lead just before the Stallions tied it with two runs in the third. CORL took a guide with a few operates in the fourth and two operates in the fifth to go up 7-2.

The Stallions’ guide was 10-2 before Greenfield scored twice in the bottom of the seventh. CORL outhit the Tigers 11-10, but Greenfield protection manufactured a few faults and Greenfield pitching walked six batters and strike three other individuals. CORL was without an mistake or a walk and hit one particular Tiger.

Stallions starter Caleb Boehne pitched 6 1/3 innings, leaving right after 74 pitches to keep on being qualified to toss in Monday’s tremendous-sectional must CORL advance. He authorized two runs on 7 hits, no walks and six strikeouts. Boehne also experienced a few hits and three RBI to direct the Stallions’ offense.

Drake Stuart begun and took the decline for the Tigers, surrendering 4 runs on 7 hits, 3 walks and two strikeouts in three-in addition innings. Stuart went 3-for-3 and drove in three operates for Greenfield, which picked up two hits apiece from Brady Pembrook, Dylan Pembrook and Brody Reif.