Rockets split four games

MISHAWAKA — The first day of the Rockets’ trip to Bethel University didn’t turn out pretty, but they had some bite on day No. 2, resulting in a pair of blowouts.

The Portland Rockets got swept by the South Bend Royals 8-1 and 8-0 on Saturday before steamrolling the Syracuse Outlaws 21-2 and 15-1 on Sunday.

Cameron Pratt got Portland (15-5) on the board in the first inning with a sacrifice fly, but Owen Wanner couldn’t hold off the Royals as the offense was stymied from there on out.

Garrison Brege suffered the loss in the second game of the weekend after giving up six runs on six hits, double what the Rockets had.

Johnny Heitkamp and Trey Pullins led the Rockets’ offense in the first game on Sunday with three RBIs apiece on three hits combined. Andrew Onuegbu earned the win in three innings of work.

Heitkamp and Brege led the charge in the final game of the weekend with four hits that produced six RBIs.

Crosby Heniser picked up the victory as he struck out six batters, while giving up one hit and one walk over three innings on the bump.

Carreno leads

PENNVILLE — Neymar Carreno led the Ohio Valley Gas Meteors to the Pennville Soccer League Space Division title on Saturday.

Carreno scored all eight of the Meteors’ goals in an 8-1 victory over the AgBest Express Rockets. Natan Perez had the long goal for the Rockets.

In the Meteors’ semifinal game, Carreno found the net twice, while Bradley Catterson and Williams Gutierrez each scored once in the 4-0 defeat of the Penrod Monuments Galaxy.

The Rockets took down the WPGW Asteroids 4-1 to reach the championship. Perez scored three goals, while Anniston Hammond added one for the Rockets. Owen Ehrhard accounted for the Asteroids’ score.

Dragons win

PENNVILLE — A trio of players lifted the Vinson Rental Properties Dragons to a 3-2 victory over the General Store Griffins in the Sky Division championship game of Pennville Soccer League on Saturday.

Carter Hermann, Angel Perez and Camden Vinson all scored for the Dragons in the victory.

The Griffins’ goals came the way of Chase Kirkwood and John Schneider.

The Dragons led 2-0 at halftime but held the Griffins’ comeback effort off for the victory.

Three in final

PENNVILLE — The final quarter proved to be big for the Dave’s Heating & Cooling Hornets in a 4-1 victory over the A Place to Grow Wasps on Saturday in the Pennville Soccer League Stinger Division championship.

The Hornets and Wasps were tied 1-1 after three quarters but the former put up three goals in the final period to pull away with the victory.

Ian Kaehr led the way with two goals, while Lance Gentis and Raelyn McClain each found the net once. Chase Keyes had the Wasps’ lone goal.

Ian Kaehr led the Hornets with three goals in the 6-2 win over the Matt Aker Foundation Yellowjackets in the semifinal. Abram Kaehr, McClain and Brinlee Michael all scored once to support Ian Kaehr. Leila Rodriguez and Madison Schmiesing found the net once each as well.

Sebastian Benavidez had three scores, while Keyes had two in the Wasps’ 5-1 victory over the Ernst Concrete Bees. Tessa Coleman had the Bees’ score.

Cheetahs win

PENNVILLE — The Edward Jones Cheetahs had a pair of players step up in the Pennville Soccer League Wild Cat Division tournament on Saturday.

Liam Thompson scored three goals and Zyler White added one for the Cheetahs in their 4-3 semifinal win over the Crossroad FCU Lions. Blake Jellison had two goals for the Lions, while Cooper Bailey added one.

Both Thompson and White found the net twice to push the Cheetahs past the New Beginnings Holiness Church Cougars 4-3 in the championship. Rylen Carpenter, Colton Coons and Colten Hermann each scored once for the Cougars.

Lyle Beiswanger led the way for the Cougars in the semifinal, putting in three of the team’s 6 goals. Hermmann added two, while Carpenter rounded out the score with one.

Jonas Westfall had the only goal for the Poet Biorefining Jaguars.

Cook’s moves on

Cook’s Nursery beat Williams Auto Parts 10-8 in the Portland Junior League Rookie baseball semifinal on Friday afternoon.

Steven Robbins drove in four runs for Cook’s Nursery, while going 2-for-3 from the plate. Bryson Berry, Kayden Alberson and Waylon Huelskamp got on base with efficiency for Robbins as all three players were  a perfect 3-for-3 on the day.

Boone Locke and Alex Lochtefeld matched the trio from Cook’s Nursery as they finished 3-for-3 at the plate for Williams Auto Parts.

Williams Auto Parts also got strong offensive performances from Brett Huntsman, Thobe Keller, Zander Williams and Porter Huntsman, as all collected two hits on the day.

Title taken

SELMA — the Jay County 12-and-younger softball team won the Longhorns Tournament on Saturday, going 3-0-1 on the day.

The Patriots tied with the Berne Bears in the first game of pool play before earning their way to face the Bears in the championship game, eventually winning 9-4.

Jay County surrendered four runs in the first inning, but immediately responded with nine in the bottom half before both teams’ offense stalled out.

Addisyn Champ, Haley Comer, Ellie Wiggins, Kali Conaster, Amalee Aker, Miley Duncan, Danica Chowning and Audrey Miller all had an RBI in the explosive first inning. Wiggins and Arabella Newsome each had a pair of hits to lead Jay County as well.

Wiggins earned the win, striking out 10 batters in the championship game.