Waukon baseball team ends up on each side of mercy-rule results
Waukon baseball junior center fielder Mitchell Snitker meets the baseball with a smooth swing in the Indians’ 14-1 non-conference triumph at MFL/MarMac Wednesday, May 31. Snitker belted two hits in three at-bats in the victory, crushing the Tribe’s first homerun of the season, driving in three runs and scoring two of his own. Photo courtesy of Grant Langhus.
The Waukon baseball team had to hit the road this week, even though they were scheduled to play at home to start the week. A broken water pipe underneath the Indians’ home field forced them to have to travel to Waverly-Shell Rock Tuesday, May 30, where they were handed two mercy-rule losses in five innings, 16-6 and 10-0. The baseball Tribe bounced back to deliver one of those mercy-rule results itself, blasting MFL/MarMac on the road, 14-1 in six innings, Wednesday, May 31.
The Indians were scheduled to play a Northeast Iowa Conference doubleheader at Charles City Tuesday, June 6 before hosting Turkey Valley Wednesday, June 7 and playing at Decorah Friday, June 9. The baseball Tribe will then play three nights in a row, at Oelwein Monday, June 12 before being scheduled to host Osage Tuesday, June 13 and Class 2A fourth-rated New Hampton Wednesday, June 14. The Indians are also scheduled to host Crestwood Friday, June 16, all those home games depending on the status of the repairs needing to be made to the water pipe under the Waukon High School baseball field.
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