Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Cardinals Earn Trip to State
Launch the media gallery 1 player7/18/18 - Treynor stopped Kuemper Catholic last evening for a repeat trip to State Baseball at Principal Park in Des Moines. The Cardinals scored 11 to Keumper's 3. This is the 7th trip to the state tournament, the 3rd in the last four years. Trevor Maeder has the complete details in his KMA Article, complete with video from Coach Mantell and Sophomore Drew Petersen. Connor Schuessler of the Daily Nonpareil has also written a detailed article about the game and state berth. Pairings have not been released from the state, but will be posted to the IAHSAA website when the brackets are complete.
7/15/18 - The boys are District Champs with a win over Underwood Saturday night in 2A District Finals at Underwood. They will face off against Kuemper Catholic in Harlan on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. for their chance to return to State. Read Derek Martin's article on the KMA Website for all the finer details of the Cardinals over Eagles triumph.
7/1/18 - In the last couple of weeks, the Cardinals have struggled a bit, losing 6 and winning 5. The resiliency of the team is sure to prevail though as they close out their regular season this week and head into post-season play next week. On Friday, June 15th, Treynor hosted Clear Lake and lost 0-2. The next day at home brought a 12-29 loss against a tough Winterset team. On Tuesday, June 26th, in first-round WIC tournament play, the Cardinals defeated the Wheelers 5-2. Brock scored 2, while Kyle, Dean and Drew added 1. Continuing on in the WIC Tournament, on June 27th, Treynor faced off against Tri-Center. The Trojans put on the pressure and came out on top 7-5. The Cardinals then went on to play in the WIC consolation round against AHSTW on Friday evening and lost 13-14. This loss came after playing in Creston earlier in the day and losing that battle 13-15. In the Creston game, Kyle and Dean led with 3 runs each, while Justin, Nate, Kristian, Drew, Brock, Carter and Austin each scored 1. On Saturday, June 30th at a home tournament, the Cardinals defeated Sioux City West 5-4 and were on the second game of the tournament against Martensdale St Mary's when the game was called because of weather. At Van Meter on Monday, July 2nd, the team erased an early 8-3 deficit to go on to defeat the Bulldogs 11-8. Scoring the 11 runs were Will, Drew, Brenden and Austin with 2, and Justin, Kristian, Kyle with 1 each.
6/15/18 - Since the last writing, the varsity baseball team has played four more games. On Thursday, June 7th, they played Missouri Valley on their field and lost 2-10. Scoring was Justin and Will. On Friday at home against Logan-Magnolia, the Cardinals lost to the Panthers in a battle, 10-14. Scoring for the Cardinals was Kyle, Will and Nate with 2 runs each. Justin, Kristian, Jake and Tommy each added a run. At home on Tuesday, June 12th, the team defeated AHSTW 7-0. Wyatt and Dean had success on the mound with 6 and 4 strikeouts. Justin scored 3 runs, while teammates Will, Drew, Carter and Tommy each scored one. Thursday, June 14th took the Cardinals to Trojan territory, where Treynor trampled on Tri-Center 17-4. Success at the bat was had by Justin (4), Carter (4), Will (3), Nate (2), Brenden (2), Kyle (1), and Tommy (1). Kristian pitched all 5 innings and threw 5 strikes. The Nonpareil and KMA articles each have more information about the Treynor-TriCenter game.
6/7/18 - You could say that some people live year-round waiting for baseball season, Americas' favorite past time. That season is finally here and the Cardinal Baseball team has 10 varsity games completed already, with 8 victories. The season started on May 22nd at Logan Magnolia. The Panthers defeated the Cardinals 7-4. The four runs were scored by Junior Kyle Christensen, Sophomore Will Halverson, Senior Dean Bedell and Sophomore Jake Fisher. Next up was a home game against Audubon on May 24th, where the Cardinals outscored the Wheelers 12-0. Sophomore Kristian Martens led the scoring stats with 3 runs, while Kyle Christensen and Sophomore Wyatt James each scored 2. Adding one run each were Will Halverson, Senior Justin Cox, Junior Brenden Dingus, Junior Tommy Duysen and Freshman Carter Radcliff. On Friday, May 25th at AHSTW, the boys defeated the Vikings 10-1. Will Halverson led in scoring with 3 runs, followed by Kyle Christensen and Dean Bedell with 2 each. Kristian Martens, Tommy Duysen and Carter Radcliff each scored 1. Junior Ethan Lengfelder pitched the entire game with 12 strikes. Tri-Center traveled to Treynor on May 29th, where the Trojans beat Treynor in a close game, 8-7. Sophomore Drew Petersen pitched 4 innings and had 7 strike-outs. To close out the month of May, the Cardinals met up with Cherokee on their home turf, and outscored the opponent 9-3. Carter led in scoring with 3 runs, followed by Kyle and Will with 2 each. Brenden and Jake each contributed 1 run for the final score. Wyatt James pitched the majority of the game with 8 strikes credited to his record.
IKM-Manning made the long drive to Treynor on Friday, June 1st, where the Cardinals handled the Wheelers with a 12-2 win. Sophomore Nate McCombs was on the mound pitching the entire game with 6 strikes. Wyatt and Will led with 3 runs apiece, followed by Justin and Kristian with 2 and Drew and Junior Austin Kulesa with 1 each. On June 2nd, the team made the trip to Tiger Territory in Red Oak and enjoyed a close win 9-8. Brenden pitched 6 innings and had 6 strike-outs. Kristian closed out the game on the mound. Will led with 4 runs, Tommy added 2 and Justin, Nate and Kristian each scored 1. Two nights later, on June 4th at home versus Underwood, the Cardinals won another close game 9-8. On the mound was Drew with 7 strike-outs, with Justin closing out the game. Scoring was pretty even with Tommy, Nate and Carter each adding 2 runs, while Justin, Kristian and Brenden each had 1. On June 5th in Griswold, the Cardinals outscored the Tigers 17-2. Lots of chances at the bat for most of the team, with Kyle scoring 4 runs, followed by Nate with 3 and Tommy, Justin, Brenden and Will with 2 each. Drew and Carter both added a run to the team score. Treynor was challenged by Denison-Schleswig at home on June 6th. Kristian pitched 4 innings and Nate pitched 3, with each striking out 4 batters. Carter led the scoring bracket with 3 runs. Tommy and Justin each scored 2, while Kyle, Nate, Kristian and Brenden each scored 1 run, leading to a team score of 11, over the Monarch's 10 runs.