There are several intriguing matchups today in local high school sports.
BASEBALL
The Manitowoc Lincoln baseball team has split its first ten games of the season, but the trend is looking upwards following a victory over state-ranked Green Bay Preble on Tuesday.
The Ships return home this afternoon to host Green Bay Southwest in FRCC play at Bruce Steinbecker Field.
They’ve worked their way into a four-way tie for fifth place in the FRCC (3- 3, 5-5 overall), but they’re just a game behind second-place Green Bay Preble and two-and-a-half games behind conference-leading and Division One top-ranked Bay Port.
They’ve been successful when they make the opposing pitcher work deep in counts, thus getting a pitch hitters can handle to get on base and be productive.
The Ships are hitting .271 as a team and sport an OPS of .741. Senior pitcher and shortstop Gabe Eichmann is filling the stat sheet with impressive numbers.
Through ten games, Eichmann is hitting a team-leading .433 and leads Lincoln in base hits (13), doubles (4), on-base percentage (.526), slugging percentage (.567), OPS (1.093), and stolen bases (6) and earned run average (1.11). Green Bay Southwest comes into town winless on the season (0-8 in The FRCC and overall).
In fact, the Trojans have simply had difficulty scoring, having just plated one run through eight games.
The first pitch is scheduled to be thrown at 4:30 p.m.
Elsewhere, Manitowoc Lutheran hits the road to battle Brillion, Valders travels to Oostburg, Reedsville plays at New Holstein, Kiel heads to Chilton to play the Tigers, Elkhart Lake/Glenbeulah battles Green Bay East/West at Joannes Park, Random Lake has a non-conference game at Lomira, De Pere hosts Sheboygan North, West De Pere hosts Notre Dame Academy of Green Bay, Green Bay Preble visits FRCC leader Bay Port, Ashwaubenon is at Pulaski and Clintonville is scheduled to play at Wrightstown.
SOFTBALL
The Mishicot Indians venture to Valders to battle the Vikings in a non-conference matchup.
Mishicot has won five straight coming into this afternoon after starting the season 0-4 at a tournament in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
The Valders Vikings had a productive day at Citizens Park in Manitowoc on Wednesday at The EWC Challenge, picking up victories over Two Rivers and Kiel to move into a tie with New Holstein for first place in the EWC at 6-1, and they’re 7-2 overall.
The first pitch is scheduled to be thrown at 4:30 p.m.
Elsewhere, Manitowoc Lincoln is at The Sheboygan North Invite, Manitowoc Lutheran hosts Green Bay West, and Roncalli ventures to Reedsville.
GIRLS SOCCER
The Manitowoc Lutheran Girls Soccer Team plays its third match in four days this afternoon as they host the Wrightstown Tigers at Lancer Circle.
The Lancers (1 and 3) are slowly finding their way in the initial year of play as a WIAA program, having recorded their first win on Tuesday against Kewaunee.
Their strength has been offense as the Lancers had averaged better than four goals per match with senior Stevie Brunner leading the way with five goals, freshman Ava Glodowski has four goals, and junior Ava Steubs had 13 points with a team-leading nine assists and 2 goals.
Wrightstown comes to Lancer Circle with a record of 1-4, with their lone victory coming against Clintonville back on April 16th by a score of 7-0.
The match is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m.
Other matches include Valders hosting Ripon, Sheboygan Falls battling Wauwatosa West at the Shorewood Tournament, Sheboygan North is home for Kimberly, Kewaskum travels to Cedar Grove/Belgium, Denmark hosts Luxemburg-Casco, Bay Port battles Oregon at UW- La Crosse, Pulaski plays at Appleton East, Providence Academy/Green Bay NEW Lutheran travels to Kewaunee, and Peshtigo entertains Sevastopol/Gibraltar.
BOYS GOLF
Several schools from northeast Wisconsin converge for a multi-school meet at Seven Lakes Golf Course in Whitelaw.
Tee time is 9 a.m.
TRACK AND FIELD
Manitowoc Lincoln competes at the West Bend West Invite starting at 3:30 p.m., and Reedsville heads to St. Norbert’s College in De Pere for a multi-school invite beginning at 3:00 p.m.
