It was a win and a loss each on Saturday for the Hillcrest Academy Raven baseball and softball teams when they hosted their annual Hillcrest Classics in Kalona.
The Raven girls got a win over Danville 7-4. The Ravens pushed across one in the first for an early lead, but the Bears rebounded with four in the third to go up 4-1. Hillcrest tied it in the bottom half, then scored three times in the fifth to take the lead for good. The Ravens out hit the Bears 9-4 in total. Delaney Shaw had a two hit game, driving in two and scoring twice. Claire Withrow and Malia Yoder each had two hits. Ella Mize had an RBI. Yoder went six innings in the circle with four hits, one earned run, a walk and four strikeouts.
The Ravens were on the wrong end of a 4-3 score against Holy Trinity Catholic. The Crusaders built a lead with two runs in the third and two more in the fifth. The Hillcrest rally came up short with a run in the sixth and two more in the seventh. The Ravens out hit the Crusaders 10-7 in total and gave up four walks while drawing one. Yoder and Mize combined on six hits with Yoder driving in one. Withrow and Shaw each added an RBI. Yoder and Mize also went all seven in the circle with seven hits, four runs, four walks and a strikeout. After the weekend the Ravens stand at 5-9 on the year.
On the baseball diamond, the Ravens clubbed Keokuk 13-0 in just five innings. Hillcrest hung a half dozen in the first, added another in the second and six more in the third. The Ravens had five hits and capitalized on seven walks and two hit batters. Liam Schrock turned campus into a launching pad, belting two home runs and driving in five, while scoring three times. Rowan Miller added three RBI and scored a run on a hit. Mason Bender, Lawson Schrock, Phoenix Anderson and Lincoln Miller all drove in a run. Lawson Schrock recorded the win on the mound, going all five with three hits, no runs, one walk and three punchouts.
Central Lee stung Hillcrest 8-7 in the second game of the tourney. The Ravens went up 1-0, only to watch the Hawks race by them with one in the second, two in the third, four in the fourth and another in the seventh to build an 8-1 lead. A wild Raven rally saw six runs score in the seventh, but come up just short. Central Lee out hit Hillcrest 9-8 in total. The Ravens drew four walks and gave up two. Liam Schrock homered for the third time on the day, driving in three more and scoring a run. The Masons, Helmuth and Bender combined on four hits and three knocked in with two scored. Ethan Yoder and Danny Meyer handled the work on the hill going seven combined with seven hits, six earned runs, two walks and a strikeout. After the split, Hillcrest stood at 5-4 on the year.