CLYDE HUGHES
Austin Munn struck out 15 and pitched a two-hitter Monday night to guide Class A No. 1 Central Catholic to a 6-0 victory over No. 5 Frontier in the championship game of the Central Catholic baseball sectional.
The three-time defending state champions outscored their sectional rivals 19-1, including a 6-0 win over Clinton Prairie in Monday’s semifinals.
"Austin was superb tonight,” CC coach Tim Bordenet said. “He was able to throw all of his pitches for strikes. When we can do that, he’s pretty tough to beat.”
Munn tied his career high for strikeouts. Every Frontier batter except No. 9 hitter Kolby Lopp struck out at least once against Munn.
Bordenet said Munn’s rejuvenated curveball allowed him to keep the Falcons off balance the entire game. Munn agreed.
“I’ve been working on my curveball every day,” Munn said. “I used it on the 3-2 count several times to confuse hitters.”
Frontier helped the Knights with three errors. Jake Churchill reached on an error with one out in the second inning. Cowan Olinger followed with a single and both scored on Wiley Lodde’s double off starter Kyle Mikesell.
Frontier ace Hunter Gladish entered in the third inning to quell a CC threat. Gladish had thrown four innings in an 8-5 semifinal victory against Rossville.
“It was a long day for him, especially in his heat,” Frontier coach Ryan Long said. “He did about everything he could do for us to win this thing.”
Gladish retired six in a row before an error by shortstop Brandon Gallinger to open the fifth inning allowed Dalton Skees to reach base and eventually score on Andrew Hubertz’s single.
CC broke open the game in the sixth with three runs on Skees’ sacrifice fly and Munn’s two-run homer over the right field wall.
Nicks triple late in video vs Frontier (below), his pitching performance vs Clinton Prairie in semis, his home run & an astonishing assist on a dbl play! he also had an RBI triple vs Clinton Prairie!
Scoreboard on May 28: wlfi.com
Scoreboard on May 28: wlfi.com
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