BY PCC STAFF
FORT MADISON - It's another very young team for head coach Albert Schinstock's Holy Trinity Catholic baseball squad.
Five freshman and two sophomores help anchor a team that includes two juniors and two seniors, and the team is off to 1-3 start to the season in some pretty hot temps.
On Friday, the Crusaders dropped a 5-2 contest to Mediapolis at South Park behind a 2-for-4 performance from freshman Jason Thurman, who played in the state doubles tennis tournament earlier that day in Waterloo and also threw 5 2/3 innings that night in relief of freshman Cole Thornton. Thurman gave up one run on five hits against two strikeouts. Thornton was pulled after an inning and an out with the Bulldogs up 4-1.
Sophomore Quentin Schneider, junior Kyle Bredemeyer, freshmen Kadin Medland and Vasin Thurman, senior Zander Schweiss, and junior Adam Rauenbuehler each had hits for Holy Trinity in the contest.
"We played a tough game tonight against Mediapolis, however, we just couldn't seem to get the hits when we needed them. We left a lot of runners stranded on the bases," Schinstock said.
"Jason Thurman did a great job coming in to pitch in relief. He pitched 5 2/3 solid innings and did a great job keeping the hitters off-balance, especially considering that he played two tennis matches in the state tournament this morning.
On Thursday, HTC got a 5-2 win over Danville on the road. Medland spotted the Bears three runs in the bottom of the second and gave way to sophomore Reed Fehseke who came in and struck out nine against one hit to shut down the Bear offense.
HTC went to work in the latter innings after being held scoreless through four, putting up five runs total in the last three innings including a 3-run 6th to put the game away. Fehseke went 2-for-4 with a double RBI and Schneider went 2 for 3 with a double, an RBI and a run scored. HTC also got hits from Bredemeyer, Rauenbuehler and Schweiss in the win. Raunbuehler swiped three bases in the game.
On the year, Schneider lead the Crusaders at the plate hitting at a .429 clip with two doubles and two RBIs against four whiffs. Collin Thornton is also at .429 with just seven plate appearances and three hits. Fehseke leads the team on the mound with a 1-0 record including 13 strikeouts in just 6 2/3 innings of work and clean 1.05 ERA. He has yet to give up a walk on the year. Jason Thurman has 10 1/3 innings of work, a 3.39 ERA and five strikeouts, with no decisions.
The Crusaders started the season with back to back losses to Cardinal of Eldon and Central Lee. They take on Lone Tree tonight on the road.
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