Rob Wolff and Dave Schuett pledged to meet up more often.
The two former teammates on the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point baseball team tried for two years to arrange a matchup of the high school teams they now coach. Saturday, Wolff’s Shawano team hosted Schuett’s Edgar squad at Memorial Park. Though it was refreshing for Wolff to rejoin his former teammate on the diamond, he might have regretted not just meeting Schuett for lunch.
Edgar – a Division 3 team – defeated the Hawks in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader, 3-2. Shawano answered with a 10-5 win in the second game.
“This was fun to be able to make this game happen after trying for nearly two years,” Wolff said. “When (Schuett) told me he had the coaching job at Edgar, we said we had to schedule a game.
“Then, (Edgar) got us in the first game, which won’t help us in (postseason) seeding.”
The Wildcats earned the upset win in the first game, scoring a pair of runs in the second inning while Kaleb Wolf held the Hawks’ offense without a run until their final at-bat.
Edgar extended its 2-0 lead in the fifth inning, with a leadoff walk and a double, making the score 3-0.
Shawano started a seventh-inning rally with Nathaniel Laude and Tommy Stueck both reaching base and eventually scoring, but two strikeouts were followed by the game-ending grounder with the game-tying run on base.
Mason Boogren and Ky Schmidt added hits for Shawano. Brendan Cummings took the loss, allowing three hits and no earned runs.
The Hawks left nothing to chance in the second game, taking a first-inning lead and holding it for the 10-5 win. Boogren scored three runs for the Hawks, including their first on a Chase Henning single for a 1-0 lead.
Shawano took control of the game in the second inning, scoring four runs with two outs. Boogren scored his second run of the game on a Henning double that gave the Hawks a 5-0 lead.
Edgar scored a run in the third off Dylan Sumnicht, who pitched five innings for the win. Though, the Hawks kept adding to their lead.
Boogren finished with two hits and three runs scored for Shawano. Henning had two hits and six RBIs in the game. The win improved Shawano’s record to 13-10 overall and its 7-7 in the Bay Conference.
The Wildcats moved to 5-11 overall on the season. They are 3-7 in the Marawood-North Conference.
Shawano will learn its first-round foe for the postseason Wednesday when the seeding and pairings are completed. Wolff said he hopes splitting the doubleheader doesn’t negatively affect Shawano’s position.
“We’re right around that No. 6 or No. 7 spot in our region, and you need a No. 6 seed to host in the first round,” he said. “That first loss certainly didn’t help.”
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