Warriors hold on, earn baseball win over Moose

WASILLA — Pitching in his final high school baseball game at Wasilla High School, senior Austin Robertson tossed a gem, taking a no-hitter into the final inning.

And then Palmer tried to steal a win on Wasilla’s senior night.

The Moose scored three runs in the seventh, but Wasilla held on for a 5-3 Southcentral Conference victory over Palmer Monday night at Wasilla High.

Robertson worked 6 2/3 innings, and didn’t allow a Palmer hit until a Brady Shults single with one out in the top of the seventh. In the outing, Robertson threw 116 pitches, 73 for strikes, fanned eight and walked four.

Shults sparked Palmer’s late attempt at the rally with the single and scored on a Skyler Hale double to put the Moose on the board. Owen Hayes followed with a run-scoring single. Later in the inning, Cade Holland scored on a passed ball.

Reliever Jacob Gilbert was able to end the game with a ground out.

Wasilla jumped to an early lead with two runs in the first and pushed the lead to five with two more in the third. Clayton Boyett led Wasilla with two hits and two runs.

Palmer and Wasilla combined for just six hits in the game.

Warriors no-hit Houston

Nolan Murphy and Balau Buckmaster combined to throw a no-hitter and lead Wasilla to a 19-3 Southcentral Conference win over Houston Saturday.

Ben Werner and James Arend drove in four runs each for the Warriors. Clayton Boyett collected three hits, three runs and three RBI. Taylon Ottinger scored a team-best four runs.

Hayden Chivers, Jayden Elson and Dylon Warn drove in runs for the Hawks.

Palmer pounds Kenai

The Palmer Moose pounded Kenai 22-1 in Kenai Friday.

Lucas Adams drove in a team-high four runs during the Southcentral Conference win. Keagan Norman, Brady Shults, Kaj Taylor, Luke Guggenmos and Owen Hayes had two RBI each.

Cade Holland scored a team-high four runs. Guggenmos, Skyler Hale and James Nelson scored two runs each.

Keagan Norman and Hale combined to throw the one-hitter.

Moose score win over Stars

Palmer scored eight unanswered runs to grab a 9-7 come-from-behind Southcentral Conference victory over Soldotna in Soldotna Saturday.

Owen Hayes drove in three runs for the Moose. Skyler Hale scored a team-high three runs. Cade Holland added a pair of runs for Palmer. Brady Shults cracked a home run in the win.

Kalen Huddleston pitched a complete game for Palmer.

Contact Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman sports editor Jeremiah Bartz at sports@frontiersman.com.

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