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Seward Columbus

Bluejays

Discoverers

The Columbus (NE) freshman baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Seward (NE) by a score of 10-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Seward	0	0	0	3	-	-	-	3	8	0
Columbus	0	4	2	4	-	-	-	10	7	0

Final score provided by J. Riedmiller.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Seward (24-25)

Columbus (24-25)

Seward

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.500	20	16	5	8	5
7	Luke Rusnak (Fr)	.500	2	2	0	1	0
10	Dakota Leiting (Fr)	1.000	2	2	1	2	0
15	Caden Hansen (Fr)	1.000	3	2	0	2	2
22	Jesse Leibhart (So)	.000	2	1	1	0	0
30	Easton Berner (Fr)	.500	2	2	1	1	0
32	Collin Sveeggen (So)	1.000	1	1	0	1	0
34	Ryler Parr (So)	1.000	1	1	0	1	2
35	Kaden Brown (So)	.000	3	2	0	0	0
38	Izayah Lavicky (So)	.000	2	2	0	0	1
41	Richard Hickman (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0
42	Colton Letts (Fr)		1	0	1	0	0
45	Nelson Anderson (So)	.000	1	1	0	0	0

Columbus

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.368	27	19	10	7	4	2
31	Carson Wesch	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0
32	Thomas Larson		1	0	0	0	0	0
33	Briggs Labelle	1.000	1	1	1	1	0	0
34	Tanner Meyers	.500	2	2	0	1	1	1
37	Ryan Palenaky	.500	2	2	1	1	0	0
39	A. Frauendorfer	.000	2	1	1	0	0	0
41	A. Steffensmeier	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
45	Blake Barnett	.000	2	2	1	0	0	0
48	Joe Marksmeier	.667	3	3	2	2	1	0
49	Emmitt Stephens		1	0	0	0	0	0
50	Eli Larson	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
51	Jacob Wemhoff	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
56	Ethan Boswell		0	0	1	0	0	0
58	Ethan Salak		2	0	0	0	1	0
59	Jaron Zysset	1.000	1	1	0	1	1	1
60	Ryan Jakubowski	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
62	Colt Petersen	1.000	1	1	1	1	0	0
65	Barrett Brown		2	0	2	0	0	0

Seward

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	3	3	1	3	.579	.500	1.079
7	Luke Rusnak (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
10	Dakota Leiting (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
15	Caden Hansen (Fr)	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
22	Jesse Leibhart (So)	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.000	.500
30	Easton Berner (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
32	Collin Sveeggen (So)	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
34	Ryler Parr (So)	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
35	Kaden Brown (So)	1	0	1	1	2	.000	.000	.000
38	Izayah Lavicky (So)	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
42	Colton Letts (Fr)	0	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.000

Columbus

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	5	4	2	5	.519	.474	.993
31	Carson Wesch	0	0	0	1	2	.500	.000	.500
32	Thomas Larson	0	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
33	Briggs Labelle	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
34	Tanner Meyers	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.000	1.500
37	Ryan Palenaky	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
39	A. Frauendorfer	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.000	.500
41	A. Steffensmeier	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
45	Blake Barnett	0	0	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000
48	Joe Marksmeier	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.334
49	Emmitt Stephens	0	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
50	Eli Larson	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
51	Jacob Wemhoff	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
58	Ethan Salak	1	1	0	0	0	.500		.500
59	Jaron Zysset	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
60	Ryan Jakubowski	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
62	Colt Petersen	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
65	Barrett Brown	0	2	0	0	0	1.000		1.000

Seward

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
15	Caden Hansen (Fr)	1
41	Richard Hickman (Fr)	1

Columbus

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
31	Carson Wesch	1
37	Ryan Palenaky	1
45	Blake Barnett	1
65	Barrett Brown	1

Seward

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.867	15	12	1	2
7	Luke Rusnak (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
10	Dakota Leiting (Fr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
15	Caden Hansen (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
22	Jesse Leibhart (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
30	Easton Berner (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
32	Collin Sveeggen (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0
34	Ryler Parr (So)	.000	1	0	0	1
35	Kaden Brown (So)	1.000	2	2	0	0
38	Izayah Lavicky (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
40	Sam Cooksey (So)	.000	1	0	0	1
45	Nelson Anderson (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Columbus

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	13	12	1
31	Carson Wesch	1.000	1	1	0
34	Tanner Meyers	1.000	1	1	0
37	Ryan Palenaky	1.000	1	1	0
39	A. Frauendorfer	1.000	1	1	0
41	A. Steffensmeier	1.000	2	2	0
48	Joe Marksmeier	1.000	2	2	0
51	Jacob Wemhoff	1.000	2	1	1
56	Ethan Boswell	1.000	1	1	0
58	Ethan Salak	1.000	2	2	0

Seward

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	8.75	1	.000	1
22	Jesse Leibhart (So)	3.50	1	.000	1
32	Collin Sveeggen (So)	14.00	0		1

Columbus

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	5.25	1
41	A. Steffensmeier	0.00	1
59	Jaron Zysset	21.00	1

Seward

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	5	10	5	5	4	27	20
22	Jesse Leibhart (So)	2	2	3	1	1	2	12	9
32	Collin Sveeggen (So)	2	3	6	4	4	2	15	11

Columbus

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	8	3	3	3	3	20	17
41	A. Steffensmeier	3	4	0	0	2	2	13	11
59	Jaron Zysset	1	4	3	3	1	1	7	6

Seward

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.250	.444	5	2	88	3
22	Jesse Leibhart (So)	.222	.417	0	2	38	0
32	Collin Sveeggen (So)	.273	.467	5	0	50	3

Columbus

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.471	.550	75	3
41	A. Steffensmeier	.364	.462	55	1
59	Jaron Zysset	.667	.714	20	2

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Game Story

Nebraska High School Baseball - Columbus defeats Seward

March 22, 2025: Columbus, NE 68601

In Saturday's non-league game, the host Columbus Discoverers baseball team scored a close 10-3 victory over the Seward Bluejays.

The Discoverers (1-0) will now prepare for their game against Lincoln Southwest (Lincoln, NE). The Silver Hawks enter the non-league game with a 0-0 record.

Next, the Bluejays face the Norris Titans (Firth, NE) in a non-league game, on Saturday, March 29. Seward will attempt to improve on its 0-1 season record.

Seward @ Columbus Baseball Game Info

Sat., Mar. 22, 2025 @ 1p

The Columbus (NE) freshman baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Seward (NE) by a score of 10-3.

Rankings & Records

Seward (24-25)

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	RF	RA
5-7-1	4-3	1-4	0-0-1	.423	99	93

Columbus (24-25)

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
9-9-1	1-0	5-6	4-3-1	.500	1.000	131	120

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Seward	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.4	1.8	1.8	2.0	3.0	7.6	8.3	2.2
Columbus	1.0	1.9	.9	1.9	1.5	.3	0	-	6.9	7.3	2.2

Team Stat Comparison

Seward		Columbus
.364	Batting Average	.337
.496	On Base Percentage	.481
.435	Slugging Percentage	.406
.852	Fielding Percentage	.859
.417	Win Loss Percentage	.333

Team Leaders

Seward		Columbus	National Avg.
#10 Dakota Leiting.581	Batting Average	#41 Alex Steffensmeier.538	.253
#41 Richard Hickman1.000	On Base Percentage	#65 Barrett Brown.688	.405
#15 Caden Hansen.680	Slugging Percentage	#48 Joe Marksmeier.727	.313
#37 Everhett Schluckebier1.000	Fielding Percentage	#31 Carson Wesch1.000	.857
#10 Dakota Leiting1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#65 Barrett Brown1.000	.606

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Seward	1-1		Columbus	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/10/25	Lincoln North Star	Seward	(W) 4-3	4/7/25	Lincoln North Star	Columbus	(W) 18-0
4/10/25	Lincoln North Star	Seward	(L) 9-7	4/7/25	Lincoln North Star	Columbus	(W) 8-3
6/25/25	Norris	Seward		4/3/25	Norris	Columbus	(L) 17-3
6/29/25	Norris	Seward		4/3/25	Norris	Columbus	(L) 9-1

Record Breakdown

Seward (24-25)		Columbus (24-25)
5-7-1	Overall	9-9-1
0-0	League	1-0
5-7	Non-League	8-9-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-1	Common Opponent	2-2
4-3	Home	5-6
1-4	Away	4-3-1
0-0-1	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
5-7-1	In-State	9-9-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0