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Homestead Norwell

Spartans

Knights

The Norwell (Ossian, IN) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Homestead (Fort Wayne, IN) by a score of 5-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Homestead	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	5	5	1
Norwell	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	6	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Norwell (25-26)

Homestead

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.240	32	25	5	6	3	2	1
1	Damian Rogers (Sr)		0	0	1	0	0	0	0
4	Samson Marquell (Jr)	.000	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
5	Blake Melton (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1	1	0	1
8	Forest Dorsman (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	Charlie Herr (Jr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
11	Connor Diehm (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
13	Luke Haley (Jr)	.500	4	4	0	2	0	1	0
14	Aiden Phillips (Sr)	.000	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
16	Shane Bardwell (Jr)	.250	4	4	1	1	1	1	0
17	Eli Shoppell (Jr)	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0	0
20	Gray Stockwell (Sr)	.333	4	3	0	1	1	0	0

Norwell

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.214	32	28	3	6	3	2
2	Will Case (Sr)	.000	4	4	1	0	1	0
6	A. Mahnensmith (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
10	Cade Thornton (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
11	Noah Clark (So)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0
12	EJ Morgan (So)	.500	3	2	0	1	1	0
13	Noah Schamerloh (Sr)	.750	4	4	0	3	0	2
14	Drew Jolley (Jr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
17	Trey Privett (Jr)	.000	4	2	1	0	0	0
20	Cayden Cassel (Sr)	.500	4	4	0	2	1	0
30	Hunter Kurtz (Fr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0

Homestead

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	5	7	1	1	6	.375	.440	.815
4	Samson Marquell (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	.667	.000	.667
5	Blake Melton (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	5	.333	1.333	1.666
8	Forest Dorsman (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
9	Charlie Herr (Jr)	0	1	1	0	1	3	.250	.000	.250
11	Connor Diehm (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
13	Luke Haley (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.750	1.250
14	Aiden Phillips (Sr)	0	2	2	0	0	2	.500	.000	.500
16	Shane Bardwell (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	3	.250	.500	.750
17	Eli Shoppell (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
20	Gray Stockwell (Sr)	1	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.333	.583

Norwell

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	13	1	1	1	8	.312	.286	.598
2	Will Case (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
6	A. Mahnensmith (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
10	Cade Thornton (Jr)	0	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
11	Noah Clark (So)	1	0	0	0	0	4	.333	.000	.333
12	EJ Morgan (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
13	Noah Schamerloh (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	.750	1.250	2.000
14	Drew Jolley (Jr)	0	3	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
17	Trey Privett (Jr)	2	2	0	0	0	2	.500	.000	.500
20	Cayden Cassel (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	2	.500	.500	1.000
30	Hunter Kurtz (Fr)	0	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000

Homestead

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
1	Damian Rogers (Sr)	1
4	Samson Marquell (Jr)	1
16	Shane Bardwell (Jr)	1

Norwell

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
17	Trey Privett (Jr)	1
20	Cayden Cassel (Sr)	2

Homestead

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.960	25	21	3	1
2	Jacob Koch (Sr)	1.000	14	13	1	0
4	Samson Marquell (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
5	Blake Melton (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
9	Charlie Herr (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
11	Connor Diehm (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
13	Luke Haley (Jr)	.500	2	0	1	1
16	Shane Bardwell (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Norwell

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.917	24	21	1	2
2	Will Case (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
6	A. Mahnensmith (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
10	Cade Thornton (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
11	Noah Clark (So)	.500	2	1	0	1
12	EJ Morgan (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
13	Noah Schamerloh (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
14	Drew Jolley (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
16	Dylan Chism (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
17	Trey Privett (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
20	Cayden Cassel (Sr)	.800	5	3	1	1

Homestead

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	1	1.000	1
11	Connor Diehm (Sr)	7.00	0		1
17	Eli Shoppell (Jr)	1.17	1	1.000	1

Norwell

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	1	.000	1
16	Dylan Chism (So)	2.62	1	.000	1
20	Cayden Cassel (Sr)	0.00	0		1

Homestead

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	3	2	3	13	32	28
11	Connor Diehm (Sr)	1	3	1	1	0	3	6	6
17	Eli Shoppell (Jr)	6	3	2	1	3	10	26	22

Norwell

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	5	5	2	5	7	1	32	26
16	Dylan Chism (So)	5.1	5	5	2	5	3	1	27	21
20	Cayden Cassel (Sr)	1.2	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	5

Homestead

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.214	.312	2	1	126	3
11	Connor Diehm (Sr)	.500	.500	0	0	20	1
17	Eli Shoppell (Jr)	.136	.269	2	1	106	2

Norwell

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.192	.344	1	1	126	1
16	Dylan Chism (So)	.238	.407	0	1	105	1
20	Cayden Cassel (Sr)	.000	.000	1	0	21	0

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Game Story

Indiana High School Baseball - Homestead edges Norwell

April 23, 2026: Ossian, IN 46777

The crowd at Thursday's non-league battle between the Homestead Spartans (Fort Wayne, IN) and the host Norwell Knights (Ossian, IN), saw Homestead's baseball team gain a win over Norwell by a tally of 5-3.

The Spartans (8-4) will now prepare for their battle against South Bend Adams (South Bend, IN). The Eagles enter the non-league battle with a 0-7 record. In their last battle, South Bend Adams by South Bend Saint Joseph (South Bend, IN), 7-5, in a league battle.

Next, the Knights face the Angola Hornets (Angola, IN) in a non-league battle, on Friday, April 24. Norwell will attempt to upgrade on its 7-5 season record. The Hornets enter the battle with a 5-3 record after their 15-0 league loss to Garrett (Garrett, IN).

Homestead @ Norwell Baseball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 23, 2026 @ 5p

The Norwell (Ossian, IN) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Homestead (Fort Wayne, IN) by a score of 5-3.

Rankings & Records

Homestead (25-26)

IN	Class
16	8

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	RF	RA
20-9	7-4	8-4	5-1	.690	203	108

Norwell (25-26)

IN	Class
21	8

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
19-8	5-2	3-5	11-3	5-0	.704	.714	214	77

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Homestead	1.5	1.3	.9	1.1	.8	1.1	.5	1.0	7.0	8.3	1.2
Norwell	1.2	1.1	1.7	1.4	1.2	.8	.9	-	7.9	9.2	1.6

Team Stat Comparison

Homestead		Norwell
.301	Batting Average	.336
.401	On Base Percentage	.442
.486	Slugging Percentage	.463
.952	Fielding Percentage	.929
.704	Win Loss Percentage	.692

Team Leaders

Homestead		Norwell	National Avg.
#10 Jacob Erb.500	Batting Average	#25 Palmer Krug.500	.243
#10 Jacob Erb.500	On Base Percentage	#25 Palmer Krug.714	.385
#20 Gray Stockwell.674	Slugging Percentage	#25 Palmer Krug.750	.312
#1 Damian Rogers1.000	Fielding Percentage	#21 Steven Olarte1.000	.859
#11 Connor Diehm1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#11 Noah Clark1.000	.530

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Homestead	6-5		Norwell	5-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/31/26	Fort Wayne Northrop	Homestead	(W) 12-2	5/20/26	Norwell	Fort Wayne Northrop	(W) 16-1
4/8/26	Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger	Homestead	(W) 9-5	5/8/26	Norwell	Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger	(W) 5-0
5/11/26	Homestead	Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger	(L) 7-4
4/17/26	DeKalb	Homestead	(L) 9-3	5/12/26	Norwell	DeKalb	(L) 4-2
4/29/26	Columbia City	Homestead	(W) 10-1	5/19/26	Norwell	Columbia City	(W) 7-3
5/4/26	Homestead	Carroll	(W) 16-8	5/1/26	Carroll	Norwell	(L) 9-4
5/12/26	Carroll	Homestead	(L) 4-2	5/22/26	Norwell	Carroll	(W) 7-3
5/14/26	Carroll	Homestead	(L) 5-4
5/9/26	Homestead	Fort Wayne Snider	(W) 10-1	5/13/26	Fort Wayne Snider	Norwell	(W) 7-1
5/9/26	Homestead	Fort Wayne Snider	(W) 8-3
6/1/26	Huntington North	Homestead	(L) 5-2	5/14/26	Huntington North	Norwell	(L) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Homestead (25-26)		Norwell (25-26)
20-9	Overall	19-8
0-0	League	5-2
17-7	Non-League	10-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
6-5	Common Opponent	5-3
7-4	Home	3-5
8-4	Away	11-3
5-1	Neutral	5-0
1-1	Playoff	3-0
19-9	In-State	19-8
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0