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The Western (Russiaville, IN) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Lafayette Jefferson (Lafayette, IN) by a score of 12-8.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Lafayette Jefferson	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	8	9	2
Western	1	2	1	0	7	1	-	12	11	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Lafayette Jefferson (25-26)

Lafayette Jefferson

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.321	40	28	8	9	8	2
1	Mason Utermark	1.000	4	1	1	1	2	0
2	Brody Younker	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
3	Asa Ritchie	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0
4	Ethan Lane	.000	4	2	1	0	0	0
8	Kyle O'Neal	.000	1	1	1	0	0	0
9	Mason Pechin	.667	5	3	2	2	0	1
12	Ben Pickering	.500	5	4	0	2	3	0
14	Austin Franklin	.667	5	3	1	2	1	1
15	Thomas Potempa	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
20	Aidan Holle	.200	5	5	0	1	0	0
22	Brady Biggs	.000	2	1	0	0	1	0
24	C. Houston-Warren	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
33	Marshall Evano		0	0	1	0	0	0

Lafayette Jefferson

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	10	6	2	2	11	.525	.393	.918
1	Mason Utermark	3	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
2	Brody Younker	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
3	Asa Ritchie	1	1	0	0	1	.500	.333	.833
4	Ethan Lane	2	1	0	0	3	.500	.000	.500
9	Mason Pechin	2	1	0	0	3	.800	1.000	1.800
12	Ben Pickering	1	0	0	0	3	.600	.500	1.100
14	Austin Franklin	0	0	2	0	1	.800	1.000	1.800
15	Thomas Potempa	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
20	Aidan Holle	0	0	0	2	8	.200	.200	.400
22	Brady Biggs	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
24	C. Houston-Warren	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000

Lafayette Jefferson

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.917	24	18	4	2
1	Mason Utermark	1.000	1	0	1	0
2	Brody Younker	1.000	1	1	0	0
3	Asa Ritchie	1.000	5	5	0	0
4	Ethan Lane	1.000	1	0	1	0
5	Trysten Barrett	.000	1	0	0	1
9	Mason Pechin	.667	3	0	2	1
12	Ben Pickering	1.000	8	8	0	0
14	Austin Franklin	1.000	1	1	0	0
15	Thomas Potempa	1.000	2	2	0	0
23	P. Robertson	1.000	1	1	0	0

Lafayette Jefferson

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	14.00	1
1	Mason Utermark	4.20	1
4	Ethan Lane	18.00	1
5	Trysten Barrett		1
23	P. Robertson	10.50	1

Lafayette Jefferson

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	11	12	12	10	8	41	29
1	Mason Utermark	1.2	3	1	1	2	2	10	8
4	Ethan Lane	2.1	4	6	6	4	2	16	11
5	Trysten Barrett		0	2	2	2	0	2	0
23	P. Robertson	2	4	3	3	2	4	13	10

Lafayette Jefferson

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	BK	PO
	Team Totals	.379	.561	2	2	159	1	1
1	Mason Utermark	.375	.500	0	0	37	0	0
4	Ethan Lane	.364	.562	1	1	55	0	1
5	Trysten Barrett		1.000	0	0	10	0	0
23	P. Robertson	.400	.538	1	1	57	1	0

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Western (25-26)

Western has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Indiana High School Baseball - Western holds off Lafayette Jefferson

May 13, 2026: Russiaville, IN 46979

The Western Panthers baseball team scored 12 runs and held the visiting Lafayette Jefferson Bronchos to 8 in the Panthers non-league win on Wednesday.

The Panthers now hold a 20-1 record. They take the field next when they host Twin Lakes for a Hoosier test on Friday, May 15. Western will play a Indians team coming off a 11-7 non-league win over Winamac (Winamac, IN). The Indians record now stands at 15-7.

With the defeat, Lafayette Jefferson drops to 9-12 on the year. The Bronchos host Marion (Marion, IN) to play the Giants in a North Central test on Saturday, May 16. The Giants go into the test with a record of 2-17. Marion lost 15-5 in their recent non-league test against Mississinewa (Gas City, IN)

LJHS @ Western Baseball Game Info

Wed., May. 13, 2026 @ 6p

The Western (Russiaville, IN) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Lafayette Jefferson (Lafayette, IN) by a score of 12-8.

Rankings & Records

Lafayette Jefferson (25-26)

IN	Class
155	57

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
12-12	7-1	9-9	3-3	.500	.875	156	151

Western (25-26)

IN	Class
16	5

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
21-2	6-1	12-1	9-1	.913	.857	220	67

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Lafayette Jefferson	1.3	2.1	.9	.8	.8	.5	.5	6.5	8.2	1.6
Western	1.3	1.6	1.9	1.9	1.6	1.8	.4	9.6	9.0	.8

Team Stat Comparison

Lafayette Jefferson		Western
.329	Batting Average	-
.425	On Base Percentage	-
.461	Slugging Percentage	-
.930	Fielding Percentage	-
.522	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Lafayette Jefferson		Western	National Avg.
#0 Nate Hilsabeck.500	Batting Average	-	.244
#0 Nate Hilsabeck.600	On Base Percentage	-	.386
#12 Ben Pickering.726	Slugging Percentage	-	.313
#14 Austin Franklin1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.858
#1 Mason Utermark1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.533

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Lafayette Jefferson	2-4		Western	6-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/4/26	Carroll	Lafayette Jefferson	(W) 14-4	4/17/26	Western	Carroll	(W) 16-6
4/7/26	Logansport	Lafayette Jefferson	(L) 9-3	4/21/26	Western	Logansport	(W) 8-6
				4/22/26	Logansport	Western	(W) 10-0
4/23/26	Harrison	Lafayette Jefferson	(L) 10-0	5/20/26	Western	Harrison
5/30/26	Lafayette Jefferson	Harrison
5/4/26	Lafayette Jefferson	McCutcheon	(L) 17-2	5/2/26	Western	McCutcheon	(W) 8-7
5/9/26	Anderson	Lafayette Jefferson	(W) 5-0	5/1/26	Anderson	Western	(W) 9-0
5/9/26	Anderson	Lafayette Jefferson	(L) 6-4
5/21/26	West Lafayette	Lafayette Jefferson		4/9/26	Western	West Lafayette	(W) 1-0

Record Breakdown

Lafayette Jefferson (25-26)		Western (25-26)
12-12	Overall	21-2
7-1	League	6-1
5-11	Non-League	15-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-4	Common Opponent	6-0
9-9	Home	12-1
3-3	Away	9-1
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
12-12	In-State	21-2
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0