Baseball Recap: Garfield-Palouse Sets Scoring Season-High Against St. John-Endicott/Lacrosse

Vikings

Team Score (Highest)

04/15/25 vs St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse	18
04/15/25 vs St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse	14
03/22/25 @ Pomeroy	13
03/19/25 @ Genesee	10
04/01/25 @ Waitsburg/Prescott	7

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Garfield-Palouse). They put the hurt on St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse with a sharp 18-3 win on Tuesday. The Vikings have beaten St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse the last four times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse has come to flipping the script.

Maxwell Mitzimberg and Cooper Wells made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Mitzimberg struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits. Meanwhile, Wells pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He is becoming a predictor of Garfield-Palouse's success: when he allows at most two hits the team is 4-1 (and 1-2-1 when he doesn't). At bat, Mitzimberg scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Wells scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Wells is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last four games he's played.

In other batting news, Garfield-Palouse got a massive performance out of Preston Olson, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Olson has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Rowan Edwards, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.

Garfield-Palouse kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse only managed five hits.

Garfield-Palouse pushed their record up to 5-3-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.0 runs over those games. As for St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-9.

We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Garfield-Palouse will challenge rival Colton at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Meanwhile, St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse is set to face off against their familiar foe Pomeroy at 2:00 p.m. on Friday.