Baseball Recap: White Pine Picks Up Third Consecutive Win

White Pine waltzed into their contest on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Laughlin Cougars a 15-0 shutout. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 22-3 on Friday.

Jacob Hall

Stolen Base

03/22/25 vs Wells	5
04/11/25 vs Laughlin	3
04/11/25 vs Laughlin	2
03/28/25 @ GV Christian	2
03/08/25 vs North Valley Christian Academy	2
+ 4 more games

Jacob Hall made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing three bases while getting on base in both of his plate appearances. He has become a key player for White Pine: the team is 6-1 when he posts at least two stolen bases, but 5-6 otherwise.

In other batting news, Maverick Mangum was a standout: he scored two runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-3. That's the most hits he has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Maddox Sedlacek, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.

White Pine was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .400 or higher in three consecutive matches.

White Pine's win bumped their record up to 11-7. As for Laughlin, they dropped their record down to 2-11 with the loss, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. White Pine will take on Round Mountain at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Bobcats are facing the Knights at the right time seeing as the Knights are stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Laughlin, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against GV Christian at 1:00 p.m. The Guardians have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 13.27 runs per game on average), something the Cougars will no doubt try to take advantage of.