Baseball Recap: Crete Victorious

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Bennington, Crete was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Lincoln Northwest Falcons, sneaking past 5-3. That's more bragging rights for the Cardinals, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Brooks Piening

Runs

03/27/25 @ Raymond Central	4
03/22/25 vs Fairbury	3
03/22/25 vs Auburn	3
04/11/25 @ Lincoln Northwest	2
04/07/25 vs Wahoo/Bishop Neumann	2
+ 5 more games

The team relied heavily on Brooks Piening, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. He is becoming a predictor of Crete's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 3-7 when he doesn't). Cole Stutzman was another key player, going 2-for-4 with one stolen base and two RBI.

Crete has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-7 record this season. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of 1.33 runs across that stretch. As for Lincoln Northwest, they now have a losing record of 5-6.

Coming up, Crete will challenge Central City/Centura at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Lincoln Northwest has already played their next game (against Hastings), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.