Baseball Diamond Report for April 23: Honkers hand Lennox first loss of the season

* Parkston has had a strong start to the year at 3-2, winning three of its last four games, including victories over Bon Homme (7-6), Tri-County (15-0) and Scotland/Menno (8-4). In the Trojans' most recent win against the Trappers on April 15, Parkston was led by Jaxx Kurtenbach's 2-for-4 performance at the plate with three BRIs and two runs scored, while Grady Bowar added two hits and two RBIs. Bowar also earned the start on the mound and pitched 6 1/3 innings with four strikeouts while allowing three earned runs and only one walk. Mason Jervik had a two-RBI base hit for Parkston, who lost to Dell Rapids on Wednesday 11-1.

* Hanson/Bridgewater-Emery earned a walk-off 5-4 win against Clark Area on Saturday, April 18, before dropping its most recent contest 4-3 against a Sioux Falls Christian team that is 5-2-1 on Monday. In the win against Clark Area, the Bulldogs were down 4-3 in the bottom of the extra inning in the eighth, until Nate Wilber delivered an RBI double and Carter Endorf drew a walk with the bases loaded to seal the walk-off victory. Hanson/Bridgewater-Emery was led offensively by Radek Jardings' 3-for-3 performance at the plate with two RBIs and one run scored. Brayden Bahmuller went 2-for-3 with an RBI and one run scored, while Wilber added a two-hit outing with one RBI. Layton Popp went seven innings on the mound, pitching 12 strikeouts while allowing two earned runs, two hits and three walks.

* Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney picked up its first win of the season in a 7-6 walk-off victory over Scotland/Menno on Monday. MVPCS' Sawyer Williams delivered the game-winning RBI single to seal the team's first win in the bottom of the eighth inning. The Padres were paced by Ethan Hoffman's 3-for-3 day at the plate with three RBIs, while Keagan Hill added two hits and two runs scored.

* Wagner/Avon/Lake Andes also earned its first win of the season against Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney in a 10-9 victory on Saturday, April 18. Dominic Doom delivered a three-run home run in the third inning, followed by an RBI single in the fourth to lead WALA to its first win. Cale Cooper had two hits and two runs scored, while Trasin Dilts posted two hits, two runs scored and an RBI. Jacob Kotab also had a two-hit performance with a run scored, and Ryder Insko added a 2-for-3 day at the No. 9 hole with an RBI.

* Winner/Colome claimed a 16-4 victory against Chamberlain/Kimball/Lyman on Monday to push its record to 3-1 on the season with three-straight wins. In the victory, Winner/Colome posted nine runs in the bottom of first inning and seven more runs in the fourth to seal the run-rule victory in five innings. Camdyn Anderson paced W/C offensively with two hits, three RBIs and two runs scored, while Cooper Craven added a 2-for-2 performance with three RBIs and two runs scored. Mason Beehler and Carter McKenzie each added two RBIs with a hit. McKenzie also earned the start on the mound and went the distance, tossing five innings with three strikeouts while allowing two earned runs and two walks.

* Gregory picked up its second win of the season against Wagner/Avon/Lake Andes on Sunday, April 19, 15-5. Gregory drew 24 walks as a team with 10 hits and nine RBIs. Carter Baumgartner led the way with two hits, three runs scored and two walks, while Lincoln Juracek added a 2-for-2 performance with four runs scored and four walks. Dylan Fiebelkorn had three RBIs and Cash Hemming and Aiden Frasch each had two RBIs for Gregory.

* With at least three games played, three teams remain unbeaten in Class B, paced by Sisseton/Britton-Hecla/Webster at 6-0, West Central at 5-0 and Milbank is 3-0. Dell Rapids is at the top at 12-1, Lennox is 10-1, Madison is 9-1, Vermillion is 7-1 and Freeman/Canistota/Marion sits at 6-1.