Homer Trojans Varsity Baseball
Neil Malakar
Homer’s baseball team kicked off its season on Thursday, April 14, with a resounding win at Phoenix. The nineteen-man squad traveled to John C. Birdlebough High School for Opening Day, having spent the previous three months practicing and preparing for the forthcoming season. Nikolai Grihin pitched four scoreless innings while the Trojans battered nearly everything the Phoenix Firebirds threw at them. Big hits came from the bats of Storm Grant, Brandon Grant, Beck Lundeen, Joey Tummino, and Peter Davis. The final score was a comfortable 8-1 after seven full innings.
On Monday, April 18, the Trojans faced undefeated ESM, this time as the home team. They knew going into the game that their opponents would be tough as ESM had only given up a handful of hits in each of the three matches they had played. After starting pitcher Casey Hayes worked himself out of a first-inning jam, the Homer boys hit the ground running by scoring two runs in the bottom of the first, off the bat of Joey Tummino. The Trojans kept scoring and scoring while simultaneously keeping their competitors at bay via strong pitching and solid defence. Other key hits came from Garrett Lewis, Beck Lundeen, Brandon Grant, Casey Hayes, and Storm Grant. The final score was 7-3, denoting another well-earned victory for the boys.
