In a great early season battle, the Eisenhower Eagles had just enough to hold off the hard charging Utica Chieftains. Down 4-1 with 2 outs and nobody on base, in the bottom of the 7th, Utica put 4 hits together to tie the game at 4. In the only extra inning, Marco Fodale blasted a 2-run, 2 out double to give IKE the 6-4 victory. Gavin Rutkowski was great again for Eisenhower on the mound, allowing no earned runs and striking out 7 in 4 innings. Donny Erfourth picked up the win and Kyle Irwin got his 2nd save of the young season. Offensively, IKE was led by 2 hits each from Fodale, Erfourth, and Landen Dupuis. All but 1 Eagle in the starting lineup had at least 1 hit. IKE stands at 3-2 through 5 games.

In a busy weekend, the IKE Varsity Baseball Eagles defeated Port Huron Northern 5-2 and split a DoubleHeader with L'Anse Creuse North with scores of 2-0 and 11-2.

IKE 5 PHN 2

On Friday Drew Baker and Kyle Irwin combined to throw a masterpiece, throwing 3 innings each and striking out 8. Austin Thorpe and Marco Fodale had 2 hits and an RBI apiece while Donny Erfourth, Jimmy McGuire, and Landen Dupuis all drove in runs. Joe Grajewski scored twice.

LCN 2 IKE 0

Crusader pitchers held the IKE bats in check in game #1 while not allowing an Eagle run and only 4 hits. Landen Dupuis and Derek Mucciolo scattered 5 hits in 6 innings of work on the mound for the Eagles. Joe Grajewski, Noah Parsons, Brandon Fallarme, and Cade Ives each had hits for Eisenhower.

IKE 11 LCN 2

Donny Erfourth brought the lumber to the IKE hit party in game #2 with LCN. Erfourth was 3-3 with a walk, 2B (off the top of the fence), a HR, 2 runs, and 4 RBI. Marco Fodale also had 3 hits, while Jimmy McGuire and Gavin Rutkowski each had 2. Austin Thorpe drove in 2 runs and picked up the W on the mound. McGuire picked up his first save. IKE sits at 2-2 with 5 more non-division games this week, before they open up MAC RED play with the Stevenson Titans.

GO IKE!

The Eisenhower Eagle baseball team lost 3-1 to Port Huron Northern on Tuesday. Northern was led by their Ace on the mound who faced all but 1 Eagle batter on the day. Eagle standouts were pitchers Gavin Rutkowski and Donovan Erfourth. Gav struck out 7 in 3 innings of no-hit ball. Donny allowed only 1 run and 0 free passes in the next 3 innings. Offensively, IKE was led by Aaron Thorpe, Brandon Fallarme, and Nick O'Neill. All 3 had hits with Thorpe and O'Neill reaching base twice. The 0-1 Eagles are set to battle PHN again this Friday in Port Huron.

IKE BASEBALL TRYOUTS

10TH-12TH GRADE 2:30-4:30 Mon March 10 through Thu March 13

9TH GRADE 3:30-5:30 Mon March 10 through Thu March 13