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The Royall Panther baseball stands alone atop the Scenic Bluffs Conference after a dominating pitching performance once again by Senior Seth Brandau in a 1-0 victory over Brookwood Monday evening. Brandau pitched a complete game 2hit shutout.  Brandau walked one batter and struck out 9.  Royall needed Brandau’s pitching masterpiece as Brookwoods Owen Wang was nearly equal to the task.  Wang went 5 2/3 innings giving up just 1run on 1hit walking none and striking out 5.  Royall’s lone run came in the 2^nd inning.  Jackson Bender led off with a double stole 3^rd base and scored on a throwing error by the catcher trying to catch Bender stealing.  The game took just 1 hour and 15 minutes to complete.  Royall improves to 7-2 on their season and 4-0 in the Scenic Bluffs Conference.  Brookwood drops to 4-1 in the conference and 6-2 overall.

The Royall Panthers baseball team extended their winning streak to 6 after winning a pair of non-conference games Saturday at their home triangular. Royall started off with an 8-1 victory over Weston.  Royall pulled away from a 2-1 game with 2runs in the 5^th and 3 in the 6^th.  Garrett Dragan and Jackson Bender had big hits in those innings.  Carter Uppena had a big game at the plate going 3×4 with a double while Dragan went 2×4 with a pair of RBIs, Seth Brandau went 2×3.  Cole Eberhardt picked up the victory in relief going 4 1/3 innings giving up just 1unearned run on 4hits 1bb and 6 strikeouts. Trey Wildes started and gave up no runs over 2 2/3innings.  Brady Westphal scored the lone run for Weston.

Royall defeated Melrose-Mindoro in their second game of the triangular erupting for all 5 of their runs in the 6^th innings.  Royall got exceptional pitching from Ben Crneckiy and Jett Bender.  Crneckiy went the first 4 2/3 innings giving up nothing on just 1hit 2walks while striking out 7 Mustang batters.  Jett Bender came in and pitched the final 2 1/3 innings giving up nothing on 1hit 1walk and striking out 1 to pick up his first career varsity victory.  Jackson Bender went 2×3 with the go ahead 2 run double in the 6^th inning. Royall improves to 6-2 on their season, while Melrose-Mindoro drops to 5-3.

The Royall Panthers baseball team got a big early leg up in the Scenic Bluffs conference race knocking off Bangor 7-3 on the road.  Seth Brandau picked up the complete game victory for Royall giving up just 1 earned run while scattering 4hits walking just one and striking out 7. The offense was paced by Jackson Bender and Garrett Dragan who each went 2×3 with a pair of runs driven in.  Brandau also went 2×4 2RBIs. Willy Reed and Bryce Anderson each had a double for the Cardinals while Eli Tucker took the loss on the mound.  Royall improves to 4-2 on their season and 3-0 in the Scenic Bluffs Conference.  Bangor drops to 5-2 overall and 1-1 in the conference. Royalls victory ended Bangors 33 game SBC winning streak.