WNCC baseball team down Colorado State in doubleheader

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The Western Nebraska Community College baseball team claimed two wins in a fall season showdown with Colorado State University Saturday at Cleveland Field in two 9-inning games.

The Cougar men, who won the Region IX title last season, earned the first game 9-8 before needing extra innings to claim a 2-1 win in the second game during the Cougar’s fall season.

In the first contest, WNCC pounded out 15 hits to Colorado State’s 10. Even with the offensive explosion, the Cougars fell behind as much as three runs on several occasions, including a 9-7 deficit in the eighth inning. But the young team scored three runs in the eighth inning to claim the win.

As much exciting as the first game was, the second game was even more intense. Both teams finished the nine innings deadlocked at one. The Cougars came back and won the game in the 10^th as Greg Crowe scored the winning run off a base hit by freshman Josh Guber for the win.

The Cougar men will be back in action Sunday when they travel to Sterling, Colo., to face Northeastern Junior College in a doubleheader beginning at 11 a.m.