Gibraltar High School

Gibraltar/Washington Island lays claim to Packerland Conference crown

It took nearly three weeks to complete, but Gibraltar/Washington Island can say they are the Packerland Conference champions after winning the second game against Kewaunee  4-3 in 11 innings.

 

The game started 3-3 in the top of the ninth inning, but it would not be until the bottom of the 11th before either team would score. Marshall Maltby would open the inning with a walk and Liam Lindenberg's single would move him to second. With two outs, Bennett Issacson-Krueger singled to third to bring home Maltby in walk-off fashion. The win allowed the Vikings and Algoma to tie the Storm at the top of the Packerland Conference standings.

 

The two teams played an exhibition game to finish off the evening with the Storm taking the match-up 4-2. The Storm jumped on Aaron Brey and Isaacson-Krueger for three runs in the first inning and another tally in the second. The game's big blow came from the bat of Brett Paulsen, who hit a three-run homer in the first inning to put the Storm in position to win the game. An error set up the Storm's fourth run. The Vikings would score one run in the fifth thanks to a Storm error and scored again in the seventh on a fielder's choice hit by Magnus Purinton. Brady Kita, Isaacson-Krueger, and Maltby each had one hit in the game while Brey posted two. Ethan Paplam added another two hits for the Storm in the victory.

 

Picture courtesy of Gibraltar/Washington Island Baseball