Pirates beat Van Buren

The Norwood Pirates’ baseball team split their pair of recent games.
Last week, they knocked off Van Buren on the road, 5-2.
Drae Bradshaw had one RBI and scored twice; Taylor Garner had one RBI and one run scored; and Carson Vaughan scored twice.
Carson also tossed five and a third innings, giving up two earned runs on five hits with eight strikeouts and five walks.
Laken Coatney tossed one and two-third scoreless innings and struck out three with two walks.
In a state sectionals rematch from last spring, the Pirates fell to Billings, 12-3.
Coatney led the offense with one RBI and one run scored while Carson Vaughan scored twice.
Vaughan tossed three and two-thirds innings and gave up two earned runs on four hits with five strikeouts and three walks.
Coatney tossed one and a third innings and gave up five earned runs on three hits with two strikeouts and two walks.
Garner tossed one inning and gave up four earned runs on three hits with three strikeouts and two walks for the Pirates on the mound.