Results from Peru for Wednesday, April 16th
Peru hosted Huntington North to kick off the home slate of the 2025 season on Wednesday.
Huntington North went 3 up and 3 down to start the game as Senior Ryne Butt mowed them down in order striking out the side.
The Tigers drew first blood in the bottom half when Junior Isaac Braley singled on a grounder to left. Junior Lucas Musser added an RBI double, followed by Senior Bryce Hill’s RBI single to plate Musser and give the Tigers a 2-0 lead.
The Vikings tied things up in the top of the 2nd on a single, a sac bunt, a walk, and a double. Peru went quietly in the bottom half of the inning.
Huntington added 2 more in the 3rd with a lead-off homer, an error, a single, and 2 sacrifice bunts to take a 4-2 lead. Peru again went 3 up and 3 down.
The Vikings looked to have the offense rolling in the 4th inning with back-to-back 1-out singles, but the lead runner got when his indecision led him too far off of 2nd base and was put out in the rundown. 4 pitches later, Musser hosed the runner trying to steal second to end the inning. The Tigers tied things up in the bottom half after Junior Reis Bellar drew a leadoff walk, Musser drove the 2nd pitch he saw over the right-center field fence for a 2-run home run.
Huntington would take control of the game in the top of the 5th, when the first 6 batters reached safely to start the inning with 3 scoring before an out was recorded. In total, the Vikings would plate 4 runs to take an 8-4 lead.
The Tigers would get one baserunner in each of the next two innings, but wouldn’t be able to score them. Peru’s defense tried to turn a couple of double plays in the 6th inning, with the second one being successful, with Senior Gavin Eldridge to Junior Jacob Boswell to Hill.
The Vikings tallied the game’s final run after a single and a double set up the RBI ground out.
The loss drops the Tigers to 1-3 on the season. They are set to host 1A #6 Frontier for a doubleheader on Saturday starting at noon.
Offensively –
Isaac Braley – 1-3, 1R
Bryce Hill – 1-3, RBI
Lucas Musser – 2-3, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
Pitching –
Ryne Butt – 4 INN, 9H, 8R, 7ER, 1BB, 4K
Isaac Braley – 3 INN, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 1K
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The Tigers went to Logan for a dual meet and had some solid performances but ultimately came up short in the team score. The following athletes took home ribbons from the meet:
3rd Place Finishers:
Zion See – 200m Dash – 26.06 – PR
Johuan Antunez – 300m Hurdles – 45.29 – PR
Ryne Babbs – 100m Dash – 12.06
Zion See – Long Jump 17′ 4″ – PR
Regan McGuire – 3200m Run – 12:36.46 – PR
2nd Place Finishers:
Tobi Odubena – 300m Hurdles – 44.72 – PR
Aiden Sheets – 100m Dash – 11.65 – PR
Johuan Anutnez – 110m Hurdles – 17.81
1st Place Finishers:
Brantlee Edwards – Shot Put – 44′ 4″ and Discus – 131′ 11″
Aiden Sheets – 200m Dash – 24.84 – PR
Oliver Rabe – 300m Hurdles – 44.50 -PR, Long Jump – 19′ 7.5″ and 110m Hurdles – 17.21 – PR
The Tigers will be at home on April 17th against Wabash.
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Peru hosted Tri-Central and Eastern at Rock Hollow in the first home match of the season. It was tightly contested throughout with Tri-Central winning with a score of 187, followed by Peru with 190, and Eastern with 195. Maddox Bretzman captured his first medalist honor of the season with a round of 39. Other counting scores for the Tigers were Mason Camden with 44, Bryson Ragland with 49, and Karter Schwartz and Aiden Love each with 58. Rounding out scoring for Peru was Bane Gilbert with 58, Josh Gray with 65 and Timmy Layman with 72.
The Tigers travel to Tippecanoe Country Club on Saturday for the Twin Lakes Invite. The tournament is scheduled to start at 10:00.
