Reynoso pitches Hailey to top seed
Beats Buhl 12-4
Ryne Reynoso was nearly perfect Monday
afternoon in Hailey—and his pitching and batting sparked the Wood River High
School baseball team to another league season title.
Ryne Reynoso strides to the plate at Founders Field. Monday, he mixed up
his deuce, change and knuckler with his fastball to completely throw Buhl off
balance. He was perfect through four. Express photo by David N. Seelig
Senior righthander Reynoso (7-2, 19-5
career) retired the first 13 Buhl batters and took a perfect game into the fifth
inning. He also blasted a two-run double and two-run homer sparking Wood River
to a 12-4 league victory over the Tribe.
The Wolverines earned the top seed in the
upcoming Sawtooth Central Idaho Conference tournament starting Friday.
With the win, coach Lars Hovey’s respected
Wood River baseball program nailed down its eighth regular-season league title
in 12 years. Wood River (19-4-1) remains the #1-ranked 3A team in the
Idahosports.com power ranking.
They showed it in the first inning against
Buhl, ripping five straight hits and scoring seven runs off Tribe ace Tim
Bourner. Reynoso ripped a 3-0 pitch over the right field fence for a two-run
round-tripper and 12-0 Hailey lead in the third.
Reynoso (11 K, 116 pitches, no walks)
whiffed nine of the first 11 Tribe batters he retired. A scratch infield single
by Tribe defensive replacement Mitch Bourner broke up the perfect game in the
fifth. Buhl (5 hits) had two unearned runs.
The heart and soul of the Wood River baseball team is catcher Kellen
Chatterton, who has fought through injury after injury and keeps on running.
Express photo by David N. Seelig
Each Wood River starter hit safely in the
14-hit attack led by Matt Conover (3 hits, 2 RBI), Kellen Chatterton (2 hits, 2
RBI) and Steve Hansen (2 hits).
In the second, non-league game, soph
righty Hansen (6-1) tamed Buhl on three hits in a complete-game 5-2 triumph.
Wood River put itself in position to nail
down the league crown with a 17-6 and 16-5 SCIC sweep at Filer on Thursday.
Senior Drew Detwiler (2-0) tossed a
five-inning seven-hitter in the first league game. Reynoso clouted a three-run
homer in the first and Paul Tinker (3 hits, 3 runs) belted a two-run double that
sparked Wood River’s eight-run third.
Other contributors to Hailey’s 15-hit
attack: Tyler Thiede (2 hits, 2 runs), Brady Femling (2 hits, 2 RBI), Conover (2
hits) and Chatterton (2 hits).
Tinker, who had six hits for the
doubleheader, ripped a three-run homer in the 16-5 second-game victory. Hansen
picked up the pitching win in relief. Leadoff Detwiler had two hits and scored
three runs.
One of the most valuable Wolverine players is senior shortstop Drew Detwiler.
He leads off, plays his position well and gives coach Lars Hovey big innings on
the hill. Express photo by David N. Seelig
Tuesday, host Wood River rallied from a
3-0 deficit and beat upset-minded Kimberly 6-3. Reynoso (12 K) scattered six
hits in the complete-game win. Conover’s two-run double fueled the five-run
Hailey third. Chatterton had two hits.
In the nightcap, Tyson Reynoso (2-0)
earned the victory as Wood River (14 hits) held off the Bulldogs 13-8 in a
28-hit hitfest.
Tinker’s leadoff double and an RBI single
by Steve Durkin started a five-run fourth that extended Wood River’s 8-6 lead.
Other hitters were Conover (3-for-4), Detwiler (3 runs) and Femling (2 hits, 2
runs).
District baseball Friday
Wood River goes for its second straight
Fourth District 3A championship—and fourth in five years—starting Friday, May 9
in a first-round game starting at 5 p.m. at Founders.
The Wolverines play either Kimberly or
Filer. Then, if the Hailey batters win Friday’s home game, they’ll host the SCIC
semi-final Saturday at 11 a.m. at Founders Field.
Wood River defeated Kimberly 3-2 for last
year’s district title. Championship game is next Tuesday. The winner advances to
the State 3A tournament May 22 in Ontario, Ore.
WOLVERINE NOTES—Ryne Reynoso is now
19-5 in his WR pitching career, behind only Matt Zachary (21-5) in the career
ranks. Matt Beck was 15-4, T.J. Peterson 12-9, Eli Lloyd 11-6 and Christian
Nickum 7-0…..Filer has never been in the district championship. Kimberly is 0-1
in its championship game appearances, Buhl is 4-4 and Wood River 3-3 since the
season-ending tournaments started in 1992….The Wolverines are 19-1 at home the
last two years and have dominated in SCIC play—going 15-0 in all league games
that counted, and 24-1 in all league games. This year, going 12-0 in league
games, they’ve outscored SCIC opponents 163-58.….12th-year coach Hovey has a
177-152-1 record….Last year’s team was 18-5 at this point, scoring 200 runs
(8.7) and yielding 115 (5.5). This year’s team is 19-4-1, scoring 274 (11.4) and
allowing just 101 (4.2). That means that, in just 24 games, this year’s team has
nearly reached the school-record 276 runs scored by the 2001 squad in a total of
32 games.