PHOTOS BY REBEKAH DELL / THE VILLAGE REPORTER
BASE KNOCK … Hilltop starting pitcher Ezra Mahlman lifts s single to left field during a nine-run second inning by the Cadets VIEW 60 PHOTOS OF THIS CONTEST FOR FREE AT WWW.THEVILLAGEREPORTER.COM

IN PLAY … Stryker’s Camden Boggess lines a single to right field before advancing to second on the play thanks to a Hilltop fielding error.

Hilltop 19, Stryker 1 (5 innings)

WEST UNITY – Hilltop romped to a 19-1 five-inning victory over Stryker in Buckeye Border Conference action.

Terry Rebeck led the Cadets (5-2, 2-0 BBC) offensively with three singles, drove in four runs and scored a pair of runs. Ezra Mahlman had two hits, including a triple, while driving in a run.

Mahlman also got the win on the mound, allowing just one hit with five strikeouts. Camden Boggess collected two singles and drove in the lone run for Stryker (1-4, 1-1 BBC).

SHS 000 10 – 1 2 6
HHS 291 7x – 19 8 2

WP- Ezra Mahlman (IP-3, R-0, H-1, K-5, BB-0)
LP- Logan Emmons (IP-1.1, R-7, H-3, K-0, BB-1)
LEADING HITTERS: (Hilltop) Terry Rebeck – 3 singles, 4 RBIs; Ezra Mahlman – single, triple, RBI; (Stryker) Camden Boggess – 2 singles, RBI