By: Indiana Schilz
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. – Green Bay put on an offensive display at Wildwood Park on Thursday night as the
Blue Ribbons defeated the Sheboygan A’s 8-1 off the bat of Griffin Summers, who collected four hits in
four at bats.
The Blue Ribbons were first to get on the board in the first inning as Bay Port High School alum James
Bornick singled, scoring one run.
Summers would extend Green Bay’s lead in the top of the second inning with an RBI double, plating
Ashton Long.
The Blue Ribbons saw their lead continue to grow in the top of the third inning after center fielder Trent
Van Ess doubled and Bornick hit a sacrifice fly, each scoring one run to increase the lead to 4-0.
Green Bay would score another run in the top of the sixth and two more in the top of the seventh off the bat of West De Pere alum Ethan Habetler, who had an RBI double. Long would hit a sacrifice fly,
making it a 7-1 ballgame and the Blue Ribbons wouldn’t look back as they tacked on one more in the
ninth before shutting the door en route to their tenth Wisconsin State League win of the season.
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s Owen Deprez started on the mound for the Blue Ribbons and was
fantastic, surrendering only four hits and one run over six and one-third innings. He struck out five and
walked two while throwing one hundred pitches. Tanner Alsteen went two-thirds of an inning while Connor Medvecz and Liam Jones threw scoreless frames in the eighth and ninth respectively.
The Blue Ribbons have had quite the successful year over Sheboygan, outscoring the A’s 27-4 thus far.
Green Bay moves to 10-9 in WSL play, while the A’s fall to 8-9.
Green Bay will head down to Illinois to take on the Lombard Orioles (11-4) on Saturday, July 8, at 4:00
p.m. The Orioles have been hot as of late, currently riding a seven game win streak.
