Collin Smith

Monday night, El Dorado’s senior baseball players were recognized for their commitment to the baseball program during their careers at EHS.

Nine seniors, along with their parents, were honored between games at McDonald Stadium on Monday night. The Wildcat seniors include: Dylan Brown, Kaden Clites, Presley Mabe, Jaxon Roberts, Dalton Schenker, Trey Smith, Gage Starkey, Gavin Starkey, and Blake VanDegrift,

On the field, the Wildcats struggled in the doubleheader with Wichita Collegiate, falling 12-3 and 15-0.

El Dorado got off to a hot start, and looked like they could do some damage after the first inning as the Wildcats quickly grabbed a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Trey Smith led off with a walk. Dalton Scnenker and Chase Vetch both laid down bunts and reached base as the Wildcats loaded the bases with no outs. After a strikeout, Kaden Clites singled through the middle of the infield to bring home Tyler Smith and Evan Dean. Clites sparked the El Dorado offense, but the momentum was quickly gone after a pop up and a base running error led to an inning-ending double play.

El Dorado hung on to a 2-0 lead until the top of the inning. Collegiate racked up six runs in the top of the third inning to go up 6-2.

El Dorado added another run in the bottom of the third inning, as Jarin Koehler drove in Evan Dean from third to cute Collegiate’s lead to three.

Two innings later, Collegiate put six more runs on the board. The El Dorado defense got a double play early in the inning, but the Spartans were still able to score six runs before El Dorado could get the third out. Three of Collegiate’s six runs were scored off of El Dorado errors.

Jarin Koehler drove in another run in the bottom of the seventh inning on a sacrifice fly, but Collegiate ended the game in the next at-bat as the Spartans won game one 12-4.

Dalton Schenker, Kaden Clites, Cody Wittenberg, and Chase Veatch each had two hits for the Wildcats. Clites and Jarink Koehler both drove in a pair of runs.

Dalton Schenker pitched five innings and took the loss in game one. Jarin Koehler pitcher the final two innings.

Collegiate dominated game two, outscoring El Dorado 15-0 to compete the sweep.

El Dorado falls to 2-10 on the season and will travel to Augusta for a doubleheader on Thursday, April 26.