VIROQUA — The Onalaska High School baseball team took a couple of losses while playing in a triangular hosted by Viroqua on Saturday.
The Hilltoppers (1-3) suffered their second and third losses in a row after opening the season with a big MVC victory over Aquinas.
Bangor beat Onalaska 5-3, and Viroqua followed that up with a 4-2 victory on Saturday.
Pitcher/third baseman Carson Zinnecker was 2 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored against the Cardinals. He highlighted the performance with a home run, but five Onalaska errors were too much to overcome.
Shortstop/third baseman Trent Oyen was 2 for 2, and first baseman Jagger Banasik singled and walked twice for Onalaska.
The Blackhawks beat the Hilltoppers by scoring twice in the fifth inning and once in the sixth.
Zinnecker was 2 for 4 again, and shortstop Cooper Rudie matched the performance. Zinnecker also doubled.
Elkhorn 9, Central 8 (8)
Elkhorn 15, Central 2
LA CROSSE — The RiverHawks (1-3) also saw their losing streak reach three games after being swept by the Elks.
Central forced extra innings by scoring four runs in the bottom of the seventh in the first game, but four errors led to four unearned runs.
Left fielder Landon Smith was 2 for 5 with two doubles and two RBIs for the RiverHawks, who had seven hits. First baseman Erik Ramseier also drove in two runs for Central in the first game.
Four RiverHawks had one hit apiece in the second game, and Aiden Schulze drove in Central’s run.
