A season of ups and downs for H-M-S

The 2022 baseball season started on an up note for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn and a 3-2 record in the final five regular season games was a plus. But the Hawks also suffered through a 10-game losing streak and endured an inning that seemed would never end during district play.

The combined result was a record of 5-15 overall and 2-8 in the War Eagle Conference.

"Looking back, it was definitely a season of ups and downs," said Hawk coach Jeremy Gloden. "We didn't quite reach the marks we had set for ourselves but I saw a lot of improvement from several guys. We will look to build on that moving forward. We should have an older group next year which I see as a major positive."

Three seniors' high school athletic careers have come to an end.

"We will be sad to see Jordan Ortega, Keith DeBoer and Nick Bronstad go. These guys have been with the program four or five years and have definitely left their mark," Gloden noted. "They all have very bright futures ahead of them."

Individual and team statistics for the season follow.

• Hitting

Hits: Jacob Cates 19, Trenton Vollink 18, Tanner Tesch 14, Jonathan Ortiz 13, Jordan Ortega 11, Nick Bronstad 8, Evan Eilers, Keaton Graves 5, Ethan Diehm 4, Tyson Tessum 3, Keith DeBoer 2, Bradley Van Beek 1.

Doubles: Cates 6, Tesch 2, Eilers, Ortega, Ortiz, Tessum 1.

Triple: Cates 1.

Home Runs: Bronstad, Cates 1.

Runs Batted In: Tesch 16, Cates 13, Bronstad 8, Ortega 6, Eilers 5, Graves, Ortiz, Vollink 4, DeBoer 3, Jack Mastbergen 2, Diehm, Tessum 1.

Runs Scored: Vollink 17, Ortega 10, Tessum 9, Ortiz 8, Cates, Mastbergen 7, Diehm 6, Tesch 5, Bronstad, Graves 4, Eilers 3, Aiden Bush 2, DeBoer 1.

Sacrifice: Diehm 1.

Sacrifice Flies: Cates 2, Bronstad, Graves, Eilers 1.

Walks: Vollink 9, Ortega, Tessum 8, Bronstad, Cates 7, Ortiz, Tesch 6, DeBoer 5, Graves 4, Eilers, Mastbergen 2, Van Beek 1.

Hit by Pitch: Bronstad 8, Ortega 5, Cates, DeBoer, Tessum 1.

Stolen Bases: Vollink 17, Ortiz 9, Tessum 6, Diehm, Graves 2, Cates, Eilers 1.

Batting Average: Cates .365, Graves .357, Ortiz .351, Vollink .327, Tesch .264, Ortega .244, Bronstad .186, Eilers .185, Van Beek .167, Diehm .160, Tessum .083, DeBoer .047.

• Pitching

Bronstad: 6 games, 2 starts, 1-2 record, 14.2 innings, 100 opponents at-bats, .210 batting average against, 21 hits, 39 runs, 27 earned runs, 17 walks, 11 hit batters, 13 strikeouts, 12.89 ERA, 2.59 walks/hits per inning.

Cates: 8 games, 7 starts, 0-6 record, 1 save, 28.2 innings, 167 OAB, .168 BAA, 28 hits, 50 runs, 19 earned runs, 25 walks, 12 hit batters, 37 strikeouts, 4.64 ERA, 1.85 WHIP.

Eilers: 4 games, 3 starts, 0-3 record, 8.0 innings, 72 OAB, .389 BAA, 28 hits, 36 runs, 28 earned runs, 13 walks, 6 hit batters, 5 strikeouts, 24.50 ERA, 5.13 WHIP.

Ortega: 9 games, 7 starts, 4-3 record, 40.0 innings, 204 OAB, .235 BAA, 48 hits, 49 runs, 21 earned runs, 27 walks, 4 hit batters, 33 strikeouts, 3.68 ERA, 1.88 WHIP.

Tesch: 1 game, 1 start, 0-1 record, 0.1 inning, 11 OAB, .182 BAA, 2 hits, 9 runs, 3 earned runs, 5 walks, 1 hit batter, 63.00 ERA, 21.00 WHIP.

Tessum: 6 games, 0-0 record, 11.2 innings, 79 OAB, .266 BAA, 21 hits, 19 runs, 14 earned runs, 16 walks, 6 hit batters, 6 strikeouts, 8.40 ERA, 3.17 WHIP.

Vollink: 4 games, 0-0 record, 5.2 innings, 35 OAB, .200 BAA, 7 hits, 9 runs, 3 earned runs, 6 walks, 1 hit batter, 3 strikeouts, 3.71 ERA, 2.29 WHIP.

• Team totals

Batting: 441 at bats, 83 runs, 103 hits, 88 singles, 12 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 67 runs batted in, 1 sacrifice, 5 sacrifice flies, 65 walks, 16 hit by pitch, 23 reached on errors, 151 strikeouts, .234 average, .349 on-base percentage, .279 slugging percentage.

Base running: 38 steals, 44 attempts, 123 total bases.

Fielding: 102 assists, 327 putouts, 75 errors, 504 total chances, .851 fielding percentage, 8 thrown out stealing, 51 stolen base attempts.

Pitching: 109 innings, 668 OAB, .232 BAA, 155 hits, 211 runs, 115 earned runs, 109 walks, 41 hit batters, 97 strikeouts, 7.39 ERA, 2.42 WHIP.