The Dieterich Maroons exploded for seven first-inning runs and then hung on for a 9-8 win at home Tuesday over St. Anthony.

The host Maroons combined four hits, three walks and hit batter to tally seven times in the opening inning. That uprising included a two-run homer by Matt Hunzinger, and two-run single by Pete Britton and three walks with the bases loaded.

Dieterich added a single run in the second and held an 8-2 lead heading into the fifth inning. That’s when the Bulldogs started their comeback.

Logan Antrim led off with a base hit and eventually scored on a fly ball by Colton Fearday. Will Hoene added an RBI single and Kennan Walsh capped the four-run frame with a two-run double to trim the lead to 8-6.

The Maroons got an RBI single from Britton in the bottom of the sixth and that proved to be the difference when Walsh belted a two-out, two-run homer in the top of the seventh.

Britton finished with three hits and three RBI, while Hunzinger had a pair of hits and drove in two runs. Dalton Will pitched the first 4.1 innings to get the win and Hunzinger pitched the final 2.1 frames to earn the save.

Josh Blanchette took the loss.

The Bulldogs dropped to 16-5 on the season. They will now compete in the Class 1A Regional A as the No. 1 seed. Their first game will be Friday, June 4, against either Hutsonville or Oblong. Game time is 4:30 p.m. at Evergreen Hollow Park.

The winner will play for the championship of that regional on Monday, June 7. The winner will play either Dieterich or North Clay. Game time has not yet been set.

Colton Fearday scattered four hits through six innings Wednesday, helping the St. Anthony Bulldogs post a 6-0 victory at Windsor/Stew-Stras.

Fearday walked just two and struck out four while throwing 83 pitches. Eli Link pitched the seventh.

The game was scoreless until the fourth. After having just one hit through the first three innings, The Bulldogs went to work in the fourth.

The first three batters each had hits. Kennan Walsh and Fearday started things with singles and Eli Moore followed with a two-run double. With one out, Will Hoene delivered an RBI double and Eli Levitt capped the four-run frame with a two-out, run-scoring single.

The Bulldogs tacked on two more tallies in the fifth. Logan Antrim had a lead-off walk, went to second on a ground out, to third on a passed ball and scored on an error. Moore then had his second double of the game and Brody Niebrugge drove in the final run with a base hit.

With the victory, the Bulldogs improved to 15-4 on the season. They will play today (Thursday) at Neoga.

Logan Antrim threw a no-hitter and also drove in three runs Monday, helping the St. Anthony Bulldogs notch their 16th win of the season with an 11-0 shutout at Neoga.

Antrim walked three and struck out four during his 99-pitch, six-inning performance. The host Indians had a total of five baserunners and stranded them all.

The Bulldogs scored all the runs they needed with a three-run second inning. Will Hoene was hit by a pitch and Angelo Mendella singled to get things started. One run scored on an error and Antrim walked to load the bases. Kennan Walsh then delivered a two-run single to stake SAHS to the early 3-0 lead.

St. Anthony tacked on three more in the second. Eli Moore, Brody Niebrugge and Hoene all singled to load the bases. An error let in the first run and Antrim then ripped a single that drove home two more and increase the lead to 6-0.

An RBI single by Mendella made it 7-0 in the fourth and the Bulldogs completed their scoring with a four-run sixth. Moore led off with a home run that sailed over the centerfield fence. With two outs, Eli Link had an RBI double and both Antrim and Walsh added run-scoring singles.

All nine starters had at least one hit in St. Anthony’s 15-hit attack. Antrim, Walsh, Moore, Niebrugge, Hoene and Mendella each had two hits.

With the victory, the Bulldogs improved to 16-4 on the season. They will play their regular-season finale at home Tuesday against Dieterich.

Six errors and five unearned runs is not normally a formula for success.

Such was the case Monday afternoon.

The St. Anthony Bulldogs did commit six errors and the Altamont Indians did what a good baseball team will do.

It took advantage.

And one of those errors led to two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, helping the Indians post a 6-5 win at home.

It was a 4-4 game when Altamont came to bat in the sixth. A walk and a base hit got the inning started. The Bulldogs sixth error of the game let one run score and Mason Robinson’s base hit drove in what proved to be the winning tally.

The Bulldogs scored one run in the seventh, but the rally fell short and they dropped their third straight game.

It was a typical St. Anthony-Altamont contest. The two teams battled all the way and a late score determined the winner. When these two schools get together on the ball diamond, that’s been the pattern in recent years.

The Bulldogs scored a single tally in the second and added three more runs in the third to take a 4-2 lead. Seth Hotze had an RBI double in the second. St. Anthony then used three walks to load the bases in the third. Will Hoene was a hit by a pitch to force in the first run and Eli Link then delivered a two-out, two-run single.

The Indians had two hits in the opening inning and both runners scored on an error. They took advantage of three more errors to push two runs across the plate and tie the game 4-4 in the bottom of the third.

It stayed that way until the Indians scored two runs in the sixth.

In the seventh, the Bulldogs used a lead-off double by Eli Moore, followed by a run-scoring single by Brody Niebrugge to close the gap to one run in the seventh. But the final three batters were retired to end the game.

Josh Blanchette, who relieved in the fifth, took the loss. He gave up two hits and two runs in his 1.2 innings of work. He walked one and struck out two. Seth Hotze was the starter and pitched the first 4.1 innings. He allowed three hits and four runs, while walking three and striking out five.

The Bulldogs dropped to 14-4 on the season. They will play Wednesday at Windsor/Stew-Stras and Thursday at Neoga.