Jackson County Central split a Big South Conference Small School Division baseball doubleheader with Blue Earth Area Thursday at Wacker Field. The Huskies won the first game 20-2 in five innings with the Buccaneers taking the nightcap 6-4.
In the opener, JCC broke open a close game by scoring 14 runs in the fourth inning.
Bryson Powers had four hits and two runs batted in. Brett Rossow, Clay Malchow and Noah Thompson each had three hits.
Ben Spaeth and Ian Titterington each scored three runs.
Rossow was the winning pitcher as he went the distance, allowing four hits and striking out nine.
Rossow then started the second game and went two innings. Grant Freking and Brenan Runge also pitched two innings apiece. Rossow had two hits at the plate.
The Huskies are 3-5 overall on the season, while the Buccaneers are 1-5.
There are five teams with one loss in the early going in the conference. Jackson County Central, Redwood Valley and Windom are 2-1. Blue Earth Area and Pipestone are 1-1.
JCC has three road games scheduled next week, playing a single game at Luverne Tuesday and a doubleheader at Pipestone Friday.
JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL BASEBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Thurs., April 4: Fairmont, L 7-5 (8 innings)
Fri., April 5: Worthington, L 9-2
Tues., April 9: at Maple River, W 9-5
Thurs., April 11: Redwood Valley, W 2-1 (9 innings)
Sat., April 13: Hayfield at Gustavus, L 7-6
Sat., April 13: Springfield at Gustavus, L 10-9
Thurs., April 18: Blue Earth Area, W 20-2 (5 innings)
Thurs., April 18: Blue Earth Area, L 6-4
Tues., April 23: at Luverne, 5:30 p.m.
Fri., April 26: at Pipestone (2), 5:30 p.m.
Tues., April 30: at St. James Area, 5:30 p.m.
Thurs., May 2: at Redwood Valley, 5:30 p.m.
Tues., May 7: Luverne, 5:30 p.m.
Thurs., May 9: at Windom, 5:30 p.m.
Fri., May 10: Windom, 5:30 p.m.
Sat., May 11: at United South Central, 6 p.m.
Tues., May 14: St. James Area, 5:30 p.m.
Fri., May 17: Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial, 5:30 p.m.
Tues., May 28: Section 3AA, TBD
Thurs., May 30: Section 3AA, TBD
Sat., June 1: Section 3AA, TBD
Mon., June 3: Section 3AA, TBD
Tues., June 4: Section 3AA, TBD
Thurs., June 6: Section 3AA, TBD
June 13-14: State tournament, Chaska and Jordan
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
Baseball standings
Small School Division
Jackson County Central 2-1
Redwood Valley 2-1
Windom 2-1
Blue Earth Area 1-1
Pipestone 1-1
Luverne 1-2
St. James Area 0-2
Conference games only
Large School Division
Fairmont 1-0
St. Peter 1-0
New Ulm 1-1
Marshall 0-0
Waseca 0-1
Worthington 0-1
Conference games only