The Jackson County Central baseball team will take a two-game winning streak to St. Peter Saturday for a pair of nonconference games on the artificial turf field at Gustavus Adolphus College. The Huskies will play Hayfield at 10 a.m. and Springfield at 3 p.m.
JCC leveled its record at 2-2 Thursday at Wacker Field with a 2-1 win in nine innings in its Big South Conference West Division opener. Ben Gallagher’s single scored Noah Thompson with the winning run.
Brett Rossow went the distance to record the pitching win.
Hayfield has a 2-1 record as the Vikings defeated Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 8-4 and Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 3-1 before falling to Kenyon-Wanamingo 7-1.
Springfield is off to 4-0 start and has only allowed one run.
The Tigers have beat Wabasso 9-0, swept a doubleheader from Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 6-0 and 14-1 and blanked Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 10-0.
Jackson County Central has three home conference games scheduled next week with St. James Area in for a single game on Tuesday and Blue Earth Area visiting for a doubleheader Thursday.
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
Baseball standings
Small School Division
Windom 2-0
Jackson County Central 1-0
Blue Earth Area 0-0
Pipestone 0-0
Luverne 0-1
Redwood Valley 0-1
St. James Area 0-1
Conference games only
Large School Division
Fairmont 0-0
Marshall 0-0
New Ulm 0-0
St. Peter 0-0
Waseca 0-0
Worthington 0-0
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, 10 a.m.
Sat., April 13: Springfield at Gustavus, 3 p.m.
Tues., April 16: St. James Area, 5:30 p.m.
Thurs., April 18: Blue Earth Area (2), 4 p.m.
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.
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