Dramatic homer lifts Proctor past Superior
Duluth News Tribune, April 30, 1997

Jay Dardis hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday to lift Proctor to a 7-5 win over Superior in a Lake Superior Conference high school baseball game.
Chad Ward scattered five hits in picking up the win for Proctor, 3-5.


Rails 7 - Superior 5
Proctor Journal, May 22, 1997

A three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh by Jay Dardis ensured a win for the Rails.
Chad Ward got the win [allowing] five hits.
Proctor is 3-5.

 

Spartans lose 5-run lead, then the game
Daily Telegram, April 30, 1997

The Superior Senior High School boys' baseball team built a five-run lead only to see it evaporate in the fifth inning and disappear in the seventh resulting in a 7-5 loss to the Proctor Rails Tuesday evening.

The Spartans scored two runs in the second inning, one in the first, and two more in the fourth, before three errors in the fifth inning helped the Rails climb within 5-4.

Superior proceeded to go out in order in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings and Proctor took advantage of another Spartan error and a walk to set up a game-winning three-run home run by Jay Dardis in the bottom of the seventh.

The loss drops Superior to 2-4 overall and 2-2 in the Lake Superior Conference.

"We failed to make the routine plays and it cost us the game," said SSHS Head Coach Steve Fregin. "When you get up 5-0 in a game, you have to go for the jugular."

Chad Ward picked up the win for the Rails, allowing six hits with three strikeouts and no walks.

Jeremy Leubner took the loss for the Spartans, allowing seven hits with six strikeouts and one walk. Mitch Rothschadl entered the game with one out in the seventh inning and gave up [the] winning hit to the only batter he faced.

Leubner and Tyler Mossberger each singled to lead off the second inning. A Brett Jahnke ground out scored Leubner and Mossberger scored on a passed ball.

Justin Craker staked the Spartans to a 3-0 lead when his single scored Dave Tafelski in the third.

After Jahnke and Mike Massoglia each singled with one out in the fourth, Todd Murray plated Jahnke with a ground out and Tafelski scored Massoglia with a single for the Spartans' final runs.

Dardis finished with two hits for the Rails.

The Spartans are home Thursday and Friday, facing Duluth East and Duluth Central, respectively. Each game begins at 4:30 p.m.

In junior varsity action Tuesday night, Superior blanked Proctor, 11-0.

Brett Nelson was the winning pitcher for the Spartans, who got round trippers from Travis Wildenberg, Craig Rehl, and Nick Smith.

Superior 021 200 0 -- 5
Proctor 000 040 3 -- 7

Proctor AB R H BI
Brad Pilcher, SS 4110
Nathan Slattengren, 2B 4110
Nathan Sandman, C 4212
Ryan Payne, CF 3100
Jay Dardis, RF 4123
Joe Dardis, LF 3010
E. Karlson, DH 3000
Dave Engstrom, 3B 3010
Travis Warnygora, 1B 3110
Totals 31 7 8 5

Pitching
Chad Ward (W) 7.0 IP, 5 R, 6 H, 0 BB, 3 SO