Geneva rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Salem in a Division II district semifinal at Louisville High School on Monday, 5-2.
With the win, the Eagles improved to 15-5 and advanced to play West Branch for the district title on Wednesday.
Salem scored two runs on three hits in the top of the third, but the Eagles answered with three runs in the bottom half of the inning and added two insurance runs in the fifth.
Shea Arkenburg earned the pitching victory after allowing two runs on four hits with six strikeouts in four innings of work. Logan Queen closed out the game with four strikeouts in three scoreless innings.
Queen also found success at the plate as he was 4-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI.
Andrew Oros and Kean Arkenburg both went 2-for-3. Arkenburg scored two runs and knocked in another and Oros scored one run.
Hewitt Wilt, Curtis Maier, and Sebastian Hall also had hits for the Eagles.
It didn’t matter what Logan Queen (@LoganQueen13) and his @ghs_eagles teammates had heard in the lead up to their district semifinal. They came out with one goal in mind, get the runs across any way possible #NHBaseball pic.twitter.com/PBAYGbEzT8
— Ben Hercik (@BHercikNH) May 21, 2024
