Bronco baseball sweeps Spencer

Boyd High School’s baseball team completed its first district sweep of the season Tuesday, topping Van Buren County 12-0 in Spencer.

Casey Myers earned the win on the mound, pitching five innings of two-hit ball and balancing eight strikeouts against just three walks. Tyler Hillis came on in the sixth, closing out the game by fanning four batters and walking one without giving up a hit.

After two scoreless innings, the Broncos plated two runs in the top of the third, with Dylan Fernandez and Hillis both coming home. They added three more in the fifth inning, which began when Hillis connected for a one-out double. Myers was hit by a pitch, and Dylan Keith followed with a single. Josh Burton grounded out, and David Watson singled to end the scoring surge.

Mitchell Young singled to start the sixth, and with two out in the inning Hillis doubled him home. Myers walked, and Keith was hit by a pitch, loading the bases for back-to-back RBI walks by Burton and Watson.

In the seventh, Boyd came through with four more runs, beginning when Young singled. Jon Bryant hit into a fielder’s choice, and Fernandez drew a walk. Hillis reached on an error, bringing home a run, and Myers grounded home Fernandez. Keith followed with an RBI double, and Burton laced a triple, bringing Keith home with the Broncos’ final run.

Hillis finished with a 3-for-5 day, driving home two runs and scoring four, while Keith had a pair of hits and drove in three runs. Mitchell Young had two hits, while Watson and Burton had two each.

Ethan Hillis and Dakota Lefebvre had the Eagles’ only two hits.