Norway 9-10 All-Stars dominate Gladstone, 14-0
(Matt McCarthy/Daily News photo) NORWAY PITCHER HUNTER Langin (35) throws the ball to first baseman Colton Lord (13) for an out in Monday’s Michigan District 10 9-10 year old All-Star game at Marion Park in Norway.
NORWAY — A 14-run scoring barrage and a combined no-hitter by a trio of pitchers powered Norway past Gladstone 14-0 in five innings Monday afternoon in Michigan District 10 9-10 year old All-Stars District play at Marion Park in Norway.
Starting pitcher Colton Lord, Hunter Langin and Tristan Lessor combined for the Norway no-hitter by fanning a dozen batters, with Langin striking out five of the seven he faced.
“Tonight was a great team effort,” Norway head coach Scott Sternhagen said. “We swung the bats well and got on base, producing runs. Our pitchers did great and Hunter Langin pitched unbelievable.”
Norway jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top half of the opening inning, with Lord and catcher Landon DeBakker each driving in a run.
Tucker Buchanan smashed a pitch to deep left field over the Gladstone left fielder’s head, and Buchanan raced all the way around the bases for an inside-the-park home run in the top half of inning No. 3. Lord followed that up with a triple and scored on a ground-out by DeBakker.
Norway added three more runs in the top of the fourth inning, as Dylan Erickson cracked a RBI triple and scored two batters later on Buchanan’s RBI single. After Buchanan stole second base, Lord had an RBI base knock of his own, scoring the speedy Buchanan.
Norway put the game away in the top half of inning No. 5 as Brock Vanginkel blasted an RBI triple. Three batters later, Buchanan added a third RBI in the game on a double.
Lord and DeBakker each added RBI singles — for both, their third RBIs in the contest — in the top of the fifth as well for Norway.
“We haven’t seen any pitchers in our league that throw at that speed like the three did tonight,” Gladstone head coach Amber Quigley said. “It was new to our boys and it was intimidating to them. I am proud of them, because this was a level of competition that they haven’t seen before.”
Norway will face Escanaba at 5:30 p.m. today at Marion Park in a win-or-go-home game. Both teams have one loss, with the winner moving on to Wednesday’s championship game versus Kingsford.





