For the second straight year, New London-Spicer senior third baseman Wade Wessling has tied a state high school baseball record with three doubles in a game.
According to records kept by the Minnesota State Baseball Coaches Association, Wessling is one of 26 players to accomplish the feat. No one has ever hit four doubles in a game, according to the records.
Wessling went 3-for-4 in New London-Spicer's 11-1 win over Albany in a West Central North Conference game Monday in New London.
Wessling doubled hard down the left-field line in the first ining, doubled to the gap in right-center in the second inning and then belted a double to the base of the fence in left field in the third inning.
"He hits the ball hard," said his father/coach Doug Wessling. "He's not a home run hitter, but he has power to the gaps."
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Wessling accomplished the feat the first time in last season's sub-section semifinal win over Maple Lake. He went 4-for-4 in that game with four RBI.
Camden Conference to hold hoops special
The Camden Conference will have its first Senior Basketball Game on April 22 in Tyler.
The basketball game is being sponsored by the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton booster club. Admission is $5 for adults and $4 for students.
The game will feature seniors, both boys and girls, from all of the Camden Conference teams with the North half facing the South half.
The girls' game, with area teams Central Minnesota Christian, Dawson-Boyd, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, MACCRAY and Renville County West representing the South Division, is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. with the boys' game to follow at approximately 8 p.m.
Besides the game, players will also compete in a slam dunk contest and/or a three-point shooting contest.
