Broncos baseball preps for top league competitors

Rachel Plager | Last updated Mar 31, 2016 12:0pm0

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GARRETT FREDERICK avoided the Wilbur-Creston catcher to score the winning run for the Broncos in the bottom of the seventh during the first game in the doubleheader on March 23. The Broncos won the first game 5-4, but lost the second match to the Wildcats 6-18. -Journal photo by Rachel Plager

The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos baseball team played their first two doubleheaders of the season and are now more comfortable with their positions on the field.

The Broncos took on Wilbur-Creston for their opening doubleheader of the season on March 23 here in Ritzville.

They split the series starting off with a 5-4 win over the Wildcats and ending with a 6-18 loss.

In this first game Wilbur-Creston took an early 2-1 lead after the first inning, but in the bottom of the third inning the Broncos fought back to lead 4-3.

While the Wildcats tied the game in the sixth Easton Nelson hit an RBI i...