YATES CENTER — The Yates Center High baseball team took a couple of sluggish losses in their season opener against Northeast on Monday.
The Wildcats (0-2) allowed their pitching to get the best of them in a 19-5 loss in game one. Northeast then continued their offensive stomping and cruised to a 24-6 win over the Wildcats in game two.
Game one
The Vikings opened up the game by scoring two runs in the first with the Wildcats responding with three runs. Northeast then scored one more run in the second, two runs in the fourth, five in the fifth and nine in the sixth inning.