The Pershing County baseball team traveled to Virginia City on Friday. They faced the Virginia City Muckers. The Mustangs lost both games of the non-conference doubleheader by 16-1.
“We saw a very good Virginia City team that should be pretty dominant in the 1A this year,” said Coach Jared Jensen. “We are a young and inexperienced team that lost a lot of playing time due to the pandemic.”
On Monday Pershing started league play. They hosted the Incline Highlanders for the first game of a triple header. Results were not available at press time.
The Mustang’s 19-man roster includes one senior, Nick Flores. There are nine freshmen —Travis Donaldson, Izayuh Mcglothin, Denzel Zaldivar, Tyler Beer, Tyler Miller, Jacob Burke, Wyatt Hughes, Brian Flores and Landon Fitzpatrick.
Aaron Kienbaum, Lucian Gonzalez,Tommy Meyers, Conner Fecht, Preston Tomsu-Burse and Eddie Herrera are sophomores. Juniors Wyatt Diaz, Blake Burrows and Noel Zaldivar round out the team.
Besides baseball, most share backgrounds in football, basketball or wrestling. Win or lose, the Mustangs show tenacity and good sportsmanship. Expect the unexpected from this team.
“We have a lot of growth to do this year and it won’t happen overnight,” says Jensen. “The best thing we can do is put our hard hats on and go back to work to try and catch these very good teams like Virginia City.”
On Saturday, March 19, Pershing County goes on the road for the last two games of the triple header against Incline. They’ll travel to Silver Springs on Tuesday, March 22, for the first in a three-game series against the Silver Stage Nighthawks. On Saturday, March 26, they host the Nighthawks for the other two games at 10 a.m. and noon.
