2008 was suppose to be a rebuilding year for the DEMONS as they were picked to finish 3 or 4th in South Trailways. 2008 Regional Champions is a heck of a way to rebuild. Clutch hitting and an all out team effort propelled Deerfield (17-3-1) to a nail bitting 9-7 victory over a very hot Waterloo team. After ten running Waterloo earlier in the spring, it took everything the Demons had to claw out the victory. Deerfield started off hitting the ball well but were only able to muster one run early. Waterloo in the third inning behind a Grand Slam home run by Kevin Novak took a 5-1 lead. Deerfield fought back behind clutch hits by Cody Eilenfeldt and Ryan Schenkel to tie the game at 5-5. The Demon's seem to be on a roll until Waterloo's Novak smacked his second home run a two run shot to right field giving Waterloo a 7-5 lead. un-wavering Deerfield tied the game in the bottom of the 6th and with the bases loaded Zack "attack" Halverson as he has all year long delivered a 2 RBI base hit giving Deerfield a 9-7 lead. Mike Hommen (8-0-1) who entered the game with a 1.15 ERA did not have his best stuff but was able to dig down deep and battle to earn his 8th victory of the season with a gritty performace as he never gave up. NEXT UP: The Demons travel to the Sectional to battle 19-1 and 5th rated Mineral Point. MP dominated a mild Southwest Wisconsin Activities League boasting mostly .500 teams. The Demon's will be ready for the challenge! After earning a number two bid and a bye the Demons (16-3-1) took on #6 seed Poynette. Deerfield "fast Attack" was at it. Cody Wyman started the suiside buntting barage followed by Ryan Schenkel and Zack Halverson. The Demon's also showed the long ball, Garrett Borgrud (2-3) spanked a three run Home Run! Tyler Brown followed with a solo shot to left field for his team leading and second Home Run of the year!. Aaron Jahr (2-4) trippled and Dylan Jackson (2-3) doubled in the contest. Zack "Attack" Halverson went 3-4 in the game. Dylan Jackson picked up his 7th victory (7-2) of the season as the Demons won 11-7. Deerfield earned a number 2 seed in the regional and will await the winner of the #3 (Wis. Heights) vs. #6 (Poynette). GO TO THE LINK SECTION for a link to the WIAA bracket, FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME: Deerfield 15-3-1 stopped the party as they defeated Pardeeville 5-1 sweeping the home and home series. Mike Hommen won his 7th game of the year. hommen also collected two hits going 2-4 at the plate. The Demons scoring started in the first inning as Ryan Schenkel's (1-3) three bagger to right field knockied in two runs. Pardeeville made it 2-1 until the top of the 5th inning. Cody Wyman (1-3) smashed a double on the left field line knocking in the insurance run making it 3-1. Pardeeville started a rally in the bottom of the 6th inning. Frosh sensation Zack Weihert (2-3) who before the 6th inning had all of Pardeeville's hits came to bat with runners at 1st and 2nd base. Weihert smashed a line shot up the middle but Hommen made a fantastic play grabbing the linner, turned and threw to second for the double play. Deerfield then broke the game open as Zack Halverson (2-4) with the bases loaded looped in a base hit knocking in runs 4 and 5. Dylan Jackson was 2-3 while Garrett Borgrud (1-3), Aaron Jahr (1-3), and Cody Eilenfeldt (1-4) all laced hits. The three time Champions have to settle for second place as Johnson Creek claims the title with their victory over Hustisford 7-2 Friday night. Because of rain out's the Demons were not able to host Hustisford but rather had to play them in a double header in Hustisford. To make things worse Deerfield had to play Johnson Creek the night before. The split double header ended up costing the Demon's their fourth consecutive crown. The good news is that Johnson Creek last year finished second to Deerfield and was able to go on and win the State Championship in division 4, can the Demons do the same? Deerfield 14-3-1 whipped up on 4th place Pardeeville 13-4 behind the pitching and hitting of Dylan Jackson. Jackson was 3-4 with 3 runs batted in, while on the mound Dylan picked up his 6th victory of the year striking out 6 hitters. Cody Wyman (1-2) and Aaron Jahr (1-2) had a hit in the game while each stole two bases. The Demons' (14-3-1) Mike Hommen ran his pitching record to 6-0, 1 save striking out 6 on route to beating St. Johns Military by a score of 5-2. Cody Eilenfeldt went 2-4 knocking in 2 RBI. Dylan Jackson (2-3) kept his hot hitting going driving in a run. Wes Halverson, Garrett Borgrud and Hommen each added a hit. Even with the young girls flirting with the Demon's center fielder, Deerfield's focus was not swayed as Deerfield (12-3-1) crushed Fall River 12-3. Mike Hommen (3-4) again was a star as he ripped two doubles and drove in two runs. Zack "attack" Halverson (2-3) was the RBI king as he drove in three runs. The big hit came off the bat of Tyler Brown (1-2) with a "see you later" HOME RUN to left! Dylan Jackson picked up the victory on the mound. On the base paths nobody could find Jackson (2-3) as he stole three bases. Wes Halverson (2-2) came off the bench for injured Ryan Schenkel (1-1) smacking two hits. Aaron Jahr (2-3) collected a two hit day, while Garrett Borgrud added a base hit. Deerfield (11-3-1) in game two took on D1 Lakeland Minocqua (10-2). Lakeland scored two quick runs in the first inning. The Demons "Fast Attack" at the top of the line up started off the game right. Mike Hommen (2-4) singled to open bottom of the first. Cody Wyman (1-4) then singled moving Hommen to third. Dylan Jackson (1-4) drove in Hommen as he grounded into a fielders choice. From that point on Lakeland controlled the game. The Demons down 7-2 put on a strong rally but fell short dropping an 8-5 decision. Tyler Brown (1-3) and Aaron Jahr (1-3) also added hits for the Demons. The Demons (11-2-1) took on D2 Westfield in game one. Deerfield started off fast with Mike Hommen started the game off with a walk followed by Cody Wyman who delivered a base hit moving Hommen to third. From that point on the Demons dominated Westfield. Dylan Jackson (1-4) then belted a double knocking in both runners. On the mound Hommen had too much heat as he smoked fast ball after fast ball past the helpless hitters. Hommen picked up the victory K'ing 6 batters in 4 innings. Wyman went 2-4 with 2 RBI and a SB, Hommen was 1-1 with 2 RBI, Joining the hitting barage included Aaron Jahr 1-3, Wes Halverson 1-1, Trey Shaw 1-1, Cody Eilenfeldt 1-3, and Zack "attack" Halverson 1-3. Deerfield 11-2-1 overmatched the home team and rival Cambridge. Cambridge who earlier in the year beat both Johnson Creek and Hustisford was no match for the Demons in what turned out to be an easy 11-2 blasting. Dylan Jackson started and picked up the victory on the mound. Jackson went 2-4 knocking in 3 runs , Zack Halverson was 2-4 with 4 RBI, Cody Eilenfeldt was 2-5 with 2 RBI, Aaron Jahr was 1-3 adding an RBI, while Tyler Brown, Mitch Nehring and Cody Wyman picked up a hit. Deerfield (10-2-1) took on the 8th rated division 4 Highland which turned out to be a hard fought victory. The Demons trailed 4-3 going into the bottom half of the 6th inning. Cody Wyman (1-4) singled in the tieing run and Dylan Jackson (1-3) knocked in the leading run. Highland in the top of the 7th with two out stole home to tie the game at 5-5. Deerfield in the bottom of the 7th Zack Halverson (0-0) scored with the bases loaded on a pass ball at home plate. Dylan Jackson picked up the victory on the mound. Deerfield (9-2-1) won matter-of-factly over Williams Bay. Even with Bay's crowd heckeling Bay was no match for the high powered Demon team as Deerfield won 11-1. Mike Hommen (3-3) continued his dominance Belting a ball to the fence. Cody Eilenfeldt (3-5) ripped the ball all over. On the mound, the Halverson brothers combined to shut down Bay with Zack Halverson picking up the win while his brother Wes finished off the home team. The Demons (7-2-1) dominated Waterloo ten running them and winning 10-0. Mike Hommen (4-0 1 save) threw a ONE hitter. Ryan Schenkel was 3-3 in the contest. RIO was no match for the Demons (6-2-1) as they were steamrolled 17-8!! The game started fast as Mike Hommen singled. Hommen (5-5) then was picked off at first base but was able to reach second base on a throwing error by the first baseman. He then stole 3B and was delivered home by Cody Wyman (1-4) who nailed a base hit to left. The hitting continued from there; Cody Eilenfeldt (2-3)connected on a towering shot for a three run HOME RUN!. Dylan Jackson (4-5) K-O'ed RIO as he belted a GRAND SLAM HOME RUN!! Tyler Brown doubled and was 2-2, Garrett Borgrud (1-4) doubled, Zack (1-4) and Wes (1-1) Halverson each collected hits, Aaron Jahr (1-3) also added a hit. Jackson picked up the victory on the mound while stiking out 8 batters.
The Demons split a double header with Hustisford. Mike Hommen (3-0, 1 save) picked up the victory, striking out 6 batters while at the plate, Mike was 1-3. Trying to seal the deal the Demons added two runs in the top of the 7th on Zack Halverson's suicide squeeze bunt. Cody Wyman then drove in the insurance run with a base hit. A big rally in the bottom of the 7th was stopped when Cody Eilenfeldt cut down a would be stealer at third base. Hommen then stuck out the opposing pitcher to seal the victory. In the second game of the double header, Hustisford came out slugging and Deerfield could not match the intensity as the Demons dropped a 7-4 decision. Cody E, belted in two runs with a double and Ryan Schenkel was 2-3 in the contest.
Johnson Creek got even. In a hard fought game in strong winds and cold temps a dead even game was not decided until the final inning. Deerfield took a 1-0 lead in the top of the inning only to have JC score twice to win the game. Tyler Brown was 2-2 and Dylan Jackson took the hard fought loss on the mound while mowing down 7 batters.
The Demons (4-0-1) bats woke up the neighbors as Deerfield crushed Fall River (1-4) 21-2! Mason Lund (1-1) delivered a three run Home Run capping the scoring on the night. Mike Hommen was 2-3 with 2 SB's and 2 RBI. Mitch Nehring (1-1) sliced a base hit knocking in two runs. Aaron Jahr (1-4) hit the ball hard all night and was finally rewarded with a double knocking in two runs. Cody Wyman (2-4) extended his hitting streak to 5 games nailing a double while later adding a base hit and SB. Other collecting hits included, Tyler Brown (1-4), Garrett Borgrud (1-2), Ryan Schenkel (1-3), Dylan Jackson (1-3), Zack Halverson (1-2) and Cody Elienfeldt (1-4). Dylan Jackson picked up the win on the mound striking out 6 batters.
The Demons (3-0-1) minus Dylan Jackson Looked a little tired but mustered up enough energy to beat Williams Bay (0-3) 7-4 Thursday night. Mike Hommen was the star going 3-3 with 3 stolen bases. Hommen came on in relief of starter Zach Halverson striking out 7 batters while picking up the save. Halvey picked up the victory on the mound but also helped his own cause belting 2 runs in and going 2-3. Garrett Borgrud was the big bat belting in THREE runs and was 2-3. Cody Wyman (1-3) extended his hitting streak to 4 games linning a one hopper to center field. Trey Shaw and Nick Saunders each were 2-2 in stolen base attempts.
The Demons (2-0-1) destroyed RIO (0-2) 15-2 on Monday night. The game started out rough as it was a dead heat at 2-2 with the Demons only mustering 3 hits in the first 4+ innings. Deerfield then broke it wide open on route to the 15-2 victory.
Pitcher Mike Hommen struck out 9 picking up his and the teams second win of the season! Hitting was supplied by all but highlighted by Cody Wyman who was 5-5 with two stolen bases and three RBI. Zach Halverson (Cory Hart look-a-like) went 2-5 with 2 RBI, Hommen also collected two hits smacking a double in the game, driving in 3 RBI and adding 2 stolen bases. Dylan Jackson went 2-3. Dylan was ejected from the game on a bad call (Editor opinio) as he slightly collided with the first basesmen who was standing on top of the bag. On the defensive side Tyler Brown made solid plays at second recording 4 assist.
Earlier games: In the first game of the year the Demons tied Lakeside Lutheran 3-3 as the game was called because of darkness. Dylan Jackson pitched 7 strong innings striking out 10. At the plate, Jackson belted a double knocking in a run (1-4). The BIG HIT came off of the bat of Ryan Schenkel (1-1) as he torched one deep and out of the ball park for a HOME RUN!
In the second game of the year Deerfield came from behind in the last inning trailing 5-2 beating Johnson Creek 6-5. In a game that looked like it was not the Demons night it all came together at the end. Mike Hommen picked up the victory on the mound. In the last inning, Brown (0-2) lead off with a walk followed by Hommen (0-3). Aaron Jahr (1-3) then singled loading the bases. Jackson (1-3) then laced a base hit knocking in one. Clean up hitter Schenkel (2-3) then rattled one to the wall (2B) knocking in the tieing runs. Cody Eilenfeldt (2-4) then hammered a base hit driving in the winning run. Cody Wyman hit safely in the game going 2-2.