AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Wilder Seniors wins two out of three opening weekend
Published 11:30 am Sunday, May 31, 2026
LYNNWOOD — The Wilder Senior American Legion Baseball Club got off to a 2-1 start this weekend at an 18U tournament held in Lynnwood.
Wilder Sr. finished play Saturday with a 7-0 shutout over the Dragons Elite 18U team with three pitchers combining for a three-hitter. Earlier in the day, Wilder was beaten by the Mavericks 8-0.
Wilder Sr. also won its season opener 9-4 over the ENW Bandits, allowing four five hits.
In the shutout over Dragons Elite, Kody Williams went four innings, allowing three hits and striking out five. Devyn Dearinger went two innings and struck out one, allowing no hits and Logan Doyle went an innings, striking out two.
At the plate, Brayden Martin went 2-for-2 with two runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base. Easton Fisher hit a double and drove in a run, while Carson Waddell and Owen Leitz each scored two runs and stole a base.
Wilder Sr. did most of its damage in the sixth inning, scoring four runs on two errors, a dropped third strike, a hit batsmen, a walk and timely RBI hits from Martin and Fisher.
In the loss to the Mavericks, Wilder Sr. managed just one hit, by Abe Brenkman. Parker Pavlack pitched 1⅓ scoreless innings, striking out three.
In the season-opening win over the ENW Bandits, Wilder banged out 11 hits. Carston Seibel was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI. Lincoln Bear had a hit and three RBIs, while Hunter Tennell had a hit and two RBIs. Waddell had a hit and two runs scored and Brenkman had a hit and an RBI.
On the mound, Martin went four innings, allowing three hits and one earned run. He struck out four. Ethan Swenson went two innings, allowing two hits and striking out three.
Wilder Sr. played a doubleheader late Sunday with the results after press deadline against WBC Post No. 7 in Area 1 American Legion league games. Wilder Sr. also plays Narrows 18U premier at 6 p.m. Monday at Civic Field.
Wilder 7, Dragon Elite 18U 0
Drag. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 3 4
WSr. 0 2 0 0 1 4 x — 7 4 0
Pitching
WSr. — Dearinger 2 IP, K; Williams 4 IP, 3 H, 5 K; Doyle IP, 2 K.
Hitting
Martin 2-2, 2 R, RBI, SB; Fisher 1-1, 2B RBI; Waddell 1-2, 2 R, SB; Leitz 0-3, 2 R, SB.
Mavericks 8, Wilder Sr. 0
WSr. 0 0 0 0 0 x x — 0 1 1
Mavs 3 5 0 0 x x x — 8 7 1
Hitting
WSr. —Brenkman 1-1
Pitching
WSr. — Schmadeke 2.2 IP, 7 H, 8 ER, 2 K; Pavlak 1.1 IP, 3 K.
Wilder Sr. 9, ENW Bandits 4
WSr. 2 0 0 4 1 2 x — 9 11 3
ENW 0 0 0 1 0 3 x — 4 5 0
Pitching
WSr. — Martin 4 IP, 3 H, ER, 4 K; Swenson 2 IP, 2 H, 3 K.
Hitting
WSr. — Seibel 3-4, 2 R, RBI; Bear 1-2, 3 RBI; Waddell 1-2, 3 R; Tennell 1-4, 2 RBI; Brenkman 1-1, RBI.
