Ithaca Baseball opens playoffs with a win

Adam D. Hess

May 28, 2026, 8:06 PM CT

The Ithaca Bulldogs picked up a 9-0 win over Highland on Thursday, behind 14 strikeouts from Hewston Boland and a combined no-hitter from Boland and Caden Keller.

Hewston Boland also drove in a pair with a 2nd inning double. Boland, Isaiah Fargen, Brayden Byrnes, and Derek Franzen all pushed runs across the plate for Ithaca.

The Bulldogs should now host River Ridge on Tuesday June 2 at the Ithaca Baseball Complex. River Ridge got the win, 10-0, over Shullsburg-Benton.

Ithaca, now 17-6 overall, is a #4 seed and River Ridge, a #5 seed, is now 14 and 9 on the year. Highland’s year comes to an at 2 and 19.

Adam Hess

Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at adam.hess@civicmedia.us.