Otto throws five inning no-hitter; ALAH blanks CGB in baseball

By Editor | May 5, 2026 |

In the game last Friday with Cerro Gordo Bement, Knights’ freshman Griffin Hilton dives safely back to first base on a pick off attempt by the Broncos pitcher. Griffin was a pinch runner in the game which ALAH won 11-0 in five innings. The Knights are now 16-6 on the season and are currently leading the Lincoln Prairie Conference with a 7-1 record.

By Mike Monahan

ARTHUR – Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond’s baseball team extended its winning streak to six games as they improved to 16-6 overall. The Knights won three Lincoln Prairie Conference games, improving to 7-1. Okaw Valley and Argenta-Oreana are 5-1.

The week began with a no-hitter by Marcus Otto in a 10-0 five inning triumph over Argenta-Oreana on April 28. Last Thursday, ALAH escaped Arcola 4-2 (see story elsewhere in the County Chronicle and Record Herald News) and last Friday the Knights allowed just four hits in an 11-0 five inning conquest of Cerro Gordo/Bement.

Cerro Gordo/Bement at Arthur Lovington
Atwood Hammond, Friday

ALAH jumped out to a 3-0 lead and increased it to 7-0 after two and 11-0 after three innings. In the third with one out Logan Schrock singled, John Williams walked and Will Hilligoss singled to right scoring Schrock. Otto walked and Williams scored on a fielder’s choice. Jansen Burnett’s single scored Max Boddy and Hilligoss who was 3-for-4 with two runs batted in. Boddy was 1-for-2 with three RBIs.

Gus Mann was 2-for-2 accounting for half of the CGB hits. Cole Giberson and Jack Hentz had the other hits. The Broncos fell to 2-12 overall and 2-5 in the conference.

Argenta-Oreana at ALAH, Tuesday

Otto threw just 54 pitches, 38 for strikes. He did not walk anyone and had four strikeouts. Argenta did reach base four times, including in the second inning when three errors loaded the bases with no one out. A strikeout and a 5 (Jansen Burnett)-2 (Donovan Vanausdoll)-3 (Lucas Butcher) double play. Otto returned the last 12 in order.

Offensively, the Knights got all they needed in the first with three runs on a two-out, three-run double to center. ALAH added two more runs in the fourth for a 5-0 lead and scored five runs in the final inning to win by 10 with a three-run homer by Will Hilligoss ended the game with only one out.

ALAH 11, CGB 0
CGB 000 00–0-4-2
ALAH 344 0x–11-10-0

Winning pitcher: Max Boddy 2 innings, 3 hits, 0 runs, 4 strikeouts, 0 walks; relief: Jansen Burnett 2 innings, 0 hits, 0 runs, 2 strikeouts, 1 walk; Donovan Vanausdoll 1 inning, 1 hit, 0 runs, 2 strikeouts, 0 walks

Losing pitcher: Lucas Tirpak 2 ⅓ innings, 7 his, 10 runs, 8 earned, 2 strikeouts, 4 walks; relief: Drew Larimore 1 ⅔ innings, 3 hits, 1 run, 1 earned, 3 strikeouts, 1 walk

CGB; Cole Giberson 1-for-2; Jack Hentz 1-for-2; Gus Mann 2-for-2

ALAH: John Williams stolen base, 2 runs; Will Hilligoss 3-for-4, stolen base, 3 runs, 2 RBIs; Marcus Otto stolen base, 2 runs; Boddy 1-for-2, sacrifice,stolen base, run, 3 RBIs; Burnett 1-for-2, 2 RBIs; Kody Burdick 1-for-2; Lucas Butcher 1-for-3; Donovan Vanausdoll 1-for-3; Logan Schrock 2-for-2, stolen base, 2 runs; Anden Berry run

ALAH 10, Argenta-Oreana 0
A-O 000 00–0-0-1
ALAH 300 25–10-10-4

Winning pitcher: Otto 5 innings, 0 hits, 0 runs, 4 strikeouts, 0 walks

ALAH: Wiliams 1-for-2, stolen base, 2 runs; Hilligoss 3-for-4, 2 runs, home run, 2 stolen bases, 4 RBIs; Otto run; Burdick 1-for-2, double, run, 3 RBIs; Butcher 2-for-3, run; Griffin Hilton run; Vanausdoll 1-for-2, RBI; Schrock 2-for-2, 2 runs, double, 2 RBIs