In the second inning, Kaiden Pastorick hit a ground ball and reached on an error to bring Owen Fields home and give the Eskymos a 2-0 lead.

The Eskymos added to their lead in the third inning as senior Graham Johnson came through with a two-run single to center field to put the Eskymos up 4-0.

The Chargers got on the board in the top of the sixth inning as they scored one run off an error by the Eskymos to cut the deficit to 4-1.

Cannon Arnt earned the win for the Eskymos allowing zero runs on five hits with five strikeouts and one walk.

“I felt really good today,” Arnt said. “The work we put in winter and even the summer really paid off for us today.”

The Eskymos took an early 2-0 over Denmark Wis. as Graham Johnson had an RBI single to score Lennox Peacock and Hughes scored on a throwing error.

Denmark cut the deficit to 2-1 on an RBI-single by Caden Peterson and the Vikings took control from there as they scored 11 runs over the third, fourth and fifth innings to get the mercy rule victory.

A bright spot in the loss was freshman Alex Irving getting his first varsity hit as well as making some nice plays on the defensive side of the ball.

The Eskymos final game of the weekend came against the Kewaunee Storm as they shutout the Eskymos 9-0on a perfect game by Brett Paulsen.

“He is an incredible player,” Eskymos coach Scott Hanson said. “He did a good job with his command and we were not able to get a hit on him.

Paulsen struck out 19 of the 21 batters he faced as Brody Ison and Irving were the only two Eskymos to really have a chance to break up Paulsen’s gem.

“I was just looking to put it all together today,” Paulsen said. “I pitched against the guys last year and got hit on towards the end and just worked hard today to put together a complete performance to help our team win.”

Kewaunee made it all the way to the state championship last year coming together after the loss of a teammate to suicide.

“It split everyone up at first,” Paulsen said. “But the team came together and you can feel it on the road trips and in the dugout the kindness of the team and it really brought us all together.

Paulsen’s pitching performance is something rarely seen at this level having faced 21 batters and allowing zero baserunners.