The top 10 countdown of best moments of the 2020-2021 school year at Norwalk begins today, and #10 took place toward the beginning of the recently completed summer sports season.

In a rematch of last year’s Class 3A state championship game, the Norwalk baseball team took down #1 in 3A Gilbert 8-3 on an unseasonable cool evening on May 28th.

The Warriors were crisp throughout the night, scoring in all but the sixth inning. Norwalk methodically tacked on one run apiece in innings one through three, but Gilbert answered with three runs of their own in the top of the fourth, courtesy of a pair of Norwalk errors. A Ryan Wood single in the bottom of the fourth broke the game open by scoring two runs. Another run in the frame and two more in the fifth would conclude the scoring, and excellent pitching the rest of the way held the Tigers off the board. Head Coach Chad Wiedmann said afterwards that his team performed well in all aspects of the game.

Leading offensively was Ryan Wood with two hits, two RBI’s and two runs scored. Evan Borst and Vinnie Mauro combined on the mound to give up just two hits and two walks while recording 10 strikeouts. The win kept the Warriors undefeated on the season.