The Clintonville American Legion Post 63 Diamond Cats baseball team started the season strong with wins over Wittenberg and Menominee last week.

Clintonville 4, Wittenberg 2

Jansen Van Daalwyk earned the win on the mound, allowing five hits with three walks. He surrendered one earned run over seven innings of work.

Adam Weatherwax was 3×4 at the plate with two doubles. Van Daalwyk was 2×4, Austin Paisar was 1×2 with 2 RBI, and Kolin Kubitz and Nic Hogen each had a hit for Clintonville.

The Diamond Cats stranded 11 base runners, while Wittenberg stranded six.

Clintonville 15, Menominee 5

Nic Hogen pitched and earned the win for the Diamond Cats.

Weatherwax was 3×4, Garrick Morgan was 3×5, Kubitz was 3×5 with a double, and Paisar was 2×5.

Jake Van Allen, Connor Ford, Nathaniel Krueger, and Zac Riemer also had hits for Clintonville.

The Diamond Cats host Marion on Thursday, June 20, at 7 p.m. The team will travel to Green Lake for a tournament on Saturday, June 22.