{"id":18037,"date":"2025-08-11T09:29:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/la-crosse-loggers\/?p=18037"},"modified":"2025-08-11T09:29:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:29:23","slug":"duluth-takes-game-1-tops-loggers-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/la-crosse-loggers\/2025\/08\/11\/duluth-takes-game-1-tops-loggers-6-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Duluth Takes Game #1, Tops Loggers 6-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La Crosse, Wisc. &#8211; clinching the first half playoff\u00a0spot in the Great Plains East, the Loggers hosted the second half winners in the Duluth Huskies for Game 1 of the 2025 Northwoods League\u00a0Playoffs.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the top of the 1st inning, the Huskies made their presence known as NWL MVP Ethan Surowiec blasted a 3-run shot into left field to give the Huskies the early lead.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On the 2nd pitch of the 2nd inning, Jake Downing followed that up with a home run of his own giving Duluth a commanding 4-0 lead early in the game.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Duluth tallied\u00a0again in the 3rd inning as Surowiec came around to score on an Ethan Cole double.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Huskies continued to pour it on in the 4th as Kingsley Guthrie came in to score on an RBI groundout from Rowan Kelly.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>La Crosse loaded the bases in the bottom half of the inning and were able to push 2 runs across in Carson Ohland (GCU) and Joseph Quelch (Georgia Gwinnett) making it a 6-2 lead for the Huskies.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Both teams threatened throughout the rest of the game but the scoring was halted after the 4th inning. 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