Week two of the 2025 season showed nothing but good for the Malad Dragon baseball team.  Taking on the Snake River Panthers for a second time and the Teton Timberwolves, the MHS team notched two more in the win column.

Hosting the Panthers Friday, March 21, the Dragons put up a no hitter in just six innings.  Malad posted their first runs in the bottom of the first inning by Ky Willie, Cale Briggs, and Carter Blaisdell.  While Snake River remained scoreless in each inning, Malad consistently added runs to their score until they tallied a 10-0 lead in the bottom of sixth, ending the game early.  

Brady Showell owned the pitcher’s circle in the first five innings of the game to help Malad put up an incredibly tough defense.  Of the 20 batters he faced, Showell didn’t allow a single run or hit, walked 2 and struck out 7.  Blaisdell came in to relief pitch in the final inning of the game, walking 1 and striking out 2.  

Saturday, March 22, saw the Dragons hosting the Teton Timberwolves in their afternoon game.  The Timberwolves brought a much tougher game, challenging the Dragons in the best way.  

In the opening innings, Malad did well to meet their first objective- to get on base.  But the Teton fielders were quick to put a stop to any base running the MHS had going for them.  Multiple Dragon runners attempted to steal their way around bases, but they came up short over and over again.  

Then in the third inning, Briggs, walked on base, stole second as Blaisdell took a swing at the pitch.  As the Teton pitcher tossed another, Briggs successfully stole third.  Capitalizing on the third baseman’s error on the attempted out, Briggs dashed for home base, safely making it to put the Dragon’s on the scoreboard, 1-0.

Malad scored again in the fifth inning, in a similar fashion,  Easton Green managed to get on base and then stole his way around third.  Hudson Daniels, at bat, hit a ground ball to shortstop, bobbling the catch, giving both Daniels the chance to get on base and Green the chance to make it home.

In the sixth inning, the Dragons gave up 2 runs to Teton, but responded in the bottom of the sixth with 4 additional runs of their own, winning the game 6-2.

Head Coach Jeff Snow shared, “We had a good couple of games with defense and base running but at times we struggled with hitting.  Our pitching was really good Friday and Saturday which allowed us to do more things.”

“Overall, it’s early in the season but I am focusing on developing our players so we can make a deep run for the State Title,” Coach Snow shared about the goals of his team this season.  He continued, “This is why our schedule is difficult, better teams help us to become better.  We as a team have a three pronged approach.  1- hard hitting line drive hitters, 2- great defense and 3- aggressive base-running.”

When looking to where fans will see the team improve he said, “I think we will continue to have good defense and stolen bases, but I believe our team batting average will increase the most as the season moves along.  We are also developing more pitchers so we can have a deeper bullpen later in the year.”

The Dragons will next play in Preston on Tuesday, April 1.