Palmyra Panthers Bounce Back With Three Straight Wins in Busy Baseball Week

By Editor | May 13, 2026

PALMYRA — The Palmyra baseball team answered a narrow loss to open the week with three straight victories, piling up 45 runs across its final three games and building momentum heading into the final week of the regular season.
The Panthers went 3-1 during the week, falling 6-4 to Liberty on Monday before beating South Shelby 15-0 on Thursday and sweeping a Saturday doubleheader with a 16-0 win over Highland and a 14-9 comeback victory over Marceline. Palmyra enters the final week of the season at 18-8.
The Panthers also hold the top seed in the Class 3 District 6 tournament. Palmyra will open district play next Monday against the winner of the Monroe City/Highland game.
Palmyra’s biggest offensive explosion came Thursday against South Shelby, when the Panthers scored 12 runs in the first inning and rolled to a 15-0 win. Rylan Compton homered to left field, Brody Horstmeier homered to right, Max Dawson Heimer doubled in two runs, Raeson Miller drew a bases-
loaded walk, Logan Kroeger tripled in two runs, Horstmeier added an RBI triple and Brodie Webb doubled in a run during the first-inning surge.
Horstmeier also controlled the game on the mound, throwing three hitless innings with six strikeouts and no walks to earn the win. He helped himself
at the plate by going 2-for-2 with three RBIs. Miller and Kroeger also had two hits apiece, while Ty Haskins stole two bases as part of a five-steal game for Palmyra.
The Panthers kept rolling Saturday against Highland, scoring seven runs in the first inning and nine more in the second in a 16-0 victory.
Logan Kroeger earned the win, allowing no hits and no runs over three innings while striking out four and walking two. Henley Snow drove in two runs from the No. 9 spot, while Rafe Jones, Brady Thomas Cook, Haskins, Miller and Jayce Kelly Wilson each had one hit.
Palmyra then had to rally in its second game Saturday, overcoming a six-run deficit to beat Marceline 14-9. Griffin Scifres had a perfect day at the plate, collecting three hits in three at-bats with singles in the second, third and fifth innings. The Panthers flipped the game with an 11-run second inning on eight hits, highlighted by a two-run double from Miller.
Compton earned the win against Marceline, working five innings and striking out three. Heimer added one innings of scoreless relief, allowing no hits while striking out one. Palmyra finished with 14 hits, led by three
apiece from Cook, Miller and Scifres. Miller drove in three runs, while
Horstmeier added two hits.
The Panthers’ lone setback came Monday against Liberty, when they led 4-3 in the sixth before Liberty rallied for three runs in the bottom half of the
inning. Heimer went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, while Horstmeier also had two hits. Cook took the loss, allowing two runs on five hits over four innings with
two strikeouts and two walks.
Palmyra showed balance throughout the week, combining power, patience and pitching depth. The Panthers hit home runs from Compton, Horstmeier
and Miller, got multi-hit games from Heimer, Horstmeier, Cook, Miller and Scifres, and received run-prevention boosts from Horstmeier and Kroeger in back-to-back shutouts.