North Callaway baseball played like it wanted in one game on Saturday but not so much in the second game.

The Thunderbirds opened the season with an 8-2 win over South Callaway and a 5-3 loss to Kirksville in a triangular at South Callaway in Mokane. North Callaway scored its runs against South Callaway on five hits and finished with one error but had four errors that gave way to four unearned runs against Kirksville.

Tucker Sheets led against South Callaway by going 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI. The senior produced along with junior Coltyn O’Neal as he went 1-for-2 with two walks and two no-hit innings pitched with two strikeouts. Chett Bassett was making his varsity debut as a freshman and picked up the win on the mound with two no-hit innings and one strikeout.

Bassett’s senior older brother, Carson, pitched five innings against Kirksville with four strikeouts and one walk but also four unearned runs. Sheets went 2-for-4 with one run and one double, and freshman Jude Shryock finished 1-for-1 with two walks and one run. 

North Callaway improved to 2-1 on Monday with a 10-6 win in eight innings at Fulton (0-3). Coltyn O’Neal had the game-winning hit in a four-run eighth inning with a two-RBI double, Tucker Sheets went 2-for-3 with two walks and one RBI, and Carson Bassett went 2-for-4 with three RBIs. Chett Bassett pitched 5⅓ innings with nine strikeouts, two unearned runs, two walks and one hit, and also tied a school record with four strikeouts in one inning. Jude Shryock picked up the win after pitching two innings with four strikeouts, one hit and one walk.