Bonduel tops Menominee Nation baseball 17-1 in regional scoreboard

Bonduel’s 17-1 five-inning win over Menominee Nation on May 14 laid bare how much ground the Eagles still have to cover in Central Wisconsin-East play. Menominee Nation managed only two hits, Bonduel finished with 13, and the Bears extended their winning streak against the Eagles to eight straight while moving to 15-4.

The score also sat in a busy regional scoreboard that included Shawano’s win over Green Bay East/West and Luxemburg-Casco’s shutout of Marinette, a reminder that the spring schedule is moving fast across northeastern Wisconsin. For Menominee Nation, the loss was another sharp snapshot of a season that has not found much traction, with the Eagles now 4-12 and coming off four straight road defeats.

Bonduel’s offense was led by Beckett Hartlaben, who reached base in all four plate appearances, scored four runs, stole three bases and drove in one. Gavin Hundt went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, three runs and three RBIs, and Joe Felhofer added a 2-for-3 day with two runs and two RBIs. The Bears turned that production into a game that was out of hand quickly and stayed that way.

The result was not an isolated one. Bonduel had already beaten Menominee Nation 13-3 on April 16, when the Bears scored four runs in the first inning and added eight more across the third and fourth to take control early. The repeated one-sided outcomes show a widening gap between the programs this season, especially when the teams meet in succession.

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association schedule lists Menominee Nation as a Division 3 team in the Central Wisconsin-East conference, with Brandon Frechette as head coach. It also shows the Eagles at 3-12 overall and 2-10 in conference when the page was updated, underscoring how much pressure now sits on the final stretch of the schedule. The immediate task is clear: Menominee Nation has to get more from its pitching staff, limit the big innings and find more consistent offense if it wants to change the tone of its season.

Menominee Nation was set to face Iola-Scandinavia on Monday, May 18, while Bonduel was scheduled to meet Kewaunee on Friday, May 16. For the Eagles, the next game offered another chance to stop the slide and start showing the kind of stability that has been missing since the spring opened.