The early-season goal for Warrenton baseball has been to find depth behind senior pitchers Talon McGrorty and Odin Wilson.
The Warriors have used a number of pitchers this season in hopes of shoring up their depth on the days McGrorty plays shortstop.
With the performance of sophomore Ryan Palmer on Saturday, the Warriors may have found the answer.
Palmer pitched against second place Valley Catholic, rebounding after a rough start. He pitched 5.1 innings and allowed two earned runs. A two-run homer by Valley Catholic shortstop Will Erickson opened the scoring, but a five-run third inning from the Warriors broke the game open.
The Warriors had success against Valley Catholic pitchers Trevor Yee, Brandon Yee and Luke Ehmke. In total, Warrenton registered 11 hits, including a blast from McGrorty in the sixth inning. Ryder Sturgell led the Warriors with three hits.
With a record of 6-0, the Warriors sit atop the 3A-SD1 Special District standings after defeating Horizon Christian and Valley Catholic. The last team with one loss the Warriors have yet to play is 4-1 Banks, whom Warrenton is scheduled to play Friday.

Knappa baseball sweeps Gaston
Knappa baseball defeated Gaston on Friday, 13-3 and 10-3 in the two afternoon games.
The Loggers won the first game behind pitching from Lukas Master and offense from Jude Miller, Braxton Hill and Karson Casper.
Masters pitched 5.1 innings and struck out nine, while Hill and Casper led the Loggers with three hits and two RBIs apiece.
A six-run fourth inning was the difference for Knappa in game two. The Loggers scored at least one run in the first five innings. Oliver Stevens got the win as he went 5.2 innings, gave up two earned runs, struck out 10 batters and also had two hits at the plate. Knappa stole six bases and had 10 total hits.
In game two, Stevens, Ethan Olson and Masters had two RBI’S each.

Seaside baseball falls to St. Helens
After a victory against Clatsop rival Astoria earlier in the week, the Seagulls traveled to St. Helens on Friday.
Seaside scored runs in the first four innings. But the Lions had seven runs in the sixth inning for the 11-4 victory.
Seaside had six errors that led to nine unearned runs for pitcher Hayden Halsen.
Halsen pitched 5.2 innings, struck out four and allowed two earned runs.
The Seagulls were set to travel to Tillamook on Tuesday.