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Fremont High's Hunter Maycock rears back to throw a pitch in a prep baseball game against Weber on Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Plain City.

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Weber High's Rhett Panter, left, tags out Fremont's Tad Grange at second base during a prep baseball game Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Plain City.

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Fremont High's Bodee Hawkins, right, moves under a ball for a tach as teammate Calvin Cooper eases up in the outfield during a prep baseball game against Weber on Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Plain City.

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Weber High's Cooper Johnson steps to deliver a pitch in a prep baseball game against Fremont on Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Plain City.

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Fremont High's Calvin Cooper follows through on his swing in a prep baseball game against Weber on Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Plain City.

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Weber High's Sam Gerritsen takes a cut at a Fremont pitch in a prep baseball game Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Plain City.

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Fremont High's Landon Palmer arrives at third base and looks across the diamond during a prep baseball game against Weber on Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Plain City.

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Weber High's Zac Howell trots home as his dugout watches the play develop in a prep baseball game against Fremont on Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Plain City.

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Fremont High's Landon Palmer secures a fly out of a Weber ball during a prep baseball game Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Plain City.

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Weber High's Cooper Johnson runs to first base in a prep baseball game against Fremont on Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Plain City.

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PLAIN CITY — After three stormy days, a game postponement and a change of venue, Fremont High pitcher Hunter Maycock was ready and raring to go against Weber on Saturday afternoon.

“It’s a nice day. From the start, when I got here, I knew that I had my stuff — and if I have my stuff, no one can hit me. That’s kind of what I think on the mound,” Maycock said. “I go right after the hitters. I put my stuff where the catcher calls it … sometimes unhittable.”

Maycock struck out 11, walked two, and allowed four hits in a sterling complete-game performance.

Kasen Pearson made a winner out of Maycock and the Silverwolves, smashing a wicked ground ball through the left side of the infield in the bottom of the seventh inning, and Fremont rallied for a come-from-behind, 4-3 victory in a nonregion thriller.

Tad Grange reached on an error and advanced on a passed ball, then Adam Mikesell walked, setting the table for Pearson.

“I had an idea they were going to get on, and as soon as that happened, I had to be big in the moment; do what I could,” Pearson said. “I was thinking it was going to be me. My goal was to get on no matter what. I was trying to crush it and hit it hard enough that the kid made an error and we ended up scoring.”

Fremont (7-5) led 1-0 on an RBI double by centerfielder Landon Palmer in the second inning, and Maycock was perfect over three innings before faltering in the fourth.

The Warriors (2-9) banged their only four hits of the game, including doubles by Zac Howell, DJ Snow and Keldyn Hubbard, to take a 3-1 lead.

“We talked to the players about putting the bat on the ball, not trying to do too much,” Weber coach Eric Nelson said. “Bridger (Lopshire) started us off just throwing the bat on the ball, and we’re like, ‘Oh, that’s how you do it.’ Hitting is contagious; we were able to string some hits together … ball found the green.”

Maycock weathered the storm without a visit to the mound from Fremont coach Garrett Clark.

“He makes you fight through it yourself. I don’t know what happened. I just threw the ball right to their barrels,” Maycock said. “Their leadoff hitter got a good line-drive base hit that started it, and they had momentum going that inning. It was a little fluke on my part, but we came back.”

Fremont scored a run without a hit in the fifth inning, then tied it 3-3 on a Maycock sacrifice fly in the sixth.

“When we got the runner to third, I told myself, ‘Line the ball up and put it in the outfield somewhere.’ (Palmer) is one of our fastest guys on the bases,” Maycock said.

Cooper Johnson pitched into the sixth inning for the Warriors, allowing only three hits, while walking three and striking out one.

He did it with a fastball that maybe approached 70, according to Clark, who chewed on his team after the game because they didn’t break through earlier.

“We didn’t adjust fast enough. It was the same thing — slow curveball, slow curveball,” Pearson said. “Everyone got big eyes, seeing a big old beachball flying across the middle and popping it up.”

Nelson had praise for his senior starter.

“(Cooper) doesn’t have the velocity that most top high school arms have. That doesn’t mean you can’t compete. He worked hard in the offseason. If hitting is timing, pitching is upsetting timing and he did that all day.”

Nelson continued: “That was the difference in the game. Maycock made his adjustments, and we didn’t make ours. He’s a really good pitcher and did a hell of a job.”

Despite it being a Saturday during spring break, the rivalry game still had its savor.

“No matter how good they are, how good we are, it’s going to be a really good game between us,” Pearson said. “It’s a rough game with these guys, having fun; we’ve known them forever. Not necessarily hatred, but ‘we’re better than you.'”