
Jhett Creel and Cooper Smith homered as NOC earned a split with #17 Des Moines Area (IA) on Sunday with a 14-6 win.
Rhett Rutledge had three hits for the Jets while Creel and Cale Wetwiska had two hits each as NOC outhit the Bears 14-6.
Smith had three runs batted in while Creel, Graham Hylton and Rutledge had two runs batted in each.
Ty Pankonin (1-0) earned the win while Corbin Kwan earned the save with 3.1 innings of relief.
The Jets (2-2) host Northeast (NE) on Friday and Saturday in two doubleheaders.
Jets 14, Des Moines Area 6
123 456 7--R H E
DMACC 040 200 0--6 10 1
Jets 600 701 x--14 14 2
Jets--T. Pankonin, C. Kwan (3), C. Sowell (7) and J. Creel. 2B--B. Pierre 2, R. Rutledge 2, G. Hylton. HR--C. Smith, J. Creel. SB--A. Kilgore, B. Pierre, C. Wetwiska, J. Ponce. W--T. Pankonin (1-0).