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ADVANCE -- Advance High junior Garrett Broshuis distinguished himself this past basketball season as one of the area's top players, averaging 22 points a game.

Winter has given way to spring, and basketball to baseball, but Broshuis' prowess hasn't diminished. On Thursday, he demonstrated that he is as adept at tossing fastballs as he is jump shots.

Broshuis struck out 19 Bloomfield batters in seven innings in the Hornets' 4-1 victory. The right-hander permitted one walk and one hit, a leadoff triple in the fourth that led to the Wildcats' lone run.

"All of his pitches were working good," said Advance coach Derek Urhahn. Urhahn added that Broshuis had spun a couple of games of more than 10 strikeouts this season, but Thursday's dazzling outing was unprecedented.

Broshuis fanned the side in the second, third, fourth and seventh innings. He struck out two hitters in the first and sixth.

Advance, which led 2-1 before tacking on two runs in the seventh, improved to 8-6. Broshuis, Daniel Turner and Chris Wallace each had two hits.