SUTTER, CA (MPG) - The 2023 California Interscholastic Federation Division IV NorCal Champions were acknowledged on Monday, June 5 as the Sutter community celebrated the Sutter Huskies baseball team once more with a parade down Acacia Ave.

This was the baseball program’s first NorCal regional title to be added with the multiple section titles from the Northern Section from the previous season before they added their first CIF Sac-Joaquin Division V title in completion in the SJS.

The 0.6 mile parade started at the South Butte Market where players and coaches got on the back of a long bed truck to be paraded behind the Sutter County Sheriff’s, Sutter County Fire and members of the Sutter County Board of Supervisors.

Parents, fans, children and members of the Sutter community showed their support once more like they did throughout the entire season as the Huskies finished the season on a 10-game win streak with their last defeat on April 27.

The Sutter Board presented Sutter head coach Stewart Peterson with an award acknowledging the NorCal Regional championship post-parade.

Huskies 2023 alumni outfielders Matt Lorentz, Matt McCall and infielder Andrew Hanson expressed to the Dispatch they were thankful for the continuous support of the season from everyone.

All three agreed one game that was a turning point in their season was the non-league 7-5 loss to Gridley on April 11.

“We didn’t like to lose to them then, we weren’t going to lose to them at home again,” Lorentz said.

The Huskies did get a chance to redeem their regular season loss to Gridley on June 3, when they won the CIF NorCal Division IV title over the Bulldogs in a controlling 10-1 victory.

Sutter faced some adversity late in the season as they trailed 5-0 against Hillsdale of San Mateo late in the June 1 CIF NorCal D- IV semifinals before they erupted for six runs in the sixth and seventh inning walk off hit by infielder Logan Yacavace.

You could have called the Huskies the walk-off kids of the 2023 playoffs as they also won a 13-inning thriller to win the SJS Division V championship over Bradshaw Christian on May 23.

Sutter loses a great group of senior leadership including alumni catcher Landon Sable and utility Jack Munger added to Hanson, McCall and Lorentz.

Although leadership walks out into the “real world,” players will step up into the roles next season as the Huskies bring a ton of talent back for next year’s squad.

The pitching staff for the Huskies will be one of the deepest returning staffs going into next season as Hawaii commit Jagger Beck will lead the charge. Sutter will also have the arms of Jonny Munger, Yacavace and Kasey Combo.

On top of the pitching, Sutter brings more than half of its starting lineup back to a competitive squad on top of the talent Peterson brings up next season to help contend again in the Pioneer Valley League.