The Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks had their season come to an end after back-to-back losses at the District 4B tournament in Colman.  The Gamecocks lost their first game on Saturday, July 24th and then lost their second game on Sunday, July 25th.

Going into the district tournament as the fourth seed, the Gamecocks took on the fifth-seeded Flandreau Cardinals on Saturday.  Flandreau scored three runs in the first two innings, picked up another run in the top of the fifth, and then scored six times in the top of the sixth inning for a 10-0 lead.  The Gamecocks were held to just two hits, and the game ended in the seventh inning on the 10-run rule with Flandreau winning 10-0.

Tyler Renken had a double, and Drew DeMers had a single for the two hits.  Renken pitched 5 1/3 innings allowing eight runs, seven earned, on eight hits with three walks and two strikeouts.  Noah Vettrus pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing two earned runs on a hit with a walk.

The loss sent the Gamecocks to the loser’s bracket to play the seventh-seeded Colman A’s on Sunday in an elimination game.  Colman also scored three runs in the first two innings for a 3-0 lead.  The Gamecocks tied the game in the bottom of the third inning with a three-run double by Joe Hanisch.  Colman regained the lead in the top of the fifth with two runs, but the Gamecocks took the lead for the first time in the bottom of the inning with three more runs.  Devon Garry had an RBI single, and Hanisch had a two-run home run to give the Gamecocks a 6-5 lead.  The lead was short-lived as Colman picked up two more runs in the top of the sixth inning and then five more in the top of the eighth for a 12-6 lead.  The Gamecocks tried to make a comeback.  Hanisch had an RBI single, Garry scored on an error, and Jon Maras had an RBI single to cut the lead to 12-9, but that was all the Gamecocks would get as Colman took the win.

Hanisch had three hits, including a home run and double, and drove home six runs.  Garry had two hits and an RBI.  Cam Quigley and Drew Maras both had two hits.  J. Maras had a hit and an RBI.  Broc Haldeman had a double, and Renken had a single.  Micah Warrington pitched 5 2/3 innings allowing seven runs, only one earned, on eight hits and three walks with a strikeout.  Cole Barthel pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing just one walk.  Haldeman pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing five earned runs on four hits with two walks and a strikeout. Quigley pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing three hits with a strikeout.

The Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks nearly pulled off a come-from-behind win after trailing 8-0 to Madison, but Madison scored two late runs to get an 11-10 win in the final regular season league game on Sunday, July 18th.

Madison scored a run in the top of the first inning and then got hot in the top of the fourth.  Madison scored seven times on five hits to take an 8-0 lead after four innings of play.  The Gamecocks started to chip away at the lead starting with two runs in the bottom of the fifth on an two-run single by Jon Maras.  Hartford-Humboldt scored four times in the bottom of the sixth.  Noah Vettrus received a bases-loaded walk, Drew DeMers brought home two with a double, and Devon Garry had an RBI sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 8-6.  The Gamecocks pulled within a run in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single by Drew Maras. 

Madison added a run in the top of the eighth to extend their lead to 9-7.  The Gamecocks took the lead in the bottom of the eighth with three more runs.  Cole Hellie had a two-run single to tie the game.  J. Maras followed with an RBI ground out to put the Gamecocks in front 10-9.  Madison, however, scored two runs with two outs in the top of the ninth to retake the lead 11-10.  Hartford-Humboldt went down in order in the bottom of the ninth.

Tyler Renken had four hits.  Garry finished with three hits, one double, and an RBI.  DeMers had two hits, one double, and two RBIs.  Hellie had two hits and two RBIs.  J. Maras had a hit and three RBIs.  D. Maras had a hit and an RBI.  Dhad Morrison and Adam Hentges both had a hit, and Vettrus had an RBI.  Micah Warrington pitched 3 2/3 innings allowing five earned runs on eight hits with a walk and three strikeouts.  Vettrus pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing three earned runs on three hits with two walks.  Cole Barthel pitched two innings allowing a walk and had a strikeout.  Devon Garry pitched two innings allowing three earned runs on four hits with five walks and four strikeouts.

The Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks and Lennox were locked in a pitcher’s duel in a close game on Thursday, July 15th in Lennox.

Lennox scored in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI ground out.  The score remained 1-0 until the top of the ninth.  After a single by Devon Garry and double by Joe Hanisch, Cole Hellie hit a ground ball and reached on an error by the shortstop.  Both Garry and Hanisch scored on the play to give the Gamecocks a 2-1 lead.  Lennox got two runners on base in the bottom of the ninth with two outs, but Hartford-Humboldt was able to keep Lennox off the board for a 2-1 win.

Drew DeMers and Hanisch both had a double in the game.  Garry had a single.  Tyler Renken pitched seven innings allowing one earned run on seven hits with three walks and three strikeouts.  Broc Haldeman pitched two innings allowing a hit with four strikeouts.