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Garretson Scores Late Runs to Beat West Central 16U

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West Central 16U held a 7-5 lead after four innings, but Garretson scored four runs late in the game to steal a 9-7 win on Thursday, June 17th.

Garretson got off to a quick start in the top of the first inning.  The first seven batters reached safely, and Garretson scored four times before an out was recorded.  West Central responded with a big inning of their own in the bottom of the first to tie the game 4-4.  Duece Sherard led the inning with a triple.  Justin Zirpel followed with an RBI double.  Gage Nelson and Dylan Stromer had back-to-back RBI triples, and Braydon Odegaard had an RBI single.

West Central took the lead in the bottom of the fourth after Garretson scored a run in the top of the fourth.  Stromer was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to tie the game 5-5.  Odegaard followed with a two-run single to give West Central the 7-5 lead. 

Garretson, however, scored three times in the top of the fifth inning with two outs to regain the lead at 8-7.  They added one more run in the top of the sixth.

Odegaard had two hits with three RBIs.  Zirpel had two hits, including a double, with an RBI.  Stromer had a triple with two RBIs.  Nelson had two hits, one of those a triple.  Sherard finished with a triple, and Andrew Zimmer had a double.

Owen Heath pitched four innings allowing five runs, three earned, on six hits with one walk and six strikeouts.  Zimmer pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing four runs, none of them earned, on three hits with three walks and a strikeout.  Odegaard pitched an inning allowing a hit and two strikeouts.

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Gamecocks Win Postponed Game over Colman

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The Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks hosted the Colman A’s in a make-up game on Tuesday, June 15th.  The Gamecocks rallied in the later innings for a 12-5 victory.

The Gamecocks did have an early lead after two runs in the bottom of the first inning.  Drew DeMers scored on an error, and Cam Quigley scored on a double-play to give Hartford-Humboldt a 2-0 lead.  After a run by Colman in the top of the second, Drew Maras had an RBI single in the bottom of the inning to push the lead back to two runs at 3-1. 

Colman tied the game in the top of the fourth on a two-run home run, and then took the lead in the top of the fifth on another two-run home run.  Colman led 5-3 heading into the bottom of the fifth inning.

The Gamecocks regained the lead in the bottom of the fifth.  Broc Haldeman had an RBI ground out, and Cole Hellie drove home two on a single for a 6-5 lead.  Two more runs scored in the bottom of the sixth when Joe Hanisch scored on a steal of home and an RBI single by DeMers.  The Gamecocks scored three more times in the bottom of the seventh.  Hanisch had a two-run single and then later scored on an error.  The final run scored on an RBI double by DeMers in the bottom of the eighth.

DeMers had three hits, including a double, with two RBIs.  Hanisch had two hits and two RBIs.  Hellie had a hit and two RBIs.  Broc Haldeman and Devon Garry both had hits and an RBI.  Quigley, Noah Vettrus, and Cahd Morrison all had two hits. 

Micah Warrington pitched four innings allowing five earned runs on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts.  Garry pitched four innings allowing three hits with one walk and four strikeouts.  Haldeman pitched one inning allowing a hit and had one strikeout.

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Mulder Hits Game-Winner for West Central Royal 14U

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With the game tied 9-9 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Cooper Mulder hit a single to left field scoring Landon Holewa for the walk-off game-winner giving West Central Royal 14U a 10-9 win over Flandreau on Monday, June 14th in Humboldt.

Flandreau struck first with a run in the top of the first inning, but West Central scored twice in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by Mulder and an RBI ground out by Stone Loof.  West Central extended the lead when Preston Hostetler scored on an error to make the score 3-1.  Flandreau tied the game, 3-3, in the top of the fourth with two runs.

West Central regained the lead in the bottom of the fourth on a two-run double by Holewa.  Both teams scored in the fifth inning.  Mulder scored on a single by Quincey Stephens, and West Central led 6-4 after five innings.  Flandreau took thee lead in the top of the sixth with four runs, but West Central responded with three in the bottom of the sixth.  Mulder drove home two with a single to tie the game 8-8.  CJ DenBoer scored on a wild pitch to give West Central the lead again 9-8.  Flandreau tied the game in the top of the seventh inning, 9-9, to force extra innings, but Mulder’s hit ended the game in the eighth.

Mulder finished with three hits and four RBIs.  Holewa had four hits, one a double, with two RBIs.  DenBoer had three hits.  Hostetler finished with two hits.  Loof and Stephens both had a hit and an RBI.  Gavin DeHaven had a double.  Lando Whiting and Cody Opitz both had hits.

DenBoer pitched four innings allowing three runs, all unearned, on two hits with one walk and five strikeouts.  Whiting pitched two innings allowing five runs, two earned, on five hits with two walks and four strikeouts.  Hostetler pitched two innings allowing one earned run on a hit with two walks and two strikeouts.

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Mudcats Defeat Wood Ducks in League Play

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The Hartford-Humboldt Wood Ducks fell to the Dell Rapids Mudcats in Cornbelt League action on Sunday, June 13th by a score of 15-8.

Dell Rapids got two runs in the top of the first inning.  The Wood Ducks got a run back in the bottom of the second when Phil Madsen scored on a wild pitch.  Dell Rapids scored another run in the fourth and two more in the fifth for a 5-1 lead.

The sixth inning became interesting for both teams.  Dell Rapids scored seven times in the top of the inning to go ahead 12-1, but the Wood Ducks avoided the 10-run rule by scoring six times themselves to cut the lead to 12-7.

The Mudcats, however, scored another two runs in the seventh, and one more in the top of the night while the Wood Ducks were only able to get one more run in the bottom of the ninth.

Madsen and Austin King both had a double and a single in the game.  Nathan Adrian and Tyler Lundborg each had a single.  Blake Svoboda took the loss.

Gamecocks Fall to Lennox in Cornbelt League Game

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The Hartford-Hubmoldt Gamecocks dropped a Cornbelt League game to Lennox on Sunday, June 13th.  Lennox scored five runs in the first four innings and took the win 8-1.

The Gamecocks’ lone run was driven in by Quiqley on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth.

Quiqley finished with two hits, including a double, and an RBI.  Clayton Hanisch had a double.  Jon Maras had two hits.  Drew DeMers and Joe Hanisch both had a hit.

Tyler Renken pitched six innings allowing five earned runs on five hits with eight walks and three strikeouts.  DeMers pitched two innings giving up three earned runs on four hits with two walks and a strikeout.  J. Hanisch pitched one inning allowing three hits with two strikeouts.

The Gamecocks currently have a 5-7 record.

Hartford Sparx 18U Wins Silver Bracket Tournament in Mitchell

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The Hartford Sparx 18U softball team won the silver bracket of the Lowell Rang Memorial Tournament in Mitchell.  The tournament was held Friday, June 11th through Sunday, June 13th.

The Sparx won their first pool play game on Friday against Parkston by a score of 4-0.  Hartford scored a run in the fourth and three in the fifth while holding Parkston to just three hits in the game.

Avery Evans had three hits.  Grace Harden, Brooke Opitz, and Kaylee Olson all had hits and an RBI.  McKenna Sichmeller had a double.  Taylor Kunzweiler also had a hit.  Harden pitched all seven innings allowing just three hits with eight strikeouts.

Hartford played their final two pool play games on Saturday, dropping both of them.  In the first game, Metro Select Nationals scored two runs in the first and two in the second for a 4-0 lead.  The Sparx rallied for three in the bottom of the seventh on a three-run double by Caitlyn Maa, but she was left on second base as the tying run as the game ended.

Harden had two hits.  Maa had a double and three RBIs.  Jenna Lueth, Opitz, Addy Kramer, Olivia Brown, and Olson all had hits.  Kunzweiler pitched six innings allowing four runs, three earned, on nine hits with one walk and six strikeouts.

The Sparx then lost their final pool play game after giving up three runs to Fusion Heat to fall by a score of 6-5.  Harden and Kramer both had two hits and an RBI.  Brown and Kunzweiler both had a single and an RBI.  Evans and Sichmeller both had a double in the game.  Riley Morrison also had a hit.  Harden pitched six innings allowing six earned runs on 11 hits with two walks and three strikeouts.

After going 1-2 in pool play, Hartford was set as the #2 seed in the silver division, single-elimination tournament on Sunday.

In the first game, the Sparx blanked Diamonds Elite 8-0 by only allowing two hits.  Sichmeller finished with a triple and two RBIs.  Harden had two hits, including a double, and an RBI.  Lueth had a hit and two RBIs.  Maa, Evans, and Brown all had a hit.  Olson pitched five innings allowing just two hits and had five strikeouts.

Hartford had another shutout in their second game beating the Rebels 4-0.  The Sparx scored all four runs in the bottom of the third.  Maa had two more hits, including a double, with two RBIs.  Kramer had a hit and an RBI.  Harden, Sichmeller, and Lueth all had singles.  Kunzweiler pitched three innings allowing three hits with three walks and two strikeouts.  Harden also pitched three innings allowing a hit while striking out three batters.

The Sparx then took the championship game 6-1 over Mitchell Adrenaline.  Hartford scored five times in the top of the third, while Mitchell’s lone run came in the bottom of the inning.  Hartford added one more in the top of the sixth.

Brown had two hits, one home run and one double, with three RBIs.  Knuzweiler and Sichmeller both had a hit and an RBI.  Riley Morrison had two hits.  Opitz, Harden, Kramer, and Evans all had singles.   Harden pitched six innings allowing one earned run on six hits with five strikeouts.

Second Place in I-29 League Tournament Goes to West Central 16U

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The West Central 16U teener team placed second in the 2021 I-29 League Tournament finishing 3-1 in their four games from Friday, June 11th to Sunday, June 13th.

West Central cruised to an easy 18-1 win over the Tea Bolts in their Friday game.  West Central scored in every inning of the game and held Tea to no hits in the game.

Owen Heath had a home run and three RBIs.  Duece Sherard had a triple.  Justin Zirpel had two hits, one triple, and an RBI.  Dalton Mulder had two hits, including a double, with three RBIs.  Dylan Stromer had a double and two RBIs.  Gage Nelson had a hit and an RBI. Cade Vander Woude and Mason Berens both had an RBI.  Heath pitched four innings allowing one unearned run on no hits with two walks and three strikeouts.

West Central gave up two runs to Baltic in the top of the first inning, but scored four of their own in the bottom of the inning on their way to a 5-3 win over Baltic in their first game on Saturday.  Both teams scored a run in the fifth inning.

Stromer and Camden McDonald both had a hit and an RBI.  Sherard, Gage Nelson, Zirpel, Mulder, and Vander Woude all had singles.  Derek Renken pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing two earned runs on a hit with four walks.  Andrew Zimmer pitched 3 2/3 innings allowing one unearned run on a hit with five strikeouts.  Vander Woude pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing just two hits with a strikeout.

West Central had a come-from-behind win over Parker in the second game on Saturday.  West Central scored two runs in the top of the first, but Parker got a run in the bottom of the inning.  West Central got one more run in the top of the second, however, Parker scored six times in the bottom of the second for a 7-3 lead.  West Central responded with four runs in the fourth, one in the fifth, and two more in the sixth to take a 10-7 lead.  Parker only got one run in the sixth, and West Central got the 10-8 win.

Zirpel had three hits, one of them a home run and one a double, with two RBIs.  Sherard had three hits, one double, with an RBI.  Nelson had two doubles and three RBIs.  Mulder had two hits and one RBI.  McDonald and Renken each had a double and RBI.  Vander Woude and Zimmer also each had a double.  Stromer also collected a hit.  Mulder pitched 3 2/3 innings allowing seven runs, none of them earned, on four hits with three walks and seven strikeouts.  Zimmer pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing an unearned run on a hit with three strikeouts.

In the championship game on Sunday, West Central had a late rally against Dell Rapids, but fell 12-9.  Dell Rapids led 4-2 after two innings of play and then scored seven straight to lead 11-2 heading into the bottom of the fifth.  West Central scored two in the bottom of the innings to cut the lead to 11-4.  Each team scored a run in the fifth inning for a 12-5 score.  West Central scored four times before having an out recorded, but Dell Rapids was able to stop the rally for the win.

Zirpel had a triple and an RBI.  Nelson also had a triple.  McDonald had three hits and two RBIs.  Vander Woude had two hits and an RBI.  Stromer finished with two hits.  Nelson and Zimmer both had a single.  Zirpel pitched three innings allowing four runs, two earned, on two hits with six walks and a strikeout.  Renken pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing seven runs, only two earned, on six hits with two walks and two strikeouts.  Vander Woude pitched 1 2/3 innings allowed an earned run on four hits with two strikeouts.

West Central Royal 14U Holds off Tri-Valley Maroon 14U

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The West Central Royal 14U teener team held off a late rally by Tri-Valley Maroon 14U to get a 10-8 win on Thursday, June 10th.

Tri-Valley scored the first three runs of the game.  Carter Sorenson stole home and Cody Lofswold scored on a ground ball in the top of the second.  Tri-Valley added one more run in the top of the third when Brody Dybvig scored on an RBI ground ball by Aiden Bunde.

West Central tied the game in the bottom of the third.  Landen Holewa had an RBI single, Lando Whiting had a steal of home, and Holewa later scored on an error to make the score 3-3.  West Central took the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning.  Quincy Stephens had an RBI single, and Cody Opitz had an RBI ground out to give West Central the 5-3 lead.  Four more runs scored in the bottom of the fifth inning when Whiting and Holewa scored on an error, CJ DenBoer scored on a passed ball, and Preston Hostetler scored on an error.  West Central added their 10th run in the bottom of the sixth inning when Anthony Lanham scored on a passed ball.

Tri-Valley made a furious push in the top of the seventh inning.  Austin Puetz scored on a ground out by Cyrus Kirstein, which was the second out of the inning.  Landon Jensen scored on a passed ball.  Bunde and Sorenson both drew bases loaded walks to make the score 10-7.  Kaiden Bernards had an RBI single, but West Central was able to get the final out and hang on for the win.

Dybvig had a triple in the game for Tri-Valley.  Tristen Bunde and Sorenson both had a double, and Bernards had a hit.  A. Bunde had two RBIs.  Sorenson, Bernards, Hunter Foster, and Kirstein all had one RBI.  Sorenson pitched three innings allowing three runs, two earned, on two hits with two walks and four strikeouts.  Dybvig pitched two innings allowing six runs, two earned, on three hits with a walk and two strikeouts.  Landon Asche pitched an inning allowing one run, unearned, on a hit with two strikeouts.

Holewa had two hits for West Central with an RBI.  Stephens had a hit and an RBI.  Whiting, Cooper Mulder, and Lanham all had singles.   Opitz also had an RBI.   Stephens pitched six innings allowing three runs, one earned, on three hits with one walk and six strikeouts.  Whiting pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing five earned runs on six walks.  Opitz pitched 1/3 of an inning allowing a hit.

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Gamecocks Fall to Canova on the Road

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The Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks held early leads in the first two innings, but the Canova Gang took the lead for good in the bottom of the second inning and pulled away for a 7-4 win on Thursday, June 10th.

Cole Hellie gave the Gamecocks their first lead of the game on a two-run single in the top of the first inning.  Canova tied the game in the bottom of the first inning on three straight hits.  Tyler Renken gave the Gamecocks the lead back, 3-2, with a solo home run to lead off the top of the second inning.  Canova again strung together three straight hits in the bottom of the second, this time scoring three runs to take a 5-3 lead.  Hellie had another RBI single in the top of the third to pull the Gamecocks within a run at 5-4, but Canova scored a run in the bottom of the sixth and one more in the bottom of the eighth to secure the win.

Renken had two hits, a home run and double, and one RBI.  Hellie had two hits and three RBIs.  Cam Quigley had two hits.  Broc Haldeman, Joe Hanisch, Chad Morrison, and Adam Hentges all had singles in the game. 

Micah Warrington pitched 5 1/3 innings allowing six earned runs on eight hits with four walks and two strikeouts.  Quigley pitched 2 2/3 innings allowing one earned run on two hits with three walks and two strikeouts.

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West Central Gold 14U Wins Big over Volga

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The West Central Gold 14U team scored a big road win on Thursday, June 10th.  West Central defeated Volga 26-4 in five innings.

The visitors scored first with two runs in the top of the first inning.  Volga responded with a run in the bottom of the inning, and West Central led 2-1 after the first inning.  West Central would add four more runs in the top of the second to extend the lead to 6-1.  Volga pulled within two runs, 6-4, after three runs in the bottom of the third inning.  Then West Central scored 20 straight runs.  They scored six times in the fourth inning and then plated 14 runs in the top of the fifth.

West Central had a total of 16 hits with eight different players getting a hit in the game.  Jesse Jost had four hits and three RBIs.  Keaton Vessells had three hits, one of them a double, with four RBIs.  Cain Grocott also had three hits, one of them a triple, and four RBIs.  Nick Lorang had two hits, one a double, with two RBIs.  Caden Alfson finished with a double and three RBIs.  Jack Sebert and Seth Lind both had a hit and two RBIs.   Jacob Kono also had a hit.

Vessells pitched two innings allowing one earned run on two hits with three walks and three strikeouts.  Sebert pitched an inning allowing three earned runs on three hits with two walks and two strikeouts.  Lorang pitched two innings of no-hit baseball with two strikeouts.

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