i-vaThe Colton Legion baseball team had their season come to an end in region tournament play against Canvoa on Thursday, July 21st.  Canova defeated Colton 13-6 in Humboldt.

Canova got off to a quick start scoring three times in the top of the first inning.  Colton got one run back in the bottom of the first.  Cole Focken had an RBI single.  Canova, however, scored three more times in the top of the second.  Joshua Lieseth reached on an error that scored Kaden Egger in the bottom of the second.  Riley Carlson had an RBI single, and Colton trailed 6-3 after two innings of play.

Canova added another run in the top of third, and then Colton cut into the lead in the bottom of the inning.  Lawson Louiseau had a two-run single to bring Colton within two runs.  They cut the lead to 7-6 in the bottom of the fourth after Nathan Madison had a two-out RBI single.  Canova was clinging to a one-run lead heading into the fifth inning.  They then scored two runs in the fifth, two in the sixth, and two in the seventh while holding Colton scoreless in the final three innings.

Focken and Madison both had three hits and an RBI each.  Louiseau had two hits and two RBIs.  Noah Haynes had two hits.  Carlson finished with a single and an RBI.  Connor Christensen and Egger each had a single.  Carlson pitched five innings and allowed nine runs, seven earned, on 10 hits and four walks and three strikeouts.  Focken pitched 1 1/3 innings and allowed four runs, one earned, on a hit and a walk with two strikeouts.  Hanyes pitched 2/3 of an inning.

Colton scored the first run, but Salem had six unanswered runs the rest of the game for a 6-1 on Tuesday, July 19th.

Riley Carlson had a lead-off single in the bottom of the first inning.  Cole Focken had a double to move Carlson to third base, and then Nathan Madison had an RBI ground out to score Carlson for an early 1-0 lead.  Colton kept the 1-0 lead for two innings.  Salem then scored two runs in the top of the third inning and three more in the top of the fourth for a 5-1 lead.  They would add another run in the top of the sixth.  Colton was held to just three more hits after the first inning.

Focken finished with two hits, one a double.  Madison had a hit and an RBI.  Carlson and Kaden Egger both had a single as well.  Egger pitched six innings and allowed six earned runs on 12 hits with six strikeouts.  Noah Haynes pitched one inning and allowed two hits.

Vermillion Post 1 defeated the Colton legion baseball team 18-1 on Monday, July 11th in Colton.  Vermillion scored in every inning but the first inning and held Colton to just three hits.

After a scoreless first inning, Vermillion scored six times in the top of the second inning and three in the third for a 9-0 lead.  Colton got a run in the bottom of the third.  Riley Carlson had a single and an error by the center fielder allowed Tanner VanAsselt to score.  Vermillion would add two more runs in the fourth and seven in the fifth inning.

Carlson, T. VanAsselt, and Nathan Madison each had a single in the game.  Carlson pitched two innings and allowed six runs, two earned, on five hits and four walks.  Noah Haynes also pitched two innings and allowed 11 runs, nine earned, on 10 hits and a walk with a strikeout.  Derek VanAsselt pitched an inning and allowed an unearned run on a hit and walk with a strikeout.

Colton was held to just two hits against Madison Post 25 on Friday, July 8th.  Madison scored in every inning to win 15-0.  Madison scored three in the first inning, three in the second inning, two in the third, and seven more in the fourth.

Aiden Heitkamp and Zach Powell each had a single.  Heitkamp pitched 1 1/3 innings and allowed six earned runs on five hits and three walks with a strikeout.  Cole Focken pitched 1 2/3 innings and allowed five runs, three earned, on one hit and three walks with three strikeouts.  Riley Carlson allowed four runs, two earned, on three hits and a walk.

Garretson scored four times in the top of the 10th inning to earn a 9-5 win over Colton Legion on Thursday, July 7th.

Garretson broke a 0-0 tie in the top of the fourth with one run.  They got another run in the top of the fifth and then three more in the top of sixth for a 5-0 lead.  Tri-Valley rallied and tied the game with five runs in the bottom of the fifth.  Nathan Madison had a two-run single. Kaden Egger drew a bases-loaded walk.  Brayden Oyen had an RBI single, and Lawson Louiseau scored on a wild pitch.

The game remained tied 5-5 after seven innings of play and went into extra innings.  Neither team could get a run in the eighth and ninth innings.  Garretson then got a two-run double and two-run single in the 10th inning to go ahead 9-5.  Colton went down in order in the bottom of the inning.

Cole Focken had three hits.  Riley Carlson had two hits, including a double.  Madison finished with a single and two RBIs.  Oyen had a single and an RBI, and Egger added an RBI.  Egger pitched nine of the innings and allowed six runs, all earned, on 11 hits and two walks with three strikeouts.  Noah Haynes pitched one inning and allowed three earned runs on two hits and a walk with a strikeout.

Canova scored in every inning but one in a bit 19-1 win over Colton Legion in Colton on Thursday, June 30th.

Colton was held to just three hits in the game, while Canova scored four runs in the first, five in the third, one in the fourth, and nine runs in the fifth.  Kaden Egger had an RBI ground out in the bottom of the second for the only run for Colton.

Noah Haynes, Cole Focken, and Connor Christensen all had singles in the game.  Egger had an RBI.  Aiden Heitkamp pitched 2 1/3 innings and allowed five earned runs on four hits and two walks.  Lawson Louiseau pitched 1 1/3 innings and allowed seven earned runs on five hits and three walks with one strikeout.  Nathan Madison pitched 2/3 of an inning and allowed four earned runs on six hits.  Zach Powell also pitched 2/3 of an inning and allowed three runs on two hits and a walk with a strikeout.

Baltic had two big innings, but that was enough to defeat Colton 11-1 on Monday, June 27th.

The two teams were held scoreless through three innings of play.  Colton scored first in the top of the fourth inning.  Cole Focken had an RBI ground out scoring Riley Carlson to give Colton a 1-0 lead.  Baltic then scored five times in the bottom of the fourth.  They scored six times in the bottom of the sixth to end the game on the 10-run rule.

Carlson, Barrett Althoff, and Lawson Louiseau each had a single for the three hits in the game.  Focken had the RBI.  Carlson pitched five innings and allowed five earned runs on 10 hits with six strikeouts.  Connor Christensen pitched 1/3 of an inning and allowed six runs, four earned, on three hits and three walks with one strikeout.

Madison scored eight unanswered runs in the first four innings and defeated Colton 12-4 in Colton on Friday, June 24th.

Madison scored five times in the top of the first inning, and then scored single runs in the second, third and fourth innings for an 8-0 lead.  Tri-Valley got a run in the fourth.  Nathan Madison had an RBI single, but Madison legion added two runs each in the fifth and sixth innings.

Barrett Althoff scored on a steal of home, Madison had an RBI single, and Tanner VanAsselt had an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning to make the score 12-4.

Madison had two hits and two RBIs.  T. VanAsselt had a single and an RBI.  Althoff finished with three hits.  Riley Carlson, Brayden Oyen, Lawson Louiseau and Kaden Egger all had singles.  Aiden Heitkamp pitched three innings and allowed seven runs, five earned, on seven hits and a walk with a strikeout.  Althoff pitched two innings and allowed four unearned runs on five hits and a walk with a strikeout.  Connor Christenson pitched an inning and walked three with two strikeouts.  Derek VanAsselt pitched an inning and allowed an earned run on a hit and two walks.

Baltic scored in every inning, including nine runs in the seventh, in a 14-3 over Colton on Thursday, June 16th in Colton.

Both teams scored in the first inning.  Baltic scored on an RBI sacrifice fly, while Colton tied the game on an error in the bottom of the inning.  The two teams each scored a run in the second inning as well.  Aiden Heitkamp had an RBI ground out for Colton.  The game was tied 2-2 after two innings of play.

Baltic got a single run in the top of the third and one more in the top of the fourth for a 4-2 lead.  After Baltic was held scoreless in the top of the fifth, Lawson Louiseu drove home a run with an RBI fielder’s choice.  Baltic pushed the lead to 5-3 with a run in the top of the sixth.  They blew the game open with nine runs in the top of the seventh.

Heitkamp finished a hit and an RBI.  Cole Focken had two hits, and Joshua Lieseth had a double.  Noah Haynes and Barrett Althoff both had a single, while Louiseu added an RBI.  Kaden Egger pitched 4 1/3 innings and allowed four earned runs on six hits with six strikeouts.  Riley Carlson pitched two innings and allowed three earned runs on thee hits and six walks with three strikeouts.  Nathan Madison pitched 2/3 of an inning and allowed six runs, all unearned, on three hits and two walks with a strikeout.

Dakota Valley scored early and often in a 16-2 win over Colton Legion on Tuesday, June 14th in Colton.

Dakota Valley scored five times in the top of the first and four more in the second for a 9-0 lead.  They added two more runs in the third, two in the fourth, and three more in the fifth for a 16-0 advantage.  Colton did get two runs in the bottom of the fifth.  Joshua Lieseth scored on a wild pitch, and Zach Powell had an RBI double.

Powell had a double and an RBI.  Riley Carlson, Lieseth, and Kaden Egger all had singles.  Cole Focken pitched two innings and allowed nine runs, three earned, on eight hits and two walks.  Noah Haynes pitched two innings allowing four runs, two earned, on seven hits and a walk.  Connor Christensen pitched one inning and gave up three unearned runs on two hits and two walks.