The Hartford/Humboldt legion baseball season came to an end at the hands of Dell Rapids at the 2022 South Dakota Class B Legion State Tournament in Gregory on Saturday, July 30th.  Dell Rapids scored 13 times in the top of third on their way to a 20-4 victory.

Dell Rapids scored four times in the top of the first inning and never railed in the game.  Hartford/Humboldt got three runs back in the bottom of the first.  Deuce Sherrard scored on a passed ball, and Loren Jacobson and Braden Herr both had an RBI ground out.  After a scoreless second inning, Dell Rapids then scored 13 runs in the third.  Derek Renken had an RBI ground out in bottom of the fourth before Dell Rapids scored three more times in the top of the fifth.

Sherrard and Bennett Sebert both had a double.  Jack Linneman, Logan Maras, and Connor Siemonsma all had a single.  Renken, Herr, and Jacobson each had an RBI.  Sebert pitched 2 2/3 innings and allowed three earned runs on four hits with two strikeouts.  Andrew Zimmer pitched two innings and allowed eight runs, four earned, on four hits and five walks with a strikeout.  Owen Heath pitched 1/3 of an inning and allowed four earned runs on a hit and three walks with a strikeout.  Renken allowed five earned runs on three hits and two walks.

In the opening game of the 2022 South Dakota Class B Legion State Tournament, Winner rallied in the top of the sixth inning to earn an 8-7 win over Hartford/Humboldt in Gregory.

Winner scored a run in the top of the first for an early 1-0 lead.  Braden Herr had an RBI single in the bottom of the second to tie the game 1-1.  Winner again scored a run in the top of the third, but Hartford/Humboldt responded in the bottom of the inning.  Herr brought home two more runs on an single for a 3-2 lead.

Another run was scored in the top of the fourth.  Loren Jacobson had had an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth.  Herr got his fourth and fifth RBIs with another single to give Hartford/Humboldt a 6-3 lead in the fourth inning.

Winner started a five-run comeback in the top of the fifth.  They scored two times in the fifth and then had a big, three-run inning in the top of the sixth to take an 8-6 lead.  Hartford/Humboldt got one run back in the bottom of the sixth.  Bennett Sebert scored on a wild pitch.

Herr finished with three hits and five RBIs.  Jacobson also had three hits and an RBI.  Sebert finished with two hits, one a double.  Gage Nelson also had two hits.  Gavin Koch added a double.  Deuce Sherrard and Connor Siemonsma both had a single.  Seth Gabbert pitched 4 1/3 innings and allowed five runs, three earned, on six hits and a walk with five strikeouts.  Koch pitched 2 2/3 innings and allowed three runs, two earned, on four hits and a walk with a strikeout.

Hartford/Humboldt will play Dell Rapids on Saturday, July 30th at 10:00 a.m.

The Hartford/Humboldt legion baseball team is headed to the state tournament after winning their regional tournament on Saturday, July 23rd.  Hartford/Humboldt won the championship game against Lake Norden by a score of 7-5.

Neither team scored in the opening inning of the game.  Lake Norden put together a four-run bottom of the second and led 4-0.  Hartford/Humboldt then scored in the next three innings.  Loren Jacobson had an RBI single in the top of the third.  Gavin Koch scored on an error, Logan Maras scored on a wild pitch, and Deuce Sherrard and Gage Nelson both scored on an error in the top of the fourth to give Hartford/Humboldt a 5-4 lead.  They would add two more runs in the top of the fifth on a two-run single by Sherrard.  Lake Norden got one run in the bottom of the seventh.

Sherrard and Bennett Sebert both had a single and two RBIs.  Jacobsen had a hit and an RBI.  Connor Siemonsma finished with a double.  Jack Linneman, Koch, and Maras all had a single.  Derek Renken pitched 6 1/3 innings and allowed five runs, one earned, on one hit and five walks with four strikeouts.  Koch pitched the final 2/3 of an inning and had one walk.

Hartford/Humboldt put the game out of reach in the seventh inning in an 8-1 victory over Salem on Wednesday, July 20th.

Hartford/Humboldt scored right away in the first inning.  Loren Jacobsen had an RBI double to get the scoring started.  They added two more runs in the top of the third.  Connor Siemonsma scored on an error, and Deuce Sherrard scored on a dropped third strike.  Hartford/Humboldt extended the lead to 4-0 in the top of the fifth after an RBI single by Bennett Sebert.

Salem was able to get on the board with a run in the bottom of the fifth.  The score stayed 4-1 until the top of the seventh.  Hartford/Humboldt then scored four times to put the game out of reach.  Jack Linneman brought home two with a single.  Derek Renken also had a two-run single.

Sebert had two hits and two RBIs.  Jacobson finished with a triple and two RBIs.  Linneman had a double and two RBIs.  Renken finished with a single and two RBIs as well.  Sherrard, Braden Herr, Gavin Koch, and Siemonsma all had a hit.  Seth Gabbert pitched five innings and allowed an unearned run on three hits and a walk with five strikeouts.  Koch pitched two innings of no hit baseball.

Madison legion won both games of a doubleheader against Hartford/Humboldt on Friday, July 15th in Humboldt.

Madison 6, Hartford/Humboldt 1

Two three-run innings led Madison to a 6-0 lead before winning 6-1 in the opening game.  Madison had a three-run inning in the top of the third and another three-run inning in the top of the fifth.  Hartford/Humboldt scored a run in the bottom of the sixth.  Loren Jacobson walked with the bases loaded for their only run.

Deuce Sherrard, Bennett Sebert, and Gavin Koch all had a single in the game.  Jacobson had an RBI.  S Gabbert pitched 2 2/3 innings and allowed three runs, two earned, on three hits and three walks with two strikeouts.  Derek Renken pitched 1 2/3 innings and recorded a strikeout.  Owen Heath also pitched 1 2/3 innings and allowed three runs, two earned, on four hits and three walks with three strikeouts.

Madison 5, Hartford/Humboldt 3

Madison scored four times in the top of the sixth to a get a 5-3 come-from-behind win in the second game.  They scored one run in the top first for an early 1-0 lead.  Hartford/Humboldt got the next three runs.  Seth Gabbert had an RBI single in the bottom of the second.  Connor Siemonsma gave Hartford/Humboldt the lead with an RBI single in the bottom of the third.  Logan Maras pushed the lead to 3-1 with an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth, but Madison then had their four-run sixth inning  to steal the win.

Siemonsma, Maras, and Gabbert all had a single and RBI.  Sebert finished with a double.  Braden Herr also had a single.  Renken pitched two innings and allowed an unearned run on a hit and walk with three strikeouts.  Sebert pitched 3 1/3 innings and allowed three earned runs on two hits and two walks with four strikeouts.  Koch pitched 2/3 of an inning and allowed an earned run on a hit and walk.

Volga held off the Hartford/Humboldt legion baseball team in both games of a double-header on Tuesday, July 12th.  They won both games by one run, 5-4 and 7-6.

Volga 5, Hartford/Humboldt 4

In the first game of the double-header, Volga got two runs right away in the top of the first inning.  Hartford/Humboldt tied the game with two runs in the bottom of the second.  Derek Renken had a two-run single.  The difference in the game was a single run in the top of the fourth by Volga.  Both teams scored two times in the sixth inning.  Loren Jacobson had an RBI triple, and Gavin Koch had an RBI single.

Koch finished with two hits and an RBI.  Camden McDonald also had two hits, one a double.  Renken had a hit and two RBIs.  Jacobson finished with a triple and an RBI.  Deuce Sherrard and Gage Nelson both had a single.  Andrew Zimmer pitched four innings and allowed three runs, two earned, on three hits and three walks with six strikeouts.  Koch pitched two innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on two hits and two walks with two strikeouts.

Volga 7, Hartford/Humboldt 6

In the second game, Volga again got two quick runs in the top of the first inning.  Hartford/Humboldt got one in the bottom of the inning when Sherrard scored on an error.  The big blow came in the top of the third inning when Volga scored five times to take a 7-1 lead.

Hartford/Humboldt spent the rest of the game trying to complete a comeback.  They scored three times in the bottom of the fourth.  Bennett Sebert scored on an error, Domo Chandaswang scored on a passed ball, and Herr also scored on an error to cut the lead to 7-4.  Adam Parsons scored on a double-play ground ball to make it a 7-5 ballgame in the bottom of the fifth.  Koch scored on a fielder’s choice ground ball to make it a one-run game, 7-6, but Volga was able to get the final out to secure the win.

Nelson, Sebert, Chandaswang, and Parsons all had a hit in the game.  Connor Siemonsma had the only RBI for Hartford/Humboldt.  Parsons pitched two innings and allowed seven runs, five earned, on four hits and five walks with two strikeouts.  Chandaswang pitched two innings and allowed a hit and two walks with four strikeouts.  Sebert also pitched two innings and recorded a strikeout.

Hartford/Humboldt couldn’t hold an early lead as they fell to Dell Rapids 10-5 in legion baseball action in Dell Rapids on Wednesday, June 29th.

Hartford/Humboldt got off to a hot start scoring four runs in the top of the first inning.  L Jacobson had a two-run single.  Jacobson then later scored on a passed ball.  A Parsons drew a bases-loaded walk for the fourth run of the inning.  Dell Rapids answered with three runs in the bottom of the first.

G Nelson scored the fifth run of the game in the top of the second on an error.  Dell Rapids also got a run in the bottom of the second, and after two innings of play, Hartford/Humboldt led 5-4.  Dell Rapids tied the game with a run in the bottom of the third, and then took the lead with two runs in the bottom of the fourth.  They added three more in the bottom of the sixth.

B Sebert had two hits.  Jacobson had a single with two RBIs.  L Maras added a double, and G Nelson also had a hit.  O Heath pitched 2 1/3 innings and allowed three runs, one earned, on four hits and one walk with two strikeouts.  S Gabbert pitched three innings and allowed seven runs, only one earned, on three hits and seven walks with three strikeouts.  Parsons threw 2/3 of an inning and recorded two strikeouts.

Hartford/Humboldt legion hosted Sioux Falls Christian in a double-header on Tuesday, June 28th, winning both games.

Hartford/Humboldt 1, Sioux Falls Christian 0

A two-out, bases loaded single by Branden Herr drove home the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh for a 1-0 win.  The two teams combined for just nine hits in the game.  Besides Herr’s game-winning hit, Bennett Sebert, Gavin Koch, and Gage Nelson all had singles.

Derek Renken held Sioux Falls Christian to four hits in 6 1/3 innings pitched.  Renken walked only one and struck out 11 batters.  Koch pitched 2/3 of an inning and allowed one hit with one strikeout.

Hartford/Humboldt 21, Sioux Falls Christian 0

The excitement and momentum from the win in game one carried into game two for Hartford/Humboldt.  The game only lasted four innings as Hartford/Humboldt scored 21 times on 19 hits.  They had five runs in the first, three in the second, and 13 more in the third.

Loren Jacobson had three hits, including a triple and double, and four RBIs.  Domo Chandaswang had three hits and three RBIs.  Both Koch and Nelson had three hits and an RBI.  Logan Maras finished with two hits and two RBIs.  Serbert had a triple and three RBIs.  Camden McDonald added a hit and two RBIs.  Both Renken and Herr had a double and an RBI each.  Connor Siemonsma also had a hit and an RBI.

Chandaswang pitched three innings and allowed a hit while striking out seven.  Adam Parsons pitched one inning and struck out all three batters.

The Hartford/Humboldt legion baseball team lost all three of their games at their legion baseball tournament Friday, June 24th and Saturday, June 25th.  Hartford/Humboldt lost games to Salem, Dakota Valley and Tabor.

Salem 5, Hartford/Humboldt 2

Salem got a come-from-behind win by scoring five times in the fifth inning for a 5-2 win on Friday.  Loren Jacobson had an RBI single in the bottom of the first for Hartford/Humboldt.    They added another run in the bottom of the fourth.  Logan Maras had an RBI single, and Hartford/Humboldt led 2-0 after four innings of play.  Salem then got their five runs in the fifth.

Jacobson and Maras both had a hit and an RBI.   Deuce Sherrard, Jack Linneman, and Braden Herr all had singles as well.  Owen Heath pitched 4 2/3 innings and allowed five earned runs on eight hits and a walk with eight strikeouts.  Gavin Koch pitched 2 1/3 innings of no hit baseball with three strikeouts.

Dakota Valley 11, Hartford/Humboldt 2

Dakota Valley never trailed in an 11-2 win on Saturday.  They scored two runs right away in the top of the first.  Bennett Sebert cut the lead in half with a solo home run in the bottom of the first.  Dakota Valley added two more runs in the top of the fourth.

The lead was again cut in half, 4-2, after Koch had an RBI ground out in the bottom of the fifth.  Dakota Valley, however, got a run in the top of the sixth and then added six more in the top of the seventh to put the game out of reach.

Sebert had a home run and an RBI.  Jacobson had two hits, including a triple.  Koch added an RBI.  Andrew Zimmer pitched 5 2/3 innings and allowed five runs, two earned, on six hits and a walk with eight strikeouts.  Adam Parsons pitched 1 1/3 innings and allowed six runs, two earned, on six hits with two strikeouts.

Tabor 10, Hartford/Humboldt 0

Hartford/Humboldt couldn’t get the offense rolling against Tabor as they were held to just two hits.  Tabor scored a run in the first, two in the second, six in the fourth, and one more in the fifth before the game ended on the 10-run rule after five innings.

Koch had a double, and Sharrard had a single for the only two hits in the game.  Koch pitched four innings and allowed nine runs, only one earned, on five hits and a walk with a strikeout.  Derek Renken pitched one inning and allowed an earned run on a hit with two strikeouts.

The Hartford/Humboldt legion team won both games of a double-header with Lennox on Tuesday, June 21st.  They took the first game 4-3, and then won the second game 9-2.

Hartford/Humboldt 4, Lennox 3

The first game came down to the final inning and ended in exciting fashion.  Both teams scored two runs in the first inning.  Braden Herr hit an RBI sacrifice fly and Domo Chandaswang had an RBI single for Hartford/Humboldt to tie the game 2-2.  The score remained 2-2 until the seventh inning.

Lennox took the lead, 3-2, with a two-out RBI single to center field. Hartford/Humboldt put together a big rally in the bottom of the seventh.  Seth Gabbert was hit by a pitch to start the inning.  Gage Nelson singled to center field which put runners on first and third with no outs.  Bennett Sebert followed with an RBI single to tie the game and move Nelson to third.  Jack Linneman then hit the game-winning RBI sacrifice fly to right field.

Sebert had three hits and an RBI.  Chandaswang had two singles and an RBI.  Linneman finished with a hit and RBI.  Nelson and Andrew Zimmer both had a single, and Herr finished with an RBI.  Derek Renken pitched the first four innings and allowed two runs, both unearned, on two hits and two walks with eight strikeouts.  Chandaswang got the win pitching 2 2/3 innings while allowing an unearned run on three hits and two walks with two strikeouts.

Hartford/Humboldt 9, Lennox 2

The momentum from game one carried into game two as Hartford/Humboldt scored nine unanswered runs in the first four innings.  They got three runs each in the second, third, and fourth innings.  Lennox got two late runs in the top of the sixth.

Deuce Sherrard belted a three-run home run to left field in the second inning.  Sebert had three hits, including a double.  Gavin Koch finished with a hit and two RBIs.  Zimmer and Nelson both had a hit and an RBI.  Linneman and Renken each had a single as well.

Adam Parsons pitched 4 1/3 innings allowing just three hits while striking out six.  Linneman pitched 1 2/3 innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits and a walk with two strikeouts.