The West Central 16U (5-2) team scored in every inning in a 13-0 win over Tea on Monday, June 21st in Tea.  West Central held Tea to just three total hits in the game while collecting 11 of their own.

West Central scored three in the first, two in the second, five in the third, one in the fourth, and two more in the fifth before the game ended on the 10-run rule.

Andrew Zimmer had four hits, with one double and one triple, and three RBIs.  Duece Sherard had a hit and three RBIs.  Xzavian Ferris had a double with two RBIs.  Camden McDonald and Jon Murray both had a hit and an RBI.  Dylan Stromer, Derek Renken, and Cade Vander Woude all had a single in the game.

Renken pitched two innings allowing one hit with three strikeouts.  Sherard pitched three innings allowing two hits with one walk and four strikeouts.

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Garretson 16U	4	0	0	1	3	1	0	9	10	3
West Central 16U	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	9	5

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.