Hills-Beaver Creek used two big innings to break a scoreless tie and get a 12-0 win over West Central Royal 14U on Wednesday, July 7th.

The game was scoreless through four innings of play, but Hills-Beaver Creek took advantage of eight walks and a hit batter to score seven runs on just one hit in the top of the fifth inning.  Hills-Beaver Creek then scored five more times in the top of the sixth without a hit again taking advantage of four walks, three hit batters, and an error.

West Central was held to just one hit.  Tyler Warne hit a single in the bottom of the sixth inning.  Lando Whiting pitched 3 1/3 innings allowing just one hit with two walks and two strikeouts.  Gaven DeHaven pitched one inning allowing seven earned runs on a hit and six walks.  Ty Sichmeller pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing four runs, one earned, on five walks and a strikeout.  Warne pitched an inning allowing an earned run on two hits and a strikeout.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Hills-Beaver Creek 14U	0	0	0	0	7	5	X	12	2	3
West Central Royal 14U	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0	1	1

West Central Royal scored three times in the top of the eighth inning and then held off Tea Navy for a 9-7 extra-inning win in Tea on Tuesday, July 6th.

West Central had an early 5-1 lead before watching Tea take the lead late in the game.  Landen Holewa scored on an error, and Gavin DeHaven had an RBI single in the top of the first inning.  After Tea scored a run in the bottom of the second, West Central added three more runs in the top of the third.  Cooper Mulder and CJ DenBoer both had an RBI single, and Stone Loof scored on a wild pitch to make the score 5-1.

Tea cut the lead down to 5-3 with two runs in the bottom of the third inning.  They tied the game, 5-5, in the bottom of fourth with two more runs.  Cody Opitiz had an RBI single in the top of the fifth to give West Central a one-run lead.  Tea got the game-tying run in the bottom of the seventh on a passed ball with two outs to send the game into extra innings.

West Central struck for three runs in the top of the eighth.  Mulder had a two-run double, and Loof had an RBI sacrifice fly to give West Central a 9-6 lead.  Tea got a run in the bottom of the inning with two outs, but the rally stopped there.

Mulder had four hits, including a double, and three RBIs.  DenBoer, DeHaven, and Opitz all had a single and RBI.  Lando Whiting had a hit, and Loof had an RBI.

Anthony Lanham pitched two innings allowing three runs, one earned, on two hits with two walks and two strikeouts.  Loof pitched an inning giving up two runs, one earned, on five walks and one strikeout.  Quincy Stephens pitched 4 1/3 innings allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits with five walks and seven strikeouts.  Holewa pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing one walk and striking out one batter.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
West Central Royal 14U	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	9	8	5
Tea Navy 14U	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	7	4	6

With the game tied 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth, Stone Loof hit a ball to right field that dropped for a single scoring Cooper Mulder for the game-winner lifting West Central Royal 14U to a 3-2 win over Madison Maroon on Wednesday, June 30th.

West Central scored first in the bottom of the first on an RBI double by Landen Holewa.  Madison tied the game in the top of the third when a run scored on an error.  West Central regained the lead in the bottom of the fourth when CJ DenBoer scored on an error for a 2-1 lead.  Madison again tied the game, this time in the top of the sixth on an RBI single.

Neither team scored in the seventh and eighth innings, setting up the game-winner in the bottom of the ninth by Loof.

Landon Whiting had three hits in the game.  Loof had two hits and an RBI.  DenBoer had two hits.  Holewa had a double and an RBI.  Tyler Warne and Quincy Stephens both had a single.

Stephens pitched five innings allowing an unearned run on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts.  Holewa got the win pitching 3 1/3 innings allowing an unearned run on three hits with three walks and six strikeouts.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Madison Maroon 14U	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7	2
West Central Royal 14U	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	10	4

West Central Royal 14U scored six runs in the first two innings on their way to a 9-4 road win against Elkton on Tuesday, June 29th.

Landen Holewa doubled in the top of the first inning scoring a run.  Cooper Mulder added an RBI single, and Cody Opitz had an RBI ground out for an early 3-0 lead.  Elkton got a run in the bottom of the first, but West Central scored three more in the top of the second.  Quincy Stephens singled to bring home a run, and Holewa also had an RBI single before scoring on an error.

Lando Whiting had an RBI single int he top of the fourth to push the lead to 7-1.  Elkton cut the lead to 7-4 with three runs in the bottom of the fourth, but that would be all they would get.  CJ DenBoer scored on an error in the top of the fifth, and then Stone Loof had an RBI single in the top of the sixth.

Holewa had three hits, including a double, with two RBIs.  Whiting, Mulder, Loof, and Stephens all had a single and RBI.  Gavin DeHaven also had a hit, and Opitz had an RBI. 

DenBoer pitched 6 1/3 innings allowing four runs, none earned, on four hits with three walks and nine strikeouts.  Anthony Lanham pitched the final 2/3 of an inning striking out one.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
West Central Royal 14U	3	3	0	1	1	1	0	9	8	4
Elkton 14U	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	4	5

West Central Royal 14U scored seven times in the bottom of the fourth inning to get a 13-12 walk-off win over Castlewood at home on Wednesday, June 23rd.

Castlewood scored six times without a hit in the top of the first inning for an early 6-0 lead.  West Central cut the lead in half with three runs in the bottom of the first.  Stone Loof had an RBI ground out.  Gavin DeHaven had an RBI single and then scored on a wild pitch to make the score 6-3.  Castlewood continued to score runs on minimal hits.  They scored two runs in the top of the second with one hit and then scored four more runs on just one hit in the top of the third for a 12-3 lead.

West Central got things rolling in the bottom of the third.  DeHaven scored again on a wild pitch.  Ty Sichmeller had an RBI groundout, and Quincy Stephens had an RBI single to cut the the Castlewood lead in half at 12-6.

Then came West Central’s big inning in the bottom of the fourth.  CJ DenBoer singled to lead off the inning and later scored on an error.  DeHaven reached on an error scoring Loof.  Anthony Lanham had an RBI single.  Lanham later scored on a wild pitch to make the score 12-10.  Sichmeller and Stephens scored on wild pitches to tie the game 12-12.  Preston Hostetler drew a walk and eventually made is way to third base.  While DenBoer was at the plate, Hostetler scored on yet another wild pitch to end the game 13-12.

Lanham had three hits and an RBI.  DeHaven finished with two hits.  Stephens had a hit and RBI, and DenBoer also had a single.  Loof and Sichmeller had RBIs.

Sichmeller pitched one inning allowing six earned runs on three walks and six hit batters with one strikeout.  Loof pitched three innings allowing six runs, four earned, on two hits with five walks and eight strikeouts.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Castlewood 14U	6	2	4	0	X	X	X	12	2	4
West Central Royal 14U	3	0	3	7	X	X	X	13	7	4

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Flandreau 14U	1	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	9	8	4
West Central Royal 14U	2	1	0	2	1	3	0	1	10	17	7

Just days after facing Dell Rapids 14U in the 3rd/4th place game of the I-29 League Tournament in Flandreau, West Central Royal 14U traveled to Dell Rapids on Wednesday, June 9th.  Dell Rapids again was victorious, but this time by a score of 18-3 in four innings.

Cooper Mulder helped get West Central on the board first with an RBI single in the top of the first inning.  West Central held Dell Rapids scoreless in their half of the first inning, but Dell Rapids scored four times in the bottom of the second.

Lando Whiting started the top of the third with a lead-off single.  Landon Holewa followed with an RBI triple to cut the lead to 4-2.  Holewa later scored on a passed ball to pull West Central within a run, 4-3.  That was as close as they would get though.  Dell Rapids scored five times in the bottom of the third inning, and then nine more times in the bottom of the fourth inning to get the win.

Holewa finished with two hits, including a triple, and an RBI.  Mulder had a single and RBI.  Whiting also had a single in the game.  CJ DenBoer started the game on the mound pitching 1 2/3 innings allowing four runs, one earned, on two hits with a walk.  Anthony Lanham pitched an inning allowing five runs, none of them earned, on three hits and a walk along with striking out one batter.  Ty Sichmeller pitched 1/3 of an inning allowing seven runs on a hit.  Gavin DeHaven also pitched 1/3 of an inning allowing two runs.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
West Central Royal 14U	1	0	2	0	X	X	X	3	4	7
Dell Rapids 14U	0	4	5	9	X	X	X	18	6	2

The West Central Royal 14U teener team placed third after splitting a couple of games in Flandreau at the I-29 League Tournament on Saturday, June 5th and Sunday, June 6th.

West Central’s first game was a close 4-2 victory over Hamlin on Saturday.  Cooper Mulder got West Central on the board in the first inning after scoring on a passed ball.  West Central added three more in the bottom of the third.  Gavin DeHaven, Mulder, and Landen Holewa all scored on Hamlin errors to give West Central a 4-0 lead.  Hamlin scored two in the top of the fourth, but West Central hung on for the win.

Holewa had a double, and Mulder had the other hit for West Central.  Anthony Lanham pitched 4 1/3 innings allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits with one walk and eight strikeouts.  Holewa pitched 2/3 of an inning and had one strikeout.

West Central faced Dell Rapids in the 3rd/4th place game on Sunday.  The two teams went back and forth, but Dell Rapids ended up with the 14-11 victory.

Dell Rapids scored four runs in the top of the first and two more in the top of the second for an early 6-0 lead.  Quincy Stephens scored on a wild pitch and Lanham scored on a passed ball to cut the lead to 6-2.  Cody Opitz stole home later in the inning, and Lando Whiting scored on an error to make the score 6-4 after the second inning.  After Dell Rapids scored one run in the top of the third, West Central scored three times in the bottom of the inning.  Stone Loof scored on a wild pitch, Stephens scored on a passed ball, and Tyler Warne had an RBI single to tie the game 7-7.

Dell Rapids regained the lead with a run in the top of the fourth inning, but West Central took the lead in the bottom of the fourth with three more runs.  Mulder drove home two with a double, and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Holewa for a 10-8 lead.  Dell Rapids, though, scored three more in the top of the fifth and three in the top of the seventh for a 14-10 lead.  Whiting brought home a run in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI ground-out, but that was all West Central could get in the final inning.

Mulder had two hits, one double, with two RBIs.  Loof had two hits.  Warne had a hit and an RBI.  Whiting and Holewa both had RBIs.  Holewa pitched three innings allowing seven runs, six earned, on eight hits with four walks and six strikeouts.  Whiting pitched three inings allowing six runs, five earned, on three hits with eight walks and three strikeouts.  Stephens pitched one inning allowing one earned run on a hit and a walk.