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West Central 16U Finishes 3rd at State A Tournament

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The West Central 16U baseball team came home with a third place finish at the 2021 South Dakota VFW 16U Class A State Tournament held in Madison Friday, August 6th through Sunday, August 8th.

West Central opened the tournament on Friday with a big 15-3 win in six innings over Madison White.  West Central had a seven-run second inning and five-run sixth inning as their two big innings in the game.  They pounded 14 hits led by Dalton Mulder with four hits, two doubles, and four RBIs.  Dylan Sherard also had four hits and an RBI.  Camden McDonald, Justin Zirpel, and Dyaln Stromer all had a hit and two RBIs in the game.  Brayden Odegaard had a double and an RBI.  Derrick Renken had a double, and Cade Vander Woude had a hit.  Owen Heath pitched all six innings allowing three runs, two earned, on five hits with four walks and four strikeouts.

In the semifinal round on Saturday, West Central tried to put together a late rally against Dakota Valley, but Dakota Valley held on for a 6-4 victory.  Dakota Valley scored a single run in the first, second, and third innings for a 3-0 lead.  West Central got a run back in the bottom of the third, but Dakota Valley scored three more times in the top of the fifth to push the lead to 6-1.  West Central had a three-run bottom of the sixth, but couldn’t quite complete the come back.

Mulder had two hits, including a double, and an RBI.  Renken had a double and an RBI.  Odegaard finished with a single and an RBI, and Sherard also had a single in the game.  Andrew Zimmer pitched 4 2/3 innings allowing six runs, five earned, on 12 hits with two walks and a strikeout.  Renken pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing just one hit along with two strikeouts.

West Central survived a late push by Wagner in the 3rd/4th place game on Sunday winning 9-7 to take home third place.  West Central scored first in the bottom of the first inning to lead 1-0.  After a Wagner run in the top of the second tied the game, West Central pushed across three runs in the bottom of the second inning.  They would add three more in the bottom of the fifth for a 7-1 lead.  Wagner rallied for four runs in the top of the sixth to cut the lead to 7-5, but West Central got two big insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth inning.  Those two runs were just enough for the win as Wagner scored two times in the top of the seventh.

Stromer had three hits and three RBIs to lead West Central.  Sherard and Renken both had a single and an RBI.  McDonald, Zirpel, and Landon Holewa each had one hit.  Vander Woude had an RBI.  Mulder pitched five innings allowing two runs, neither of them earned, on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts.  Renken pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing three runs, all unearned, on a hit with three walks and a strikeout.  Holewa pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing two earned runs on a hit with five walks and two strikeouts.

Wagner Ends West Central 16U Region Run

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The West Central 16U run through the Region 1A tournament came to an end on Wednesday, July 28th.  Wagner scored seven late runs and held off a West Central rally to get an 11-9 victory and advance to the championship game.

West Central scored first in the top of the first inning.  Camden McDonald and Andrew Zimmer both had RBI ground outs for an early 2-0 lead.  Wagner cut the lead in half with a run in the bottom of the first.  West Central got another run in the top of the second on an RBI ground out by Will Nester.  Wagner, however, took the lead in the bottom of the second with three runs and led 4-3 after two innings of play. 

West Central regained the lead in in the top of the third on a two-run single by Gage Nelson.  The lead extended to 6-4 after McDonald reached on an error which also scored Nester.  The big inning for Wagner came in the bottom of fifth when they scored four runs to get an 8-6 lead.  Wagner added three more in the bottom of the sixth to push the lead to 11-6.  West Central put a little rally together in the top of the seventh.  Dylan Stromer had an RBI single. Dalton Mulder scored on an error, and Nelson had an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 11-9, but that rally was stopped there.

Stromer had three hits and an RBI.  Nelson finished with two hits and three RBIs.  Zimmer had two hits, one a double, and an RBI.  Dylan Sherard had two hits.  Nester had a hit and an RBI, and Justin Zirpel had a double.  Cade Vander Woude pitched five innings and allowed eight earned runs on 13 hits with five strikeouts.  Zirpel pitched an inning allowing three runs, none of them earned, on one hit and two walks with two strikeouts.

Even though the regional tournament is over for West Central, they still finished in the top four of the region to qualify for the state tournament.  The 2021 South Dakota VFW 16U Class A State Tournament will be held in Madison August 6th – 8th.

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West Central 16U Wins Two at Regions and Qualifies for State

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The West Central 16U team got two wins at the Region 1A tournament on Tuesday, July 27th after dropping their first game on Monday.  The first win qualified West Central for the state tournament, and the second win kept them alive in the region tournament as they push towards a higher seed.

West Central knocked Chamberlain out of regional tournament with an 11-3 early in the day.  West Central scored all 11 runs in the final three innings.  Chamberlain scored a run in the bottom of the fourth to break a scoreless tie, but West Central got four runs in the top of the fifth, two in the sixth, and then had a five-run seventh inning.  Chamberlain only scored two times in the bottom of the seventh.

Camden McDonald had two hits and two RBIs.  Dylan Sherard had a double and two RBIs.  Dylan Stromer and Cade Vander Woude both had a single and an RBI.  Gage Nelson and Andrew Zimmer each had a hit, and Justin Zirpel had an RBI.  Owen Heath pitched 6 2/3 innings allowing three earned runs on six hits with 10 strikeouts.  Maison Schuldt pitched 1/3 of an inning and allowed just one walk.

West Central then took on the defending state champions, Beresford, in the final game of the night in Humboldt.  After Beresford scored in the top of the first inning, West Central took control of the game in the bottom of the first and never looked back.  West Central scored five times in the bottom of the first.  Each team scored a run in the second inning putting West Central in front 6-2.  West Central then exploded for 11 runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to end the game on the 15-run rule.

Zirpel had three hits, including a triple, and five RBIs.  Stromer had two hits and three RBIs.  Zimmer had a hit and three RBIs.  McDonald had a hit and an RBI.  Sherard had a hit.  Vander Woude and Schuldt each had an RBI.  Derrick Renken pitched all four innings allowing just two runs, one earned, on one hit with four walks and six strikeouts.

West Central 16U Falls to Dakota Valley in Region 1A

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The West Central 16U team fell to Dakota Valley in the Region 1A tournament in Humboldt on Monday, July 26th.  West Central was held to just two hits in a 3-0 loss to Dakota Valley.

Dakota Valley got single runs in the top of the first, fourth, and sixth innings. 

Camden McDonald and Justin Zirpel had the two hits for West Central.  Andrew Zimmer pitched six innings allowing three runs, two earned, on five hits with three walks and two strikeouts.  Owen Heath pitched an inning recording one strikeout.

West Central will play Chamberlain in an elimination game on Tuesday, July 27th, at 3:00 p.m.

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West Central 14U Takes Fourth at State A Tournament

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The West Central 14U baseball team took home a fourth place finish at the 2021 South Dakota VFW 14U Class A State Tournament held in Vermillion Friday, July 23rd through Sunday, July 25th.

West Central opened the tournament with a game against Spearfish on Friday.  West Central took the lead right away in the top of the first inning with a run.  They added another run in the top of the fourth inning for a 2-0 lead.  The big inning for West Central came in the top of the fifth when they scored four times for a 6-0 advantage.  Spearfish cut the lead in half in the bottom of the fifth with three runs, but West Central got an insurance run in the top of the sixth inning for the 7-3 victory.

CJ DenBoer had three hits in the game.  Caden Alfson had two hits, a double and triple, with an RBI.  Jesse Jost had a hit and two RBIs.  Keaton Vessells had a double.  Landen Holewa, Jack Sebert, and Cain Grocott all had a single.  Lando Whiting had an RBI.  Anthony Lanham pitched 4 2/3 innings allowing three runs, none of them earned, on two hits with six walks and two strikeouts.  Sebert pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing just one hit with two strikeouts.

West Central then met the host team, Vermillion, in the semifinals on Saturday.  West Central built an early lead.  Sebert had an RBI single in the first inning, Holewa reached on an error that also scored Grocott in the top of the second inning, and Sebert then had an RBI ground out in the third inning to give West Central a 3-0 lead.  Vermillion got a run back in the bottom of the third to make the score 3-1.  Vermillion plated another run in the bottom of the sixth inning.  Vermillion completed the comeback with two runs in the bottom of the seventh for the 4-3 win.

Jost had two hits.  Sebert had a hit and two RBIs.  Whiting also had a hit.  Alfson pitched 5 2/3 innings allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits with four walks and nine strikeouts.  Holewa pitched  2/3 of an inning giving up two runs, one earned, on four walks and one strikeout.

West Central finished the tournament against Winner in the 3rd/4th place game on Sunday.  Winner got the first score in the top of the first inning.  West Central tied the game in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI sacrifice fly by Alfson.  Winner got two runs in the top of the fifth, which proved to be the difference as Winner took the game by a score of 3-1.

Nick Lorang, Jost, and Holewa all had a single in the game.  Alfson had an RBI.  Vessells pitched two innings allowing an earned run on a hit with four walks and a strikeout.  Jost pitched 4 1/3 innings allowing two runs, neither of them earned, on four hits with four walks and three strikeouts.  Sebert pitched 2/3 of an inning.

Wood Ducks Drop Two Games at District 4B Tournament

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The Hartford-Humboldt Wood Ducks lost both of their games at the District 4B tournament in Colman ending their 2021 season.  The Wood Ducks entered the tournament as the ninth seed.  They played eighth-seeded Salem on Friday, July 23rd and then third-seeded Lennox on Sunday, July 25th.

Despite out-hitting Salem in the game, the Wood Ducks gave up four runs in the seventh and four more in the eighth inning as Salem got an 8-2 victory.  Austin Smith had an RBI single for the Wood Ducks in the top of the second to give them a 1-0 lead.  R Lind followed that with a solo home run in the top of the third for a 2-0 lead.  The score remained 2-0 until Salem scored their eight combined runs in the seventh and eighth innings.

Lind had three hits in the game, including the home run, with an RBI.  Smith had two hits and an RBI.  Drew Eldeen, Blake Svoboda, Tyler Lundborg, and Philip Madsen all had singles in the game.  Svoboda pitched 6 1/3 innings allowing three runs, two earned, on four hits with five walks and five strikeouts.  Nick Seliski pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing five runs, four earned, on six hits and a walk.

The Wood Ducks then had to face Lennox in an elimination game on Sunday.  Lennox earned a 5-2 victory thanks to a complete game pitched by Drew Sweeter and two home runs by Corey Vasquez.

Hartfold-Humboldt Gamecocks out of District 4B Tournament

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The Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks had their season come to an end after back-to-back losses at the District 4B tournament in Colman.  The Gamecocks lost their first game on Saturday, July 24th and then lost their second game on Sunday, July 25th.

Going into the district tournament as the fourth seed, the Gamecocks took on the fifth-seeded Flandreau Cardinals on Saturday.  Flandreau scored three runs in the first two innings, picked up another run in the top of the fifth, and then scored six times in the top of the sixth inning for a 10-0 lead.  The Gamecocks were held to just two hits, and the game ended in the seventh inning on the 10-run rule with Flandreau winning 10-0.

Tyler Renken had a double, and Drew DeMers had a single for the two hits.  Renken pitched 5 1/3 innings allowing eight runs, seven earned, on eight hits with three walks and two strikeouts.  Noah Vettrus pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing two earned runs on a hit with a walk.

The loss sent the Gamecocks to the loser’s bracket to play the seventh-seeded Colman A’s on Sunday in an elimination game.  Colman also scored three runs in the first two innings for a 3-0 lead.  The Gamecocks tied the game in the bottom of the third inning with a three-run double by Joe Hanisch.  Colman regained the lead in the top of the fifth with two runs, but the Gamecocks took the lead for the first time in the bottom of the inning with three more runs.  Devon Garry had an RBI single, and Hanisch had a two-run home run to give the Gamecocks a 6-5 lead.  The lead was short-lived as Colman picked up two more runs in the top of the sixth inning and then five more in the top of the eighth for a 12-6 lead.  The Gamecocks tried to make a comeback.  Hanisch had an RBI single, Garry scored on an error, and Jon Maras had an RBI single to cut the lead to 12-9, but that was all the Gamecocks would get as Colman took the win.

Hanisch had three hits, including a home run and double, and drove home six runs.  Garry had two hits and an RBI.  Cam Quigley and Drew Maras both had two hits.  J. Maras had a hit and an RBI.  Broc Haldeman had a double, and Renken had a single.  Micah Warrington pitched 5 2/3 innings allowing seven runs, only one earned, on eight hits and three walks with a strikeout.  Cole Barthel pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing just one walk.  Haldeman pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing five earned runs on four hits with two walks and a strikeout. Quigley pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing three hits with a strikeout.

West Central 16U Wins Slugfest Against Tea

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The West Central 16U baseball team came out on the right side of a slugfest on Thursday, July 22nd against Tea.  The two teams combined for 25 runs and 20 hits with West Central getting the 18-7 victory in six innings.

West Central scored the first run in the top of the first inning.  Tea took the lead in the bottom of the second inning with two runs.  West Central responded with four straight.  They scored two runs in the top of the third and two more in the top of the fourth for a 5-2 advantage.  Tea tied the game with three runs in the bottom of the fourth.  West Central, however, took the lead for good with two runs in the top of the fifth and then exploded for 11 runs in thee top of the sixth inning to go ahead 18-5.  Tea scored just two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, and the game ended on the 10-run rule.

Gage Nelson finished with three hits.  Derek Renken had two hits, one a double, and five RBIs.  Andrew Zimmer had two hits and four RBIs.  Camden McDonald had two hits and two RBIs.  Dueece Sherard added a single and an RBI.  Will Nester had a double.  Both Dylan Stromer and Cade Vander Woude had a single.  Dalton Mulder had one RBI in the game.

Mulder pitched five innings allowing five runs, four earned, on five hits with four walks and eight strikeouts.  Vander Woude pitched an inning giving up two runs, both unearned, on two hits with a strikeout.

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Hartford/Humboldt Legion Falls Just Short of State Tournament

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The Hartford/Humboldt Legion baseball team fell just short of a state tournament trip finishing second at the Region 5B tournament Monday, July 19th through Wednesday, July 21st in Canova.

In their opening game on Monday, Hartford/Humboldt scored two times in the top of the seventh and then held Canova scoreless in the bottom of the inning to get a 4-3 win.  Jack Linneman had an RBI double in the top of the second inning to give Hartford/Humboldt an early 1-0 lead.  Canova took the lead with two runs in the bottom of the third.  Landry Knight had an RBI single in the top of the fifth to tie the game 2-2.  Canova regained the lead with a run in the bottom of the sixth.  Hartford/Humboldt then got a two-out, two-run single by Logan Maras to get the victory.

L. Maras had two hits and two RBIs.  Gavin Koch and Cooper Maras both had two hits, with both having one double.  Ryan Healy and Bennett Sebert both had two hits each.  Linneman had a double and an RBI, and Knight had a hit and an RBI.  Healy pitched 5 1/3 innings allowing three runs, two earned, on five hits with six walks and four strikeouts.  Knight pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing just one hit and one walk with one strikeout.

Hartford/Humboldt then faced Lake Norden/Badger in a semifinal game on Tuesday.  Hartford/Humboldt was held to just two hits the entire game as Lake Norden/Badger cruised to a 9-0 win.  Healy had a double in the game, and Knight also had a hit.  Braden Herr pitched 3 1/3 innings allowing six runs, five earned, on seven hits with two walks and two strikeouts.  Brodie Herr allowed two earned runs on two walks.  L. Maras pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up an earned run on two hits with a walk.  Adam Parsons pitched two innings giving up a hit and had two strikeouts.

The loss meant Hartford/Humboldt had to play an elimination game also on Tuesday, and they met Canova again.  Hartford/Humboldt scored two times in the top of the first, but Canova responded with four in the bottom of the inning for a 4-2 lead.  The lead was short-lived as Hartford/Humboldt plated five runs in the top of the second.  The score remained 7-4 until the top of the sixth inning.  Both teams scored four times in the inning making the score 11-8 heading into the seventh.  Hartford/Humboldt added two more runs, while holding Canova to just one, to take the 13-9 win and advance to the championship game against Lake Norden/Badger.

C. Maras had three hits, one double, and three RBIs.  Knight finished with two doubles and three RBIs.  Healy also had two doubles and an RBI.  Bennett Sebert had two hits, one double, and an RBI.  L. Maras had two hits and an RBI.  Linneman had a single and two RBIs.  Braden Herr also had a hit, and Gavin Koch had an RBI.  C. Maras pitched 1/3 of an inning allowing four earned runs on two hits and two walks.  Parsons pitched 4 1/3 innings allowing just four hits and three walks with four strikeouts.  Koch pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing five runs, four earned, on seven hits with a walk and four strikeouts.

Hartford/Humboldt got another chance at Lake Norden/Badger in the championship game on Wednesday.  Lake Norden/Badger was once again too strong for Hartford/Humboldt.  Lake Norden/Badger got out to a 3-1 lead after two innings and scored three more times for the 6-1 win to advance to the state tournament.

Healy, Braden Herr, and Linneman had three hits in the game.  Knight pitched four innings allowing six runs, three earned, on five hits and three walks.  Linneman pitched three innings allowing two hits and a walk with three strikeouts.

Wood Ducks Finish Regular Season

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The Hartford-Humboldt Wood Ducks finished the Cornbelt League season with a game on Thursday, July 15th and Sunday, July 18th.

After a win over Flandreau (4-3) on Sunday, July 11th, the Wood Ducks played the Dell Rapids Mudcats on Thursday the 15th.  Dell Rapids took the 5-1 victory in the game.  The Wood Ducks then closed out the regular season against Colman on Sunday the 18th.  Colman handed the Wood Ducks a 5-1 loss.

Hartford-Humboldt Wood Ducks finished the league season with a 6-12 record.  They will be the #9 seed in the District 4B Tournament held in Colman July 23rd through 31st.  The Wood Ducks will play #8 seed Salem in the first game of the tournament on Friday, July 23rd at 6:00 p.m.

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