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Gamecocks Beat Wood Ducks in Hartford-Humboldt Battle

July 12, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Gamecocks scored six runs late in the game to get a 9-3 win over the Wood Ducks in a Hartford-Humboldt Cornbelt League battle on Friday, July 9th.

Both teams scored two runs in the first inning. The Gamecocks as the visiting team in the game scored two in the top of the first on a two-run double by Cole Hellie. The Wood Ducks answered with two in the bottom of the first when Jake Ellens scored on an error and Blake Svoboda had an RBI single.

The Gamecocks regained the lead in the top of the second when Drew DeMers drew a bases-loaded walk. The score remained 3-2 in favor of the Gamecocks until the top of the seventh inning. The Gamecocks scored three runs in the inning. Devon Garry had a two-run double and Hellie added an RBI single for a 6-2 lead. The lead grew to 8-2 with two more runs in the top of the ninth. DeMers had an RBI double, and Cam Quigley added an RBI single. Joe Hanisch added a solo home run in the top of the ninth to give the Gamecocks a 9-2 lead. The Wood Ducks got one run in the bottom of the ninth when Nathan Adrian drew an RBI walk.

Svoboda had two hits and an RBI for the Wood Ducks. Rob Lind had two hits. Auedin King, Ellens, Drew Eldeen, Austin Smith, and Kadyn Nolz all had singles in the game. Adrian had an RBI. Svoboda pitched six innings allowing three earned runs on four hits with six walks and 12 strikeouts. Smith pitched two innings allowing five earned runs on six hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Adrian pitched an inning allowing an earned run on two hits.

Hellie had two hits, one double, and three RBIs. Quigley had two hits and an RBI. Chad Morrison had two hits. DeMers and Garry both had a double and two RBIs. Hanisch had a home run and an RBI. Clayton Hanisch and a double. Broc Haldeman and Noah Vettrus both had singles. Tyler Renken pitched five innings allowing two runs, both unearned, on six hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Quigley pitched four innings allowing an earned run on three hits with five walks and three strikeouts.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Gamecocks	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	9	12	2
Wood Ducks	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	1

West Central 16U Blasts Madison White

July 9, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

West Central scored 26 runs and belted 21 hits in a five-inning 26-7 win over Madison White in Madison on Thursday, July 8th.

West Central scored in every inning. They scored one run in the top of the first, eight in the second, three in the third, two in the fourth, and then 12 runs in the top of the fifth inning. Madison got three runs in the third and four in the fourth.

Andrew Zimmer had three hits, two home runs and a double, with six RBIs. Braydon Odegaard had three hits, including two doubles, and three RBIs. Duece Sherard had three hits, one a double, and three RBIs. Justin Zirpel had three hits, two of them doubles, and three RBIs. Camden McDonald had two hits and two RBIs. Xzavian Ferris had two hits, one double, and an RBI. Derek Renken had two hits. Cade Vander Woude also had two hits, one of them a double. Gage Nelson had a hit and an RBI. Dalton Mulder and Maison Schuldt both had a single.

Mulder pitched two innings allowing just one hit with one walk and two strikeouts. Sherard pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing seven runs, four earned, on four hits with four walks and two strikeouts. Zimmer pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing two hits with a walk and three strikeouts.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
West Central 16U	1	8	3	2	12	X	X	26	21	2
Madison White 16U	0	0	3	4	0	X	X	7	7	6

Hills-Beaver Creek 14U Scores Late to Beat West Central Royal 14U

July 7, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

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 Gold 14U No-Hits Tri-Valley White 14U

July 7, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

West Central Gold 14U got a big win over Tri-Valley White 14U on Wednesday, July 7th. West Central won by a score of 17-2 in four innings while holding Tri-Valley to no hits in the game.

Tri-Valley did score the first run of the game in the bottom of the first inning. Kaden Egger scored on a passed ball after being hit by a pitch, advancing to second on a passed ball, and then stealing third.

West Central took control of the game in top of the second by scoring nine times. Carter Evans had an RBI single. Jacob Kono had a two-run double. Seth Lind scored on an error. Jack Sebert had an RBI single. Cain Grocott, Sebert, and Caden Alfson all scored on a passed ball, and Keaton Vessells scored on an error to make the score 9-1.

Levi Kretzschmar scored the second run for Tri-Valley in the bottom of the second inning. He scored on a passed ball after also getting hit by a pitch, moving to second on a wild pitch, and then advancing to third on a ground out.

West Central then scored seven more times in the top of the third. Sebert had an RBI walk. Kono and Grocott both scored on a wild pitch. Vessells had an RBI sacrifice fly. Zach Lorang had an RBI ground out. Seth Lind was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, and Kono had an RBI walk. The final run of the game was scored in the top of the fourth when Alfson scored on an error to make the score 17-2.

Egger pitched two innings for Tri-Valley giving up nine earned runs on 10 hits with a walk and a strikeout. Denton Bicknase pitched 1/3 of an inning allowing seven earned runs on four hits and three walks. Kretzschmar pitched 2/3 of an inning walking one and striking out one. Landon Schenkel pitched an inning allowing an earned run on a hit with a walk.

Alfson had two triples in the game. Kono had two hits, one a double, with three RBIs. Nick Lorang had two hits. Sebert had a hit and two RBIs. Vessells, Z. Lorang, Evans, and Lind all had a hit and an RBI. Grocott also had an RBI. Grocott pitched an inning allowing an earned run on two walks. Kono pitched an inning also allowing an earned run. Vessells pitched an inning with two strikeouts, and Alfson pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
West Central Gold 14U	0	9	7	1	X	X	X	17	11	0
Tri-Valley White 14U	1	1	0	0	X	X	X	2	0	4

Wood Ducks Currently Sixth in Cornbelt Standings

July 7, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Hartford-Humboldt Wood Ducks are currently in sixth place in the Cornbelt League standings with a 5-8 league record through July 6th. They are currently tied with Salem and just two games back of the Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks.

The Wood Ducks have gone 1-3 in their last four games. Salem defeated the Wood Ducks 10-2 on Thursday, June 24th. Canova got a two-run victory, 3-1, on Sunday, June 27th. The Wood Ducks then picked up a win against PBR, 5-4, on Thursday, July 1st. Madison, however, defeated the Wood Ducks 12-10 on Tuesday, July 6th.

The Wood Ducks will play the Gamecocks on Friday, July 9th. They will travel to Flandreau on Sunday, July 11th, and then hit the road again on Thursday, July 15th to play the Dell Rapids Mudcats.

West Central Royal 14U Gets Extra Inning Win over Tea Navy

July 6, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

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

West Central 16U Wins Easily over Madison Black

July 5, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

West Central scored five times in the top of the first inning and continued to roll from there on their way to a 13-2 win in five innings over Madison on Thursday, July 1st.

Justin Zirpel brought home the first two runs on a triple. Zirpel scored the third run on a wild pitch. Dylan Stromer had an RBI triple, and Gage Nelson had an RBI ground out all in the top of the first inning. Madison got two runs back in the bottom of the inning to make the score 5-2.

West Central added two runs in the top of the second with two outs. Camden McDonald scored on an error, and Nelson drew a bases-loaded walk to push the lead to 7-2. Four more runs were scored in the top of the third inning. McDonald had a two-run double and later scored on an error. Stromer added another RBI triple to make the score 11-2. The final two runs were scored in the fifth inning when Dalton Mulder had an RBI double, and Gavin Gerlach had an RBI single.

Stromer had two triples and two RBIs. McDonald had two hits, one a double, and two RBIs. Mulder had two hits, including a double, and an RBI. Zirpel had a triple and two RBIs. Gerlach had a single and RBI. Duece Sherard had a double, and Nelson had two RBIs.

Andrew Zimmer pitched all five innings allowing two earned runs on six hits with six strikeouts.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
West Central 16U	5	2	4	0	2	X	X	13	9	1
Madison Black 16U	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	2	6	4

Gamecocks Cruise to League Win over Colman

July 1, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks scored 14 straight runs over six innings and defeated the Colman A’s 14-3 in seven innings on Wednesday, June 30th.

The runs started early for the Gamecocks. They scored six times in the top of the second inning and continued to cruise from there. They scored one run in the third, three in the fourth, three in the fifth, and one more in the sixth. Colman did get three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, but the game ended on the 10-run rule after seven innings.

Cole Hellie had three hits and an RBI. Devon Garry had two hits and two RBIs. Cam Quigley and Tyler Renken both had two hits, each also having a double, and an RBI. Chad Morrison also had two hits and an RBI. Broc Haldeman had two hits, including a double. Noah Vettrus had a home run and five RBIs. Drew DeMers had a hit and two RBIs, and Drew Maras had a hit and an RBI.

Renken pitched five innings allowing just one hit and three walks with five strikeouts. Maras pitched two innings allowing three earned runs on two hits and two walks.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Gamecocks	0	6	1	3	3	1	0	X	X	14	16	1
Colman A’s	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	X	3	3	2

Loof Gets Walk-off Hit for West Central Royal 14U

July 1, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

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

Hartford Sparx Win Two over Yankton Fury Red

June 30, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Hartford Sparx won a double-heeader against Yankton Fury Red on Tuesday, June 29th. The Sparx won the first game 3-1 and won the second game 11-6.

The Sparx scored first in the opening, low-scoring game. Hartford got a single run in the bottom of the second. Yankton tied the game in the top of the third, but Hartford scored two runs in the bottom of the third inning. Those two runs were the final runs scored in the game.

Grace Harden and Avery Evans both had a single and RBI. Brooke Opitz, Caitlyn Maa, Addy Kramer, and Taylor Kunzweiler all had singles. Harden pitched all seven innings allowing one earned run on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts.

The Sparx offense got going early in the second game. Hartford scored six times in the top of the first and then one more in the top of the third for a 7-0 lead. Yankton scored the next four runs, three in the bottom of the third and one more in the bottom of the fourth to make the score 7-4. Hartford then had a three-run inning in the top of the fifth and had one more in the sixth.

Kramer had a home run with two RBIs. Olivia Brown had a double with two RBIs. Jenna Lueth had two hits and two RBIs. McKenna Sickmeller had two hits and an RBI. Harden, Avery Evans, and Kunzweiler all had two hits each. Maa and Riley Morrison both had a single and an RBI, while Opitz had a hit. Harden pitched an inning allowing two hits with a strikeout. Kunzweiler pitched five innings allowing four runs, two earned, on 10 hits with three strikeeouts.

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