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Second Place in I-29 League Tournament Goes to West Central 16U

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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.

West Central Royal 14U Holds off Tri-Valley Maroon 14U

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The West Central Royal 14U teener team held off a late rally by Tri-Valley Maroon 14U to get a 10-8 win on Thursday, June 10th.

Tri-Valley scored the first three runs of the game.  Carter Sorenson stole home and Cody Lofswold scored on a ground ball in the top of the second.  Tri-Valley added one more run in the top of the third when Brody Dybvig scored on an RBI ground ball by Aiden Bunde.

West Central tied the game in the bottom of the third.  Landen Holewa had an RBI single, Lando Whiting had a steal of home, and Holewa later scored on an error to make the score 3-3.  West Central took the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning.  Quincy Stephens had an RBI single, and Cody Opitz had an RBI ground out to give West Central the 5-3 lead.  Four more runs scored in the bottom of the fifth inning when Whiting and Holewa scored on an error, CJ DenBoer scored on a passed ball, and Preston Hostetler scored on an error.  West Central added their 10th run in the bottom of the sixth inning when Anthony Lanham scored on a passed ball.

Tri-Valley made a furious push in the top of the seventh inning.  Austin Puetz scored on a ground out by Cyrus Kirstein, which was the second out of the inning.  Landon Jensen scored on a passed ball.  Bunde and Sorenson both drew bases loaded walks to make the score 10-7.  Kaiden Bernards had an RBI single, but West Central was able to get the final out and hang on for the win.

Dybvig had a triple in the game for Tri-Valley.  Tristen Bunde and Sorenson both had a double, and Bernards had a hit.  A. Bunde had two RBIs.  Sorenson, Bernards, Hunter Foster, and Kirstein all had one RBI.  Sorenson pitched three innings allowing three runs, two earned, on two hits with two walks and four strikeouts.  Dybvig pitched two innings allowing six runs, two earned, on three hits with a walk and two strikeouts.  Landon Asche pitched an inning allowing one run, unearned, on a hit with two strikeouts.

Holewa had two hits for West Central with an RBI.  Stephens had a hit and an RBI.  Whiting, Cooper Mulder, and Lanham all had singles.   Opitz also had an RBI.   Stephens pitched six innings allowing three runs, one earned, on three hits with one walk and six strikeouts.  Whiting pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing five earned runs on six walks.  Opitz pitched 1/3 of an inning allowing a hit.

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Gamecocks Fall to Canova on the Road

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The Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks held early leads in the first two innings, but the Canova Gang took the lead for good in the bottom of the second inning and pulled away for a 7-4 win on Thursday, June 10th.

Cole Hellie gave the Gamecocks their first lead of the game on a two-run single in the top of the first inning.  Canova tied the game in the bottom of the first inning on three straight hits.  Tyler Renken gave the Gamecocks the lead back, 3-2, with a solo home run to lead off the top of the second inning.  Canova again strung together three straight hits in the bottom of the second, this time scoring three runs to take a 5-3 lead.  Hellie had another RBI single in the top of the third to pull the Gamecocks within a run at 5-4, but Canova scored a run in the bottom of the sixth and one more in the bottom of the eighth to secure the win.

Renken had two hits, a home run and double, and one RBI.  Hellie had two hits and three RBIs.  Cam Quigley had two hits.  Broc Haldeman, Joe Hanisch, Chad Morrison, and Adam Hentges all had singles in the game. 

Micah Warrington pitched 5 1/3 innings allowing six earned runs on eight hits with four walks and two strikeouts.  Quigley pitched 2 2/3 innings allowing one earned run on two hits with three walks and two strikeouts.

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West Central Gold 14U Wins Big over Volga

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The West Central Gold 14U team scored a big road win on Thursday, June 10th.  West Central defeated Volga 26-4 in five innings.

The visitors scored first with two runs in the top of the first inning.  Volga responded with a run in the bottom of the inning, and West Central led 2-1 after the first inning.  West Central would add four more runs in the top of the second to extend the lead to 6-1.  Volga pulled within two runs, 6-4, after three runs in the bottom of the third inning.  Then West Central scored 20 straight runs.  They scored six times in the fourth inning and then plated 14 runs in the top of the fifth.

West Central had a total of 16 hits with eight different players getting a hit in the game.  Jesse Jost had four hits and three RBIs.  Keaton Vessells had three hits, one of them a double, with four RBIs.  Cain Grocott also had three hits, one of them a triple, and four RBIs.  Nick Lorang had two hits, one a double, with two RBIs.  Caden Alfson finished with a double and three RBIs.  Jack Sebert and Seth Lind both had a hit and two RBIs.   Jacob Kono also had a hit.

Vessells pitched two innings allowing one earned run on two hits with three walks and three strikeouts.  Sebert pitched an inning allowing three earned runs on three hits with two walks and two strikeouts.  Lorang pitched two innings of no-hit baseball with two strikeouts.

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West Central Gold 14U Gets Big Win over Tea Navy 14U

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Coming off of a second place finish at the I-29 League Tournament, West Central Gold 14U scored a big win over Tea Nave 14U 15-3 in five innings on Wednesday, June 9th.

The game was close through four innings of play.  Keaton Vessells had an RBI double in the top of the first inning for an early 1-0 West Central lead.  West Central then scored three times in the top of third.  Jesse Jost scored on a wild pitch, Cain Grocott had an RBI sacrifice pop out, and Vessells scored on an error to push the lead to 4-0.  Tea responded with three runs of their own in the bottom of the third inning to make the score 4-3.  Neither team scored in the fourth inning.

Then West Central’s offense took advantage of nine walks in the top of the fifth inning.  Three timely hits combined with the nine walks led to 11 runs in the inning to blow the game open and send West Central home with the win.

Caden Alfson had a triple with three RBIs in the fifth inning.  Vessells finished with a double and an RBI.  Carter Evens had a hit with two RBIs.  Jack Sebert, Grocott, Nick Lorang, and Evan Jaton all had a hit and an RBI.  Jost and Jacob Kono also had an RBI.  Jost pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing one earned run on two hits with two walks and six strikeouts.  Grocott pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits with two walks and three strikeouts.  Alfson pitched a perfect fifth inning striking out all three batters.

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West Central Royal 14U Falls to Dell Rapids in Second Straight Game

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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.

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West Central Girls Golf Places Eighth

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The final high school event of the 2020-2021 year has now come to an end.  The West Central Trojan girls golf team played their final rounds of the season at the 2021 South Dakota State A Golf Tournament at Spearfish Canyon Country Club Monday, June 7th, and Tuesday, June 8th.

West Central finished eighth in the team standings with a two-day total score of 832.

Jordyn Driscoll tied for 12th with an overall total of 182 (92, 90 ).  Kaylee Olson tied for 46th with a total of 215 (104, 111).  Alaina Murphy finished 50th with a two-day total of 217 (107, 110).  Dakotah Larson tied for 51st with a total of 218 (104, 114).  Emma Grocott finished her tournament with a total of 245 (115, 130), placing 73rd.

West Central Defeats Tri-Valley in 16U Action

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The West Central and Tri-Valley 16U teams did battle in Humboldt on Monday, June 7th.  West Central scored in every inning and got the 14-1 win in five-innings.

Mason Berens scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the first to give West Central a 1-0 lead.  Duece Sherard had a two run single in the bottom of the second, and West Central increased the lead to 3-0.

Cole Focken got Tri-Valley on the board with an RBI single in the top of the third inning to cut the lead to 3-1.  West Central scored six times in the bottom of the inning.  Braydon Odegaard scored on an error, Gage Nelson drew a bases loaded walk, Derek Renken had an RBI single, Nelson then scored on a wild pitch, and Justin Zirpel hit a sacrifice fly giving West Central a 9-1 lead.

West Central added five more runs in the bottom of the fourth.  Camden Mc Donald had a sacrifice fly, Renken had an RBI single, Sherard had an RBI double, and Zirpel had a two-run single.

Focken finished with a hit and an RBI for Tri-Valley.  Tanner Van Asselt and Everett Althoff also had hits in the game.  Beau Keith pitched two innings giving up seven runs, six earned, on four hits with five walks and five strikeouts.  Holden Rise pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing five runs, four earned, on two hits with three walks.  Mason Hendrixson pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing two earned runs on three hits.

Sherard had two hits, one double, and three RBIs.  Renken had two hits and two RBIs.  Dylan Stromer had two hits.  Zirpel had one hit and three RBIs.  Nelson had a hit and RBI.  Cade Vander Woude had a hit, and Mc Donald had an RBI.  Andrew Zimmer pitched three innings allowing a run, which was unearned, on a hit with two walks and five strikeouts.  Renken pitched two innings allowing two hits and struck out one.

Hartford Sparx 18U Softball 4-2 in June

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The Hartford Sparx 18U softball team has gone 4-2 in their six games in June so far and has an overall record of 14-5-1 on the season.

The Sparx played two games at Aspen Park in Brandon on Saturday, June 5th.  They defeated SD Midwest Speed by a score of 5-1.  They then defeated the Luverne Blaze 12-1.  They picked up two more wins on Sunday, June 6th.  They defeated the Luverne Blaze Fastpitch team 8-4, and then finished the weekend with another win over SD Midwest Speed 8-0.

On Tuesday, June 8th, the Sparx had a double-header against the Yankton Fury Red team in Yankton.

In the first game, Yankton scored 10 times in the second inning and then held stopped a last inning rally to get a 10-7 win over West Central.

Grace Harden and Jenna Lueth both had three hits and an RBI in the game.  McKenna Sichmeller had two hits, including a double.  Brooke Opitz had a triple and two RBIs.  Caitlyn Maa had a triple and an RBI.  Olivia Brown also had a hit and an RBI.  Taylor Kunzweiler pitched four innings allowing 10 runs, but only two earned, on eight hits with three walks and three strikeouts.

In the second game, the two teams were tied 1-1 heading into the bottom of the third inning.  Yankton scored three times, and then added another run in the bottom of the fourth inning for a 5-1 victory.

Lueth had a hit and an RBI.  Addy Kramer, Riley Morrison, and Brown all had hits.  Harden pitched five innings allowing five runs, four earned, on five hits with one walk and two strikeouts.

West Central Gold 14U Takes Second at I-29 Tournament

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The West Central Gold 14U teener team played four games at the I-29 League Tournament in Flandreau, finishing 3-1 and placing second.

West Central had two games on Friday, June 4th.  In their opening game, they defeated Tea White 13-3.  West Central scored two runs in the bottom of the second, but Tea plated three in the top of the third.  West Central responded with seven in the third, and four more in the fourth to win on the 10-run rule.

Caden Alfson had two home runs and two RBIs.  Carter Evans had two hits and two RBIs.  Jacob Kono had two hits, one double, and two RBIs.  Keaton Vessells had two hits, including a home run, and an RBI.  Jack Sebert had a double and a RBI.  Cain Grocott and Nick Lorang both had two hits.  Sebert pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up two runs, both unearned, on one hit, one walk, and two strikeouts.  Kono pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing an earned run on a hit and a strikeout.

In the second game of the day, West Central defeated Castlewood 25-3 in three innings.  They held Castlewood to just three hits.  West Central scored six in the first, 12 in the second, and seven more in the third.

Vessells had a grand slam home run as one of his three hits and had four RBIs.  Alfson had two hits, including a home run and a double, with four RBIs.  Lorang had three hits and an RBI.  Sebert had a hit with two RBIs.  Grocott had a double and two RBIs.  Seth Lind had a hit and three RBIs.  Carter Evans and Zach Lorang each had a hit.  Kono had three RBIs, and Evan Jaton had an RBI.  Vessells pitched one inning allowing two runs, one earned, on one hit with three strikeouts.  N. Lorang pitched two innings allowing an unearned run on one walk and three strikeouts.

West Central played one game on Saturday, June 5th.  Alfson pitched a no-hitter as West Central defeated Hills-Beaver Creek Red 12-0 to send them to the championship game.

Grocott had three hits, one double, with two RBIs.  Alfson had two hits, one of those a triple, with two RBIs.  Sebert also had a hit.  Alfson pitched four innings with nine strikeouts and three walks.

In the championship game on Sunday, June 6th, West Central ran into a tough Madison Gold team.  Madison scored five runs in the top of the first inning and cruised from their as they defeated West Central 20-2 in six innings.

Alfson had a double with two RBIs.  N. Lorang had the other hit.  Vessells pitched one inning allowing five runs, none of them earned, on two hits with three walks and two strikeouts.  Sebert pitched three innings allowing five runs, two earned, on six hits with two walks.  Grocott pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing nine runs, one earned, on no hits with eight walks and a strikeout.  Lind pitched the final 1/3 of an inning allowing an earned run on a hit and three walks.

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