Big Sioux Media Sports Network

Your first stop for southeast South Dakota sports!

  • Rapid Fitness
    Grinde Seeds
    L.G. Everist Advertisement
    Norbys Advertisement
    Riverside Advertisement
    Dell Rapids Lumber Top Banner Advertisement
    BXCC Top Banner Advertisement
    Landmark Top Banner Advertisement
    Pizza Ranch Top Banner Advertisement

Gamecocks Beat Wood Ducks in July 8th Game

by

The Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks won the second match-up of the season with the Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks on Friday, July 8th.  The Gamecocks scored in every inning and held the Wood Ducks to just two hits in a 15-0 win.

The Gamecocks scored eight times right away in the bottom of the first inning.  They added two runs in the second, single runs in the third and fourth innings, and then ended the game on the 15-run rule with three more runs in the bottom of the fifth.  The Gamecocks had a total of 19 hits in the game.

The Wood Ducks had hits by Austin King and JJ Jesson.  Austin Smith pitched three innings and allowed five earned runs on 10 hits and three walks with two strikeouts.  Logan Larsen pitched two innings and allowed 10 earned runs on nine hits and four walks with one strikeout.

Noah Vettruss had three hits and three RBIs for the Gamecocks.  Kyle Bailey had two hits and two RBIs.  Chad Morrison, Clayton Hanisch, and Cam Quigley all had two hits with a double and an RBI.  Drew Maras had a hit and two RBIs.  Devon Garry finished with a double and an RBI.  Landry Knight, Adam Hentges, Cooper Maras, and Broc Haldeman all had a single and an RBI.  Joe Hanisch added a double.  Brandon McKnight pitched all five innings and allowed two hits and two walks with a strikeout.

Late Rally Falls Short for West Central Gold 14U

by

West Central Gold 14U had the game-tying run on third base with two outs in the bottom of the fifth, but Garretson got the final out to hang on to a 4-3 victory on Thursday, July 7th.

West Central got the first run in the bottom of the first.  Connor Mebius scored on a passed ball.  Garretson took the lead in the top of the second with two runs.  The went ahead 3-1 after a run in the top of the fourth.  West Central answered with a run in the bottom of the inning.  Jericho Klein scored on a steal of home.  Garretson pushed the lead to 4-2 after a run in the top of the fifth.

With two outs in the bottom of the fifth and a runner on third, CJ DenBoer hit an RBI double to right field to cut the lead to 4-3.  DenBoer ended on third after advancing a base on the throw.  With the tying run on third, Garretson got the final out on a strikeout.

DenBoer had a double and RBI.  Braxton Huber, Bubba Kono, and Mebius all had singles.  Karson Olson pitched two innings and allowed two earned runs on two hits.  Jacob Mallinger pitched 1 2/3 innings and allowed an earned run on a hit and a walk with a strikeout.  Lane Maske pitched one inning and allowed an unearned run on a walk.  Klein pitched 1/3 of an inning.

West Central Blue 14U Comes from Behind for Win Against Garretson

by

West Central Blue 14U had to come from behind, but did just that in a 5-4 win over Garretson at home on Thursday, July 7th.

Garretson had a four-run second inning to take a 4-0 lead.  West Central cut the lead in half with two runs in the bottom of the third.  Taten VanOverbeke had an RBI ground out, and Ashton Gebhard scored on a wild pitch.  One inning later West Central tied the game with another two-run inning.  Zach Lorang had an RBI sacrifice fly, and Anthony Lanham had an RBI ground out.  In the bottom of the fifth inning and two outs, Nick Lorang stole home for the game-winning run.

Dylan Bettcher had the only hit in the game for West Central, a double.  Z. Lorang, Lanham, and VanOverbeke all had an RBI.  Jack Sebert pitched three innings and allowed just one hit with six strikeouts.  Lanham pitched two innings and allowed four runs, two earned, on three hits and a walk.

Tea-P Breaks Tie to Beat West Central Gold 14U

by

Tea-P broke a 4-4 tie after three innings and outscored West Central Gold 4-1 the rest of the way for an 8-5 win on Wednesday, July 6th.

Tea scored three runs right away in the top of the first inning.  West Central got one run in their half of the first inning on an RBI single by Connor Mebius.  Tea added another run in the top of the second.  JT Steckley scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the second.  West Central then tied the game 4-4 with two runs in the bottom of the third.  CJ Denboer had an RBI single and then later scored on a wild pitch.

Tea, however, broke the 4-4 tie with three runs in the top of the fourth inning.  West Central got one run back in the bottom of the sixth.  Braxton Huber scored on a passed ball.  Tea got one more run in the top of the seventh.

Hayden Whiting had two hits.  DenBoer and Mebius both had a hit and an RBI.  Steckley pitched one inning and allowed four runs, one earned, on a hit and three walks with two strikeouts.  DenBoer pitched three innings and allowed three runs, one earned, on a hit and four walks with six strikeouts.  Whiting pitched three innings and allowed an unearned run on a hit and two walks with three strikeouts.

West Central Blue Wins Eleventh Game of Season

by

West Central Blue 14U won their eleventh game of the season and fifth in a row after a 16-1 win at Dell Rapids Red on Wednesday, July 6th.

West Central scored six times in the top of the first inning. Dylan Bettcher, Alex Siemonsma, and Ashton Gebhard all had two-run singles. After both teams went scoreless in the second inning, West Central scored 10 times in the top of the third.

Gebhard had another two-run single and then later scored on a passed ball. Anthony Lanham had a three-run double followed by an RBI single by Bettcher. Nick Lorang had a two-run single, and Gebhard had another RBI with a ground out. Dell Rapids got a run in the bottom of the third.

Bettcher had three hits and three RBIs. Gebhard had two hits and five RBIs. Lanham had two hits, one a double, and three RBIs. Lorang had two hits, one of them a triple, and two RBIs. Siemonsma finished with a hit and two RBIs. Jack Sebert added a double. Gebhard pitched two innings and allowed two hits and two walks with five strikeouts. Hayes Cain pitched one inning and allowed an earned run on a walk.

Wood Ducks Get Win over Dell Rapids PBR

by

The Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks won their second league game of the season on Thursday, June 30th.  They defeated Dell Rapids PBR 12-7.

Logan Larsen had four hits and three stolen bases.  JJ Jesson finished with three hits, including a home run.  Austin King added three hits and two stolen bases.  Nathan Adrian finished with a triple and double.  Jake Ellens also had two hits. Derek Eidsness and Austin Smith both finished with a hit and two stolen bases.  Presten Riddle pitched six innings in the win.

Hartford Sparx 18U Enjoying Successful Season

by

The Hartford Sparx 18U softball team is currently enjoying a very good 2022 season.  The Sparx finished the month of May with a 7-2 record.  They were 17-9 overall in the month of June for a current record of 24-11.

The Sparx won the Silver Bracket of the Mt Rushmore Classic in Rapid City June 24th-26th.  This tournament was their most recent set of games in their schedule.  They finished 1-2 in pool play.  They defeated Matrix 16-0, but lost to Grand Junction Drillers (9-2) and River City Wolfpack (6-5).  That record put them into the Silver Bracket of the classic.

Hartford Spark 9, Minot Storm Blue 3

The Sparx defeated Minot Storm Blue 9-3 in the opening game.  Hartford scored seven times in the bottom of the third, and then got a single run in the fourth and fifth innings.  Minot scored all three of their runs in the fifth inning.

Riley Morrison had two hits, a triple and double, and three RBIs.  Caitlyn Maa had two hits, one a double, and two RBIs.  Jenna Lueth also had two hits, one a double, and an RBI.  Addy Kramer finished with a double and RBI.  Grace Harden and McKenna Sichmeller both had a single and RBI.  Taylor Kunzweiler had two hits, and Bryten Roth and Payten Meinke each added a single.

Kunzweiler pitched all five innings and allowed three earned runs on two hits and two walks with two strikeouts.

Hartford Sparx 4, SoDak Softball 3

Hartford scored four early runs against SoDak Softball and held on for a 4-3 victory to put them in the championship. The Sparx had a three-run first inning and added another run in the top of the second for an early 4-0 lead.  SoDak Softball got two runs in the bottom of the third and one more in the bottom of the fifth, but Harden got a strikeout to end the game leaving the tying run on third.

Maa had a double and an RBI.  Avery Evans, Kramer, Kunzweiler, Morrison, and Roth all had singles in the game.  Harden pitched all five innings and allowed three earned runs on five hits and four walks with seven strikeouts.

Hatford Sparx 3, CO Diamonds Road 1

The Sparx held CO Diamonds Road to just one hit and took the title with a 3-1 win.  Hartford broke a 0-0 tie with two runs in the bottom of the third inning.  CO Diamonds got a run in the top of the fourth, but the Sparx got that run back in the bottom of the inning.  The Sparx held he Diamonds scoreless in the fifth inning for the win.

Harden had two hits, one a double, and an RBI.  Evans and Maa both had a single and an RBI.  Kramer and Morrison both added a single.  Kunzweiler pitched five innings and allowed just one earned run on one hit with two walks and had five strikeouts.

Madison Scores 10 Unanswered in Win over Gamecocks

by

The Madison Broncos scored 10 unanswered runs in a 14-7 home win over the Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks on Thursday, June 30th.

Madison scored first four runs of the game.  They got two runs in the bottom of the first and two more in the bottom of the second.  Humboldt/Hartford had a big top of the fifth inning scoring four times to tie the game.  Joe Hanisch was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.  Broc Haldeman drew a bases-loaded walk, and K Bailey had a two-run single to make the score 4-4.

The Broncos had two big innings in a row.  They scored five times in the bottom of the fifth and five more in the bottom of the sixth to make the score 14-4.  The Gamecocks scored three times in the top of the seventh.  Kyle Bailey had a two run double and then later scored on a wild pitch.

Bailey had two hits, one a double, and four RBIs.  Haldeman had two hits, including a double, with an RBI.  Hanisch had a single and an RBI.  Cam Quigley, Cooper Maras, Noah Vettrus, and Landry Knight all had singles.

Brandon McKinight pitched four innings and allowed seven runs, three earned, on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts.  Knight pitched two innings and allowed a hit and a walk with five strikeouts.  Zach Treiber pitched 1 2/3 inings and allowed seven runs, five earned, on five hits and two walks with a strikeout.

Big Inning Sends Baltic to Win over West Central 16U

by

West Central 16U held a brief lead after the top of the fifth inning, but Baltic scored seven times in the bottom of the fifth to get a 12-6 win on Thursday, June 30th.

Keaton Vessells had an RBI triple, and B Herr followed with an RBI single to give West Central a 2-0 lead after the top of the first.  Baltic cut the lead in half with a run in the bottom of the first.  They would take the lead with a two-run third inning, and then add two more in the bottom of the fourth.  Baltic led 5-2 after four innings of play.

West Central regained the lead in the top of the fifth.  Rayce Whiting reached on an error that scored Cade Vanderwoude.  Will Nester had an RBI ground out, and Whiting scored on an error to tie the game.  Vessells then had an RBI double to give West Central a 6-5 lead.  The lead was short-lived as Baltic scored seven times in the bottom of the fifth to take the win.

Vessells had two hits, a triple and double, with two RBIs.  Herr had a single and an RBI.  Whiting, Cain Grocott, and Jonathan Murray all had a single.  Nester had an RBI.  Grocott pitched three innings and allowed three earned runs on four hits and three walks.  Vessells pitched an inning and had a strikeout.  Vanderwoude threw two innings and allowed nine runs, eight earned, on 12 hits.

West Central Blue 14U Blanks Parker

by

West Central Blue 14U scored 10 runs in the first three innings and Anthony Lanham held Parker to just two hits in an 10-0 win on Wednesday, June 29th.

Jack Sebert scored the first run of the game, and Alex Siemonsma had an RBI single in the first inning.  Sebert and Hayes Cain had RBI singles in the second inning.  Dylan Bettcher followed with an RBI double, and Siemonsma had an RBI single to push the lead to 6-0.  Four more runs came home in the bottom of the third, all with two outs.  Cain and Lanham had RBI singles.  Bettcher brought home two with a single.

Bettcher had two hits, one a double, and three RBIs.  Cain and Siemonsma both had two hits and two RBIs.  Sebert and Lanham each had a single and RBI.  Taten VanOverbeke added a single as well.

Lanham pitched five innings and allowed two hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy