Vermillion Post 1 defeated the Colton legion baseball team 18-1 on Monday, July 11th in Colton.  Vermillion scored in every inning but the first inning and held Colton to just three hits.

After a scoreless first inning, Vermillion scored six times in the top of the second inning and three in the third for a 9-0 lead.  Colton got a run in the bottom of the third.  Riley Carlson had a single and an error by the center fielder allowed Tanner VanAsselt to score.  Vermillion would add two more runs in the fourth and seven in the fifth inning.

Carlson, T. VanAsselt, and Nathan Madison each had a single in the game.  Carlson pitched two innings and allowed six runs, two earned, on five hits and four walks.  Noah Haynes also pitched two innings and allowed 11 runs, nine earned, on 10 hits and a walk with a strikeout.  Derek VanAsselt pitched an inning and allowed an unearned run on a hit and walk with a strikeout.