The West Central high school baseball team had their season come to an end in the opening round of the State B Tournament in Brookings on Monday, May 25th. Clark Area rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh to steal a 4-2 win.
Beckett Everson drove home the first run with a ground out in the bottom of the first to put West Central ahead 1-0. Everson brought home another run with a single in the bottom of the third making the score 2-0. Clark Area got a run in the top of the fourth in a wild pitch to cut the lead to 2-1. The score remained 2-1 until the top of the seventh. A single with two on and two out for Clark Area tied the game 2-2. With runners now on second and third, another single to center field brought home to more runs to put Clark Area ahead 4-2. West Central, unfortunately, went down in order in the bottom of the seventh.
Everson finished with a single and two RBIs. Hayden Whiting had a triple. Zach Lorang added a single. Taten Van Overbeke pitched 3 2/3 innings and allowed an earned run on three hits and four walks with two strikeouts. Gunnar Alfson tossed 2 1/3 innings and allowed a walk with two strikeouts. CJ Den Boer threw one inning and allowed three earned runs on three hits and a walk with one strikeout.
West Central finishes the season with a 15-2 overall record.
