{"id":1190,"date":"2023-07-11T19:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T00:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2023-07-11T19:29:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T00:29:05","slug":"west-central-14u-advances-to-championship-game-in-region-4a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/2023\/07\/11\/west-central-14u-advances-to-championship-game-in-region-4a\/","title":{"rendered":"West Central 14U Advances to Championship Game in Region 4A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1064\" src=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WCBA_Logo-150x140.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WCBA_Logo-150x140.png 150w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WCBA_Logo.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>The West Central 14U baseball team is one win away from earning a trip to the 2023 South Dakota VFW State A Tournament.\u00a0 They opened Region 4A play with a 5-4 win over Wagner on Monday, July 10th.\u00a0 They followed that with an 8-2 victory over Tri-Valley Maroon in the semifinals on Tuesday, July 11th.<\/p>\n<p>Tri-Valley scored the first two runs of the game in the top of the first inning, but their offense was held in check the rest of the game.\u00a0 West Central went ahead, 4-2, with a four-run bottom of the third.\u00a0 They increased the lead with two runs in the bottom of the fourth.\u00a0 Their final two runs came in the bottom of the sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Karson Vessells had three hits, including a double, and three RBIs.\u00a0 JT Steckley had two hits and three RBIs.\u00a0 Dylan Bettcher and Karson Olson each tallied a single.\u00a0 Langdon Klinkhammer added an RBI.\u00a0 Alex Siemonsma pitched two innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on four hits with three strikeouts.\u00a0 Steckley pitched 4 1\/3 innings and allowed three hits and four walks with 10 strikeouts.\u00a0 Bettcher threw 2\/3 of an inning and walked two batters while striking out one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The West Central 14U baseball team is one win away from earning a trip to the 2023 South Dakota VFW State A Tournament.\u00a0 They opened Region 4A play with a 5-4 win over Wagner on Monday, July 10th.\u00a0 They followed that with an 8-2 victory over Tri-Valley Maroon in the semifinals on Tuesday, July 11th. 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