{"id":2767,"date":"2025-07-28T15:24:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T20:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/?p=2767"},"modified":"2025-07-28T15:24:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T20:24:46","slug":"gamecocks-split-first-two-games-of-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/2025\/07\/28\/gamecocks-split-first-two-games-of-districts\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamecocks Split First Two Games of Districts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1071\" src=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Humboldt-Hartford-Gamecocks-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Humboldt-Hartford-Gamecocks-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Humboldt-Hartford-Gamecocks-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Humboldt-Hartford-Gamecocks-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Humboldt-Hartford-Gamecocks.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>The Humboldt Gamecocks have split their first two games of the District 4B Tournament in Madison.\u00a0 The #6 seed lost their opening game to Madison on Saturday, July 27th but rebounded for a win over Salem on Sunday, July 27th.<\/p>\n<h5>Madison 10, Gamecocks 5<\/h5>\n<p>Madison rallied late in the game to get the opening-round win over Humboldt.\u00a0 Each team scored two runs in the first inning.\u00a0 Madison added two more in the second and another in the third for a 5-2 lead.\u00a0 The Gamecocks scored two times in the top of the sixth to pull within one, 5-4.\u00a0 They tied the game in the top of the eighth inning, 5-5.\u00a0 Madison, however, scored five times in the bottom of the eighth to pull away for the win.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Migliante had a single and two RBIs.\u00a0 Jonah Rechtenbaugh and Adam Hentges had a single and an RBI each.\u00a0 Cam Quigley and Broc Haldeman each had one hit.\u00a0 Cole Barthel pitched four innings and allowed five runs, four earned, on five hits and a walk with two strikeouts.\u00a0 Noah Vettrus pitched four innings and allowed five runs, but all unearned, on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts.<\/p>\n<h5>Gamecocks 9, Salem 3<\/h5>\n<p>Humboldt was able to avoid elimination with a 9-3 win over Salem.\u00a0 The Gamecocks scored two in the bottom of the first and two more in the second for an early 4-0 lead.\u00a0 Salem cut the lead in half, 4-2, with two runs in the top of the third.\u00a0 The Gamecocks scored the next five runs.\u00a0 They got three in the fifth, one in the sixth, and added one more in the bottom of the eighth.\u00a0 Salem was only able to get just one more run in the top of the ninth.<\/p>\n<p>Devon Garry had three hits, including a double and home run, and had three RBIs.\u00a0 Rechtenbaugh also had three hits, one of them a double.\u00a0 Quigley finished with two hits and two RBIs.\u00a0 Joe Hanisch and Haldeman had two hits each.\u00a0 Ryan Holgate had a home run and three RBIs.\u00a0 Blake Svoboda had a hit and an RBI.\u00a0 Kyle Konechne and Chad Morrison each had a hit.\u00a0 Svoboda pitched six innings and allowed two earned runs on two hits and six walks with 10 strikeouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Humboldt Gamecocks have split their first two games of the District 4B Tournament in Madison.\u00a0 The #6 seed lost their opening game to Madison on Saturday, July 27th but rebounded for a win over Salem on Sunday, July 27th. 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