{"id":2782,"date":"2025-08-01T08:44:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/?p=2782"},"modified":"2025-08-01T08:44:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:44:36","slug":"gamecocks-heading-back-to-state-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/2025\/08\/01\/gamecocks-heading-back-to-state-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamecocks Heading Back to State Tournament"},"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 will be heading back to the amateur State B Tournament.\u00a0 They defeated the Flandreau Blue Teal 16-11 in the District 4B Tournament in Madison on Thursday, July 31st to qualify for the state tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The Gamecocks opened the game with three runs in the bottom of the first inning.\u00a0 The Blue Teal tied the game in the top of the second, 3-3, with three runs of their own.\u00a0 Humboldt scored another three runs in the bottom of the second and then added three more in the bottom of the third for an early 9-3 lead.<\/p>\n<p>After a scoreless fourth inning, Flandreau got one run in the top of the fifth to make the score 9-4.\u00a0 The Gamecocks seemed to have put the game away after the bottom of the fifth when they scored five times to extend the lead to 14-4.\u00a0 They added another run in the bottom of the sixth to extend the lead to 15-4.\u00a0 The Blue Teal, however, would not go away quietly.\u00a0 They rallied for six runs in the top of the seventh to keep the game going and close the game to 16-10.\u00a0 The Gamecocks got a run in the bottom of the seventh, and Flandreau scored only one more time in the top of the eighth.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Konechne had four hits, including a home run, and five RBIs.\u00a0 Jonah Rechtenbaugh had two hits, one a double, and two RBIs.\u00a0 Cam Quigley also had three hits, including a double, with one RBI.\u00a0 Blake Svoboda had two hits and two RBIs.\u00a0 Devon Garry added two singles and an RBI.\u00a0 Borc Haldeman had a double with an RBI.\u00a0 Joe Hanisch and Chad Moarrison each had a hit and an RBI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Humboldt Gamecocks will be heading back to the amateur State B Tournament.\u00a0 They defeated the Flandreau Blue Teal 16-11 in the District 4B Tournament in Madison on Thursday, July 31st to qualify for the state tournament. 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