{"id":2785,"date":"2025-08-06T09:17:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/?p=2785"},"modified":"2025-08-06T09:17:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:17:24","slug":"wood-ducks-fall-short-of-state-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/2025\/08\/06\/wood-ducks-fall-short-of-state-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Wood Ducks Fall Short of State Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1086\" src=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodDucksLogo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodDucksLogo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodDucksLogo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodDucksLogo-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodDucksLogo.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>The Hartford\/Humboldt Wood Ducks had two chances to win one last game at the District 4B Tournament in Madison to punch their ticket to the state tournament, but they fell short in both of those games on Friday, August 1st and Saturday, August 2nd.<\/p>\n<h5>Canova 13, Wood Ducks 7<\/h5>\n<p>The Canova Gang rallied late in the game to pull away from the Wood Ducks to qualify for the state tournament.\u00a0 The Wood Ducks scored a run in the top of the first inning.\u00a0 Canova responded with four in the bottom of the inning and then one more in the second for a 5-1 lead.\u00a0 The Wood Ducks picked up two runs in the top of the third.\u00a0 They would tie the game, 5-5, with two more runs in the top of the fifth.\u00a0 Canova regained the lead, 7-5, with two runs in the bottom of the fifth.\u00a0 The Wood Ducks again tied the game, 7-7, with two runs in the top of the seventh.\u00a0 Canova, however, took the lead back for good with six runs in the bottom of the seventh.<\/p>\n<p>Keaton Vessells had three hits, including a double and home run, and three RBIs.\u00a0 Brayden Odegaard also had three hits, one a double.\u00a0 Nathan Adrain and Rayce Whiting each had a single with an RBI.\u00a0 Hayden Whiting, Caden Alfson, Braden Herr, and Camden McDonald all had one hit each.<\/p>\n<h5>Flandreau Blue Teal 5, Wood Ducks 3<\/h5>\n<p>A three-run bottom of the fourth proved to be the difference in the game as the Blue Teal qualified for state with a win over the Wood Ducks on the final day of the district tournament.\u00a0 Each team picked up a run in the second inning.\u00a0 The Wood Ducks scored two times in the top of the fourth for a 3-1 lead.\u00a0 Flandreau rallied for three runs in the bottom of the inning to go in front 4-3.\u00a0 The Blue Teal added an insurance run in the bottom of the seventh.<\/p>\n<p>R. Whiting had two hits with an RBI.\u00a0 Vessells had a home run and an RBI.\u00a0 McDonald had a double.\u00a0 Alfson, Odegaard, and Adrian all had one hit each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hartford\/Humboldt Wood Ducks had two chances to win one last game at the District 4B Tournament in Madison to punch their ticket to the state tournament, but they fell short in both of those games on Friday, August 1st and Saturday, August 2nd. 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