State A Junior Tournament in Pierre
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
(one loss) Brookings 8-5
(no losses) SF East
Brookings avenged their lone loss of the tourney by beating SF East 8-5 to force a winner-take-all Title Game. Brookings was out-hit 10-7, but they clumped their offense together w/ four runs each in innings four & five. Each team committed three errors. Jack Smith piled up four hits in the loss, while Nathan Lease went the full 7inn and whiffed five for the win.
SF East
Brookings 3-2
Brookings knocked off SFE a 2nd time on Monday to claim the Junior Tourney crown, 3-2. SFE committed four errors in the loss, plus they were out-hit 7-6. Lincoln Vasgaard had half of those hits for SFE, while Brookings saw both Nathan Lease & Justin Cofell have 2-hit performances. Austin Clark was the winning pitcher as Brookings got another complete game. Clark struck out two in the win.
State A Senior Tournament in Brandon
ELIMINATION BRACKET
RC Post 22
SF East 4-1
SFE sent the perennial top team packing on Monday, eliminating the Hardhats, 4-1. SF held a mild 6-5 lead in hits, but RC had three errors while the SF guys didn’t have a miscue on “D”. Andrew Evenson tossed 7inn and K’d four in the win, while Nate Olson plated two.
“COMBO” BRACKET
(one loss) Pierre
(no losses) Renner Royals 7-6
Renner came back from a 6-1 deficit to tie things w/ a 5-run B5, then they took the lead for good by scoring once in the B6 for a 7-6 win and the elimination of Pierre. More importantly, the Royals now need just one win against SF East… and can even lose against them once Tuesday. Renner was out-hit 9-6 in the victory, but they clustered those hits together & took advantage of some walks and four Pierre errors. Jayden Wiebe had 3H for Pierre, while both Andy Moen & Zach Ridl had 2H for the Royals. Austin Henry plated a pair in the win.
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