Legion baseball roundup: Tabor, Winner/Colome advance to Class B state tournament with one-run wins

The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D.
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Jul. 25—PARKSTON — Salem landed its best punch, but Tabor came back with a haymaker of its own to clinch a berth in the Class B state Legion tournament on Saturday.

Salem scored five runs in the top of the fourth inning of the Region 4B tournament, but the Bluebirds responded with four runs in the bottom of the fourth and hung on for an 8-7 win.

Riley Rothschadl hit a two-run single in the fourth for Tabor (18-9), while Nolan Carda followed with a two-run double. Cards finished 3-for-4 with three RBIs, while Rothschadl went 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Nolan Dvorak had two hits and Kaden Kozak drove in a run.

Carter Uecker surrendered four earned runs on six hits in 3 1/3 innings, while Dustin Honomichl earned the win after allowing two earned runs on three hits and struck out five in 3 2/3 innings of relief.

Braeden Kerkhove went 2-for-4 with three RBIs for Salem, while Avery Feterl went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs. Carter Randall and Trey Claussen both drove in runs. Bobby Koepsell allowed six earned runs on nine hits and struck out six in 5 2/3 innings.

Tabor defeated Salem 8-1 behind Kaleb Kubal's four RBIs on Friday to advance to the finals. Salem rebounded to beat Parkston 11-2 to reach the finals after Carter Randall, Gavin Gordon and Joe Loudenburg all drove in two runs each.

Salem finishes the season 11-10.

The Class B state tournament will be held July 30 through Aug. 3 in Groton.

Winner/Colome fends off Platte-Geddes in Region 7B

WINNER — Platte-Geddes ran out of seventh-inning magic as Winner/Colome survived a late rally for a 6-5 win in Game 2 of the Region 7B tournament and clinched a spot in the Class B state Legion tournament.

The White Caps advanced to the finals after answering a four-run sixth inning by Gregory County with three runs in the top of the seventh for an 8-7 win on Friday. Needing to beat the Royals twice in the finals to win — Winner/Colome won 10-4 on Thursday — Grayson Hanson plated the go-ahead run with an RBI triple in the top of the seventh for a 4-2 win.

Nate Whalen drove in a run with a single in the bottom of the seventh and Grayson Hanson followed with another single for Platte-Geddes, but Kameron Meiners recorded back-to-back flyouts to left field to end the game.

After Platte-Geddes tied the game in the fifth, Adam Bohnet's RBI single in the top of the sixth gave the Royals the lead and Zach Bohnet scored on a wild pitch during the ensuing at-bat for the eventual game-winning run.

Meiners tossed a complete game for Winner/Colome (14-7), allowing three earned runs on nine hits and struck out three. He also drove in a run. Adam Bohnet had two hits, while Zach Bohnet had two RBIs.

Landon Schulte went 2-for-4 with two RBIs for the White Caps, while Jackson Neuman drove in a run. Hanson finished the game 3-for-4. Hanson, Dawson Hoffman and Jackson Olsen combined to allow five earned runs on four hits and five walks, striking out four.

The win for the Royals came after Platte-Geddes twice staved off elimination in the double-elimination tournament, including topping Winner/Colome 4-2 in the first game of the finals.

Platte-Geddes finishes the season 10-6.