Press&DakotanDA I LY D O S E
BY JEREMY [email protected]
There is a sad trend that is taking over youth sports: Overly-involved parents crossing the line and verballyabusing — and sometimes assaulting — umpires.
We had just such a situation in our town on Saturday night.Following the Yankton Post 12 and Blair game at the Lewis & Clark Wooden Bat Classic at Riverside Field,
home plate umpire Steve Krier was accosted in the parking lot by what a witness called an intoxicated Blairparent.
And you can about imagine what happened from there. Someone intervened, some punches were thrown,
a mini rumble broke out and eventually people separated. The fact that the police weren’t called is pretty re-markable, considering that we don’t see situations like that in Yankton very often — if ever.
The sad thing is, though, those types of incidents are becoming quite frequent across the country. All youhave to do is do a quick search on YouTube and you’ll find quite a few videos about fans or parents verballyor physically assaulting an umpire or a ref — it really doesn’t matter what sport.
When it comes to this altercation, it was all started by the Blair parents. While I was sitting up in the pressbox, I could clearly hear a mother cursing at the umpire, and I’m sure others heard it too.
The situation probably cost Blair a future invite to this tournament, but it’s also a rather big black eye forthat town. No pun intended.
Parent, Umpire Altercation A Black Eye For Blair
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BASEBALLLEWIS & CLARK LEGION WOODENBAT CLASSIC
May 31-June 2 at Yankton, Vermillion andCrofton
Friday, May 31At Riverside Field, Yankton
Brandon Valley 8, Yankton 3Brandon Valley 6, Blair 0Blair 2, Omaha Central 1Spearfish 5, Omaha Central 2Yankton 9, Spearfish 1
At Prentis Park, VermillionS.F. West 8, Vermillion 2Brookings 7, S.F. West 6Brookings 1, South Sioux City 0South Sioux City 5, Sturgis 0Vermillion 3, Sturgis 2
At Crofton Baseball ParkNorfolk 2, Crofton 0Mitchell 11, Norfolk 0Mitchell 6, Groton 5Groton 1, Tabor 0Tabor 7, Crofton 3, 8 innings
Saturday, June 1At Riverside Field, Yankton
Yankton 5, Omaha Central 3Spearfish 3, Brandon Valley 2Blair 2, Spearfish 1Brandon Valley 10, Omaha Central 2Yankton 9, Blair 5, 8 innings
At Prentis Park, VermillionVermillion 3, Brookings 2Brookings 10, Sturgis 2S.F. West 4, Sturgis 3South Sioux City 3, S.F. West 1South Sioux City 4, Vermillion 0
At Crofton Baseball ParkGroton 8, Crofton 1Groton 8, Norfolk 7Tabor 3, Norfolk 2Mitchell 12, Tabor 0Mitchell 6, Crofton 0
Sunday, June 2At Riverside Field, Yankton
SEMIFINAL: Brandon Valley 2, South SiouxCity 1
SEMIFINAL: Mitchell 12, Brookings 4, 5 in-nings
CHAMPIONSHIP: Mitchell 7, Brandon Val-ley 6
NCAA DIVISION I REGIONALSDouble Elimination (x-if necessary)
At PK Park, Eugene, Ore.Friday, May 31
Rice 3, San Francisco 2, 11 inningsOregon 3, South Dakota State 2
Saturday, June 1San Francisco 4, South Dakota State 3, 13
innings, SDSU eliminatedRice 1, Oregon 0
Sunday, June 2Oregon 6, San Francisco 1, San Francisco
eliminatedOregon 11, Rice 0
Monday, June 3Rice (43-18) vs. Oregon (48-15), 8 p.m.
AMERICAN LEAGUEEast Division
W L Pct GBBoston 34 23 .596 —New York 31 24 .564 2Baltimore 32 25 .561 2Tampa Bay 31 25 .554 2 1/2Toronto 23 33 .411 10 1/2
Central DivisionW L Pct GB
Detroit 30 25 .545 —Cleveland 30 26 .536 1/2Minnesota 25 29 .463 4 1/2
Chicago 24 30 .444 5 1/2Kansas City 23 31 .426 6 1/2
West DivisionW L Pct GB
Texas 35 21 .625 —Oakland 34 24 .586 2Los Angeles 25 32 .439 10 1/2Seattle 24 33 .421 11 1/2Houston 20 37 .351 15 1/2Saturday’s Games
Cleveland 5, Tampa Bay 0Minnesota 5, Seattle 4Oakland 4, Chicago White Sox 3, 10 inningsDetroit 10, Baltimore 3Kansas City 4, Texas 1, 10 inningsBoston 11, N.Y. Yankees 1Houston 2, L.A. Angels 0San Diego 4, Toronto 3
Sunday’s GamesTampa Bay 11, Cleveland 3Baltimore 4, Detroit 2Minnesota 10, Seattle 0Texas 3, Kansas City 1Houston 5, L.A. Angels 4Oakland 2, Chicago White Sox 0Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 8:05 p.m.Toronto at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.
Monday’s GamesCleveland (Masterson 8-3) at N.Y. Yankees
(Pettitte 4-3), 6:05 p.m.Oakland (Milone 5-5) at Milwaukee (Estrada
4-3), 7:10 p.m.Houston (Bedard 0-2) at L.A. Angels (Blan-
ton 1-8), 9:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 0-1) at
Seattle (J.Saunders 3-5), 9:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUEEast Division
W L Pct GBAtlanta 34 22 .607 —Washington 28 29 .491 6 1/2Philadelphia 27 30 .474 7 1/2New York 22 32 .407 11Miami 16 41 .281 18 1/2
Central DivisionW L Pct GB
St. Louis 37 18 .673 —Cincinnati 35 21 .625 2 1/2Pittsburgh 34 22 .607 3 1/2Chicago 23 31 .426 13 1/2Milwaukee 21 34 .382 16
West DivisionW L Pct GB
Arizona 31 24 .564 —Colorado 29 27 .518 2 1/2San Francisco 29 27 .518 2 1/2San Diego 26 29 .473 5Los Angeles 23 31 .426 7 1/2Saturday’s Games
St. Louis 8, San Francisco 0, 1st gameMilwaukee 4, Philadelphia 3Colorado 7, L.A. Dodgers 6, 10 inningsMiami 8, N.Y. Mets 1Arizona 12, Chicago Cubs 4Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 0St. Louis 7, San Francisco 1, 2nd gameAtlanta 2, Washington 1, 10 inningsSan Diego 4, Toronto 3
Sunday’s GamesMiami 11, N.Y. Mets 6Philadelphia 7, Milwaukee 5Atlanta 6, Washington 3Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.San Francisco at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 4:10 p.m.Toronto at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.
Monday’s GamesMiami (Koehler 0-3) at Philadelphia
(K.Kendrick 5-3), 6:05 p.m.Colorado (Chatwood 3-0) at Cincinnati (Ar-
royo 5-5), 6:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 3-5) at Atlanta
(Medlen 1-6), 6:10 p.m.Oakland (Milone 5-5) at Milwaukee (Estrada
4-3), 7:10 p.m.Arizona (Cahill 3-5) at St. Louis (Lynn 7-1),
7:15 p.m.San Diego (Stults 4-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Ca-
puano 1-4), 9:10 p.m.
BASKETBALLNBA PLAYOFFS
CONFERENCE FINALSTuesday, May 28
Indiana 99, Miami 92Thursday, May 30
Miami 90, Indiana 79Saturday, June 1
Indiana 91, Miami 77, series tied 3-3Monday, June 3
Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
TRANSACTIONSBASEBALL
American LeagueCHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed OF De-
wayne Wise on the 15-day DL, retroactive toMay 30. Recalled OF Jordan Danks from Char-lotte (IL).
DETROIT TIGERS — Acquired OF/3B Fran-cisco Martinez from Seattle for a player to benamed or cash considerations, and optioned himto Lakeland (FSL).
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to termswith 3B Chase Lambin on a minor league contract.
MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned INF ChrisColabello to Rochester (IL).
SEATTLE MARINERS — Placed 1B JustinSmoak on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 30.Selected the contract of RHP Jeremy Bondermanfrom Tacoma (PCL). Designated 3B Vinnie Catri-cala for assignment.
TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms withOF Jose Cardona, SS Luis Terrero and OF RonnyCarvajal on minor league contracts.
National LeagueCOLORADO ROCKIES — Placed RHP
Rafael Betancourt on the 15-day DL, retroactiveto June 1. Selected the contract of RHP MannyCorpas from Colorado Springs (PCL).
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed C A.J.Ellis on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 30. Re-called RHP Matt Magill from Albuquerque (PCL)the optioned him back to Albuquerque.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to termswith RHP Jesus Perez and RHP Gerardo Navarroon minor league contracts.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed RHP Hus-ton Street on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 30.Optioned RHP Nick Vincent and LHP Robbie Erlinto Tucson (PCL). Recalled LHP Tommy Layne andRHP Brad Boxberger from Tucson.
Can-Am LeagueNEW JERSEY JACKALS — Released LHP
Jeremy Gigliotti.NEWARK BEARS — Signed INF Travis
Weaver and RHP Jim Schult. Released INF Bran-don Mims and INF Dan Barbero.
ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Signed RHPCameron Bayne. Released RHP Jim Schult.
BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association
NBA — Fined Indiana C Roy Hibbert $75,000for using inappropriate and vulgar language during
postgame interviews following the June 1 gameagainst Miami.
SACRAMENTO KINGS — Named Mike Mal-one coach.
TORONTO RAPTORS — Fired executivevice president of basketball operations Ed Stefan-ski.
FOOTBALLCanadian Football League
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed OLAderious Simmons.
COLLEGEKANSAS — Named Shay Robinson women’s
assistant basketball coach.
SATURDAY’S TRANSACTIONSBASEBALL
American LeagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES — Sent C Taylor Tea-
garden to Norfolk (IL) for a rehab assignment.CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned LHP
Scott Barnes to Columbus (IL). Selected the con-tract of RHP Matt Langwell from Columbus.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed RHP EdgarGonzalez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 26.Reinstated RHP Josh Fields from the 15-day DL.
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Recalled RHP ChrisArcher and LHP Alex Torres from Durham (IL). Op-tioned LHP Jeff Beliveau and RHP Josh Lueke toDurham.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed RHPBrandon Morrow on the 15-day DL. Sent OF RajaiDavis to Dunedin (FSL) for a rehab assignment.Assigned RHP Ramon Ortiz and LHP RickyRomero outright to Buffalo (IL) and then selectedOrtiz’ contract. Assigned 1B Clint Robinson out-right to New Hampshire (EL). Optioned RHP ChadJenkins to Buffalo. Recalled RHP Mickey Storeyfrom Buffalo.
National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Placed RHP
Brandon McCarthy on the 15-day DL. RecalledRHP Randall Delgado from Reno (PCL).
CHICAGO CUBS — Placed RHP RafaelDolis on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract ofRHP Blake Parker from Iowa (PCL). DesignatedRHP Alex Burnett for assignment.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Sent SS Han-ley Ramirez to Rancho Cucamonga (Cal) for arehab assignment. Optioned RHP Javy Guerra toAlbuquerque (PCL).
MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned LHP DuaneBelow to New Orleans (PCL). Recalled RHPJacob Turner from New Orleans.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Placed OFBryce Harper on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May27. Recalled RHP Erik Davis from Syracuse (IL).Sent RHP Christian Garcia to Harrisburg (EL) fora rehab assignment.
FOOTBALLNational Football League
ATLANTA FALCONS — Promoted wide re-ceivers coach Terry Robiskie to assistant headcoach.
HOCKEYNational Hockey League
WINNIPEG JETS — Agreed to terms with FAusten Brassard on a new contract.
MOTORSPORTSINDYCAR — Rescinded in-race fines levied
against drivers Graham Rahal and James Jakesfrom the Indianapolis 500.
Monday, June 3BASEBALL, LEGION Brookings at Yankton Juniors (DH, 5 p.m.)
Tuesday, June 4BASEBALL, LEGION S.F. East at Yankton Juniors (DH, 5 p.m.)
Wednesday, June 5BASEBALL, VFW TEENER Tabor at Yankton Lakers (DH, 5 p.m.); Yankton Reds at S.F.
East (DH, 5 p.m.)GOLF, SDGA Junior Tour Southeast Region Event at Bakker Crossing GC, Sioux FallsTRACK & FIELD, COLLEGE OUTDOOR NCAA Championships at Eugene, Ore.
S C O R E B OA R D A R E A C A L E N DA R
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After a scoreless second in-ning, Post 131 added an insur-ance run on an Adams double tothe gap.
However, in the fourth inning,Mitchell Post 18 came roaringback, knotting the game at three.
Lincoln Neugerbauer startedthe rally off with a single. MountMarty College commit JaredSchmidt drove Neugerbauer inon a stand-up RBI double, inwhich he later scored. His twinbrother Josh Schmidt drove inanother run later in the inning toeven the contest.
In the fifth and sixth innings,Brandon Valley tacked on a run apiece, adding cushion to theirnarrow lead. VanderBeck scoredboth runs for Brandon Valley.
In the seventh inning, Mitchellanswered the bell and four runsto be crowned champions.
Michael Sadler started the lastinning rally with a single off ofstarting pitcher Tommy Gardner.Lincoln Neugerbauer added anRBI and run.
After intentionally walkingJosh Schmidt, Derek Miller hit afull-count, bases loaded singlethat drove in two runs and putMitchell in the drivers seat goinginto the bottom of the seventh in-ning.
VanderBeck started the bot-tom of the seventh by adding histhird hit of the game. Mitchellpitcher Tyler Houwman then an-swered back to strike out Mulder.
But, Adams sent an RBI dou-ble to bring Post 131 within onerun.
After an 11 pitch at-bat, Hall-man was able to but away JacobBruget for the second out.
Brandon Valley pulled Gar-nder after six innings of work.Gardner threw five strike-outsand gave up three runs. Adamswent into pitch for Post 131 andwas credited for the loss.
Hallman was credited with thevictory for Post 18, going in fortwo innings of work.
“Our pitching was phenome-nal this weekend,” Norden said.“We ended up with four completegames out of the six games, soobviously as we use six pitchersin six games. It’s always impor-tant to know what we’re going tohave for our region games in themiddle of the week.”
Norden was very optimisticabout his teams’ pitching dura-bility over the season.
“If you dont come out on topin a tournament like this, it’s keyto get guys to chew up inningsand win baseball games,” he said.“Our guys know they have tochew innings. We do have somearms, but not a 20-man roster.”
Mitchell Post 18 looks to usethis weekend’s Lewis & ClarkWooden Bat Classic as a standardfor the summer season.
“We got hits when we neededto, we played solid defense,” Nor-den said. “Everything came to-gether this weekend, the playfrom the spring season has over-lapped into this season.”
You can follow Nick Robinsonon Twitter at twitter.com/Robin-soNick2013
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Yankton Jackrabbit ClubGolf Outing June 5
The Yankton Jackrabbit Club will be havingtheir annual golf outing on Wednesday, June 5.
Registration will begin at noon with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. at Hillcrest Golf and CountryClub. Dinner and a short program will followgolfing that day.
Contact Gary Stenstrom with questionsabout the event and to register your team at
661-6851 or [email protected].
Grandma’s MarathonDeadline Extended
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Organizers ofGrandma’s Marathon have extended registra-tion for this year’s race by an extra week.
The extension gives runners through Friday,June 7, to join the field for Grandma’s 37th run-ning.
Scott Keenan, executive director ofGrandma’s Marathon, says with this year’s racefalling a week later than usual, officials wantedto give runners extra time to enter.
This year’s Two Harbors-to-Duluth race willbe held June 22. The last time Grandma’sMarathon occurred on a date later than this yearwas in 1990, when it was held June 23.
Runners can register online at www.Grand-masMarathon.com . So far more than 7,100 run-ners have signed up.
with nobody out, Blair walked abatter to load the bases.
With the infielders and out-fielders drawn in, Sawatzkecalmly swung hard and madesolid contact.
“I’ve told them all before, ‘Trynot to do too much,’” Yanktonhead coach Trey Krier said.“When you keep it simple likeLane did, that’s when specialthings happen.”
Sawatzke’s homer was ratherspecial for him, too. It wasn’t hisfirst career home run, but it washis first at Riverside Field.
“It’s kind of special to do it athome finally, especially like this,”said Sawatzke, who will be a sen-ior this fall at Yankton HighSchool.
In winning the game for Post12, he also exacted some re-venge.
“I missed out some chancesearlier, so I guess I wanted someredemption,” Sawatzke said, re-ferring to a groundout in an ear-lier at-bat and later a high throwto second base on a sure pickoff.
It was routine plays like thatwhich will likely tell the story ofPost 12 this summer, Krier said.
“We’re a team that bunts,takes extra bases, just a lot ofsmall ball,” he said. “But evenhere tonight, we didn’t have abunt single, and we had 12 hits.
“It’s going to be hard to beatus if we’re doing both of those.”
Sawatzke is a big part of whatmakes Yankton successful, Kriersaid.
“He’s a quiet leader; he’s not aguy that will say a lot, but hedoes things very fundamentallysound,” Krier said. “He’s defi-nitely a lead by example kid.”
Sawatzke’s home run was thefourth in Yankton’s pool, whichincluded Omaha Central,Spearfish, Blair and Brandon Val-ley. Jacob Adams of Brandon Val-ley had already hit two going into
Sunday’s action, including agrand slam, and Spearfish’s Bran-don Kemp hit the other.
You can follow Jeremy Hoeckon Twitter at twitter.com/jhoeck
MORNING COFFE E WEEKDAYS 7:40 AM MONDAY
THRU FRIDAY Yankton’s Home Team!
JEREMY HOECK/P&DMitchell players celebrate their 7-6 win over Brandon Valley in Sunday'schampionship game of the Lewis & Clark Wooden Bat Classic at RiversideField.
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Lewis & Clark Classic RoundupBrandon Valley and Mitchell
advanced to Sunday’s champi-onship game of the Lewis & ClarkWooden Bat Classic in differentfashions.
In other action for area teams,Crofton finished 0-4 in its ownpool, while Tabor finished with a2-2 record in the Crofton pool.
SemifinalsBrandon Valley 2, South Sioux City 1
Luke Bauske allowed one runon six hits in six innings of workto lead Brandon Valley pastSouth Sioux City 2-1 in Sunday’sfirst semifinal at Riverside Field.
Brandon Valley made tworuns in the bottom of the first in-ning stand up. Lucas Lunstra hadtwo hits and both RBI.
Keaton Comstock pitched sixinnings for South Sioux City,striking out five. He also hadthree hits at the plate.
Mitchell 12, Brookings 4Jared Schmidt was 3-3 with
four RBI and brother JoshSchmidt went 2-4 with two RBI asMitchell beat Brookings 12-4 inSunday’s 5-inning semifinal atRiverside Field.
Mitchell broke a 1-1 tie withsix runs in the bottom of the sec-ond inning and added four runsin the fifth to win by the 8-runrule.
Michael Sadler pitched all fiveinnings and recorded five strike-outs to get the win.
Trevor Puetz drove in tworuns for Brookings, while CarterRoach took the loss.
Saturday’s ActionYankton 5, Omaha Central 3
Lane Sawatzke struck out nine batters asYankton Post 12 beat Omaha Central 5-3 Satur-day morning at Riverside Field.
Mitch Gullikson got the save for Yankton.
Spearfish 3, Brandon Valley 2
A two-run top of the sixth inning ralliedSpearfish past Brandon Valley 3-2 in Saturdayaction at Riverside Field.
Both starting pitchers went the distance, butSpearfish’s Ryan Hamilton came out on top. Hestruck out eight batters in seven innings. Bran-don Valley’s Jacob Bruget had nine strikeouts,to along with two hits at the plate.
Vermillion 3, Brookings 2VERMILLION — The hometown team
scored two runs in the bottom of the first inningand Vermillion held on to beat Brookings 3-2 in
Saturday’s first game. Saturday’s action at Pren-tis Park was pushed back two hours because ofrain, meaning each game that day was trimmedto six innings.
The Brookings Bandits loaded the baseswith one out in the top of the sixth inning, andscored a run on a walk. Consecutive groundouts ended the game.
Collin Olson was 2-3 with two RBI for Ver-million, and also got the win. Tanner Andersondrove in the other run.
Thomas McMacken and Gunner Petersonhad the only hits for Brookings.
Brookings 10, Sturgis 2VERMILLION — Gunner Peterson drove in
two runs and Brookings benefited from eightSturgis errors in a 10-2 five-inning rout Satur-day at Prentis Park.
Skyler Cary was 2-3 with two runs scoredand Trevor Puetz scored three times for theBandits. Trevor Hornig pitched five innings, withsix strikeouts, for the win.
Tyler Covell was 2-3 for Sturgis, while JohnWilson and Koby Dobler both had an RBI. KyleAlan took the loss.
DAVID LIAS/VERMILLION PLAIN TALKGunner Peterson of the Brookings Bandits nearly goes head over heels inhis attempt to tag out Vermillion Post 1’s Colin Olson during the secondday of action at the Lewis & Clark Wooden Bat Classic held at the PrentisPark Vermillion.
Drotzman singled twice, doubled and had anRBI. Julie DeWitt drove in two runs.
LIGHTNING 9, RED RIPPERS 5: In actionSunday, the Lightning rallied from a 5-2 deficit inthe sixth inning. Arens was the winning pitcher,with nine strikeouts.
Morgan Rothschadl singled twice and drovein three runs, while Kortan singled twice, dou-
bled and drove in a run. Dangler, Drotzman,Feilmeier and Peterka all added an RBI.
LIGHTNING 11, NORFOLK GOLDENGIRLS 5: Dangler was the winner, with sixstrikeouts and an RBI at the plate.
Arens singled twice and had three RBI, whileFeilmeier and Albers drove in two runs. Drotz-man doubled, and Kortan, Rothschadl, Ander-sen and Peterka all singled.
NORFOLK IMPACT 8, SHAMROCKS 7: Infirst day action Saturday for Yankton, BrooklynBernatow tripled, singled and drove in two runs.Hailey Reisner, Lilly Ryken and Gabby Pietila allhad one RBI.
SHAMROCKS 14, NORFOLK GOLDENGIRLS BLACK 2: Yankton got a double and two
RBI from Ryken, while Pietila doubled anddrove in one run. Kelsey Oswald chipped in witha single.
Baylee Kenney was the winning pitcher, withfour strikeouts in three innings.
WAYNE DIRT DEVILS 2, SHAMROCKS 0:Tori Herrboldt tripled, Reisner doubled andBernatow singled for Yankton in the loss.
SHAMROCKS 9, WEST POINT 5: Reisnerdoubled, singled and drove in two runs for Yank-ton, while Herrboldt and Ryken both singled.
Herrboldt was the winning pitcher, with threewalks in four innings.
NORFOLK KELLYS 10, SHAMROCKS 0:Reisner, Herrboldt, Ryken and Noel Kusek allsingled in the loss for Yankton.
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VFW TeenerSouth Sioux City Tourn.
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. — The YanktonBlack Sox went 3-1 and were crowned champi-ons of a VFW Teener tournament this pastweekend in South Sioux City.
BLACK SOX 3, S. SIOUX CITY 0: In actionfrom Saturday, the Black Sox were helped onthe mound by Colin Muth who struck out sevenin a 4-hitter.
Tyler Guthmiller had two hits and an RBI,while Sheldon Gant, Alex Withrow and Levi
Schmidt all had one hit.OMAHA CENTRAL 4, BLACK SOX 1:
Guthmiller, Skyler Schick and Bradey Sorensonall had hits for Yankton, but it came in a losingeffort Saturday.
Sorenson picked up the loss, while BradyTaggart scored a run.
BLACK SOX 7, BLAIR 5: Mason Townsenddrove in three runs and picked up the win Sun-day, as he struck out three and allowed just twoearned runs.
Gant and Withrow each had two hits, whileGuthmiller, Townsend, Reid Sawatzke, Soren-son and Hunter Ryan all had one hit. Muthscored two runs and Guthmiller added an RBI.
BLACK SOX 3, WORTHINGTON 1: In Sun-day’s championship game, Gant went 3-3 with adouble and three runs scored for Yankton.
Townsend was 2-3 with an RBI, Sorensondrove in two runs and Ryan added a hit.
Sawatzke picked up the win, striking out fiveand allowing just four hits.
Mitchell Tourn.MITCHELL — The Yankton Lakers won both
of their games Sunday at a VFW Teener tour-nament in Mitchell, finishing with a perfect 4-0record at the tournament.
LAKERS 9, S.F. CENTRAL 1: Jordan Katholpicked up the win as the Lakers beat Sioux FallsCentral on Sunday. Kathol also had two hits andan RBI at the plate.
Hunter Cameron went 3-3 with an RBI, whileNathan Hein added a pair of hits and an RBI.Justin Leader had a hit and drove in a run, whileMichael Heine chipped in with two hits.
LAKERS 13, HUMBOLDT 3: Leader wasthe winner in Sunday’s second game for theLakers. The opponent was not provided.
Kathol had two hits and four RBI, while CaidLarson drove in two runs. Jordan Payer andCameron both added a hit and an RBI.
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