CLARK – Groton and Clark-Willow Lake picked up American Legion baseball victories at the Clark Rotary Tournament on Saturday.
Groton defeated Linton-Ashley-Wishek 18-4, while Clark-Willow Lake contained Hankinson-Lidgerwood 4-1.
Groton broke a 4-4 tie with a 14-run third inning, which included seven straight hits at one stage.
Alex Abeln, Lincoln Krause, and Teylor Diegel had RBI singles to start the uprising. Korbin Kucker added a two-run double, Brevin Fliehs and Carter Simon drove in runs with singles, Braxton Imrie had an RBI double, Abeln had another run-producing single, and Kucker plated another run with a bases-loaded walk.
Abeln and Krause each finished with three hits, while Diegel, Kucker, and Abeln all knocked in three runs.
Groton 04(14) – 18 15 1
Linton-Ashley-Wishek 220 – 4 4 3
Gavin Englund and Lincoln Krause; Parker Salwei, Colin Goettle (3) and C. Kosiak. 2B – Groton, Braxton Imrie, Englund, Korbin Kucker, Krause.
Clark-Willow Lake scored three runs in the bottom of the first in its victory.
Cooper Pommer had a leadoff double to start the attack and eventually scored on a passed ball. Damian Severson added a sac fly, and another run scored on a error.
Tyson Huber added an RBI single in the sixth for Clark-Willow Lake’s final run.
Pommer allowed just one hit over six innings, while striking out six.
Hankinson-Lidgerwood 010 000 0 – 1 2 2
Clark-Willow Lake 300 001 x – 4 5 1
Eli Jarabek and Jace Stenson; Jakob Steen, Cooper Pommer (2) and Watson Grantham. 2B – Clark-Willow Lake, Pommer.
LaMoure 8, Milbank 3
MILBANK – LaMoure scored in every inning but one on the way to an 8-3 win over Milbank during the Centennial Classic.
Joe Schulte had a role in each of Milbank’s runs. He scored on a sacrifice fly by Mack Kopplin in the first, drove in a run on a fielder’s choice in the second, and scored on a Josh Pederson single in the fifth.
Milbank 110 010 0 – 3 5 4
LaMoure 213 101 x – 8 4 0
Joe Schulte, Aiden Kelly (3) and Jayce Jonasen; Logan Potts, J. Potts (7) and Mason Warcken. 2B – LaMoure, Colby Thielges.
