CLARK – Groton erased most of a five-run deficit in its final at-bat, but fell to Huron 5-4 in American Legion baseball during the Clark-Willow Lake Tournament on Saturday afternoon.

Groton scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning on an RBI single from Ryder Schelle, a sacrifice fly from Nick Groeblinghoff, and a two-run double from Karsten Fliehs. However, the squad stranded the game-tying run in scoring position.

Carter Simon had three hits for Groton, which outhit Huron by a 9-3 margin.

Groton 000 000 4 – 4 9 3

Huron 221 000 0 – 5 3 2

TC Schuster, Alex Abeln (2) and Karsten Fliehs; Cameron Cordero, J. Lyons (7) and Eli Lyons. 2B – Groton, Fliehs; Huron, Lyons. 3B – Groton, Schuster.

Colton 9, Milbank 1

Milbank 100 00 – 1 3 4

Colton 403 2x – 9 5 0

Tyler Heinje, Bennett Hunt (3) and Aiden Kelly; Alex Wingen and Cole Hendrickson. 2B – Milbank, Mason Allen; Colton, Wingen.

Lennox 13, Clark-Willow Lake 1

Lennox 122 8 – 13 14 1

Clark-Willow Lake 100 0 – 1 2 2

Talen Eich and Justin Butler; Charlie Luvaas, Miles Olson (3), Bennett Pommer (3) and Caleb Drenth. 2B – Lennox, Cole Spieler, Jackson Anacker, Jaxson Bittner, Mason Reischl, Preston Otte; Clark-Willow Lake, Drenth. 3B – Lennox, Spieler, Griffen Boomgarden.