Post 43 Seniors Fall In Extras, Juniors Post 16-Run Inning; Wakefield Post 81 Juniors Open Home Schedule With Victory

PONCA – A busy June schedule began Wednesday evening for the Wayne Post 43 American Legion baseball teams.

From Ponca, the Post 43 Juniors and Seniors visited Ponca for a Ralph Bishop League doubleheader. The league tournament is scheduled for June 25 – July 2.

The Wayne Post 43 Seniors suffered a 1-0 loss in extra innings falling to 2-2 while the Post 43 Juniors used a 16-run inning to win 21-1 over Ponca to improve to 3-0.

In the Seniors outing, Gavin Redden and Justin Sherman both singled.

Kaden Keller (16 pitches) worked a third of an inning allowing an earned run while walking two batters. James Dorcey (101) started the opening eight innings allowing one hit while striking out 14 batters and walking two.

Seniors:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 2 0 – Post 43

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1  1 1 1 – Ponca

 

During the Juniors game, Gavin Redden tripled twice, doubled, drove in six runs and scored three times while Aiden Liston singled twice, doubled, drove in two runs and scored twice. Other extra base-hits came from Devin Anderson who singled, doubled, drove in four runs and scored three times as Zach McManigal doubled, drove in two runs and scored twice.

Jase Dean singled twice, drove in three runs and scored twice; Wyatt Heikes singled, drove in a run and scored three times; Kaden Keller and Kaleb Moormeier both singled and scored twice as Alex Rodriguez and Calvin Ankeny both scored.

Heikes (41 pitches) picked up the win in three innings allowing one hit while striking out eight batters. Redden (26) worked two innings allowing one run off one hit while striking out three batters.

Juniors:

1 2 3   4 5 R   H E

0 0 0 16 5 21 14 2 – Post 43

0 1 0   0 0   1   2 2 – Ponca

 

The Wayne Post 43 Juniors and Seniors will next host South Sioux City on Thursday, June 2 at 5:30/8 p.m. from Hank Overin Field in Wayne.

 

The Wakefield Post 81 Juniors welcomed in South Sioux City Wednesday evening as Post 81 secured an 8-4 victory. The Wakefield Juniors are now 2-1 on the season in Ralph Bishop League play.

The Wakefield Post 81 Juniors are right back in action on Thursday, June 2 at Battle Creek scheduled for a 7 p.m. start. Also, the May 23 Wakefield Juniors game vs. Pierce has been rescheduled for Thursday, June 23.

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