Wayne Post 43 Juniors Fall Short Of Area Championship Game

VALLEY – Three teams entered the day with one loss and one team advanced to the Class B Junior American Legion State Baseball Tournament.

From Valley for the fifth consecutive day, #2 Wayne Post 43 competed in the Class B Area 3 Tourney. Wayne took on #6 Omaha Roncalli for the second time after beating them on Saturday (4-1).

In the opening inning Roncalli brought two runs across the plate before adding five more in the third to lead 7-0. Both teams scored a run in the fifth as Wayne’s comeback fell short with a three-run seventh inning. Final saw Omaha Roncalli win 8-4 and eliminate Wayne Post 43 with a 24-6 overall record.

Blake Bartos singled twice and drove in a run while Tyrus Eischeid doubled for Wayne. Jacob Kneifl singled and drove in a run; Reid Korth singled as Gunnar Jorgensen accounted for a RBI.

Blake Bartos suffered the loss in two innings allowing seven runs (four earned) off three hits while striking out one batter and walking three. Korth worked the final five innings allowing one run off three hits while striking out six batters and walking two.

Box Score:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

2 0 5 0 1 0 0  8 6 2 – Roncalli

0 0 0 0 1 0 3  4 5 4 – Wayne

Roncalli advanced to face #1 Bennington in the winner-take-all championship game where Omaha Roncalli beat Bennington for the second time (3-2) and were crowned Area 3 champs.

 

Area 1 (Hickman): #2 Hickman defeated #5 Lincoln Hotel Group, 10-2

Area 2 (Waverly): #6 Waverly defeated #7 Springfield, 7-0

Area 3 (Valley): #6 Omaha Roncalli defeated #1 Bennington, 3-2

Area 4 (Crete): #3 Beatrice defeated #1 York, 15-0

Area 5 (Central City): #2 Central City Cornerstone defeated #1 Columbus Lakeview, 7-2

Area 6 (Broken Bow): #3 Broken Bow defeated #1 McCook (automatic qualifier), 10-9

Area 7 (Sidney): #1 Alliance defeated #2 Ogallala, 5-2

Host: McCook

The 2019 Class B Junior Legion State Tournament will be held in McCook from Saturday, July 20 – Wednesday, July 24.

 

 

Class C Junior Legion results:

Area 1 (Pierce): #2 Pierce defeated #1 Crofton, 7-1

Area 2 (Scribner): #3 Tekamah-Herman defeated #2 Hooper-Scribner, 11-3

Area 3 (Yutan): #3 Louisville-Weeping Water defeated #2 Malcolm, 18-2

Area 4 (Wymore): #2 Syracuse defeated #5 Wymore, 12-1

Area 5 (St. Paul): #2 PWG defeated #3 Utica-Beaver Crossing, 12-0

Area 6 (Gibbon): #2 Shelton-Gibbon defeated #1 DCB, 4-2

Area 7 (Overton): #1 Imperial defeated #2 Alma, 16-7

Host: Tri-County

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