Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Third basemen Alex Weisenburger reaches to catch a throw from catcher Bradyn Collier to attempt to get an out during the District 2 Tournament in Cando on Tuesday, July 13. The umpire declared the Turtle Mountain runner was safe.
Easton Simon was the starting pitcher for New Rockford on Tuesday, July 15. After Simon walked multiple Turtle Mountain players, Luke Yri stepped in to pitch, which caused a pitch count error to lead to a forfeit by New Rockford.
New Rockford-Sheyenne went into tournament play as the #3 seed, and took on the #6 seed Harvey in game one on July 12 in Bottineau. The Sox had a great game and defeated the Eagles 10-0 in six innings.
The pitching for NR-S in the game was excellent. Luke Yri started the game, pitched four innings and only gave up two hits with six strikeouts. Connor Knatterud pitched the final two innings and allowed no hits, with two strikeouts.
The Sox got on the board early in the first inning when Knatterud scored on a double by Brody Weisenburger. The fourth inning was big for the Sox when they scored five runs. Alex Weisenburger, Brody Weisenburger, DJ Mudgett, Kage Walford and Jackson Schumacher all scored in the inning.
NR-S was able to complete the win by scoring an additional four runs in the sixth inning. Easton Benz and Bradyn Collier scored on a double by Knatterud. Knatterud scored on a single by Yri, and Yri scored the final run on a double by Alex Weisenburger.
Babe Ruth District 2
Baseball Tournament
NR-S 10, Harvey 0
at Bottineau
Monday, July 12
Harvey 000 000 --- 0 2 1
NR-S 100 501 --- 10 11 1
Kayl Sieg, Ethan Ekart (4), Lucas Meranda (4) and Nixon Buchmiller, Jorg Filler (4); Luke Yri, Connor Knatterud (5) and Easton Benz. W -- Yri. L -- Sieg.
Harvey: Sieg 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 6 K; Eckart 0.0 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 0 K; Meranda 2.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 2 K, 1-2; Gabe Schuh 1-2.
NR-S: Yri 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K, 1-3, RBI, R; Knatterud 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 2-3, BB, 2 RBI, 2 R; A. Weisenburger 3-4, 2 RBI, R; B. Weisenburger 3-3, 2 RBI, R; Collier 1-3, RBI, R; Mudgett 0-2, BB, R; Walford 0-1, 2 BB, R; Jackson Schumacher 0-3, R; Benz 0-2, BB, R; Cudworth 1-3.
NR-S took on the hometown, #2 seed Bottineau in their second game of the day. The Sox hung with Bottineau until the sixth inning when the wheels fell off. Bottineau was able to score nine runs to end the game. The Sox lost 16-6.
Bottineau scored a single run in the first inning off of starting pitcher Keaton Cudworth. The Sox tied it up in the top of the second. Unfortunately, the tie did not last long as the Diamond Slugs came back with four runs in the bottom of the second.
The Sox fought back to tie the game, scoring two runs in the third and fourth innings. In the third, the big hit was a triple by Keaton Cudworth to score Brody Weisenburger. In the fourth, Connor Knatterud singled to score Jackson Schumacher, and Easton Benz scored on a fielder's choice off the bat of Luke Yri.
Bottineau scored single runs in the fourth and fifth innings to take a 7-5 lead. The Sox cut the lead to 7-6 in the top of the sixth, but Bottineau ran away with it in the bottom of the sixth to win the game.
Babe Ruth District 2
Baseball Tournament
Bottineau 16 , NR-S 6
at Bottineau
Monday, July 12
NR-S 012 201 --- 6 9 3
Bott. 140 119 --- 12 15 2
Keaton Cudworth, Alex Weisenburger (5), Jackson Schumacher (6) and Easton Benz; Landon Siemens, Brooks Siemens (4) and Carson Getzlaff . W -- B. Siemens. L -- Cudworth.
NR-S: Cudworth 4 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 2-2, BB, RBI, R; A. Weisenburger 1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 1 K; Schumacher 0.2 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 3 BB, 0 K, 1-3, R; Collier 3-3, 2 RBI; Knatterud 1-3, BB, RBI, R; Yri 1-4, RBI; Walford 1-3; Benz 0-0, 2 BB, 2 R; B. Weisenburger 0-3, R.
Bottineau: L. Siemens 3.1 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 BB, 2 K, 1-1, R; B. Siemens 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 2-3, BB, 2 RBI, 2 R; Carsen Haerer 3-4, BB, 4 RBI, 5 R; Gabe Glasner 3-5, 2 RBI, R; Getzlaff 2-5, RBI, 2 R.
On day two in Cando, NR-S was forced to forfeit their game to #4 seed Turtle Mountain, due to an unfortunate pitch count interpretation in the first inning to end their season. It was a sad ending to a great season of baseball. This writer is proud of all the players and the coach for a great season. The Babe Ruth Black Sox finished the season at 9-9.
