Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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The Black Sox team came rushing out of the dugout when designated hitter, Hunter Jacobson, launched a home run over the right field fence. With Jacobson's home run, the Black Sox took the lead against the Jamestown Blues 4-3.
Third basemen Alex Harrison reaches to catch a throw from left fielder Koven Walford to get the out at third on Carrington runner, Noah Paulson.
Black Sox catcher Koby Duda and third baseman Luke Yri are poised to collide on this foul ball pursuit in the District 4 championship game against Carrington, but Yri would end up snagging the popout to cheers and amazement from the Sox dugout. Watching the play in the Sox dugout are, left to right, Hunter Jacobson, Nathan Holzwarth, Brody Weisenburger, DJ Mudgett, Evan Ulrich and Haydon Meier.
Evan Ulrich throws a pitch during the first game of the District 4 tournament against the Jamestown Blues.
New Rockford-Sheyenne Legion Post #30 started off District 4 play with a walk-off win, defeating the Jamestown Blues 8-7.
The Sox jumped out to an early 3-0 lead on the strength of a single run in the first inning, and a two-run homer over the right field fence by Hunter Jacobson in the second. The Blues were able to come back in the third with four runs to take the lead 4-3. The Blues' lead was short lived, when NR-S came back in the bottom of the third and put three more on the board to lead 6-4.
The Sox continued to lead the game until the top of the seventh when the Blues tied the game. Sox starting pitcher Evan Ulrich started the inning. The first batter reached on an error. The next grounded out. Then Ulrich walked the next batter. Ulrich was removed from the game as he had reached his daily pitch count maximum. He was relieved by Alex Harrison, who struck out the next batter. Jamestown was able to plate two, with two outs on an error, and a pick-off play at second base, in which the runner scored from third before the runner was tagged out at second.
NR-S came back in the bottom of the seventh to win the game. Trevor Waldo led off the inning with a walk and Connor Knatterud was hit by a pitch. The Blues brought in Ashton Stockert to face Koven Walford. Walford hit a double into right center field, scoring Waldo to win the game.
Legion Baseball
NR-S 8, Jamestown 7
at Jamestown
Tuesday, July 20
Jtown 004 010 2 --- 7 6 5
NR-S 123 100 1 --- 8 9 6
Reagan Sortland, Jaden Prochnow (3), Jacob Webster (4), Ashton Stockert (7) and Ethan Gall; Evan Ulrich, Alex Harrison (7) and Koby Duda. W -- Harrison. L -- Webster.
Jamestown: Sortland 2.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 0-4, 2 R; Prochnow 1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-2, RBI; Webster 2.2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 0 K, 0-2, 2 BB, R; Stockert 0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-4, R; Ty Jorissen 2-4, SB, RBI, R; Ethan Gall 0-1, 2 BB, 2 SB, R.
NR-S: Ulrich 6.1 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 4 BB, 7 K; Harrison 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-4, RBI, R; Jacobson 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, R; Walford 2-5, RBI, R; Nick Berglund 2-4, R; Knatterud 1-2, BB, 2 SB, R; Duda 0-3, RBI, 2 R; Waldo 0-2, 2 BB, SB, R.
New Rockford-Sheyenne Legion Post #30 suffered another heartbreaking tournament loss to the southern rivals, Carrington Post #25 with the final score of 5-4. The Sox were done in by some key errors in the game.
Carrington started off the scoring in the first inning, after NR-S committed an error allowing Grady Shipman to score. The Sox answered back with one in the bottom of the first, with two outs, when Alex Harrison doubled and Nick Berglund drove him in with a single that ate up the shortstop.
NR-S took the lead 4-1 in the third, when they scored three more runs. Connor Knatterud led off and reached on an error, Koven Walford singled, and Caden Price walked to load the bases. Knatterud and Walford scored on a single by Harrison, and Price scored on a single by Berglund. Unfortunately, the Sox were not able to capitalize and score more runs when they again loaded the bases in the same inning.
Carrington scored the rest of their runs in the top of the sixth, after three straight singles, a bases-loaded walk, and a three-run error. The pitching combination of Hudson Schmitz and Grady Shipman for the Redbirds was able to hold the 5-4 lead for the win.
Nick Berglund pitched all seven innings for the Sox and took the hard luck loss.
Legion Baseball
Carrington 5, NR-S 4
at Jamestown
Wednesday, July 21
Cgtn 100 004 0 --- 5 5 3
NR-S 103 000 0 --- 4 7 2
Hudson Schmitz, Grady Shipman (7) and Grady Shipman, Lucas Hendrickson (7); Nick Berglund and Koby Duda. W -- Schmitz. L -- Berglund. S -- Shipman.
Carrington: Schmitz 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 1-4, R; Shipman 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-3, SB, 2 R; Ethan Buskness 1-4, R; Noah Paulson 1-3; Hendrickson 0-1, 2 BB, R.
NR-S: Berglund 7 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 6 K, 2-4. 2 RBI; Harrison 4-4, SB, 2 RBI, R; Walford 1-4, R; Knatterud 0-3, R; Price 0-3, BB, R.
In the Sox first game in the loser's bracket, New Rockford-Sheyenne Legion Post #30 faced off against the host, the Jamestown Blues, in a rematch from the NR-S's first game of the tournament. In a tight one, the Sox were able to win another one-run game 5-4.
The Sox were flat for most of the game after the loss to Carrington. Jamestown started the scoring in the top of the fourth inning, scoring three runs with two outs on four singles. NR-S came back in the bottom of the fourth to cut into the lead by scoring two of their own with two out. Harrison hit a single, Koby Duda was hit by a pitch, and Hunter Jacobson was walked to load the bases. Johnny Grann delivered with a two-run double that scored Harrison and Duda.
Jamestown was able to score a fourth run in the top of the fifth on a single and another error by the Black Sox defense, but the Sox were able to come back and tie the game in the bottom of the fifth with two runs. Connor Knatterud and Koven Walford started the inning with walks. Knatterud scored on an error by the shortstop on a ground ball by Harrison. Walford was called out at the plate on the same play. Berglund and Jacobson then walked to load the bases. Harrison was able to score on a passed ball.
After tying the game, the Sox finally gained some energy and were able to plate the winning run in the bottom of the seventh. Trevor Waldo walked, stole second base, and advanced to third on a passed ball. Like the first game against Jamestown, the winning run was scored on a double off the bat of Walford.
Koby Duda pitched all seven innings for the Sox and earned the win. Ashton Stockert pitched the first four innings for Jamestown. He was relieved by Tyson Jorissen who took the loss.
Legion Baseball
NR-S 5, Jamestown 4
at Jamestown
Wednesday, July 21
Jtown 000 310 0 --- 4 7 1
NR-S 000 221 x --- 8 9 5
Ashton Stockert, Tyson Jorissen (5) and Ethan Gall; Koby Duda and Alex Harrison. W -- Duda. L -- Jorissen.
Jamestown: Stockert 4 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 4 K, 1-4, R; Jorissen 2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 1 K, 1-3, SB; Regan Sortland 2-4, 2 RBI; Peyton Gall 1-3, BB, R. Jacob Webster 1-2, BB, RBI, R; Caden Michaelson 0-2, SB, R.
NR-S: Duda 7 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 BB, 3 K, 0-1, BB, R; Harrison 2-3, RBI, 2 R; Grann 1-3, 2 RBI; Walford 1-3, BB, RBI; Knatterud 0-2, BB, R; Waldo 0-2, BB, SB, R.
On an extremely hot day in Jamestown, New Rockford-Sheyenne Legion Post #30 Black Sox finished the season with a runner-up showing at the District 4 tournament, losing the championship game to Carrington Post #25 with a score of 6-1. Again, errors were the story of this game.
Alex Harrison got the start on the mound for the Sox in this game and was able to pitch out of jams in the first, second and fifth innings to keep Carrington scoreless through the first five innings. NR-S was able to take the lead in the fourth, after Nick Berglund and Koby Duda singled and Hunter Jacobson walked to load the bases. Trevor Waldo scored Berglund on a single to right field, but the Sox were not able to push any more runs across.
The Sox fielding fell apart in the sixth inning. The Redbirds were able to score six unearned runs on four errors, three singles and a double. Harrison was forced to pitch over 40 pitches in the inning. He ran out of gas and reached his pitch count maximum by the end of the inning. The Sox were not able to come back and Carrington earned the right to go to the State Legion Tournament.
Grady Shipman started the game for the Redbirds and pitched the first four innings, when he was relieved by Ethan Buskness, the game winner. Shipman re-entered as pitcher to record the final two outs in the seventh.
Legion Baseball
Carrington 6, NR-S 1
at Jamestown
Thursday, July 22
Cgtn 000 006 0 --- 6 11 1
NR-S 000 100 0 --- 1 8 6
Grady Shipman, Ethan Buskness (5), Grady Shipman (7) and Lucas Hendrickson; Alex Harrison, Koven Walford (7) and Koby Duda. W -- Buskness. L -- Harrison.
Carrington: Shipman 4.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 5-5, RBI, R; Buskness 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 2 K; Trent Ekren 3-4, R; Hendrickson 2-3, BB, RBI, R; Noah Paulson 1-4, R.
NR-S: Harrison 6 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 1-3, BB; Walford 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K; Berglund 2-4, R; Duda 2-3, BB; Johnny Grann 2-4, SB; Waldo 1-3, RBI.
