13/14U goes 1-2 at State Tournament in Sioux Falls

SIOUX FALLS – The Brookings Bombers 13/14U team finished the season with a 1-2 performance at the State Tournament in Sioux Falls over the weekend.

The Bombers won the first game of the tournament on Friday against Watertown. They then lost to Pierre and Harrisburg on Saturday. Brookings finished the year with a 6-31 record.

Friday

Brookings 8, Watertown 5

Brookings scored six runs in the third and then held off the Arrows the rest of the way.

The Bombers went up 2-0 in the first inning. Ryker Ver Helst hit Logan Schaar home with a single and then Ver Helst stole home to put Brookings up two.

Watertown hit a two-run single in the top of the second to make it 2-2. Then an RBI single in the top of the third gave the Arrows a 3-2 lead.

Schaar and William Myers each hit RBI singles to give the Bombers a 4-3 lead. Then a two-run double from Emmett Berkenhoff pushed the lead to 7-3. Bentley Prosser then scored on a Noah Hamann ground out to make it 8-3.

Watertown scored a run on a ground out in the top of the fifth and then Myers scored on a double play for Brookings in the bottom of the inning to make it 9-4 going into the sixth. The Arrows scored a run on a double in the top of the sixth but that was all they could muster and the Bombers came out on top.

Brookings had 10 hits in the win. Berkenhoff was 1-for-3 with two RBIs and Schaar and Ver Helst were 2-for-3 with an RBI. Prosser was 1-for-2 with an RBI and Collin Andrew was 1-for-2. Jaxon Jones was 1-for-4 and Hamann had an RBI without a hit.

Schaar pitched all six innings and gave up five earned runs on 10 hits with three strikeouts and two walks.

Saturday

Pierre 14, Brookings 1

Pierre scored in all three innings en route to winning via the 10-run rule.

They scored eight runs in the bottom of the first. Two runs came on steals of home and then an RBI single made it 3-0. A two-run triple and RBI single made it 6-0. They scored another run on a steal of home and then a run on a ground out pushed the lead to 8-0. 

Meyers hit James McGuire home with a single in the top of the second to make it 8-1. 

Pierre struck for four runs in the bottom of the second. The first two runs came from RBI singles and then a run from a ground out made it 11-1. Another steal of home made it 12-1 going into the third.

Another steal of home and then an RBI single made it 14-1 going into the fourth. The Bombers were unable to cut the lead under 10 in the top of the fourth and the game ended.

Brookings had three hits. Myers was 1-for-2 with an RBI and McGuire and Jones were each 1-for-2.

Harrisburg 16, Brookings 6

The Bombers kept pace with the Tigers in the first inning and a half but then Harrisburg took control and won via the 10-run rule.

Brookings went up 1-0 in the top of the first with a bases loaded walk from Collin Andrew. Harrisburg then scored four runs in the bottom of the inning. All four of the runs came from three singles.

The Bombers regained the lead with five runs in the top of the second. The first two runs came from bases loaded walks from Ver Helst and Myers. Andrew was then hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Berkenhoff walked with the bases loaded to give the Bombers the lead. Prosser was then hit by a pitch as well to push the lead to 6-4.

The Tigers scored six runs in the bottom of the second. They scored on a steal of home and then an RBI triple made it 6-6. Another RBI triple, an RBI single and an RBI double made it 9-6. Then a two-run home run and a steal of home pushed the lead to 12-6.

Runs from an RBI triple, a sacrifice fly and a wild pitch made it 15-6. Then another sacrifice fly made it 16-6.

Brookings was unable to cut the lead under 10 in the top of the fourth and the game ended.

The Bombers had four hits. Ver Helst and Berkenhoff were each 1-for-2 with an RBI. Schaar was 1-for-1 and Jones was 1-for-2. Andrew had two RBIs without a hit and Myers and Prosser each had an RBI without a hit.