Class B state baseball quarterfinal roundup: Calhoon leads Royals to
BROOKINGS– With the season on the line for Winner/Colome baseball, Landon Calhoon came through for his group on Monday evening.Calhoon drove in the tying run in the seventh inning before hitting a walk-off crowning achievement to assist the No. 2-seeded Royals down No. 7 Platte-Geddes/Dakota Christian/White Lake 3-2 in 9 innings at the South Dakota High School Baseball Association Class B state quarterfinals at Bob Shelden Field. Following Carter McKenzie’s
leadoff single and Camdyn Anderson’s sacrifice to advance the runner into scoring position, Calhoon put a 1-1 pitch into center field for an RBI double to tie the game 2-2. Strikeouts from PGDCWL’s Keaton Christensen and Haydn Sprik on the mound forced the game into extra innings.In the ninth, Calhoon got on the first pitch he saw and deposited the baseball over the left field wall to win the game, advancing the Royals to the semifinals and maintaining their unbeaten season, as they transferred to 15-0 with the success on Monday.Calhoon completed the game with 2 hits, a walk and two RBIs. In addition to his heroics at the plate, Calhoon was also the winning pitcher, shooting 3 hitless innings in relief with two strikeouts. Quincy Phillips taped 2 hits while Anderson picked up an RBI. Winner/Colome tallied just six hits but drew 6 strolls on offense.For PGDCWL, its season ended at 9-5. Jye Bailey and Kenyon Kuiper each gathered two hits, and Maddux Van Zee had a hit and a run scored.
Sprik, whose RBI single in the 4th inning was the difference for the Honkers prior to the seventh, reached base twice on a hit and walk, but was handed the pitching loss, striking out two in two relief innings. Secret error helps EPJ leading SF Christian Putting the ball in play, the Elk Point-Jefferson baseball group taken advantage of key miscues to start its
Class B state tournament run.The No. 4-seeded Huskies pounced
on a two-out fielding mistake by No. 5 Sioux Falls Christian to score five runs in the 5th inning, powering a 7-3 triumph in the quarterfinals. EPJ has actually now won 13 of 14 games given that a season-opening loss to Parkston on April 6. Leading 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth, Jace Shatswell hit a ground ball to third for what would’ve been the third out, but a misplay by Chargers third baseman Hayden Gorsett enabled a go to score. Grayson Girard supplied the huge swing in the 5th with a two-run single as part of the five-run inning, showing to be the difference in the game. EPJ( 13-2)tallied 8 hits in the game, with three off the bat of Girard, who completed with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored. Swatek completed with 2 RBIs and a walk, and Keaton Windstorm and Ashton Fairbanks drove in the remaining runs. The run assistance was enough to back Gale on the mound, as he tallied a complete-game victory with 7 strikeouts in precisely 100 pitches.SF Christian amounted to seven hits and 3 runs in the contest. Gabe Long gathered a hit and an RBI, likewise scoring a run on a wild pitch in the sixth inning. Peter Semp got an RBI and Brayden Witte gathered two hits at the plate. Drew Dam opened the game and was handed the pitching loss, allowing 2 runs (one made )on three hits in his only inning of work. The Chargers’season ended at 13-5. Dell Rapids manages game, removes Sioux Valley Protecting Class B state champion Dell Rapids began its title defense in a huge way on Monday.Scoring runs in five of the 6 innings when the top-seeded Quarriers were at the plate, Dell Rapids managed the game en route to an 8-2
win over No. 8 Sioux Valley in the Class B state quarterfinal opener.A bunt
single by Drake Eastman plated home the very first run of the game in the opening frame, part of a three-run very first inning by the Quarriers. Little bit Tjaden laced a base hit up the middle to score Eastman before scoring on Ryan Brandenburg’s RBI single.Eastman was a perfect 3-of-3 at the plate with a walk and three runs batted in, as Dell Rapids tallied 10 hits in the game. Tjaden completed with 2 RBIs and Cole Ruesink scored three times as part of a two-hit game. Ryan Stubbe began the game and worked 5 2/3 innings, permitting 2 work on 4 hits and 4 walks to collect the win. Sioux Valley only scratched across 2 operate on six hits, with Tate Steffensen collecting an RBI with a single in the sixth inning. Braden Danzeisen and Levi Loban reached base two times with a hit and a walk, while pitcher Andrew Gunderson allowed five go to score on eight hits in 3 innings, taking the pitching loss. The Cossacks end the season at 6-7. Dell Rapids( 23-5 )will take on versus Elk Point-Jefferson in the very first state semifinal game at midday on Tuesday, May 27, at Bob Shelden Field. Dakota Valley stuns Madison/Chester Despite a late rally by No. 3-seed Madison/Chester to require additional frames, No. 6 Dakota Valley eventually pulled out a 4-2 success in nine innings in the state quarterfinal nightcap, the only game so far to see a lower-seeded team knock out the greater seed.Following the very first out in the top of the ninth, five Panthers reached in succession, topped by a two-run single from Sterling Schauff to plate Nolan Graham and Luke Bruns. Graham returned
to the mound in the bottom of the ninth and started out the last 2 batters he faced to end the game.Tallying eight hits as a team, Schauff drove in 3 of Dakota Valley’s 4 runs with a two-hit effort at the plate. Lukken taped three hits and an RBI, and Jake Carter was 2-of-4 with a
run scored. Grady Ramos struck out 10 Bulldogs batters in 6 1/3 innings, allowing two operate on six hits and two walks. Graham went 2 2/3 innings in relief, fanning five players to tape-record the pitching win. Madison/Chester taped 7 hits as a team, with Jordan Pederson picking up a pair of hits in addition to two RBIs, driving in both work on a single in the seventh inning to tie the game. JD Prorok started the game and started out 7 in five innings of two-run ball. Quincy Kurtz was handed the pitching loss after four innings of relief with two strikeouts. The Bulldogs’season ended at 17-5. Dakota Valley(11-4 )will deal with Winner/Colome in the second semifinal game at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, with the semifinal winners to bet the Class B state title at 5 p.m.