The Claremont 14U baseball team split four recent contests while the 17U squad split a doubleheader.
The 14U Honkers swept Warner-Ipswich-Northwestern (WIN) in Northville on June 26 11-4 and 13-5 and Webster recorded a pair of walk-off wins on June 23 8-7 and 6-5. Claremont’s 17U ballclub scored five times in the final inning to top Mobridge 5-4 last week Monday in game one but dropped the nightcap 20-5.
This week the 14U squad hosts Sisseton tonight (Wednesday) and then has some time off before playing a best-of-three series with Chamberlain-Lyman in regional play beginning July 25.
The 17U Honkers play WIN in Northville on Thursday and open regional play with West Central in Humboldt at 5 p.m. Monday in a best-of-three series. Game two will be in Claremont on Tuesday at 5 p.m. with a third game, if needed, immediately following. The series winner advances to the state tournament beginning June 25, while the loser will play in a single elimination bracket for a state berth.
Claremont 14U 11-13
WIN 4-5
Claremont used some big innings to earn the sweep, exploding for six runs in the second frame in the opener and nine tallies in the third frame of the nightcap.
The first contest was tied at 2-2 after one inning before the Honkers took charge with their six-run rally. Corbin McKane, Wes Morehouse, Nick Cutler, Carter Glines, and Tony Cutler each singled. Morehouse went the distance on the mound and had six strikeouts while allowing just one earned run.
WIN exploded for five runs in the opening inning of game two and still led 5-1 after two, but the Honkers took control with their nine-run third and out-hit the hosts 11-3. Nick Cutler doubled and singled, Glines and Ryker Bruns each laced two singles, Morehouse doubled and had two RBI’s, and Reints, McKane, Bentlee Zerr, and Charlie Schuller all singled. Nick Cutler earned the pitching win in relief, allowing just three hits and no walks in four and a third innings.
Claremont 260 21 – 11 5 4
WIN 202 00 – 4 5 8
Wes Morehouse and Case Reints; Mansfield, Opdahl (5) and Olson
Claremont 019 12 – 13 11 2
WIN 500 00 – 5 3 0
Bentlee Zerr, Nick Cutler (1) and Case Reints; Opdahl, Haven (4) and Mansfield
Webster 6-8
Claremont 14U 5-7
Claremont battled back to tie the game in the final inning in both contests but fell to walk-off Webster rallies both times.
In game one the Honkers erased a 5-3 deficit with a pair of runs in the fifth before Webster pushed across the game-winner in the bottom of the frame. Reints doubled and McKane, Glines, and Schuller singled.
In the second game Claremont fought back from being down 7-4 with three runs in the fifth before Webster again countered with the winning run in the bottom half of the inning. The Honkers out-hit Webster 11-5 with Glines and Zerr rapping two singles each, Reints and Nick Cutler each doubled, and McKane, Morehouse, Bruns, Harry Cutler, and Eli Samson each adding base hits.
Claremont 100 22 – 5 4 4
Webster 302 01 – 6 4 0
Wes Morehouse, Bentlee Zerr (3) and Case Reints; Hudson Lesnar and Dylan Rasmus
Claremont 201 13 – 7 11 1
Webster 421 01 – 8 5 3
Bentlee Zerr, Korbin McKane (1), Nick Cutler (2) and Case Reints; Karstyn Schlecter, Colby Hoffman (5) and Dylan Rasmus
Claremont 17U 5-5
Mobridge 4-20
McKane rapped a two-run single to spark the five-run rally in the fifth inning of the opener that erased a 3-0 deficit, and the Honkers weathered a Mobridge rally in the bottom of the final frame for the win while playing errorless ball in the field. Morehouse came up with the other two Honker hits. Kassen Keough went the distance on the mound, fanning six.
Claremont came up with another five-run inning in the nightcap but Mobridge countered with eight and nine-run explosions to take charge. Glines had the only hit for the Honkers who were guilty of eight errors.
Claremont 000 05 – 5 3 0
Mobridge 020 11 – 4 7 1
Kassen Keough and Case Reints; Easton Eisemann (5) and Mack Saxon
Claremont 050 00 – 5 1 8
Mobridge 830 9x – 20 9 1
Rennan Bruns, Wes Morehouse (3), Nate Schuller (4) and Case Reints; Mack Szxon, Brady Longbrake (2), Shooter Frederick (2), Trueth Crow Ghoset (4), T. Bleyle (5) and Easton Eisemann
