The Britton Lumberjacks competed in the VFW Junior Legion Region 1B baseball tournament held in Webster last week Tuesday and Wednesday, posting an opening win but losing the next two games of the double elimination tournament.
The Jacks rolled past Webster 11-3 in the opener, lost a 3-1 heartbreaker to Volga that would have put them in the title game, and were eliminated by Clark-Willow Lake 10-0 in a loser’s bracket contest.
Britton 11
Webster 3
Britton came on strong in the late innings to roll past Webster, erasing a 3-1 deficit with single tallies in the fourth and fifth frames and then erupting for eight counters in the final two innings.
Mitchell Burger had a big game at the plate for the Jacks, ripping a triple, double, and single and collecting four RBI’s. Ben Suther and Chaz Vietor both added two safeties and two RBI’s, and Dylan Redler and Jack Teveldal had base hits.
Lincoln Kilker went the distance on the mound, giving up just three hits and striking out nine in seven innings.
Britton 100 113 5 – 11 9 2
Webster 030 000 0 – 3 3 4
Lincoln Kilker and Colton Chapin; J. Shoemaker, T. Acree (6), D. Carlson (7) and S. Schmieg
Volga 3
Britton 1
Britton drew first blood with a run in the opening inning, but Volga answered with a tally in the first and two more in the second and neither club was able to plate a run the rest of the way.
Colton Chapin had a pair of singles and Redler and Lofton Heer added safeties for the Jacks. Kaden Mills went the distance on the mound.
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