Britton’s Kaden Mills hurled this pitch in recent U14 baseball play. The U14 squad will tangle with Redfield at 2 p.m. Monday in first round play of the Region 2 Tournament in Clark. (Kelly Mills Photo)
U12 Nine Tunes Up For State
The Britton U12 baseball team tuned up for the state tournament this coming weekend in Webster by winning all six of its contests in the past week and improving its season mark to 26-10.
The Junior Jacks open pool play on Friday, taking on Groton at 11 a.m. and then battling Bon Homme at 3 p.m. Those games will determine the seeding for the state tournament played on Saturday and Sunday.
“Our crowd support is unbelievable, and we have the very best parents and fans,” said DuWayne Bosse, who coaches with Preston Kilker, Adam Suther, and Jacob Heitmann. “I’m hoping to have a huge Britton crowd in Webster this weekend. Let’s make it feel like a home tournament. This tourney can get pretty intense, and the boys feed off the crowd’s energy.”
The local U12 squad won its six games in dominant fashion this past week, downing the Sisseton All-Stars 82 and 13-5, beating Sisseton Red 4-0 and 13-1, and drubbing Webster 16-0 and 16-9.
Britton 8-13 Sisseton All-Stars 2-5
Britton scored three times in the first inning of the opener and never looked back and battled back from a 4-1 deficit in the nightcap with five-run outburst in both the fourth and fifth frames.
Drew Heitmann laced three singles in the first contest, Liam Peters doubled, and Jack Teveldal, Max Suther, and Joseph O’Brien each singled. Bowen Micko pitched 3.1 innings, fanning nine, and Suther relieved.
In game two Heitmann and Trey Biel both ripped three singles, Micko tripled and doubled, Peters tripled, and Jarrik Jones singled. Biel started on the mound and Peters relived in the third, picking up the win. Both hurlers had six strikeouts.
Britton 4-13 Sisseton Red 0-1
Chaz Vietor and Levi Mills teamed up to pitch a one-hitter in the opener and Britton jumped out to a 40 lead in the first inning of the nightcap to cruise to the sweep.
Vietor fanned nine batters in game one and his fastball was clocked at 69 miles per hour, while Mills didn’t allow a hit in two innings of relief. Heitmann laced a pair of singles, Suther tripled, and Vietor and Carter Grobe had safeties.
Britton pounded out five extra-base hits in the nightcap with doubles from Peters, Heitmann, Carter Nelson, Vietor, and Grobe. Mills rapped a pair of singles and Grobe also singled. Heitmann pitched three innings with six strikeouts and Henry Kilker pitched an inning of relief.
Britton 16-16 Webster 0-9
Britton scored 32 runs, taking advantage of 21 total walks, and allowed just four hits in the doubleheader sweep while striking out 25 in front of a large Britton crowd.
Jack Teveldal started the opener on the mound in game one and Suther pitched an inning in relief. The pair allowed just a single hit and Teveldal fanned nine. Luke Bosse tripled, and Vietor and Mills added safeties as Britton scored at least three runs in every inning.
In game two Easton Zuehlke pitched an inning and was relieved by Bosse and Mills with the trio combining for 14 strikeouts. Vietor homered, Bosse tripled, and Zuehlke, Mills, O’Brien, and Jacob Folkman singled.