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(NewsDakota.com) After some Friday rain showers pushed two games to the next day, the 2014 State Class B Baseball Tourney continued last Saturday with two makeup games and four regularly scheduled games. The consolation game featuring Midkota against Harvey/Wells County on Friday was delayed for two and a half hours due to rain, but was able to resume play at 6:30pm Friday night. It took nine innings for Midkota to get the victory over Harvey/Wells County 3-2. That win put the Mustangs into the consolation championship against Kindred/Richland on Saturday afternoon.
Ben Halvorson of Midkota hit a 2-run single in the top of the fourth inning to put his team up 2-1, but if wasn’t enough as Kindred/Richland would come back and score two runs of their own and get the victory 3-2 in six innings. Halvorson was 1-for-2 at the plate with two RBI. Midkota ends at 17-6 overall, the Vikings end at 22-3.
FINAL RESULTS FROM SATURDAY:
Hazen 5 No. 2 Grafton 3
No. 1 Watford City 11 Velva/Drake-Anamoose 4
7th Place: Harvey/Wells County 10 No. 3 Thompson 2
5th Place: Kindred/Richland 3 Midkota 2
3rd Place: No. 2 Grafton 6 No. 4 Velva/Drake-Anamoose 2
Championship: No. 1 Watford City 9 Hazen 4
All-Tournament Team
Watford City: Andrew Sampsel, Keegan Thompson, Quayde Shores
Hazen: Kolby Metzger, Tyler Murschel, Connor Doll
Grafton: Jess Suda, Zak Hernandez
Velva/Drake-Anamoose: Drew Effertz, Isaac Effertz
Kindred/Richland: Christian Danielson
Midkota: Jayden Grover
Senior Athlete of the Year: Andrew Sampsel, Watford City
Coach of the Year: Scott Milbrandt, Kindred/Richland
(some info above provided by northdakotapreps.com)