CARL JUNCTION 7, COLGAN 0
CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — Carl Junction broke a scoreless game open with a five-run fourth inning on the way to a win over St. Mary’s Colgan (Pittsburg, Kansas) on Tuesday.
The Bulldogs added two more runs in the sixth inning for insurance.
Carl Junction wraps the regular season with a 9-17 record and is in action next against Warrensburg in the Class 5 District 7 tournament on May 16 in Warrensburg.
Lucas Vanlanduit earned the win for Carl Junction after pitching six shutout innings on one hit, a walk and nine strikeouts. Logan Eck struck out one in one relief inning.
Gus Keller took the loss in relief after allowing five runs on six hits and three strikeouts in three innings of work.
Vanlanduit highlighted the fourth inning scoring with a two-run single before Eck doubled to left for an RBI and 3-0 lead. Mekhi McGarry singled home Eck later in the inning for a 4-0 cushion.
Gaige Carson added an RBI single in the seventh.
NEOSHO 2, BOLIVAR 1
NEOSHO, Mo. — Brody Crane came up clutch with a two-out single to left in the bottom of the seventh inning to plate Quenton Hughes and send Neosho past Bolivar in the process on Tuesday.
Carter Fenske earned the complete-game win for Neosho after allowing one run on four hits, five walks and five strikeouts in seven innings.
Ricky Gooding took the loss in relief after allowing one run on hit and a strikeout in 1 1/3 innings.
Crane had three hits and drove in one. Wyatt Shadwick doubled and scored a run for Neosho, while Hughes had a hit, drove in one and scored once.
Neosho (16-13) hosts Seneca on Thursday to wrap the regular season.
KICKAPOO 2, WEBB CITY 0
WEBB CITY, Mo. — Kickapoo senior right-hander Brian Wamsher tossed a complete-game shutout, limiting the Cardinals to three hits and two walks while striking out six in the non-conference clash at Barnes Field.
The Cardinals fell to 17-13, while the Chiefs improved to 18-16.
Webb City junior right-hander Drew Vonder Haar took the loss, but he only allowed two runs on six hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out three.
Hunter Shull tossed the final 2 2/3 innings, allowing no runs and one hit. He struck out four.
Recording hits for the Cardinals were Shaun Hunt, Kenley Hood and William Hayes.
The Chiefs took a 1-0 lead in the first on Cael McCarville’s RBI single.
Kickapoo added a single tally in third after a walk, two singles and a hit by pitch.
Webb City’s best opportunity came in the sixth. With two outs, Hunt singled, Christian Brock reached on a walk and Hood was hit by a pitch to load the bases.
But Wamsher, a Fort Scott Community College recruit, was able to induce an inning-ending fly ball off the bat of Kaylor Darnell to end the threat.
Nate Owen and Evan Vienhage had two hits apiece for the Chiefs.
Webb City entertains Frontenac, Kansas, at 4:30 on Thursday in the regular season finale.
LOCKWOOD 6, MCAULEY 2
Lockwood added single tallies in the second, third and fifth innings before pushing across three runs in the sixth to build a 6-0 lead on the way to a win over McAuley on Tuesday.
Dylan Snider earned the complete-game win after allowing two runs on three hits, two walks and 10 strikeouts in seven innings.
Rocco Bazzano-Joseph took the loss after allowing two runs on three hits, a walk and four strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.
Bazzano-Joseph doubled and drove in a run, while Joe State had a hit and scored a run for McAuley.
McAuley wraps the regular season at Pierce City
MCDONALD COUNTY 1, ROGERSVILLE 0
ANDERSON, Mo. — Destyn Dowd delivered the game-winning single in the bottom of the seventh inning to give McDonald County the outright Big 8 Conference Championship.
Weston Gordon tossed a complete-game shutout for the Mustangs. He limited the Wildcats to three hits.
McDonald County is now 17-7 on the season.
The Mustangs are at Aurora on Wednesday.
