Area baseball
Posted: Saturday, July 12, 2008
Alta 7, Storm Lake St. Mary's 5
ALTA, Iowa -- Scott Radke hit a two-run walkoff home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give sixth-ranked Alta a 7-5 win over Storm Lake St. Mary's in a Class 1A district semifinal Thursday night.
It was the second home run of the week and the ninth of the season for Radke, who was 2-for-4 and drove in three runs for the Cyclones. Austin Stille's sixth homer of the season was a solo shot in the fourth inning. Cody Nesbitt hit an RBI triple in the fifth inning.
Stille pitched one and one-third shutout innings of relief to get the win on the mound for the Cyclones, fanning three batters.
Storm Lake St. Mary's (15-13) tied the game 5-5 in the sixth inning on a three-run home run by Michael Ivey.
Alta (27-4) will face seventh-ranked Clay Central-Everly (22-6) in a district final which will start at 7 o'clock tonight in Spencer.
Gehlen Catholic 16, Lawton-Bronson 5
LE MARS, Iowa -- Eric Rohe and Craig Schlesser each recorded two hits and combined for seven RBIs Thursday night as Gehlen Catholic advanced to the Class 1A district finals with a 16-5 win in seven innings over Lawton-Bronson.
Rohe's two-run triple highlighted a three-run first inning for the Jays. Rohe and Schlesser each smacked RBI doubles in a four-run second inning while Schlesser added a two-run double in the fifth inning.
Chad Macek and Austin Sitzmann each added two hits for Gehlen (20-10). Winning pitcher Taylor Smith scattered eight hits in a complete-game effort.
Levi Keleher doubled for Lawton-Bronson, which ended the season with an 18-5 record.
Gehlen will host Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn in tonight's 7 o'clock district title game at the Riverview Complex in Le Mars.
ALTA, Iowa -- Scott Radke hit a two-run walkoff home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give sixth-ranked Alta a 7-5 win over Storm Lake St. Mary's in a Class 1A district semifinal Thursday night.
It was the second home run of the week and the ninth of the season for Radke, who was 2-for-4 and drove in three runs for the Cyclones. Austin Stille's sixth homer of the season was a solo shot in the fourth inning. Cody Nesbitt hit an RBI triple in the fifth inning.
Stille pitched one and one-third shutout innings of relief to get the win on the mound for the Cyclones, fanning three batters.
Storm Lake St. Mary's (15-13) tied the game 5-5 in the sixth inning on a three-run home run by Michael Ivey.
Alta (27-4) will face seventh-ranked Clay Central-Everly (22-6) in a district final which will start at 7 o'clock tonight in Spencer.
Gehlen Catholic 16, Lawton-Bronson 5
LE MARS, Iowa -- Eric Rohe and Craig Schlesser each recorded two hits and combined for seven RBIs Thursday night as Gehlen Catholic advanced to the Class 1A district finals with a 16-5 win in seven innings over Lawton-Bronson.
Rohe's two-run triple highlighted a three-run first inning for the Jays. Rohe and Schlesser each smacked RBI doubles in a four-run second inning while Schlesser added a two-run double in the fifth inning.
Chad Macek and Austin Sitzmann each added two hits for Gehlen (20-10). Winning pitcher Taylor Smith scattered eight hits in a complete-game effort.
Levi Keleher doubled for Lawton-Bronson, which ended the season with an 18-5 record.
Gehlen will host Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn in tonight's 7 o'clock district title game at the Riverview Complex in Le Mars.
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