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ELKTON, S.D. — The Volga Cormorants eliminated the Elkton Snappers from the South Dakota Region 1B Tournament on Wednesday, July 30, at City Park.
Former Pipestone A’s player Bayley Colemer, now with the Cormorants, was the only player on either team to produce a multiple-hit game as Volga blanked Elkton, 2-0. Colemer belted a solo home run.
The South Dakota Amateur Baseball Association Class B tournament will take place in Brandon this year.
Trevor Olson earned the win, scattering three hits over nine innings and 164 pitches. Olson managed to keep the Snappers from scoring despite allowing eight walks and two hit batters. He struck out seven.
Volga’s amateur baseball mascot is the Cormorants. (Contributed graphic)
Dylan Gillespie took the loss for Elkton, giving up two earned runs on six hits while walking none and recording 10 strikeouts. For Gillespie, 87 of his 127 pitches were strikes (68.5 efficiency).
Aidan Stewart and Logan Kuehl both walked twice. Brady Steffen, Dave Bierman and Aiden Erickson had one base hit each for Elkton, who finished the season 10-12.
Volga will play District 7B champion Garretson at 1 p.m. Thursday in the opening round of the South Dakota state amateur Class B tournament — set for First National Bank Field in Brandon for the first time ever.
Pipestone A’s Carson Frank pitches for the Jackson Bulls during a game last week at Wacker Park in Jackson. Frank tossed 1-2/3 innings, and didn’t allow any runs. (Contributed photo by Dan Condon/Jackson County Pilot)
Diamond notes
Pipestone A’s Carson Frank, representing the Jackson Bulls, pitched 1-2/3 innings in a 4-3 loss to Milroy at Wacker Field in Jackson during the Region 10C semifinals.
Milroy swept Jackson and Windom broomed away Hadley in the semifinal best-of-3 series.
Frank allowed one hit and two walks, but didn’t surrender a single run in 32 pitches. Nineteen of his pitches went for strikes (59.4 efficiency), fanning one batter in the process.
No A’s were picked during last Sunday’s supplemental draft.
Windom selected Tucker Sorenson from Hadley and Charles Erickson of the Heron Lake Lakers. Milroy chose Ryan Rasche and Will Larson from Jackson. All four chosen only will be allowed to pitch.
The 10C championship series between No. 1 Windom and second-seeded Milroy begins 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Island Park in Windom.
Game Two will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Irish Yard. An if-needed third game would be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Windom.
Mark Abrahamson, although drafted by Hadley, played for South Dakota Class A powerhouse Harrisburg Saturday.
Mark Abrahamson prevents a possible wild pitch here. (Star photo by Eric Viccaro)
The Woodies downed the Sioux Falls Brewers, 11-1, this past Saturday. In the game, Abrahamson played left field, and was 1-for-5 hitting. He also smacked a three-run double in Friday’s 9-1 victory over the Mitchell Aces.
Harrisburg will play Circus Sports Bar at 5 p.m. Thursday in the South Dakota Class A tournament set for Fossum Field in Aberdeen.
INFORMATION
BASEBALL
Region 1B Tournament
Wednesday, July 30
At Elkton, S.D.
Volga 2, Elkton 0
Volga 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 2 6 1
Elkton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 3 3
WP: Trevor Olson, Volga
LP: Dylan Gillespie, Elkton
HR: Bayley Colemer, Volga
2B: Noah Puetz, Volga
No extra-base hits for Elkton