The 2010 Class C Senior American Legion State Baseball Tournament at Tri County completed second round action today. The double elimination tournament began on Friday, July 30th and will run through Wednesday, August 4th (August 4th is a rain date).

Second round action on July 31st began with two elimination bracket games. First Daykin-Meridian faced Alma at 11:00 am. Alma won the game 8 – 0. Alma jumped to a five run lead after two innings and never looked back. Max Boehler pitched the win and led the offense with a three run home run for Alma.

Mount Michael Knights then played the Host Senior American Legion Team Tri County at 2:00 pm. Mount Michael won the game 9 – 1. Mount Michael led 3-1 going into the 6th inning and they exploded with four runs. Bob Thomas had three singles and an RBI and Tim Carlson had two singles and three RBI’s for Mount Michael. Joe Ernst pitched a three hitter for Mount Michael.

In the two winner’s bracket games, Wakefield then faced off with David City at 5:00 pm. Wakefield beat David City 4-0. Wakefield received a solid pitching performance by A.J. Bormann. David City threatened throughout the game, but Wakefield’s defense was solid.

The second day of State Tournament action ended with St. Paul squaring off against Creighton at 8:00 pm. St. Paul won the game 4 -2. A three-run double hit by Jordan Heusinkelt was the difference in the game. Casey Poss pitched the win for St. Paul. Creighton had the tying run on base in the top of the 7th but only mustered one run.

Games to be held on Sunday, August 1st include Mount Michael against David City in an elimination game at 2:00 pm and Alma versus Creighton in the other elimination game at 5:00 pm. The teams playing in the winners bracket are St. Paul versus Wakefield at 8:00 pm.

The complete bracket with dates and times can be viewed by going to www.baseballtricounty.org. The winner of the 2010 Class C Senior American Legion State Baseball tournament at Tri County will be crowned the Nebraska Class C State Champion and will then move on to the Class B Champion versus the C State Champion game to be held at the Class C Champion site on August 7th.

Further information about the locations of American Legion Baseball District and State tournament sites in 2010 can be found on the web at: www.nelegionbaseball.net and click on “Tournaments”. The website for Tri County Legion Baseball can be found at: www.baseballtricounty.org.

Please call Jeff Reynolds at 656-3036 or Bill Waltz at 239-9182 if any questions about the tournament.