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

Third round action on August 1^st began with two elimination bracket games.  First Mount Michael faced David City at 2:00 pm.  Mount Michael won the game 12-2.  David City was eliminated from the tournament with the loss.  Mount Michael powered past David City with three home runs in the game hit by Tim Carlson, Clay Taylor and Ted Pane.  Mount Michael pitcher Zach Loeffelholz struck ten batters in the contest while allowing seven hits.

Alma then played Creighton at 5:00 pm.  Creighton won the game 6 - 0.  Alma was eliminated from the tournament with the loss.  Creighton jumped out to a three to nothing lead in the first inning and never looked back.  Klay Fuchtman and Teran Boyer did the pitching chores for Creighton in the win. 

The third day of the State Tournament action ended with the winner’s bracket game, Wakefield versus St. Paul at 8:00 pm.  Wakefield beat St. Paul 8-5.  Wakefield utilized a great “small ball” offense and a very stingy defense to notch out the tough victory.  St. Paul had one solo home run by Casey Poss in the top of the 7^th inning to bring St. Paul closer to Wakefield at 8 – 5, but no other runs were able to be scored. 

Games to be held on Monday, August 2^nd include Mount Michael against St. Paul in an elimination game at 5:00 pm and Wakefield versus Creighton in the other game at 8:00 pm.  Wakefield is yet to have a loss in the tournament while the other three remaining teams each have one loss.

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 7^th.   

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.