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Legion baseball roundup: Willmar cruises past Waconia in playoffs

tom elliott, michael lyne, west central tribune, willmar, minn.
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Jul. 21—BUFFALO — The Willmar American Legion baseball team advanced in the Division I Sub-State playoffs with a 10-0, five-inning victory over Waconia on Wednesday night.

Willmar (15-4) got home runs from Sam Etterman and Hunter Magnuson as well as five shutout innings from Ian Koosman.

Koosman struck out 10 and walked three, allowing two hits, in five innings.

Reed Klatt and Tate Wischnack had hits for the Post 150 Lions.

Willmar (15-4) next plays at 7:30 p.m. Friday against the winner of Hutchinson and Buffalo, which was the late game Wednesday in Buffalo.

Tournament play continues in the double-elimination tournament through Sunday, if needed. At stake is a berth in the state Division I tournament in Burnsville.

Waconia plays at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Buffalo against Annandale in an elimination game.

Willmar 10, Waconia 0

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Hitting — Waconia: Owen Amrhein 0-2 bb, Reed Klatt 1-2, Tate Wischnack 1-2 sb, Riley Ohm 0-2 bb, Caedmon Gillmore 0-0 bb ... Willmar: Cayden Hansen 1-3 rbi-2, Sam Etterman 1-2 hr r rbi bb, Ian Koosman 1-3, Hunter Magnuson 1-2 r-2 rbi hr bb, Dylan Arndorfer 1-2 r-2 rbi bb, Jason Malmgren 2-3 r-2, Carter Schow 0-2 sac, Brandt Sunder 2-3 hr r-3 rbi-3

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Waconia: Klatt (L) 3.1-5-6-4-2-6, Bryce Anderson 1.1-4-4-4-1-1 ... Wilmar: Ian Koosman (W) 5-2-0-0-3-10

Tri-Town moved to within one victory of advancing to the next round of the Division II playoffs after beating Kimball in five innings late Tuesday at Kimball.

Tri-Town had 19 hits. Josh Kingery led the way. He went 4-for-5 with two runs and five RBIs, homering twice, tripling and doubling. Jaxon Drange-Leyendecker also homered for the Black Sox, going 3-for-3 with three runs and three RBIs.

The teams play at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the best-of-three series at Kingery Field in Atwater. A third and final game, if needed, immediately follows Thursday.

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Hitting — Tri-Town: Josh Kingery 4-5 r-2 rbi-5 2b 3b hr-2, Logan Straumann 1-2 rbi-3 bb-2 2b, Jack Peterson 1-4, Connor Barker 2-4 r-2 2b, Jaxon Behm 2-4 r rbi, Terrell Renne 2-4 r-2, Zach Bagley 2-3 r-3 bb 2b, Keegan Kessler-Gross 2-2 r-3 rbi-3 bb-2 2b, Jaxon Drange-Leyendecker 3-3 r-3 rbi-3 hr ... Kimball: Cody Leither 0-2 r hbp, Gavin Winter 0-2 r bb, Ashton Hanan 1-3 r-2, Ace Meyer 1-2 rbi-3 bb 2b, Nathan Serbus 1-1, Hank Meyer 2-2 r rbi-2 hr hbp, Bryant Knaus 1-2

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Tri-Town: Barker 2.1-2-4-2-2-3, Behm (W) 1.2-1-0-0-0-1, Bagley 1-3-1-1-2-1 ... Kimball: Clay Faber (L) 4-16-13-7-3-3, Serbus 1-3-3-3-2-1

Howard Lake knocked off Sacred Heart/MACCRAY late Tuesday in Howard Lake in the Central Sub-State Division II tournament.

The teams play at 5 p.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart in Game 2 of the best-of-three series. If a third game is needed, it immediately follows the first one on Thursday.

The Post 145 Lakers scored in the bottom of the sixth after the Scarlets tied it up in the top of the fifth with two runs.

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Hitting — SH/MACCRAY: Isaac Strommer 1-4 r rbi, Dreyer Homan 1-2 bb, Tyler Froland 1-3 rbi, Tyler Amsden 1-3 2b, Brooks Asche 1-3, Carter Rice 1-3, Isaac Haen 1-3 r sb ... Howard Lake: Mason Maciewski 2-3 rbi bb 2b sb, Bennett Anderson 0-3 r hbp, Steve Heber 1-4, Colton Long 1-2 2b bb, Aiden Debner 1-3 rbi, Jakob Duske 1-3, Jack Stutsman 1-3 r-2 sb, Luke Zander 1-2 rbi bb

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — SH/MACCRAY: Homan (L) 5-8-3-1-3-9, Wohlman 1-0-0-0-0-1 ... Howard Lake: Anderson (W) 5-7-2-2-1-8, Long (Sv) 2-0-0-0-0-5