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July 19th - Blair -
Win 4-3
Congratulations to the Wayne Juniors who
have won the Class B Area 3 District in Blair and are now moving on to the
Class B State Tournament in Blair. Waynebaseball.com will have all the
coverage.
With the season on the line the Wayne Juniors pulled together to defeat
Blair for the second time in four days. With the win the Wayne Juniors will
be making a return trip to the Class B Junior Tournament in Sidney, Neb. The
hero of the game was Drew Workman as Workman made and ESPN web-gem diving
catch in left field to secure the win for Wayne in the bottom of the seventh
inning. With the tying and winning runs on base, a deep fly ball was hit to
left center that if not caught would have sent Blair to state instead of
Wayne. Workman also had two hits and an RBI for Wayne. Offensive All-Star Zac
Braun contributed a single and a standup triple, while Jacob Triggs also had
two singled for Wayne. Tyler Schaefer, going on short rest threw a complete
game four hitter to earn the win.
Wayne will now get ready for the State Tournament,
which starts on Friday the 27th in Sidney The Juniors will play
Gretna in the first round. If anyone is interested in donating to the Wayne
Baseball Program to help with expenses incurred for the trip you can contact
Jacki Zeiss at 375-1698.
July
18th - Blair - Loss 11-8
With a chance
at the State Tournament on the line Blair stayed alive as they downed Wayne
11-8. Given that it is Wayne's first loss, Blair will have to defeat Wayne
again on Thursday night. Wayne's offense gave their pitching staff lots of
support, but the Blair hitting was just too much. Wayne was led by first year
player Derek Poutre who was 3-3 with four RBI. Michael Denklau and Jacob
Triggs also had two hits for Wayne. Wayne will now play in the final game of
their district Thursday night against Blair.
July 16th - Blair - Win 8-7
The Wayne
Juniors got one win closer to returning to the Class B State Tournament with
a win Monday night against Blair. The Juniors took an early four run lead in
the first innings after Drew Workman led off with a triple. The Juniors would
be up 5-0 going into the fourth when Blair would finally plate three runs.
Blair would knock out Wayne starter Tyler Schaefer in the sixth and Jacob
Zeiss would fill the void before Ryan Pieper would come in to shut the door
and earn the save. Pieper has now earned a win in Wayne's first game and a
save in Wayne's second game. Offensively Wayne got support from Drew Workman
who had a single and a double. Tory Booth and Jacob Triggs each had two RBIs
for Wayne. Blair will now move to the losers bracket to face Omaha Roncalli.
The winner will face Wayne on Wednesday in Blair at 7:30. Wayne will have to
be beat twice since they are the only undefeated team remaining in the
tournament.
July 14th - Wayne Defeats Omaha Roncalli - Win 12-0
Wayne
relied on Ryan Pieper, arguably its pitcher from the regular season to get
the job done in their first game of the Class B Area 3 District Tournament at
Blair. Wayne, the No. 2 overall seed, had a bye in the first round and played
Omaha Roncalli who had defeated Bennington on Friday. Pieper went all five
innings only giving up one hit and no runs as Wayne downed Roncalli 12-0.
Wayne held a 3-0 lead going into the fifth when the Juniors exploded for nine
more runs, finishing off Roncalli. Wayne got lots of offense, led by Zac
Braun who had two singles, a triple, and three RBI. Jacob Triggs also had a
big day as he had two hits and four RBI. Tory Booth and Ryan Pieper also had
two hits for Wayne. The Juniors will now play host team Blair on Monday night
at 8:00 p.m.
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