Tigers and Warriors still on collision course for title

By DONN ADAMSON AND MATT KING\Daily Journal Sports Writers

Both the Arcadia Valley Tigers and the Valle Warriors sport undefeated records in the MAAA Small-School Baseball Conference with wins on Tuesday, and the two teams are not scheduled to meet until April 25. Their first game was rained out and a make-up date is unknown at this time.

In the Large-School Conference, Potosi gained a share of the lead in the standings with a win on Tuesday to make a four-way log-jam at the top (see MAAA Standings, next page).

West County 14, Bismarck 4

BISMARCK - The West County Bulldog picked up their second win in as many days with a 14-4 win over the Bismarck Indians on Tuesday. Cody Watson was the winning pitcher and combined with Dustin Dowd for six innings, throwing three innings each.

Derek Stevens and Brian Sullivan led the team in hitting with four hits each. Stevens had two doubles, one single and a triple with three RBI. Bismarck's Tyler Henson had three hits for the Indians.

Bismarck, 1-4, will be at Arcadia Valley on Thursday for their next game, and West County will travel to Caledonia on Thursday to play Valley.

West County 301 343 - 14 16

Bismarck 001 012 - 4 9

WP- Watson 3i 1r 3h 2k 2bb, D Dowd 3i 3r 5h 3k 2bb, LP Franklin 6i 14r 14h.

Hitting: WC - Stevens 4, Sullivan 4, Whitehead 3, E Dowd 3, Wilhelm, D Dowd. Bis. - Henson 3, Franklin, Lincoln, Clifton, Kell, Mahurin, Graham. 2b- Stevens 2, Sullivan, Wilhelm. 3b- Stevens.

Arcadia Valley 11. Kingston 0

CADET - Logan Smith threw a four-hitter for Arcadia Valley and the Tigers shut out the Kingston Cougars 11-0 on Tuesday. Smith struck out 14 batters in the six-inning game. Kingston's Brandon Merseal held the Tigers close, leaving the mound after four innings with the score only 3-0.

The Tigers scored four runs in each of the fifth and sixth innings. Nick Benz hit a solo shot in the third inning for a home run. Spencer Helms drove in five runs for the Tigers, but had only one double in hitting.

Arcadia Valley is now 10-2 and 5-0 in the MAAA and will travcel to Bismarck on Thursday. Kingston will travel to Valle on Thursday.

Arcadia Valley 201 044 - 11 6 0

Kingston 000 000 - 0 4 8

WP- Smith 6i 0r 4h 14k 1bb, LP- Merseal 4i 3r 1er 1h 3k 0bb.

Hitting: AV - Benz 2, Smith, Yarbrough, Helms, Racer. K - Nash, J Henry, Merseal, S Henry. 2b- Helms, Nash, S Henry. HR- Benz.

Valle 6, Valley 5

CALEDONIA - The Valle Warriors survived a wild seventh inning to remain unbeaten in baseball action on Tuesday with a 6-5 conference road win over the Valley Vikings.

After trailing 6-2 entering the bottom of the last frame, Valley rallied with five straight hits to make things interesting, but was burned by bad base-running. The Vikings had one player picked off at first base, and another thrown out at second while stretching a RBI single to end the game.

Kellen Basler allowed three earned runs and struck out five while allowing no walks in seven innings to earn the win for Valle (5-0). Michael Dodd went the distance with two strikeouts in the loss for Valley (1-5).

Sean Odneal went 3-for-4 with a big two-run double to lead the Valle offense. Adam Hermann and Basler each had two hits with a RBI, and Nathan Grass chipped in with a RBI single.

Ryan Forbes finished 3-for-4 to lead seven Vikings with multiple hits. Matt Owens went 2-for-3 including a solo home run in the fourth inning, and Zach Hagerty ended up 2-for-4 with two RBI.

The same two teams will meet again this afternoon for a make-up game in Ste. Genevieve.

Valle 110 112 0 - 6 10 2

Valley 001 100 3 - 5 15 1

WP - Basler 7i 5r 3er 15h 5k 0bb.

LP - Dodd 7i 6r 5er 8h 2k 4bb 1hb.

Hitting:

Valle - Odneal 3, Basler 2, Hermann 2, Grass, Wipfler, Schilly. 2b - Basler, Odneal, Hermann.

Valley - Forbes 3, Fahland 2, Dodd 2, Smith 2, Hagerty 2, Kearns 2, Owens 2. HR - Owens (1).

Potosi 5, Fredericktown 0

FREDERICKTOWN - The Potosi Trojans spotted their pitcher D.J. Politte two runs in the top of the first inning and that's all he needed as Politte shut-out the Fredericktown Blackcats with a 5-0 two-hitter. Politte faced only 22 batters in the seven inning game.

Dustin Bess went the distance for the Blackcats, giving up only six hits in the loss. The game was played well defensively with only three errors between the two teams. J.R. White had two singles and a double to be the only multi-hitter in the game.

Fredericktown's next game will be Friday against Desoto Central in the Southaven Tournament in Mississippi. Potosi will play Farmington on Tuesday.

Potosi 210 101 0 - 5 6 1

Fredericktown 000 000 0 - 0 2 2

WP- Politte 7i 0r 2h 6k 0bb, LP- Bess 7i 5r 2er 6h 5k 0w 3hb.

Hitting: Po. - White 3, Aubuchon, Politte, Heifner, Fr. - Tinnin, Thompson.