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Madison wins 14U VFW Region 3A
The Madison 14U VFW baseball team is heading to state, after taking the Region 3A tournament on Tuesday. Madison won games over Volga and Flandreau on Monday to open play. Volga then defeated Flandreau 21-8 on Tuesday to set up a rematch, with Madison needing to win one of two games against Volga to claim the region title. Madison needed only one game, winning Tuesday 4-3.
Madison 14U comes back from seven run deficit to beat Flandreau
The Madison 14U baseball team went 2-0 in the first day of the Region 3A VFW baseball tournament. Maison opened play with a 3-1 win over Volga on Monday. Madison opened the scoring in the 3rd inning, bringing in a run on a balk. Volga added a run themselves in the bottom of the inning on a wild pitch. From there, starting pitchers Henry Veenhof and Damon Uecker held the offense in check. In the top of the 8th inning, Kaysen Gust hit a ground ball that was misplayed by Volga and scored Luke Johnson. Veenhof then lined a ball to right, allowing Gust to tag up and make the score 3-1 Madison. Relief pitcher Brody Fink slammed the door in the bottom of the 8th to secure the win.
Volga Ends Tri-Valley Maroon 16U Winning Streak
Tri-Valley Maroon 16U had their four-game winning streak come to an end in Volga on Monday, July 15th. Volga took the win by a score of 10-5. Volga scored in every inning of the game. They got three runs in the bottom of the first for a 3-0 lead. Both teams scored a run in the second and third innings to make the score 5-2. Volga would extend the lead to 7-2 with two more runs in the bottom of the fourth. Tri-Valley pulled within two runs, 7-5, after scoring three times in the top of the fifth. Volga, however, got two runs back in the bottom of the fifth and added one more in the sixth.
Broncos win 6th in a row, Hoglund homers again for the Mudcats.
The Madison Broncos won their 6th game in a row on Sunday, beating the Canova Gang 2-1 in extra innings. Canova opened the scoring with their only run of the game in the 6th inning, coming on a Kendall Gassman RBI single. Ty Jorgenson’s double in the 8th inning scored Heith Williams to tie the game. In the 10th, Dawson Bakker singled to score Peyton Wolf and give the Broncos the lead. Tyler Tappe then locked down the win, retiring Canova in order in the 10th.
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