The season marches on for East Greene baseball. The scheduled season-ending game against Glidden-Ralston last week was extended by two additional games. EG won that game 11-8 in Rippey on Tuesday, July 3, to move up to 4-10 in the Rolling Hills Conference and tie with Adair-Casey for sixth place. GR finished at 3-11 in last place.
The Hawks took to the field one last time on their home diamond on July 5 in Rippey against Southern Cal, but took a 19-2 thumping in five innings. The following night EG ventured to Guthrie Center to face the Tigers and lost 10-0 in five innings.
The additional games allowed coach Dana Fink to use some younger members of the pitching staff which resulted in the lopsided scores. Tyler Beger handled the bulk of the mound duties with some relief from Max Neese against Guthrie Center. Both are incoming freshman this fall.
The Hawks got back on the winning track Saturday night with a 7-4 win over Glidden-Ralston in the opening round of the Class 1A District 14 tournament at Coon Rapids. EG (6-22) moves on to the quarterfinal round to face Coon Rapids-Bayard (23-8), a team that finished third in the tough 11-team West Central Conference, comprised of both 1A and 2A teams.
District 14 includes three teams that advanced to the state tournament in the last three years—EG, CRB and Ar-We-Va. The Hawks made the state field in 2009. The following year they beat CRB and then Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton to win the district but lost to Ar-We-Va in the substate. CRB won its substate last year while the Hawks lost to North English (English Valleys). EG is seeking an unprecedented fourth straight district title.
Ar-We-Va takes on Audubon at 5 p.m. tonight in Coon Rapids followed by EG-CRB at 7 p.m. The winners advance to the semifinals on Thursday night in Coon Rapids. The opposite bracket has Adair-Casey taking on CAM at 5 p.m. in Guthrie Center with EEHK facing Guthrie Center in the nightcap. EEHK (19-3) and CRB are the district tourney favorites. EEHK won the Rolling Hills Conference with a 13-1 mark.
The District 14 finals will be played next Saturday in Coon Rapids at 7 p.m. The district winner from Coon Rapids will advance to the play the District 13 winner in the substate on Tuesday, July 17, in Adel. Van Meter (32-8), which edged out Des Moines Christian and CRB to win the West Central Conference, is a heavy favorite in District 13. Orient-Macksburg (9-17) won the first-round opening game over Nodaway Valley 8-4 to advance to the quarterfinal round tonight to face Earlham. Other quarterfinal games in District 14 tonight are Corning vs. Lenox, Van Meter vs. Iowa Christian, and Madrid vs. Woodward-Granger.
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