Justin Fluke
6-25-10
The Doniphan County Invite Baseball Tournament opened in Wathena Thursday with two NEK League teams notching wins. Falls City beat Rock Creek 9-4 and Doniphan County beat Lansing 5-1.
Falls City is now 11-3 after Trent Scheital tossed a complete game with nine strikeouts for the win. Dillon Lotter had three hits and Trevor Harling scored three times for Falls City.
Jared Hawkins struck out 11 in a complete game effort as DC improved to 6-5. Paden Halter had a couple hits and three RBI for Doniphan County who plays Falls City Saturday evening at 8:15 in the semifinals.
First-round games continue Friday as Seneca plays Silver Lake at 6:00 then Atchison takes on defending champ KC Varsity.
In regular season NEK League action, Hiawatha edged Sabetha 3-2. Gabe Noll struck out eight batters to out-duel Riley Wells who fanned six. Tyler King had an RBI double for Hiawatha and the winning run scored on a passed ball in the sixth inning. Tate Steinloge had two hits for Sabetha who fell to 7-7 overall and 1-4 in the league. Hiawatha is now 4-3 in the league and 5-7 overall with a game schedule Friday evening versus Rossville 7:30.
The Holton and Centralia legion game Thursday night was cancelled.
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