Cougars Win First NTC Tournament in 13 Years

The South Central Cougars won their first NTC Baseball Tournament Championship in 13 years as they beat Windsor/Stew-Stras in Saturday’s final 5-2 after losing 3 times to the Hatchets this fall.  Aiden Hoover relived Colton Tockstein in the 2^nd inning and dominated the rest of the way allowing just 1 earned run on 3 hits with 5 strikeouts.  After falling behind 2-1 in the 4^th, SC erupted for 4 runs in the 5^th on a Sebastian Kruger double, a pair of bunt singles from Eli Hiestand and Jordan Smith, an RBI double from Hoover and a big 2 RBI double off the bat of Ryker Dodson.  SC finishes the fall season at 13-10.