Breese won the Junior Legion District 23 Tournament, coming back to beat Patoka Post 543 in the “If Necessary” game 12-11 scoring 5 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning when they were down 11-7 to take that 12-11 lead and hold on for the win. They advance to next week’s Division Tournament in Trenton.
For Patoka, Drew Haines drove in 3 runs, Logan Butts doubled going 2-2 with 2 RBI, Kaiden Harrell and Ryker Dodson also drove in runs. Garret Shumate scored a run and Luke Shumate singled and scored.
Post 543 gave it a valiant effort as they won the opening game of the night against Breese 11-0 in six innings to force the ‘if’ game. Ryker Dodson went the distance for Patoka allowing 2 hits and struck out 8. Harrell and Luke Shumate drove in 3 runs each with RBI also from Butts, Kyan Walker, Spencer and Hoffman.
