The Novinger Wildcats tandem of Trae Brownell and Mikey Ortega combined to go 5-for-5 with five runs scored, leading NHS to a 10-1 win over Green City in the Class 1, District 12 baseball championship game on Thursday night. Â The win sends Novinger into the Class 1 state playoffs, and a Monday night meeting with Silex in the “Round of 16”. Â Nathan Chase had the only RBI of the night for Green City.
Other Class 1 district champions include the Braymer Bobcats, a 4-0 winner over North Nodaway in District 16. Â Jordan Miller of Braymer fired a one-hit shutout, sending the Bobcats into a sectional meeting with Bucklin/Macon County, a 9-0 winner over Linn County in the District 15 title game on Thursday night.
The Class 1, District 14 champion is Northwest High School of Hughesville, a 5-4 winner on Thursday night over the Santa Fe Chiefs.
The Class 2, District 6 title goes to the Canton Tigers, after a hard-fought 2-1 win over upset-minded Scotland County on Thursday night. Â West Platte is the Class 2, District 16 champion, scoring five unanswered runs, including two in the top of the 9th inning, to outlast KCI rival Mid-Buchanan 5-3. Â
The Lawson Cardinals are champions of Class 3, District 16, courtesy of a 4-2 win over Bishop LeBlond. Â The Lexington Minutemen took the Class 3, District 14 title with a 9-2 win over Higginsville, while St. Pius X won Class 4, District 15, with an 8-6 win over Smithville. Â The Warriors will meet up with District 16 champion Lafayette in the first round of the Class 4 state playoffs.
