Tomahawk’s American Legion Post 93 baseball team ran its perfect season start to 11 games before dropping Sunday’s final game of the Rhinelander Tourney to Mosinee by a 5-2 tally.
The Cubs had already wrapped up the tourney title, however, so the loss didn’t cut too deep.
“The guys did a great job in the tournament,” Post 93 assistant coach Wes Roessler said. “They stayed focused and were able to come out on top against some very good competition.
“This is a great group of guys and they are a lot of fun to be around. I am very proud of them.”
A four-run fourth gave Mosinee the edge it needed Sunday.
“It was interesting going into our last game knowing that we had already won the championship,” Roessler said. “It allowed us to play some people in different positions and try some things out.”
Tomahawk– 002 000 0–2.
Mosinee– 001 400 x–5.
TP: Bolder 5 I, 6 H, 1 W, 7 K, 5 R, 0 ER; Jon Nyberg 3 I, 2 H, 1 W, 7 K, 0 R. TH: 3 H; Jacob Sabielny 1-1, 2 RBI; Jordan Schilts 1-3, 2B.
The game of the tourney was the opener with Lakeland, where Post 93 scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh to win 5-4.
“This was a great start to the tournament,” Roessler said. “They easily could have given up when Lakeland scored in the top of the 7th but they never lost focus.”
Kaleb Kaminski ripped a two-run double to tie it up in the seventh, and Jared Jarvensivu hit him home for tthe win.
Lakeland– 002, 000 2–4.
Tomahawk– 010 000 4–5.
TP: Jon Nyberg 7 I, 4 H, 6 W, 8 K, 4 R, 2 ER. TH: 6 H; Jarvensivu 2-4; Kaminski 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI; Jordan Roesler 1-2, 2W..
Tomahawk handled Rhinelander 9-4 in the tourney-deciding game.
“Lorne has been on fire at the plate,” Roessler said. “Jared got us out of some jams with great pitches.”
Ahrens hit 2-2 with two doubles to cap an 11-for-12 streak.
Rhinelander– 000 003 1–4.
Tomahawk– 101 205 x–9.
TP: Jarvensivu 7 I, 10 H, 1 W, 6 K, 4 R, 4 ER. TH: 9 H; Ahrens 2-2, 2-2B; Roessler 2-4, 2B, 2 R; Kevin Bolder 1-2, 2 R.
Post 93 topped Chequamegon 6-4 in its second game.
“This was another hard-fought win in the tournament against a fundamentally-sound team,” Roessler said. “Luckily we were able to capitalize on the few mistakes they made.”
Tomahawk– 103 100 1–6.
Chequamegon– 001 210 0–4.
TP: Kaminski 7 I, 7 H, 3 W, 5 K, 4 R, 4 ER. TH: 8 H; Ahrens 3-3; Bolder 1-2, 3 R.
Phillips turned
Tomahawk routed Phillips 13-0 and 11-1 in Tuesday’s games.
“We had a lot of guys get hits tonight and we were able to capitalize on some mental mistakes of the Phillips fielders,” Roessler said. “Our guys did a nice job of making plays on defense and driving the ball on offense.”
Tomahawk– 105 34–13.
Phillips– 000 00–0.
TP: Kaminski 5 I, 2 H, 1 W, 2 K, 0 R. TH: 11 H; Ahrens 3-4, 2B, 3B, 2 R, 3 RBI; Kaminski 2-4, 2B, 2 R; Dakota Thompson 1-2, 2 R, 2 W; Brad Jarvensivu 1-3, 2 RBI.
Tomahawk– 038–11.
Phillips– 010–1.
TP: Jordan Schilts 3 I, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K, 1 R, 0 ER. TH: 8 H; Ahrens 3-3, 2B, 3B, 2 R, 2 RBI; Thompson 2-3, 4 RBI; Tanner Bartz 1-2, 2 RBI; Steven Renn 1-2, 2 R.
Lakeland swamped
Post 93 used a seven-run fifth and five-run seventh to trun Lakeland back 17-7 in Monday’s nine-inning contest.
“We made a lot of physical errors that we don’t normally make but we were able to have some big innings to overcome the mistakes,” Roessler said. “Jakob Panzer hit two hard doubles at crucial times in the game.”
Lakeland– 011 004 01–7.
Tomahawk– 100 071 52–17.
TP: Bolder 5 I, 3 H, 5 W, 5 K, 2 R, 0 ER; Nyberg 2 I, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K, 4 R, 0 ER; J. Jarvensivu 1 I, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K, 1 R, 1 ER. TH: 13 H; Bolder 2-2, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI; Panzer 2-3, 2-2B, 2 R; J. Jarvensivu 2-5, 4 R, 2 RBI; Ahrens 1-3, 3 R, 2 W; Thompson 1-2, 3 W, 2 R.