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2014 Zone Tournament Pairings --- click here
(Area Zone Tournament Pairings ---
 AA Zone 5 --- Sabetha (host), Marysville, Seneca, Hiawatha, Doniphan County
 AA Zone 4 --- Silver Lake (host), Frankfort, Clay Center, Westmoreland
 AAA Zone NE1 --- Emporia (host), Atchison, Osawatomie, Leavenworth Legends, Leavenworth Naturals)

Northeast Kansas League teams squared off in league action over the weekend, along with one team having a non-league contest, as well on Saturday.

Doniphan County on Saturday traveled to Auburn for a non-league matchup and suffered the 4-3 loss, but bounced back on Sunday with a doubleheader sweep of League foe, Frankfort as Doniphan County won 4-3 in nine innings and 5-2 in the doubleheader.

Sabetha earned a pair of road League wins over Hiawatha with a 9-0 six inning win and a 17-16 come from behind win, while Atchison hosted Seneca and they split their doubleheader with Seneca winning game one 7-5 and Atchison winning game two 10-4.

Saturday July 5th

Doniphan County Falls to Auburn on the Road With Late Miscues

On Saturday, Doniphan County traveled to Auburn for a non-league showdown and in a tight ballgame it was late miscues that hurt Doniphan County as they fell 4-3 in the contest.

Tied 3-3 going into the bottom of the seventh inning, Auburn brought the winning run in after Caleb Nelson was hit by a pitch, giving them the 4-3 win. Nelson finished 3-3 for Auburn in the contest, while Doniphan County only posted four hits and have five errors in the game including three in the sixth and seventh innings combined. Phoenix Keller started the game for Doniphan County pitching six innings and gave up all four runs but they were all unearned.

Doniphan County with the loss fell to 11-7 on the season.

Sunday July 6th

Doniphan County Sweeps Frankfort in Pair of League Matchups

The pitching controlled most of both contests on Sunday in Wathena between Doniphan County and Frankfort as Doniphan County earned the doubleheader sweep with a 4-3 win in nine innings in game one and won game two 5-2.

Game one need extra innings to decide the contest as Doniphan County won in walk-off fashion, scoring on a wild pitch as Nathan Gaarder led the bottom of the ninth off with a double and was moved over to third on a Tucker Morris groundout and then scored the winning run on a Frankfort wild pitch. Gaarder got the start on the mound in the contest going eight innings giving up three-runs on the four hits and recording four strikeouts. Phoenix Keller pitched a one-two-three top of the ninth for Doniphan County. Frankfort had Derek Trimble start the contest in game one.

Alex Schmille's pitching was the story of game two for Doniphan County as he took a no-hitter into the seventh inning but Frankfort would break it up, getting a pair of runs but it wasn't enough as Doniphan Count notched the 5-2 win.

Sam Steinlage broke up Schmille's no-hit bid with an infield hit in the seventh and then Frankfort followed that up with a hit batter, another hit and two Doniphan County errors leading to a pair of runs. The offense of Doniphan County scored their runs earlier in the game as was led by Keller who had two hits and an RBI, while Tucker Morris had a hit and an RBI.

With the wins Doniphan County improved to 13-7 on the season and 8-2 in League action, while Frankfort fell to 7-11 on the season and 4-7 in the League with the pair of losses.

Sabetha Takes Two on the Road Against Hiawatha

It was a tale of two different games at Noble Park in Hiawatha on Sunday but Sabetha ultimately was the victor in both contests winning game one 9-0 and game two 17-16.

Scoring was limited in game one until Sabetha broke through in the fifth inning and scored a pair of runs and then added seven more in the top of the sixth and grabbed the 9-0 win in six innings over Hiawatha. Gaven Schumann was dialed in for Sabetha on the mound as he pitched all six innings earning the win giving up just two hits and a hit batter while striking eight. 

Offensively Tyler Hackney and Keegan Schumann each had a multi-hit game as Hackney went 2-2 with two walks and a run scored, while Schumann was 2-4 with a pair of runs scored. Taylor Bauman and Dustin Boeckman each had a hit and RBI in the game.

Hiawatha only mustered a pair of hits in the contest but both were extra base hits as Parker Hasenkamp and Dakota Bayles each had a double.

Game two featured plenty of base runners and runs as Hiawatha's offense busted out for 11-run's early but Sabetha battled back to take the 17-16 win.

Sabetha led 3-0 after the top of the first, but Hiawatha answered in a big way in the bottom of the first using four hits, five walks and hit batter and two Sabetha errors to score 11-runs. Hiawatha stretched that lead after the second with three more runs making it 14-3, but Sabetha chipped away with a three-run third, six-run fourth and five-run sixth to complete the comeback, as Hiawatha only added a pair of runs during that time.

Gaven Schumann paced the Sabetha Raptors offense going 3-5 with two RBI's and three runs scored, while Bauman finished 2-3 with a homerun, double, three runs scored, an RBI and two walks. Keegan Schumann added a 2-4 game with two RBI's with a run scored and triple.

For Hiawatha in the loss Dakota Bayles had the hot bat going 4-4 with four doubles and four RBI's, while Taylor Jacobsen finished with a pair of hits, an RBI and run scored. Brendan Steele added a 1-3 contest with three RBI's, three walks and a run scored.

With the pair of wins Sabetha improved to 18-12 on the season and 9-3 in League play, while Hiawatha fell to 4-20 on the season and 1-13 in League action.

Seneca and Atchison Split League Doubleheader in Atchison

Atchison and Seneca squared off against each other in Atchison in a League doubleheader on Sunday and both teams earned a win on the night. Seneca claimed game one with a 7-5 score, while Atchison bounced back to earn the win in game two 10-4.

Both teams established early leads in each game and held off the other to earn their wins on the night.

With the split Seneca moves to 12-5 on the season and 12-4 in League play, while Atchison is now 9-11 on the year and 4-9 in League action.