Fort Scott 12's win district

Thursday, July 16, 2009

OSAWATOMIE -- Fort Scott's 12-year-old Cal Ripken baseball team was already going to be in the State Tournament, which will be held next weekend at Don Hewett Field, as the host team. So they didn't have to play in the District 6 Tournament held here this week.

But as long as they were going to enter the District tourney, they apparently decided they might as well go ahead and win the thing. And that's what they did in beating Osawatomie, 17-12, Wednesday night.

Fort Scott went unbeaten in the tournament but Osawatomie will also qualify for State, taking the spot that the District 6 champion was going to fill had it not been Fort Scott.

Mason Knopp was named Fort Scott's MVP in the championship game while Issac Thurston was given the WOW Award, which goes to a player who makes an outstanding play.

The Fort Scott team advanced to the final by beating Osawatomie Tuesday night, 8-4. Joe Doherty was named MVP and John Hughes won the WOW Award. Olpe eliminated Emporia from the tournament later that night by a 10-4 score.

Osawatomie beat Olpe, 15-6, in Wednesday's first game before playing Fort Scott for the championship.

The 12-year-olds are the third Fort Scott Cal Ripken team to win a District title this summer. The 9-year-old Cal Ripken team began pool play at the State Tournament in Lakin Thursday afternoon with a noon game against Paola. The 10-year-olds start today at 4 p.m. at Wellington with a first-round game against Cimarron River. The 10-year-old tourney is double-elimination.

The 11-year-old team defeated Emporia, 7-3, Thursday night at Osawatomie and advanced to State at Liberal next week.


Cal Ripken/Babe Ruth Baseball

9-YEAR-OLDS

STATE TOURNAMENT

at Lakin

POOL PLAY

A: Fort Scott, Paola, Wellington, Cottonwood Valley.

B: Columbus, Cimarron River, Haysville, Lakin.

Thursday's Games

Fort Scott vs. Paola, noon

Columbus vs. Cimarron River, 2:15

Wellington vs. Cottonwood Valley, 4:30

Haysville vs. Lakin, 7:30

Friday's Games

Cimarron River vs. Haysville, noon

Cottonwood Valley vs. Fort Scott, 2:15

Lakin vs. Columbus, 4:30

Paola vs. Wellington, 6:45

Saturday's Games

Cottonwood Valley vs. Paola, 1 p.m.

Columbus vs. Haysville, 3:15

Wellington vs. Fort Scott, 5:30

Lakin vs. Cimarron River, 7:45

Sunday's Games

Winner Pool A vs. Runner-up Pool B, noon

Winner Pool B vs. Runner-up Pool A, 2:15

Third-place game, 5:15

Championship, 7:30

10-YEAR-OLDS

STATE TOURNAMENT

at Wellington

Friday's Games

Game 1: Lyons vs. Ottawa, noon

Game 2: Independence vs. Derby, 2 p.m.

Game 3: Fort Scott vs. Cimarron River, 4 p.m.

Game 4: Stevens County vs. Wellington, 7 p.m.

Saturday's Games

Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 9 a.m. (Loser eliminated)

Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 11 a.m. (Loser eliminated)

Game 7: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 1 p.m.

Game 8: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 4 p.m.

Game 9: Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 6, 6 p.m. (Loser eliminated)

Game 10: Loser Game 8 vs. Winner Game 5, 8 p.m. (Loser eliminated)

Sunday's Games

Game 11: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 1 p.m. (Winners' bracket final)

Game 12: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 3 p.m. (Loser fourth)

Game 13: Winner Game 12 vs. Loser game 11, 5:30 (Loser third)

Monday's Games

Game 14: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 13, 11 a.m. (First championship game)

Game 15: Necessary only if Winner Game 11 loses Game 14, 1:30

11-YEAR-OLDS

DISTRICT 6 TOURNAMENT

at Osawatomie

Monday's Games

Game 1: Emporia 13, Linn County 10

Game 2: Fort Scott 15, Osawatomie 0

Tuesday's Games

Game 3: Emporia 5, Fort Scott 4

Game 4: Linn County 13, Osawatomie 6 (Osawatomie eliminated)

Wednesday's Games

Game 5: Fort Scott 13, Linn County 6 (Linn County eliminated)

Game 6: Fort Scott 9, Emporia 7 (First championship game)

Thursday's Game

Game 7: Fort Scott 7, Emporia 3 (Championship game)

12-YEAR-OLDS

DISTRICT 6 TOURNAMENT

at Osawatomie

Monday's Games

Game 1: Fort Scott 11, Emporia 3

Game 2: Osawatomie 10, Olpe 7

Tuesday's Games

Game 3: Fort Scott 8, Osawatomie 4

Game 4: Olpe 10, Emporia 4 (Emporia eliminated)

Wednesday's Games

Game 5: Osawatomie 15, Olpe 6 (Olpe eliminated)

Game 6: Fort Scott 17, Osawatomie 12 (Championship game)

STATE TOURNAMENT

at Fort Scott

BRACKET PLAY

Friday, July 24

Game 1: Cimarron River vs. Wellington, noon

Game 2: District 4 champion vs. Osawatomie, 2 p.m.

Game 3: Winfield vs. Ottawa, 4 p.m.

Game 4: District 5 champion vs. Fort Scott, 7 p.m.

Saturday, July 25

Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 9 a.m. (Loser eliminated)

Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 11 a.m. (Loser eliminated)

Game 7: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 1 p.m.

Game 8: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 4 p.m.

Game 9: Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 6, 6 p.m. (Loser eliminated)

Game 10: Loser Game 8 vs. Winner Game 5, 8 p.m. (Loser eliminated)

Sunday, July 26

Game 11: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 1 p.m. (Winners' bracket final)

Game 12: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 3 p.m. (Loser fourth)

Game 13: Winner Game 12 vs. Loser game 11, 5:30 (Loser third)

Monday, July 27

Game 14: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 13, 11 a.m. (First championship game)

Game 15: Necessary only if Winner Game 11 loses Game 14, 1:30

NOTES -- The District 4 Tournament (Cottonwood Valley, Hesston, Lyons, Quivira) began Wednesday in Peabody and will conclude either Sunday or Monday, depending on the outcome of Sunday's First Championship Game....

The District 5 Tournament (Holcomb, Garden City, Lakin, Scott City) begins today in Holcomb and runs through either Saturday or Sunday, depending on the outcome of Sunday's First Championship Game....