The Broken Bow American Legion seniors baseball team opened play at the Class B Area 5 tournament in O’Neill on Friday. Broken Bow entered the seven team tournament as the
#5 seed and faced the #4 seed O’Neill. The game went back and forth. Broken Bow scored a run in their first at bat to take an early 1-0 lead. O’Neill scored runs in the second
and third inning to take a 2-1 lead, Broken Bow responded with a two run fourth inning to retake the lead. O’Neill tied the game with a run in the bottom of the fourth then
went back in front with a two run fifth inning. In the top of the sixth, Drew Ellis went deep for a solo homerun, his fourth of the season, to make the score 5-4. In the bottom of the
sixth, O’Neill added three insurance runs and held on for an 8-4 win. Drew Ellis finished with 2 of Broken Bow’s four hits on the night going 2 for 3 with a double and a homerun.
Broken Bow drops to the elimination bracket and will next play on Sunday. Broken Bow’s opponent and start time on Sunday will be determined after second round games have concluded on Saturday. All Broken Bow games from the area tournament will be broadcast on KBBN 95.3 FM and KBBN.com.
