The Broken Bow American Legion seniors baseball team saw its season come to an end Tuesday night as they fell to Ogallala in the championship round of the B6 area tournament in McCook.
Entering the night, Broken Bow needed one win to claim the title and Ogallala needed to win twice. In the first game, Ogallala won a thriller 4-3 to force a winner take all game for the championship. Broken Bow generated a run against Ogallala ace Caden Rezac in the top of the first inning to take the early lead but Rezac would even things out at the plate in the bottom of the first as he led things off with a solo home run to tie the game. Ogallala added a run in the fourth and another in the sixth to take a 3-1 lead into the seventh. Broken Bow was able to tie the game in the top of the 7th bringing in two runs on a deep fly ball by Brice Chaplin which went off the glove of the Ogallala left fielder which allowed the tying runs to score. In the bottom of the 7th, Jayden Curtis drove in Cole Stokey on a deep fly ball to center with one out to give Ogallala the walk off win.
In the second game, Broken Bow jumped out early thanks to Brice Chaplin who hit a 2 run homer in the bottom of the first and then drove in two runs in the bottom of the 2nd with a base hit to give Bow a 4-1 lead after two innings. The game turned in the top of the third when Ogallala sent 13 men to the plate and scored 8 runs to take a 9-4 lead. Bow came back to score two runs in the bottom of the fourth but Ogallala answered right back with 4 runs in the top of the fifth and added four more in the sixth on their way to a 17-8 win.
With the win, Ogallala advances to Class B state tournament which begins on Saturday in Pierce.
The Bow seniors end their season at 11-16.
