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FF 11u Wins Consolation Championship in Swanville

By Chad Felstul, 06/27/22, 9:15AM CDT

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The Fergus Falls Otters 11u team won the consolation championship in Swanville on Saturday.

The Otters dropped a heartbreaker in the opening round of bracket play against a talented Pierz team 5-6. The Otters got on the board in the top of the first with Dexter Felstul hammering a pitch over the centerfield fence for a solo home run. The Otters tacked on another run with Landon Noon walking and coming around to score on a wild pitch. The Otters added to their lead in the top of the 3rd when Isaac Jenc singled and came around to score on a fielder’s choice by Noon. The Otters held a 3-0 lead going into the bottom of the 4th with when Pierz stormed back to take the lead 3-4. Pierz added two more in the bottom of the 5th to stretch their lead to 3-6. The Otters didn’t quit and mounted a comeback in the top of the 6th. Felstul led off the 6th with a solo home run over the right field fence to cut the lead to 2. Chase Johnston singled and came around to score on Hayden Heruth’s double to cut the lead to one. The Otters scratched and clawed but couldn’t tie the game. Beau Schlosser played solid defense for the Otters and drew a key walk in the game. Because of the loss, the Otters went into the consolation bracket.

In game 2, the Otters faced a familiar foe in Morris and tamed the Tigers 13-3. The Otters put 3 runs across in the top of the 3rd with Jenc reaching and scoring on Noon’s single, Felstul walking and scoring on Johnston’s fielder’s choice and Noon singling and scoring on Weston Youngberg’s single. The Otters tacked four more on the board in the second (all with two outs!) with Cade Johnson walking and scoring on Jenc’s single, Felstul doubled and scored Gus Proudfoot (BB) and Jenc. Felstul scored on a passed ball. In the 3rd, the Otters added another with Heruth walking and coming around to score on a passed ball. In the 4th, Jenc and Felstul singled and Noon walked to load the bases. Jenc and Felstul both came around to score on Johnston’s fielder’s choice. The Otters wrapped up the scoring in the 6th with Proudfoot walking and Jenc singling and both coming around to score on Felstul’s double. Noon scored Felstul on a fielder’s choice. Jenc started for the Otters and pitched 2 2/3 innings while striking out 4. Proudfoot came in and pitched excellent in relief with only giving up 2 hits and striking out 6 in 3 1/3 innings.

With the win, the Otters moved on to the consolation championship against Minnewaska and swamped the Lakers 9-6. The Lakers scored 3 runs in the top of the 1st but the Otters showed their resiliency by scoring 4 times in the bottom of the first to take the lead. In the 1st, Jenc reached on an error and scored on Felstul’s double. Johnston singled in Felstul. Youngberg singled in Noon and Heruth singled in Johnston in the inning. The Lakers responded by scoring 2 in the top of the 2nd to take the lead, but the Otters responded again by scoring 4 times. Jenc singled and Felstul got hit by a pitch in the inning and both came around to score on the same passed ball with some heads up base running by Felstul. Landon Noon walked in the inning and came around to score and Johnston also scored in the inning. The Otters wrapped up the scoring in the bottom of the 3rd with Johnson walking and coming around to score on Felstul’s single. Also in the game, Jace Kremeier roped a single for the Otters and Antwone Danielson smashed a double that one hopped the left-center field fence. Heruth came on relief of Johnston in the game and shut the door on the Lakers by pitching 2 innings and only giving up 2 hits and striking out 3.

 

Hitting leaders for the Otters in the tournament were Felstul with 7 hits in 7 at bats with 2 BB’s and 1 HBP and 8 RBI (2 HR and 3 2B), Jenc with 5 hits and 2 RBI, Heruth with 3 hits (2B) and 2 RBI, Youngberg with 2 hits and 3 RBI, Johnston with 2 hits and 3 RBI, Danielson with 2 hits, Noon with 1 hit and 3 RBI, and Kremeier with 1 hit.

The young Otters are 14-9 on the year and have a bit of a break before taking on Moorhead on July 7 at DeLagoon Park at 5:30.