Two days after coming up short in their own invitational baseball tournament, the Bonduel Broncos picked up a 7-3 Dairyland League win.
The Broncos hosted Hortonville on July 12 at Jack Reinke Field and handed the Stars a loss while improving to 10-1 in league play.
Bonduel 7, Hortonville 3
Hortonville opened the scoring with a run in the top of the first inning, but the Broncos answered with two runs in the bottom of the third and added another run in the sixth.
Hortonville tied the game at 3-3 in the seventh inning with a two-run home run.
The teams headed into the bottom of the ninth inning tied at 3-3. The Broncos loaded the bases on a leadoff double from Beckett Hartlaben, a walk to Chase Reinke and an intentional walk to Adam Frost. The Broncos were down to their last out after strikeouts to Wyatt Reinke and Easton Reinke, but Noah Weier delivered a walkoff grand slam that cleared the bases and gave the Broncos the win.
Jett Thielke got the start on the mound for the Broncos and gave up one unearned run on three hits while striking out 10 batters over five innings.
Reliever Jack Reinke gave up two runs on four hits over 3 1/3 innings. Bonduel’s third pitcher, Brooks Hartlaben, ended up getting the win after pitching a scoreless ninth inning.
Weier and Beckett Hartlaben each had two of Bonduel’s nine hits.
The same two teams have a rescheduled game set for 7:30 p.m. July 15 in Hortonville.
Hofa Park at Cecil
Results not reported.
Marinette at Shawano
Results not reported.
Pulaski at Waupaca
Results not reported.
Bonduel tournament
Navarino 4, Bonduel 3
Navarino defeated Bonduel July 10 in the championship game of the 47th annual Bonduel Broncos Invitational Tournament.
The teams headed into the bottom of the eighth inning tied at 3-3 before Nick Dagneau led off with a single and later scored what would be the winning run after Ryan Niles hit into a fielder’s choice.
Ryan Boettcher threw 6 2/3 innings of relief to get the win on the mound for the Rangers.
Owen Weber, Boettcher, Dagneau, Braylon Krull and Bailey Dingeldein each had multiple hits for the Rangers. The team shared the tournament’s MVP award.
July 15 schedule
Bonduel at Hortonville, 7:30 p.m. (rescheduled game)
July 17 schedule
Nichols at Navarino, 7:30 p.m.; Hortonville at Shawano, 7:30 p.m.; Cecil at Pulaski, 7 p.m.
July 19 schedule (all games start at 1:30 p.m.)
Bonduel at Hofa Park; Navarino at Marinette; Waupaca at Nichols.
