Tonganoxie High baseball secures top seed in East Bracket with shutout against Atchison

Archive for Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Tonganoxie Recreation Commission ballpark at Leavenworth County Fairgrounds, home of the Tonganoxie High baseball.

May 11, 2022

In a battle for the top seed in the Class 4A East Bracket, Tonganoxie High put the game out of reach early in a 10-0 shutout victory on the road against Atchison.

THS baseball improved to 16-3 with the victory Wednesday and secured the No. 1 seed in the 4A East Bracket.

Atchison fell to 15-4 and will be the No. 2 seed with the end of the regular season for both THS and AHS. Both teams will host regionals next week. At 14-4 and its schedule also complete, Iola (14-4) is the No. 3 seed. Wamego also is 14-4, but the Red Raiders’ schedule is complete, so there still could be some movement after the No. 3 seed.

Owen Welsh led THS with 2 hits and 2 RBI against the Phoenix. One of his hits was a double. Teammate Logan Wake connected for a triple.

Sam Kleidosty, Owen Welsh and Gehrig Goldbeck all had stolen bases. Tonganoxie also had 7 players hit by a pitch.

Only seven teams in the East Bracket have completed their schedules, so there still could be some movement in seeding.

But Tonganoxie will for sure be the No. 1 seed and host a regional next week.

As of late Wednesday, Chanute is the No. 8 seed 11-8) and Independence (9-7) the No. 9 seed. Holton (4-9) currently is the No. 16 seed

TONGANOXIE 10, ATCHISON 0

Tonganoxie 640 00x x — 10 6 0

Atchison 000 00x x — 0 1 3