The Chieftains routed the host Blue Jays, 14-3, on Friday in 5 innings.

After dropping Sabetha, THS took care of Clay Center, 5-3, on Saturday.

Piercen Eccles pitched a complete game on the mound for the Chieftains. He went seven innings, striking out 8 and walking one batter. He gave up 5 hits on three runs, all of which were earned.

The victory against the Tigers set up a championship clash with Hayden. The Wildcats built an 8-1 lead, but THS responded with a 6-run fifth and trailed just 8-7. Hayden answered with a couple runs and held a 10-7 lead going into the final two innings. THS answered with a run in the top of the sixth, but couldn’t get any closer and fell, 10-8.

Talon Langford had a big tournament with the bat.

He had a home run against Sabetha, and doubles against Clay Center and Hayden.

Langford went 4-for-10 in the tournament. All of his hits were extra base-hits. In total, he had a homer and three doubles in the tourney. He also forced two walks.

The Chieftains entered play this week at 4-2 overall and 0-1 in Frontier League play. Tonganoxie’s offense has been fairly potent so far this season, but Eudora shut out Tonganoxie, 5-0, in the first Frontier League game of the season last week.

Tonganoxie is at home Thursday against Spring Hill and then travels east Friday to take on Blue Valley Southwest.

After that, it will be time for another tournament, as THS heads to the site of last year’s regional title. The Chieftains will compete April 10 and 12 at the Fort Scott Tournament.

Tonganoxie last competed at Fort Scott at a Class 4A regional this past May. THS won two games and clinched a state berth.

Davenport throws dominant gem

in victory

against Sabetha

Tonganoxie played five innings against Sabetha instead of the standard seven because THS led by more than 10 runs after 5 innings (14-3).

THS pitcher Merek Davenport had a masterful appearance on the mound, as 14 of the 15 outs he recorded in those five innings were all strikeouts. Of 93 pitches he threw that day, 55 were strikes. He faced a total of 22 batters. Along with those 14 strikeouts, he walked 4 and surrendered just 2 hits.

Eudora 5, Tonganoxie 0

Eudora 210 101 0 — 5 8 1

Tonganoxie 000 000 0 — 0 4 3

Tonganoxie 14, Sabetha 3 (5)

Tonganoxie 406 22x x — 14 13 1

Sabetha 201 00x x — 3 2 0

Tonganoxie 5, Clay Center 3

Clay Center 000 00 3 0 — 3 5 1

Tonganoxie 101 102 x — 5 8 1

Hayden 10, Tonganoxie 8

Tonganoxie 010 061 0 — 8 9 1

Hayden 103 420 x — 10 11 3