Shawnee struck for two runs in the second inning and made them stand up against host Chaffee in the championship game of the Red Devil baseball tournament Saturday.
The Red Devils scored a run in the fourth but couldn't strike again in the 2-1 loss. It was the Red Devils' second loss of the season.
Jared Walker went 2 for 3 in the loss.
Chaffee defeated Twin Rivers 2-1 earlier in the day to reach the title game.
Alex Davie earned the win against Twin Rivers.
SHAWNEE 2, CHAFFEE 1
Chaffee 000 100 0 -- 1 6 0
Shawnee 020 000 0 -- 2 6 0
WP -- Pennington. LP -- Cody Payne, 5-1. HR -- Pennington (S). 2B -- Treece (S). Multiple hits -- Chaffee: Jared Walker 2-3. Records -- Chaffee 19-2.
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CHAFFEE 2, TWIN RIVERS 1
Twin Rivers 100 000 0 -- 1 6 0
Chaffee 000 000 2 -- 2 3 0
WP -- Alex Davie, 5-1. LP -- Blake Moore. 2B -- Daniel Dooley (C), Wyatt Easterday (TR). Multiple hits -- Twin Rivers: Easterday 2-2. Records -- Chaffee 19-1.
Christian Cavaness went 3 for 4, including a double, in the Tigers' loss in a SEMO Conference tournament consolation contest.
Ramsey Scott doubled twice for Central.
Central jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when Luke Hinkebein reached base with a leadoff triple and eventually scored on a passed ball.
Kennett took a 2-1 lead in the third when it scored two runs on three hits, one walk and two Central errors.
Central trimmed its deficit to 7-5 in the fifth when it scored three runs on three hits and two Kennett errors. Scott drove home a run with an RBI double, and Thomas Crocetti added an RBI single.
Central cut the lead to one in the sixth when Vance Toole plated a run with an RBI single.
Central 010 041 0 -- 6 8 4
Kennett 002 500 x -- 7 11 4
WP -- Tyson Campbell. LP -- Aaron Wendel. 3B -- Luke Hinkebein (C). 2B -- Ramsey Scott 2 (C), Christian Cavaness (C), Joseph Stillman (K), Logan Dollins (K). Multiple hits -- Central: Cavaness 3-4, Scott 2-2; Kennett -- Dollins 3-4, DK Wallace 2-3, JD Willis 2-3.
The Rams defeated Anna-Jonesboro 9-6 in the first game before falling 25-8 in the second contest.
Landon Robert picked up the win in the opener. He struck out three and walked three to improve to 2-2 this season.
"He kept the ball down," Scott City coach Lance Amick said.
Ryan Fortner went 3 for 4 with two RBIs, while Zach Carlyle went 2 for 3 with a pair of RBIs in the win.
The Rams surrendered 24 hits in the second game, which ended after five innings.
Robert tripled for Scott City (9-7).
SCOTT CITY 9, ANNA-JONESBORO 6
Anna-Jonesboro 104 000 1 -- 6 7 1
Scott City 104 031 x -- 9 14 1
WP -- Landon Robert, 2-2. LP -- Goforth. 2B -- Ryan Fortner (SC), Brett Dirnberger (SC), Austin Atchley (SC), Logan Henson (SC), Zach Carlyle (SC), Goforth (AJ), McRaven (AJ). Multiple hits -- Anna-Jonesboro: Vaughn 3-3; Scott City: Robert 3-4, Dirnberger 2-4, Fortner 3-4, Henson 2-2, Carlyle 2-3. Records -- Anna-Jonesboro 19-5, Scott City 9-6.
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ANNA-JONESBORO 25, SCOTT CITY 8
Anna-Jonesboro 359 80 -- 25 24 1
Scott City 024 20 -- 8 8 2
WP -- Smith. LP -- Logan Henson. HR -- Vaughn (AJ). 3B -- Landon Robert (SC). 2B -- Vaughn (AJ), McRaven 2 (AJ), Taylor (AJ), Wright (AJ), Smith (AJ), Ayers (AJ), James (AJ). Multiple hits -- Anna-Jonesboro: Vaughn 3-5, McRaven 5-5, Taylor 3-6, Wright 4-5, Smith 2-4, Ayers 3-3, James 3-5. Records -- Anna-Jonesboro 20-5, Scott City 9-7.
Tyler Rush cleared 13 feet to win the pole vault to lead Jackson.
Paden Wachter won the discus with a throw of 124 feet, 4 inches for the Indians.
Jackson's top eight finishers
BOYS
100 -- 2. Brannon Wright, 10.79
200 -- 4. Wright, 22.91
400 -- 4. Lowgn Wren, 50.30
Shot put -- 3. Ben Rushin, 48-8; 5. Nick Keezer, 46-8 1/2
Discus -- 5. Clay Darnell, 140-8
Pole vault -- 1. Tyler Rush, 13-0; 3. Jordan Jeffers, 12-0
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GIRLS
3,200 -- 5. Taylor Dickerson, 12:04.13
Shot put -- 4. Paden Wachter, 36-1 1/2; 8. Taylor McMahan, 34-2 1/2
Discus -- 1. Wachter, 124-4
Pole vault -- 2. Sierra Maddox, 10-6; 4. Shannon Davis, 9-0
The Indians fell to Eureka 6-0 before defeating D.C. Everest of Weston, Wis., 3-2 on penalty kicks at the Tournament of Champions in Burlington, Iowa.
Miranda Unterreiner finished with 22 saves against Eureka, a Class 3 school from suburban St. Louis.
Kayla Seabaugh and Abby Ruessler scored during regulation against D.C. Everest. Storm French and Kylie Baer both had one assist.
The Indians converted four of their penalty kicks to three for the Evergreens.
French converted the winning penalty kick.
Abby Lappe, Kayla Winkler and Seabaugh also converted their penalty kicks for St. Vincent.
Unterreiner stopped two of the penalty kicks.
Unterreiner finished with 18 saves in the conest to help the Indians improve to 17-2 this season.
Central dropped a pair of 8-1 road decisions to strong St. Louis teams Eureka and Parkway West.
Ryan Watts notched both of Central's individual wins with victories at No. 6 singles in each match.
Eureka 8, Central 1
Singles
No. 1 -- James Huang (E) def. Pablo Jaramillo 7-5, 6-2
No. 2 -- Callin Mayer (E) def. Sam Stahley 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 -- Michael Huang (E) def. Alvaro Jaramillo 6-0, 6-3
No. 4 -- Andy Schmid (E) def. Jake Wright 3-6, 6-2, 10-3 (tiebreaker)
No. 5 -- Matt Varner (E) def. Austin Shupert 6-0, 6-3
No. 6 -- Ryan Watts (C) def. Carey Pieper 6-2, 1-6, 15-13 (tiebreaker)
Doubles
No. 1 -- J. Huang-M. Huang (E) def. P. Jaramillo-Stahley 8-5
No. 2 -- Mayer-Schmid (E) def. A. Jaramillo-Shupert 8-0
No. 3 -- Varner-Pieper (E) def. Wright-Watts 8-5
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PARKWAY WEST 8, CENTRAL 1
Singles
No. 1 -- Tatsumi Yanaba (P) def. Pablo Jaramillo 1-6, 6-3, 10-7 (tiebreaker)
No. 2 -- Andrew George (P) def. Sam Stahley 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 -- William Tong (P) def. Alvaro Jaramillo 10-1
No. 4 -- Nick John (P) def. Jake Wright 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 -- Sam Hulen (P) def. Austin Shupert 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 -- Ryan Watts (C) def. Mickey Rowen 6-4, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 -- Yanaba-Tong (P) def. P. Jaramillo-Stahley 8-5
No. 2 -- George-John (P) def. A. Jaramillo-Shupert 8-6
No. 3 -- Hulen-Rowen (P) def. Wright-Watts 8-5
-- From staff reports
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