Oran wins pair to finish tournament 3-1 again

For the second straight year, the Oran baseball team made an impression against a field of large schools in the St. Louis area by finishing 3-1 at the Midwest Classic hosted by Howell North.

The Eagles, ranked No. 3 in the Missouri Baseball Coaches Association Class 1 state poll released last week, posted two wins Saturday in a pair of one-run games.

The Eagles (9-1) beat Howell Central 3-2 and Northwest 1-0 in eight innings.

All four games for Oran at the Midwest Classic were decided by one run. They had lost to Lindbergh 6-5 and beat Howell North 5-4 in eight innings Friday.

On Saturday, Chase Seyer limited Howell Central to two runs on seven hits in seven innings to improve to 2-0.

Seyer also had an RBI single.

The Eagles had just two hits in the win.

Against Northwest, Chris Asmus faced one over the minimum, thanks to two double plays in an extra-inning win. Asmus struck out three and allowed two hits.

Tyler Beardslee, who made the all-tournament team, drove in the game-winning run with a suicide squeeze in the eighth. Cody Dirnbger and Kody Campbell had two hits apiece for the Eagles, and Dirnberger scored the game-winning run.

Oran 3, Howell Central 2

H. Central 110 000 0 -- 2 7 2

Oran 210 000 X -- 3 2 0

WP -- Chase Seyer, 2-0. LP -- Brad Bira. 2B - Rose (H), Reynolds (H). Records -- Oran 8-1.

Oran 1, Northwest 0, 8 innings

Oran 000 000 01 -- 1 5 1

N.West 000 000 00 -- 0 2 1

WP -- Chris Asmus, 1-0. Multiple hits -- Oran, Kody Campbell 2-4; Cody Dirnberger 2-3. Records -- Oran 9-1.

McCracken County Classic

Central finished the McCracken County Classic wood bat tournament 2-2 after splitting a pair of games Saturday in Kentucky.

Central defeated North Hardin (Ky.) 8-1 and fell to Heath (Ky.) 2-1 after surrendering a seventh-inning run.

Kory Kitchen picked up a complete-game win for the Tigers (6-4).

Alex Shell, Joe Uhls and Nick Allen had two hits apiece in the win.

Brad LaBruyere had two hits in the loss to Heath. Chris Brotherton took the loss after going 6 1/3 innings.

Central 8, North Hardin 1

North Hardin 000 001 0 -- 1 6 3

Central 112 130 X -- 8 9 2

WP - Kory Kitcen, 1-1. LP - Travis Purjan. 2B - Blake Slattery (C). Multiple hits - North Hardin, Pedro Corrao 2-4; Central, Alex Shell 2-3; Joe Uhls 2-4; Nick Allen 2-4. Records - North Hardin 9-5, Central 6-3.

Heath 2, Central 1

Central 000 100 0 -- 1 4 1

Heath 100 000 1 -- 2 6 1

WP - Drew Williams. LP - Chris Brotherton, 0-1. Multiple hits - Central, Brad LaBruyere 2-3; Heath, Jimmy Davis 3-4. Records - Central 6-4, Heath 10-2.

GIRLS SOCCERHazelwood College Showcase

Jackson picked up its second 1-0 win at the Hazelwood College Showcase with a 1-0 victory against Hazelwood Central.

The Indians remained perfect, improving to 5-0.

-- From staff reports