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For the second straight week, the Helias Crusaders will be making the trip down Stadium Boulevard. And for the second straight week, the Crusaders may have the same game plan. Try to run the ball on offense, try to stuff the run on defense.
It was an eventful seventh inning for the Jefferson City American Legion Post 5 Seniors. After losing a two-run lead in the top half of the inning, the first four batters reached base in the bottom half for the Post 5 Seniors. With the bases loaded and no outs, Jaden Kolb dropped a single into right-center field, scoring Luke Cavender as the tying run and Calen Kruger as the winning run in a 4-3 victory against Pittsburg (Kan.) Post 64 in an elimination game of the American Legion Mid-South Regional at Bobby Hayes Stadium.
Through two innings, Thursday’s game between the Jefferson City American Legion Post 5 Seniors and Troy (Ala.) Post 70 was on pace to be a high-scoring affair. Troy’s Walker Stallworth had other plans. Stallworth allowed just two hits in 5⅔ innings of relief, guiding Post 70 to a 12-5 victory against the Post 5 Seniors in a winner’s bracket game at the American Legion Mid-South Regional at Bobby Hayes Stadium.
PELHAM, Ala. — The Jefferson City Post 5 Seniors had a good first inning Wednesday. They also had a great sixth inning.
It took 19 innings Thursday to decide the champion of the Missouri American Legion AAA State Tournament at Liberty Park. The first 12 innings were an instant thriller that went in favor of the Jefferson City American Legion Post 5 Seniors, forcing an “if necessary” game. During the final seven innings, St. Joseph Post 11 needed just one big inning to capture the state title.