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Larned Babe Ruth qualifies for state
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The Larned 13-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars captured the District 4 championship with a 22-12 victory over Newton at Moffet Stadium. Front row, from left, C.J. Patterson, Kaiden Pontius, Trevor Bartz, Aiden Smyth, Jack Stelter, Dillon Smith, Jacob Grossfield and Cooper bat boy; second row, Anthony Morales, Reed McNett, Christian Murray, Conner Upson, Layton Crosby, Andreus Tucker, Gunner Cline Back row, coaches Russell Smyth, Jaeson Cline, Jared Smith and head coach Kyle Leroy. The Larned All-Stars will play in the Kansas Babe Ruth State Tournament starting Friday at Fredonia.

By JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com

LARNED — The Larned Babe Ruth 13-year-old baseball team rolled past Newton 22-12 to capture the District 4 baseball championship.
Larned will play Fredonia in the Babe Ruth 13-year-old state tournament at the Fredonia Sports Complex Friday.
Larned’s Jack Stelter tripled twice and drove in five runs. Kaiden Pontius, Dillon Smith, Gunner Cline and Trevor Bartz also drove in two runs apiece.
Stelter and Cline singled home runs in a two-run first inning. Cline and Jacob Grossfield drove in runs in a three-run third inning.
Larned put the game with a nine-run third inning. Pontius and Sillon Smith each delivered two-run singles. Stelter’s two-run triple scored Grossfield and Pontius in a five-run fifth inning.
Starter Layton Crosby and reliever Dillon Smith yielded 12 runs, but just one run was earned because of eight Larned errors.
Newton’s Ian Akers had three RBIS and Griffin Davis drove in two runs.

BABE RUTH 13 STATE
AT FREDONIA SPORTS COMPLEX
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Noon—Garden City vs. Girard
2 p.m.—Pittsburg vs. Southwest League All-Stars
5 p.m.—Newton vs. Spring River
8 p.m.—Larned vs. Fredonia

LARNED 22, NEWTON 12
LARNED AB R H BI
Kaiden Pontius 2 3 1 2
Aiden Smyth 4 3 2 0
Jack Stelter 4 3 3 5
Dillon Smith 4 1 1 2
Gunner Cline 4 2 2 2
Andreus Tucker 3 1 0 0
Trevor Bartz 2 4 1 2
Layton Crosby 1 0 1 0
CJ Patterson 2 2 1 1
Jacob Grossfield 2 3 0 1
TOTALS 28 22 12 15
Newton 140 700 — 12 8 5
Larned 239 251 — 22 12 8
2B—Coleman, Bartz, Cline. 3B—Akers, Stelter 2. HBP—Thompson, Smith, Cline, Grossfield. SB—Akers 3, Golubski, Davis 2, Bartz 2, Pontius, Stelter, Smyth 3, Cline, Grossfield 2, Tucker 2. LOB—Newton 5, Larned 6. E—Patterson 3, Grossfield 2, Golubski 2, Schloneger, Coleman, Davis, Bartz, Smyth, Smith. PB—Musser 8, Thompson 2. WP—Crosby 2.
Newton IP H R ER BB SO
Golubski 2 9 13 10 4 2
Davis 2 1 3 0 2 0
Thmpsn 0 0 4 4 4 0
Coy-Dick 1 2 2 2 2 0
Larned IP H R ER BB SO
Crosby 1.1 2 4 1 3 1
Smith 4.2 6 8 0 0 6