The Larned American Legion baseball team stunned Dodge City 7-4 and nearly upset an elite all-star team from Wichita in the Barton County Baseball Invitational. Larned will be the site of a Class AA Zone 5-6 Tournament starting July 19. Larned and Beloit qualified for Class AA State last year. Top-seeded Concordia beat Larned in the Class 4A-Division 2 state baseball semifinals in 2015.
WICHITA ELITE JONES 3, LARNED 2 — Wichita Elite Jones, featuring players from nine high schools, edged Larned 3-2 on a seventh-inning run. The team features players from Wichita Heights, Maize High, Maize South, Goddard Eisenhower, El Dorado, Andover, Campus, Remington and Wichita Carroll.
Wichita Heights’ Creighton Sanders tripled and scored the game-winning run off Larned pitcher Isiah Perez. Remington’s Dylan Hamilton drove home Sanders after back-to-back intentional walks to Reed Adams and Kaden Fowler. Shea Kelley singled home Kaden Fowler in the fourth inning. Reed Adams singled home Trace Maddux in the fifth inning.
Larned scored two fifth-inning runs off Wichita Carroll pitcher Shea Kelley. Gage Skelton singled, Carson Smith walked and Alex Barger singled to load the bases. Mason Schartz’s single drove home Gage Skelton. Evan Skelton’s fly ball scored Smith.
Larned’s Jon Herter doubled and Perez walked in the seventh inning, but Perez was picked off by Campus pitcher Neil Lemmons.
LARNED 7, DODGE CITY 4 — Larned reliever Alex Barger threw five shutout innings for the victory. Carson Smith singled in two runs off starter Justin Schowengerdt and Mason Schartz tripled home two runs off reliever Gideon Wells in a five-run sixth inning. Tyler Stelter singled home Erway in the first inning. Evan Skelton scored on a passed ball after reaching on a third-inning hit by pitch.
Dodge City roughed up starter Jon Herter for four runs. Gideon Wells drove in two runs and Jake Montgomery drove in a run.
WICHITA ELITE LIENHARD 12, LARNED 2 — Six high schools represent Elite Lienhard, which overpowered Larned 12-2. Lienhard players played at Derby, El Dorado, Campus, Wichita North, Rose Hill and Kapaun-Mt. Carmel. Campus’ Conner Patterson drove in three runs and Derby’s Garrett Xanders, Kapaun’s J.T. Bell and El Dorado’s Cade Morrow each drove in two runs.
Tyler Stelter singled home Jon Herter in the first inning. Herter singled home Landon Erway in the second inning.
WICHITA ELITE JONES 8, LARNED 4 — Wichita Carrroll’s Shea Kelley drove in four runs and Campus’ Trace Maddux, Maize’s Reed Adams and El Dorado’s Karden Fowler added RBIs.
Larned’s Barger and Smith scored second-inning second-inning runs as both runners scored on Gage Skelton’s misplayed fly ball. Erway and Herter scored third-inning runs.

BARTON COUNTY INVITE
LAWSON-BIGGS FIELD
GREAT BEND SPORTS COMPLEX
CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET
Wichita Elite Jones 3, Larned 2; Hays 7, Russell 3; Semifinals—Next Level 18, Wichita Elite Jones 10; Wichita Elite Lienhard 9, Hays 8; Championship—Wichita Elite Lienhard 7, Next Level 6
CONSOLATION
Pratt 2, Great Bend 1; Pratt 10, Dodge City 1
POOL PLAY
Next Level 6, Dodge City 5; Next Level 5, Great Bend 0; Next Level 13, Russell 0
Elite Lienhard 12, Larned 2; Elite Lienhard 9, Pratt 0; Elite Lienhard 7, Hays 6
Elite Jones 8, Larned 4; Elite Jones 1, Hays 0; Elite Jones def. Dodge City
Hays 7, Pratt 3; Larned 7, Dodge City 4; Russell 8, Great Bend 2; Russell 6, Pratt 1

ELITE JONES 3, LARNED 2
LARNED AB R H BI
Evan Skelton 4 0 0 1
Landon Erway 3 0 0 0
Jon Herter 4 0 2 0
Isiah Perez 3 0 0 0
Tyler Stelter 3 0 1 0
Gage Skelton 3 1 1 0
Carson Smith 2 1 1 0
Alex Barger 3 0 3 0
Mason Schartz 3 0 1 1
TOTALS 28 2 9 2
Larned 000 020 0 — 2 9 0
Elite Jones 000 110 1 — 3 7 0
LOB—Larned 8, EJ 9. 2B—Herter. 3B—Sanders. SB—Schartz, Adams, Maddux, Kelley. PB—Stelter, Yahya. WP—Perez.
Larned IP H R ER BB SO
Perez 6.2 7 3 3 5 6
Elite Jones IP H R ER BB SO
Kelley 5 5 2 2 2 1
Hill 1 3 0 0 0 1
Lemmons 1 1 0 0 1 1

LARNED 7, DODGE CITY 4
LARNED AB R H BI
Evan Skelton 2 1 1 1
Landon Erway 3 1 1 0
Jon Herter 2 0 0 0
Isiah Perez 3 1 1 0
Tyler Stelter 3 1 2 1
Alex Barger 3 0 3 0
Carson Smith 3 1 1 2
Gage Skelton 3 1 0 0
Mason Schartz 3 1 1 2
TOTALS 25 7 10 6
Dodge City 220 000 0 — 4 11 0
Larned 101 005 x — 7 10 1
3B—Schartz, Perez. HBP—Royle, Perez, E. Skelton 2. SB—Reid 2, Royle, E. Skelton 2, Erway, Barger. PB—Hefner, Stelter 2. LOB—DC 11, Larned 6. E—G. Skelton.
Dodge City IP H R ER BB SO
Schowengerdt 5 8 6 6 1 2
Wells 1 2 1 1 2 0
Larned IP H R ER BB SO
Herter 2 7 4 4 4 1
Barger 5 4 0 0 1 1

ELITE LIENHARD 12, LARNED 2
LARNED AB R H BI
Evan Skelton 2 0 0 0
Landon Erway 2 1 1 0
Jon Herter 2 1 2 1
Isiah Perez 2 0 1 0
Tyler Stelter 2 0 1 1
Alex Barger 2 0 0 0
Carson Smith 1 0 0 0
Gage Skelton 2 0 0 0
Mason Schartz 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 16 2 5 2
Elite Lienhard 220 80 — 12 15 0
Larned 101 0x — 2 5 1
2B—Escamilla, Grant, Erway. 3B—Morrow, Patterson, Bell. HBP—Escamilla 2. SB—Morrow, Patterson 2, Xanders, Nguyen, Grant, Herter. LOB—EL 6, Larned 3. E—Stelter.
Lienhard IP H R ER BB SO
Xanders 4 5 2 2 1 5
Larned IP H R ER BB SO
Erway 4 15 12 12 3 5

ELITE JONES 8, LARNED 4
LARNED AB R H BI
Evan Skelton 3 0 0 0
Landon Erway 4 1 1 0
Johnathon Herte2 1 1 0
Isiah Perez 3 0 1 0
Tyler Stelter 4 0 1 0
Alex Barger 3 1 1 0
Carson Smith 3 1 1 0
Gage Skelton 3 0 1 1
Mason Schartz 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 27 4 7 1
Larned 022 000 0 — 4 7 3
Elite Jones 430 100 x — 8 9 1
LOB—Larned 8, EJ 6. E—Perez 2, Herter, Pittman. 2B—Barger. HBP—Schartz. SB—Schartz, Sanders 2. PB—Stelter, Fowler 7.
Larned IP H R ER BB SO
G Skelton 6 9 8 5 5 0
Elite Jones IP H R ER BB SO
Lemmons 6 6 4 1 3 2
Anderson 1 1 0 0 2 0