Day 2: 2025 South Dakota State Amateur Baseball Tournament

Another day, another four games, another four teams move on in the 2025 Class B South Dakota State Amateur Baseball Tournament being played at First National Bank in Aspen Park. Here's a recap of the Aug. 7 games.

Canova Gang 10, Elk Point Colt .45’s 7

Canova’s Justin Miller hit a three-run home run in the Top of the 8th to tie things at 7-7 and the Canova Gang rallied for a 10-7 win over the Elk Point Colt .45’s in 11 innings, the Class B tournament’s first extra inning game. 

Miller finished with a game-high 4 RBI on a 2-for-5 effort from the plate as the Gang pounded out 16 total hits. Derek Miller was 3-for-5 for Canova.

Elk Point led 7-3 at the end of the fifth as they scored three times in the third, once in the fourth and three more times in the fifth. Logan Bobzin was 3-for-4 from the plate for the Colt .45s. His double in the third made it 3-1.

While Miller saved the day for Canova with his three-run blast in the eighth, he also came up big on the mound, pitching the final seven innings for the Gang and picking up the win. He struck out five and gave up just one hit over the final seven.

Bobzin picked up the loss for Elk Point. He came in at the Top of the 7th but gave up eight hits and six earned runs as Canova made the comeback.

The Gang will face the Garretson Blue Jays in the next round of the tournament at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10 at First National Bank Field in Aspen Park. 

 Garretson Blue Jays 10, Volga Cormorants 0

The Garretson Blue Jays pushed their win streak to 12 straight with a 10-0 win over Volga in the opening round of the Class B tournament. The game was shortened to eight innings because of the run-rule.

Garretson (16-2) jumped on Volga from the start, scoring five times in the bottom of the first inning that was fueled by a Treyson Buckneberg two-run double. Buckneberg finished 2-for-5 with 2 RBI. Brett Fischer and Jesse Brockhouse also finished with 2 RBI in the win for Garretson. Robin Chute and Nick Bonte also had two hits each.

After that big first inning, the Blue Jays cruised the rest of the way as Bonte went the entire eight innings on the mound for Garretson, striking out eight while giving up just two hits.

Volga’s two hits – both singles – came from Randy Santema and Layne Lucas. Trevor Olson got the loss for the Cormorants. He pitched just one complete inning where he gave up four hits and five earned runs.

Volga finishes the year at 8-13, a big turnaround after starting the season 1-7.

Next up for Garretson is a second-round game against Canova scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10 at First National Bank Field in Aspen Park.

Dell Rapids PBR 11, Plankinton F&M Bankers 1

Dell Rapids PBR has now won nine of their last 10 with a shortened eight-inning win over Plankinton in the opening round of the Class B tournament.

PBR (18-5) made quick work of Plankinton by scoring five times in the bottom of the first. A Chris Kropuenske single scored two in that inning to make it 4-0. An RBI single two batters later by Riley Calhoon pushed it to 5-0 and Dell Rapids cruised from there.

This one looked to go the distance, but PBR put five more runs up in the bottom of the eighth to end it early. Dell Rapids scored twice with two outs on the board after Calhoon singled two score one and Brayden Pankonen reached on an error, scoring the game-ending run.

Kropusenske, Calhoon, and Drew Sweeter all finished with three hits to lead PBR at the plate. 

Former South Dakota State pitcher Brett Mogen got the win for PBR on the mound, going 7.0 innings with 10 strikeouts while giving up just three hits.

Plankinton finishes the season at 10-14.

Next up for PBR is a second-round matchup against the Parkston Devil Rays at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11 at First National Bank Field in Aspen Park.

Parkston Devil Rays 4, Madison Dairy Queen Broncos 2

After Madison scored in the bottom of the seventh to tie it at 2-2, the Parkston Devil Rays scored twice in the top of the eighth to sneak out of the opening round of the Class B tournament with a 4-2 win.

A Ty Neugebauer single that scored one turned out to be the game winner as the Rays took a 3-2 lead in the eighth.

Jake Helleloid pitched all nine innings for the Parkston win. He finished with 12 strikeouts while giving up seven hits on 156 total pitches.

Parkston had seven hits on the day, all singles, led by two each from Seth Muth, Deckert and Neugebauer.

For Madison, the Broncos outhit Madison 8-7, but had four errors on the day. Dawson Bakker was 3-for-4 from the plate to lead the Broncos’ offense. He had a double and triple for the game’s only extra base hits.

JD Kirchner fired 78 pitches through 4.0 innings and left with Madison holding a 2-1 lead. Although JD Prorok picked up the loss, he had a solid outing, striking out 10 and giving up just three hits. 

Next up for Parkston is a second-round matchup against Dell Rapids PBR at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11 at First National Bank Field in Aspen Park.