IHSAA baseball: Jimtown, Triton ousted in regional action
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The Jimtown and Triton baseball teams both saw successful seasons come to a close in regional play Saturday, June 7.
The Jimmies dropped a 9-0 decision to No. 6 Boone Grove in the LaPorte Regional, while the Trojans fell 6-4 to Fort Wayne Canterbury in the Class 1A Logansport Regional.
Both Boone Grove (23-6) and Canterbury (13-8) advance to semistate play on Saturday, June 14, with the locations and game times to be determined by the IHSAA.
Jimtown, playing in a regional for the first time since 2007, ran into a red-hot Boone Grove squad. The champions won their 14th game in a row to claim the program's ninth regional crown and first since 2018. Boone Grove has outscored its foes 315-65 this season.
Jimtown, which outscored three opponents 27-1 to dominate the Bremen Sectional, finished at 22-8.
Canterbury scored five runs in the final two innings, including three in the top of the seventh frame, to sideline Triton.
Triton trailed 3-2 before scoring in the bottom of the sixth to tie the contest. Canterbury then took a 6-3 lead before the Trojans scored once in their final at-bat.
Junior Maddox Dennie and freshman Levi McFarland each had two hits for Triton, which had just one senior on its roster.
Freshman Ryder Goodman had a double and an RBI for the Trojans. Junior Drew Bingamon had a triple and was the losing pitcher with eight strikeouts and two walks in seven innings of work.
Sophomore JP Rohwer was the winning pitcher and also homered to lead Canterbury. He finished with seven strikeouts and two walks on the mound in a complete game effort. Senior Reed Hayes also homered for the winners.
Triton finished at 20-10.
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: IHSAA baseball: Jimtown and Triton teams saw their seasons end
