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BY CARL’S AUTO GROUP. AS EXCITED AS WE ARE FOR NEXT WEEK’S STATE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS, IT’S ALSO KIND OF SAD TO SEE ALL THE FUN COMING TO AN END AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK, BECAUSE TONIGHT’S SUBSTATE FINALS IN BASEBALL WERE EPIC. WAUKEE AT HOME AGAINST DEFENDING CHAMP CEDAR RAPIDS. KENNEDY. THIRD INNING WAUKEE UP TO BAT DOWN THREE ONE. TWO RUNNERS ON SOPHOMORE MATT MEEKER SENDS THE CROWD INTO A FRENZY. A THREE RUN HOME RUN. THEY’RE UP FOUR THREE, TIED AT FOUR IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH. HOW ABOUT ANOTHER? THIS TIME, CARTER JOHNSON GOES FIRST. PITCH OVER THE FENCE. ONE OF THE BIGGEST HITS OF HIS LIFE. YES. LOVE IT. THEY’RE UP FIVE FOUR. KENNEDY THE DEFENDING CHAMPS. AND THEY WEREN’T DONE. TOP OF THE SIXTH. COLTON DURLING IS GOING TO BLOOP ONE TO SHALLOW LEFT. AND THAT IS TROUBLE. THE TYING RUN SCORES TO MAKE IT FIVE FIVE. TY DONNELLEY SLIDES IN HEADFIRST. NOW KENNEDY’S UP SIX FIVE. THIS IS IT. BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH WAUKEE SEASON ON THE LINE. DOWN SIX FIVE AND GRANT SORENSEN THE SENIOR, DELIVERS THE GOODS. THE GAME WINNING TWO RUN DOUBLE TO SEND HIS WAUKEE WARRIORS TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT. THEY WALK IT OFF WITH A76 WIN. I WAS ABLE TO RUN DOWN SORENSEN RIGHT AFTER THAT MOMENT. YOU KNOW IT’S TWO. OH, STRIKE. I JUST HAD TO DO A JOB. I WAS JUST TRYING TO SCORE THE RUNNER ON THIRD. I’M JUST GLAD I COULD DO IT FOR MY TEAM. WE’RE GOING TO SIOUX CITY. IT’S AWESOME. OH, IT CERTAINLY WAS. GIVEN THE BANNER. ALL RIGHT. HUGE GAME OVER AT JOHNSTON. NUMBER TWO VALLEY AT NUMBER ONE. JOHNSTON. THE HEAVYWEIGHTS. ONLY ONE CAN GO TO STATE. WHO WILL IT BE? RYAN STEADMAN TRYING TO END THE INNING WITH A STRIKE THREE, BUT INSTEAD WILL NUSS FOR JOHNSTON DOWN THE THIRD BASE LINE, BRINGS IN MASON TELLE TOP OF THE THIRD, JOHNSTON UP ONE. NOTHING. VALLEY’S COLTON REMICK PUTS A GROUNDER INTO THE OUTFIELD. KADEN MILLER SLIDES IN FROM SECOND AND IT’S TIED AT ONE. BOTTOM THREE JOHNSON UP TO BAT. VALLEY DEFENSE. THE VALLEY CATCHER, LOGAN HICKS MAKES THE TAG. THE RUNNER IS OUT AT HOME AND WE ARE STILL TIED AT TWO. VALLEY UP TO BAT, TOP OF THE FOURTH, BUT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN EASY OUT. WAS A MISSED THROW TO FIRST VALLEY’S JACOB FAUDREE IS SAFE. SO IS JACOB SELMAN AT HOME. VALLEY TAKES A21 LEAD ON THE JOHNSTON ERROR. JOHNSTON LOADS THE BASES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH. OWEN HUMPHREY GETS HIT BY A PITCH THAT TIES THE GAME AT TWO. VERY NEXT BATTER SAM KINNEY, THE FRESHMAN. WHAT A HIT, TWO RUN DOUBLE. JOHNSTON GOES UP 4 TO 2. MAX MINGXIN AND THUS TOUCH HOME THE DRAGONS SCORE ON A WILD PITCH, SCRATCHING OFF ONE MORE IN THE FOUR RUN FIFTH INNING PROVES THE DIFFERENCE. IT’S A52 JOHNSTON WIN. THEY’RE HEADED TO STATE FOR THE 10TH YEAR IN A ROW IN THEIR COACH’S FINAL SEASON WITH THE SQUAD. IT’D BE IN BARTON’S LAST LAST YEAR HERE, HIS LAST GAME EVER ON THIS FIELD AND WINNING A GAME LIKE THAT. LIKE WORDS CAN’T DESCRIBE HOW HOW GOOD IT IS. IT’S JUST A SPECIAL BUNCH OF GUYS, A SPECIAL BUNCH OF COACHES, COACHES THAT WORK THEIR -- OFF AND PLAYERS THAT NEVER GIVE UP AND AND DEAL WITH ME. AND THEY DEAL WITH ME AND THEY DEAL WITH ME BEING HARD ON THEM. AND THEY JUST KEPT GETTING BETTER. I LOVE THEM AND IT’S JUST REALLY SPECIAL. PAID OFF TONIGHT. INDIANOLA AT CITY HIGH. INDIANS WERE SHUT OUT BY CITY HIGH ACE JACKSON SCHROEDER, WHO THREE HIT INDIANOLA, WENT THE DISTANCE. THEY KNOCK OUT INDIANOLA ONE ZERO. CITY HIGH HITS THE STATE FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW. IN THREE-A, CARLISLE UPSET DEFENDING CHAMP NORTH POLK 11 TO 5. NEXT WEEK FOR A AND THREE TEAMS WILL PLAY THEIR STATE TOURNAMENT IN SIOUX CITY, TWO A AND ONE A IN CARROLL. THE STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT CONTINUES ITS TRADITION OF BEING IN FORT DODGE. ����vlog WILL BE ALL OVER THE M