Plattsburg, Maysville High School baseball teams pick up wins at Plattsburg tournament

(PLATTSBURG, MO) - The Plattsburg Varsity Baseball Tournament was held on Saturday, April 4th as Maysville, Polo, Lone Jack and Plattsburg all participated.

In the first contest of the day, Plattsburg defeated Polo 13-3 in 6 innings and the Tigers advanced to their tournament championship game..

Polo jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the 1st but then Plattsburg answered with 3 runs in the bottom of the first and didn't trail again after that point.

Senior Keegan Gudde and sophomore Hunter Smith both finished 3-for-5 with 4 RBI. For Polo, senior Trenton Qualman finished 2-for-3 with 1 RBI.

The win broke a 3 game losing streak for Plattsburg.

"We started off a little slow. It was 3-2 at the end of the second, so we were hoping to jump out a little further, but we have the guys to rally around. We got their ace out, and we battled from there," said Gudde.

"Being as young as we are, with only three seniors and zero juniors on the whole team. It's nice to see how they've fought really throughout this time period," said head coach Beau Brown. "There's not been a game where we just kind of rolled over and died in, but just to be able to bounce back and fight in every single game and not roll over and die was great."

In the second game of the day, Lone Jack defeated Maysville 10-7 as the Mules advanced to face Plattsburg in the championship game.

The Wolverines held a 5-3 lead heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, but in that frame Lone Jack scored 7 runs and took control of the game. The Mules hit 3 home runs, including 2 from Luke Throgmorton, the other came from Conner Curtis.

For Maysville, seniors Parker Sollars and Mac White both finished 2-for-3 with 1 RBI.

The Wolverines then went on to crush Polo 18-2 in just 4 innings in the third place game.

In the Championship game, it was a back-and-forth contest, Plattsburg led Lone Jack 4-1 after 2 innings. But after the top of the 5th, the Mules then led 5-4. The Tigers tied it in the bottom of the 5th but one more run from Lone Jack in the 6th sealed a 6-5 championship game victory for the Mules.

Kole Hagen finished 1-for-2 with 2 RBI for Lone Jack, Throgmorton finished 2-for-4 with 1 RBI. For Plattsburg, they were led by sophomore Braydon Graham who was 3-for-3 with 2 RBI.

After the tournament, Plattsburg now has a 7-4 record, Maysville sits at 7-3, Polo at 1-5 and Lone Jack at 7-4.