Trojans Postseason Run Stopped Cold by Kingsley-Pierson, 10-1

Trojans Postseason Run Stopped Cold by Kingsley-Pierson, 10-1 -

(7-12-22) – Tri-Center was hoping history would repeat itself.

The Trojans took on Kingsley-Pierson in the Class 1A Substate 8 Championship Game for a second straight year. This year, however, the Panthers were able to flip the script with superb pitching and patient at bats to beat the Trojans 10-1 in Denison Tuesday night.

Tri-Center Coach Max Kozeal told KNOD Sports he was proud of how his team performed this year.

“Those kids hussled their tail off the entire season and that was pretty cool. That makes me pretty proud as a coach to see those guys hussle like the did.”

Trojans managed just one hit by Jaxon Johnson against the Panthers while striking out 13 times. Boston Doeschot was brilliant, striking out 7 of the first 9 batters he faced on his way to 9 strikeout performance in 4.2 innings.

Tri-Center's Justice Weers got in trouble early, giving up a home run to Kingsley-Pierson's Damon Schmid on the first pitch of the game. Weers would give up two more runs in the inning with 2 outs, giving the Tri-Center a 3-0 deficit after the 1st. It allowed the Panthers to cruise the rest of the way to their 5th trip to the state tournament. It's their 2nd appearance in the past three years.

Tri-Center finishes their season with a record of 19 and 7.

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