Eagles 14Us finish season with second place finish

By Kenny Varner Jr.
- Tweet
- Pin It
Updated: August 16, 2021

The 14U Mifflin County Eagles capped off their summer schedule with a 2nd place finish at the Rust Belt Rumble Tournament in Sandusky, Ohio.

On Saturday, the boys beat Michigan Prime by a score of 9-2. Calin McKnight was the starting pitcher and got the winning after striking out 6 in 2 plus innings of work. Logan Alexander and Grady Hoppel pitched for the Eagles out of the bull pen. McKnight and Evan Strohecker had multiple hits, Strohecker had a 2 RBI double.

Later on Saturday the boys beat Diamondbacks Elite Baseball from the Detroit area by a score of 3-1. Grady Hoppel was the starting pitcher and went 2 plus innings, striking out 3. Clay Ammon pitched the last 5 innings and secured the win. Ammon struck out 3. Hayden Yoder hit a sacrifice fly in the 4th inning scoring Calin McKnight to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead. Ammon singled in the 5th which drove in Owen Atherton who singled earlier in the inning. Calin McKnight scored on a wild pitch in the 6th giving the Eagles their 3rd run. Logan Alexander also had a single in the game.

The Eagles earned the #1 seed entering bracket play on Sunday. They had a rematch with Diamondbacks Elite Baseball. Aidan Arnold got the start on the mound. He scattered 8 hits over 6 2/3 innings striking out 4. Logan Alexander earned the victory by getting the last out in the top of the 7th. The Eagles trailed 4-2 entering the bottom of the 7th. Calin McKnight doubled with two outs and stole 3rd. Hayden Yoder followed with a walk and stole 2nd. Braden Peachey delivered a game tying single to left field and made his way to third after the Diamondbacks catcher was arguing a call after missing the tag on Yoder at home. Brett Zook delivered the walk-off single to left field scoring Peachey to put the Eagles in the championship game. McKnight finished with 3 hits in the game, one was a double. Alexander added 2 hits of his own.

The finals put MC up against the Rochester Cougars from New York. Logan Alexander got the start on the mound. He pitched 5 innings. Madden Weaver enter in relief to pitch the last 2 innings. The Cougars scored 1 run in the 5th, 2 runs in the 6th, and 2 runs in the 7th to beat Mifflin County 5-3. Calin McKnight and Clay Ammon had 2 hits each, both had a double. Braden Peachey, Brett Zook, and Aidan Arnold each had singles in the game.

Members of the team are Owen Atherton, Grady Hoppel, Clay Ammon, Brayden Sunderland, Evan Strohecker, Hayden Yoder, Calin McKnight, Logan Alexander, Braden Peachey, Brett Zook, Madden Weaver, Aidan Arnold.