Published on July 29, 2025 8:58 am
Last Updated on July 29, 2025 9:26 am
Members of the Shelby County Senior Legion baseball team are, kneeling, left to right, Kendall Morris, Seth Rincker, Oliver Wascher, Conner Nowitzke, Aden McManaway and Kendall Schultz. Standing, left to right, Head Coach Adam Bridges, Jackson Gurgel, Ben Bridges, Kaden Koeberlein, Kaidyn Miller, Blake Mueller, Kade Patton, Callaway Smith, Assistant Coach Nate Wascher and Assistant Coach Jeremy Kinkelaar.
Shelby County Senior Legion Post 611 competed in the double-elimination Senior Legion Division Baseball Tournament and finished second.
Shelby County defeated Christian County 9-3 in the quarterfinals. Shelby County moved into a 3-0 opening inning lead and finished with a 10-hit attack.
Keegan Schultz had a double, home run and two RBI while Blake Mueller had two singles, a double and two RBI. Ben Bridges finished with a single and two RBI.
Kendall Morris picked up the pitching victory, going four innings, allowing no runs on one hit, five walks and striking out 12.
Danville Post 210 then bounced Shelby County by a 20-9 count in six innings. Shelby County tallied four runs in the first, two in the fourth and three in the sixth. But Danville Post 210 went on a run to end the game in the sixth.
Shelby Co. was led by Bridges with a double and two RBI and Jackson Gurgel with two singles and an RBI. Kaidyn Miller and Mueller had a single and two RBI each.
In the third contest, Shelby County was an 8-5 winner over Christian County.
Both teams had only three hits. Shelby Co. was led by Mueller with a double and an RBI and Gurgel with two singles.
In the championship contest, Danville Post 180 came out with the big bats, picking up 16 hits to hand Shelby Co. a 12-2 loss in six innings.
Danville moved into a 3-0 opening inning lead, tacked on five more in the second and four in the sixth.
C. Miller had a single, knocked out two home runs and finished with eight RBI for the winners.
Shelby Co. was led by Koeberlein with two singles and an RBI and Miller with two singles.
Senior Legion Tournament
Game One
Christian Co. 000 000 3 — 3- 4-2
Shelby Co. 301 122 x — 9-10-0
WP — Morris. LP — Crowe.
Christian County — Durbin, 2 singles; Odam, double; Beck, 1 RBI; Fleming, double, 2 RBI
Shelby Co. — Gurgel, single; Bridges, single, 2 RBI; Schultz, double, home run, 2 RBI; Miller, single; Mueller, 2 singles, double, 2 RBI; Koeberlein, 1 RBI; Wascher, single, 1 RBI; Nowitzke, single, 1 RBI
Game Two
Shelby Co. 400 230 — 9- 7-3
Danville 209 315 — 20-10-2
WP — Harrison. LP — Patton.
Shelby Co. — Gurgel, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Bridges, double, 2 RBI; Miller, single, 2 RBI; Mueller, single, 2 RBI; Koeberlein, single; Wascher, single; Morris, 1 RBI; Nowitzke, 1 RBI
Danville Post 210 — Dubois, double, 3 RBI; Riggs, double, home run, 3 RBI; Miller, single, double, home run, 5 RBI; Johnson, home run, 4 RBI; Cambell, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Darling, 1 RBI; Edwards, single, 1 RBI; Rangel, 1 RBI
Game Three
Christian Co. 000 005 0 — 5-3-6
Shelby Co. 106 001 x — 8-3-0
WP — Schultz. LP — Haacke.
Christian County — Durbin, single, 2 RBI; Wiseman, single, 1 RBI; Crowe, single, 2 RBI
Shelby County — Gurgel, 2 singles; Schultz, 1 RBI; Mueller, double, 1 RBI; Koeberlein, 1 RBI; Nowitzke, 1 RBI
Game Four
Championship
Shelby Co. 000 002 — 2- 7-3
Danville 350 004 — 12-16-3
WP — Rangel. LP — Gurgel.
Shelby County — Gurgel, single; Schultz, single; Miller, 2 singles; Koeberlein, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Nowitzke, single
Danville Post 210 — Dubois, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Barney, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Miller, single, 2 home runs, 8 RBI; Johnson, single, double; Cambell, single; Edwards, single; Darling, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Hobick, single