ES baseballers in driver’s seat for No. 1 district seed

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ES baseballers in driver’s seat for No. 1 district seed

Thu, 05/02/2024 - 10:56
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The Excelsior Springs varsity baseball team appears to have the inside track for getting the top seed in the Class 4 District 13 Tournament. The guys were 12-13 overall entering Thursday’s home meeting with Park Hill, a Class 6, Kansas City-based school. As of Wednesday, Excelsior Springs was the only school in its district with 10 wins. “The (seeding) meeting’s on Saturday. … I like our chances,” coach Aaron Holst said. As Holst pointed out Monday, Excelsior Springs also holds a head-tohead tiebreaker over the school with the next best record, Oak Grove. Excelsior Springs got that tiebreaker by thumping the Panthers 10-0 Monday. Play was stopped in the sixth inning because of the mercy rule. Kaelan Bedford helped lead Excelsior Springs to victory, striking out nine in a two-hit complete game. The sophomore’s stat line also included one walk and one plunked batter. “He was very efficient,” Holst said. “(He) had both the curveball and fastball with good action.” Having support…

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