Knights Fall in District Finals in Another High Scoring Contest

Knights Fall in District Finals in Another High Scoring Contest

RAWLINS – The Green River Knights have been involved in several high-scoring games recently. On Friday, they were at it again in the South District finals in Rawlins.

On Thursday, Green River opened the tournament against Torrington. After finishing the regular season on top of its division, the Knights earned a first-round bye. The squad jumped one hurdle as they earned a State Tournament berth with a 13-3 win.

On Friday, Green River returned to the field with the District Tournament trophy in sight. To get to the top they would have to take down Cheyenne. The Hawks beat Evanston 12-2 to earn their spot in the finals.

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Runs came from everywhere in the finals but when the smoke cleared, the Knights came up three runs short, 17-14 Cheyenne will take the top spot while Green River will enter in the second position from the south.

The Single A State Tournament will get underway July 21 in Lovell. Green River will play the final game of the day on Thursday as they will battle the host team. Lovell beat Gillette 15-3 to open North District Tournament. On Thursday, Lovell fell to Cody 12-6. Cody is one of the favorites to win it all again.

With everything on the line, Lovell would dig down deep and win when it counted the most. In a close battle, Lovell earned a spot at the State Tournament with a 10-8 win over Douglas.

 

District Tournament Results

South District Tournament at Rawlins

Wednesday, July 15

(#2 SE) Torrington 17 (#3 SW) Riverton 15

(#2 SW) Evanston 14 (#3 SE) Rawlins 2

 

Thursday, July 16

(#1 SW) Green River 13 Torrington 3 – Green River to state

(#1 SE) Cheyenne 12 Evanston 2 – Cheyenne to state

Riverton 10 Rawlins 0 – Rawlins Eliminated.

Evanston 16 Torrington 1 – Evanston to state

 

Friday, July 17

Riverton 17 Torrington 1 – Torrington out, Riverton to state

Cheyenne 17 Green River 14 – Cheyenne top seed, GR two seed

 

 

North District Tournament at Wheatland

Wednesday, July 15

(#3 NW) Lovell 15 (#2 NE) Gillette 3

(#3 NE) Wheatland 19 (#2 NW) Powell 2

 

Thursday, July 16

(#1 NW) Cody 12 Lovell 6 – Cody to state

Wheatland 7 (#1 NE) Douglas 1 – Wheatland to state

Gillette Rustlers 15 Powell Pioneers 5 – Powell Eliminated.

Lovell Mustangs 10 Douglas Cats 8 – Lovell to state

 

Friday, July 17

Gillette Rustlers 25 Douglas Cats 7 – Douglas out, Gillette to state

Cody Cubs 10 Wheatland Lobos 0 – Cody top seed at state 

 

 

State Tournament Match-ups

Tuesday, July 21

(#3S) Evanston Outlaws vs. (#2N) Wheatland Lobos – 10am

(#4S) Riverton Raiders vs. (#1N) Cody Cubs – 1pm

(#4N) Gillette Rustlers vs. (#1S) Cheyenne Hawks – 4pm

(#3N) Lovell Mustangs vs. (#2S) Green River Knights – 7pm

 

Wednesday, July 22

Evanston/Wheatland loser vs. Gillette/Cheyenne loser – loser out

Riverton/Cody loser vs. Lovell/Green River loser – loser out

Evanston/Wheatland winner vs. Gillette/Cheyenne winner

Riverton/Cody winner vs. Lovell/Green River winner

Other matchups TBA.

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