And then against Post 22, one of the more storied programs in the state, they’re going to be well-coached and highly talented baseball players for their age, but we’ll make some plays in that game.” “I think with our best nine on the field, those will be two games where we give ourselves a chance to win. Against Yankton we won the first game in a pretty easy manner and then just didn’t show up for the second game of the doubleheader. … Against the two teams that we played, we played East really early and got swept, but we’re a completely different ball club than we were when we played them. We found decent success against the teams we played and we haven’t played Rapid yet. “I think our pool is one where we can make it to Sunday. “I like how the seeding ended up finishing,” Zelinsky said. 2 seed, Hirrschoff says he likes the way their pool worked out. Despite the 1-3 record against those two teams and Post 22 being the No. They were swept in the doubleheader with SF East as they lost 4-3 and 17-14. The Chutes split the doubleheader with Yankton, winning the first game 7-3 and falling 13-2 in the second game. With some of the guys in the middle of the lineup, we’re just slugging a lot of doubles, triples and even a home run, and that has helped our offense and reassures our pitchers to let the ball be put in play and let the defense go to work.”īrookings did not play Rapid City Post 22 in the regular season but did play doubleheaders against Yankton and Sioux Falls East.

“Being aggressive on the base paths and taking those extra bases that the defense is giving us. From an offensive standpoint, we’ve really bought into the idea of situational hitting and getting guys over when they get on. “Our pitchers are throwing more strikes and giving the defense a chance to work. “I think down the stretch we’ve cleaned up a lot of the defensive miscues that we were having earlier in the year,” Zelinsky said. Brookings head coach Rhett Zelinsky said he feels like his team has been playing their best baseball the past two weeks. 6 seed in the State Tournament after sweeping Rapid City Post 320 in a three-game series. The Chutes finished the regular season with a record of 20-16 and are the No. Brookings will be in the Stripes Pool this weekend and will play Yankton, Sioux Falls East and Rapid City Post 22. The Post 74 Chutes have won eight of their past nine games as they head into the final tournament of the season in Harrisburg. Updated: 1 week ago / Posted Jul 26, 2023īROOKINGS - The Brookings Junior Legion team is hitting its stride as it heads into the Class A State Tournament this weekend. By: Andrew Holtan, The Brookings Register

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