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Adrian secures second place in conference

By John RittenhouseThe Adrian baseball team completed a 7-3 Red Rock Conference season by posting a pair of home wins since last Thursday.The Dragons pounded Southwest United by 12 runs Thursday before rolling to a nine-run win over Murray County Central Monday.Adrian, 13-6 overall, completed the regular season by hosting Luverne Wednesday, May 26.The Dragons open the Section 3A Tournament by playing Edgerton in Wabasso noon Saturday.Adrian 9, MCC 0Senior Tyler Wolf tossed a no-hitter to help the Dragons clinch second place in the RRC Tuesday in Adrian.The Dragons needed a win to place second outright, and they got it with a 9-0 whipping of the Rebels.Wolf controlled the game on the mound for AHS, limiting MCC to three walks in seven innings. He fanned seven batters."It’s the first no-hitter we’ve had as long as I’ve been coaching here," said Dragon coach Kevin Nowotny.The Dragons scored runs in four of the six innings they made appearances at the plate during the game.Tyler Wolf singled and scored the first run of the game when Brandon Wolf reached base on an error in the bottom of the first.Tyler Wolf walked and scored on a wild pitch in the third, and Levi Bullerman reached base on an error and scored at the end of a double-steal to make it a 3-0 game.David Hoffer and Brandon Diekmann, who had three hits in the game, drew walks and scored on errors in the fourth inning. Brandon Wolf and Glen Kruger added RBI singles before the frame was complete to increase the lead to 7-0.Brandon Wolf walked and scored on an error and Diekmann slapped an RBI single to cap the scoring in the sixth inning.Adrian 14, SWU 2The Dragons locked up at least a share of second place in the RRC after defeating Southwest United by 12 runs Thursday in Adrian.Tyler Wolf drove in a school record seven runs in the game by going 4-4 at the plate. Wolf produced his third two-homer game of the season when he delivered two-run shots in the first and third innings.SWU opened the scoring by plating one run in the top of the first inning, but Adrian moved in front to stay by scoring seven runs in the bottom of the first.Cody Kontz walked before Wolf belted his first of two homers to give AHS a 2-1 edge. Diekmann doubled home a run, Hoffer, Brent Tjepkes and Wolf all slapped RBI singles and another run scored on an error to cap the seven-run rally.The Dragons extended their lead to 20-1 by scoring three runs in the third inning.Kontz singled home a run before scoring on Wolf’s second homer of the contest.Adrian added four runs in the fourth inning before SWU scored its final run in the fifth.Tyler Wolf doubled home two runs, and Bullerman and Brandon Wolf added RBI doubles to Adrian’s rally in the fourth.Brandon Wolf recorded three hits at the plate, while Bullerman and Kruger added two safeties each.Diekmann worked the first three innings on the mound to pick up the win. He allowed one unearned run and one hit. Tyler Wolf pitched a scoreless fourth inning, and Hoffer allowed one run in the fifth.

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