By John RittenhouseAdrian’s bid to win a second consecutive Section 3A Baseball Tournament championship came to an end when the Dragons lost two of three games during the second week of the double-elimination event.Southwest United knocked the Dragons out of the winner’s bracket of the tournament by nipping AHS by two runs in Windom Wednesday, May 31.The Dragons beat Renville County West during an elimination game played in Marshall Saturday afternoon, but a two-run loss to Wabasso Saturday evening ended Adrian’s 15-10 campaign.Wabasso 8, Adrian 6The Dragons lost a pair of leads during Saturday’s season-ending loss to the Rabbits in Marshall.AHS led 3-0 in the first inning and 6-4 after Will Lutmer delivered a two-run single in the top of the sixth.Wabasso, however, countered with four runs in the bottom of the sixth before blanking the Dragons in the seventh inning to win by two.Adrian’s three-run first inning featured a sacrifice fly from Lutmer and a two-run single by Tyler Vaske, but the lead was erased when the Rabbits scored three times in the bottom of the first before gaining a 4-3 edge in the third inning.Alex Suedkamp singled and scored the tying run for Adrian when Jordan Kontz delivered an RBI double in the top of the fourth.Adrian 1, RCW 0A strong pitching effort from Lutmer carried the Dragons to victory during Saturday’s first elimination game in Marshall.Lutmer pitched a seven-inning shutout. He walked one batter, recorded two strikeouts and limited RWC to five hits.Adrian plated what proved to be the game-winning run in the bottom of the fifth inning.Jordan Kontz reached second base on a throwing error by RWC’s third baseman. Cody Kontz chased his brother home with a double to left-center field.SWU 5, Adrian 3The Dragons were pushed into the loser’s bracket of the tournament when they dropped a two-run decision to the Wildcats in Windom Wednesday, May 31.Adrian sported a 3-0 lead two and one-half innings into the game, but SWU outscored the Dragons 5-0 the rest of the way to win by two.The Dragons opened the scoring in the top of the second, when Tyler Vaske tripled with two outs before scoring on Joel Hoffman’s RBI single.Adrian added two more runs to their lead in the third inning as Jordan and Cody Kontz set the table with a double and a single respectively.Brandon Diekmann plated Jordan Kontz with a sacrifice fly, and Lutmer singled home Cody Kontz to make it 3-0.SWU scored two runs in the third and fourth innings to gain the lead at 4-3. The Wildcats plated one insurance run in the bottom of the sixth.Cody Kontz worked three-plus innings of six-hit ball on the mound and took the loss after being charged with four runs. Diekmann surrendered one run in two-plus innings of relief.