Cordes pitches Vikings past Audubon in WIC Baseball Tourney

 AUDUBON -- AHSTW senior Anthony Cordes outshined Audubon’s Tyler Riebhoff in a classic pitchers duel Monday night (June 26) as the fifth-seeded Vikings topped the fourth-seeded Wheelers 2-0 in the quarterfinal round of the Western Iowa Conference Baseball Tournament.
 Cordes (2-3) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning that was broken up by Micky Williamson’s leadoff single. The veteran left-hander allowed just one other base runner in the game - a hit-by-pitch - and finished his impressive one-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts.
 Riebhoff (2-3), meanwhile fanned 14 Viking batters in a complete game four-hitter, walking three and allowing just two first-inning runs. Neither team committed an error.
 R.J. Harris had two of the Vikings’ four hits, driving in Blake Osbahr for the first run and also scoring to make it 2-0. Osbahr, Harris and Blaine Lees all stole two bases for AHSTW, which had eight total steals.
Treynor blanks Vikings 3-0 in semifinal
 TREYNOR -- AHSTW was shut out by top-seeded Treynor 3-0 Wednesday night (June 28) in the semifinals of the WIC Baseball Tournament at Treynor.
 Treynor, which scored all three of its runs in the bottom of the third, got a combined three-hit shutout from Nate McCombs (4 innings) and Jason Cox (3 innings) and a two-run triple by Brett Daley, who tripled twice in the game. McCombs finished with two walks and seven strikeouts while Cox walked none and struck out four.
 AHSTW got singles from Blake Osbahr, Blaine Lees and Preslyn Grobe on the night but could not get their running game going against the Cardinals. R.J. Harris pitched well in defeat, allowing four hits and three walks in six innings while striking out 11.