Roland falls to Buffalo Valley in Central Tournament final

Roland sliced a 2-0 deficit in half in the top of the fifth inning Saturday afternoon against Class B No. 2 Buffalo Valley in the Central Lady Tiger Shootout championship game but the Lady Buffalos hung on for a 2-1 win to claim the title.

BuffaloValleyscoredtworunsin the bottom of the fourth inning to break the scoreless tie but Roland responded with a run in the top of the fifth. With one out Jaidyn Burrell singled to right field and her pinch runner, Jestina Cantrell,

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FROM PAGE B1 respectable, and those are the drives I’m talking about,” Willis said. “Yeah, they’re better than us, but we’ve got to finish drives and that kind of thing to take care of ourselves. We learned from it, and the little things we picked up all three weeks playing all three of them, we’re better than we were when we played Washington.”

Vian quarterback Diego Ramos completed 12 of 27 passes for 116 yards, with DeSean Mayes, Jacob Brannick and Masyn Wright getting three receptions apiece went to third on a wild pitch after stealing second. With two outs

Chloe Strong’s RBI double to left field scored Cantrell before a strikeout ended the at-bat.

With one out in the top of the sixth inning Jaydance Bean reached on an infield single but two outs later the time-limit game ended.

In the Roland second Emily Daws singled to right field and in the third the Lady Rangers’ Kynlei Earnhart advanced to first on an infield base hit.

The Lady Rangers edged Central for 55, 12 and 38 yards, respectively.GageCarlton and Nathan Creasey each had one reception for nine and four yards. Wright had the bulk of the yards on the ground with 21 carries for 87 yards, whileMayes had 14 carries for 39 yards, Carlton recorded 19 yards on five carries and Ramos ending up with negative 11 yards on his four carries.

FridayisVian’sbyeweek, which will give the team a much-deserved week off before the Wolverines’ District 2A-5 opener Sept. 23 at Warner.

5-2 in a tournament contest

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Roland 5, Central 2 (Thursday)

Roland broke a 1-1 tie by scoring four runs in the top of the sixth inning Thursday afternoon and the Lady Rangers hung on for a 5-2 win over Central in a Central Lady Tiger Shootout game.

Addy Clark led off the Roland sixth with a walk and after stealing second went to third on Jaydance Bean’s single to left field before Madi Mulanax’s triple down the right field line drove in a pair

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FROM PAGE B1 second running back Jackson Duke scrambled 34 yards for a TD before O’Connor’s seventh point-after attempt sailed through the uprights.

Coddington ran for a 70-yard touchdown in the third quarter.

Nine seconds into the final frame Dozier rushed for a 4-yard touchdown to end the Pirates’ scoring.

Mounds recorded its final TD later in the period on a 50-yard touchdown pass.

Cooper (11 carries for 135 yards and a TD) and Duke (7 for 60 and a TD) followed Dozier in the rushing department for the Pirates.

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A would-be fourth-quarter touchdown pass intended for Vian wide receiver Desean Mays was uncatchable because of Bulldog strong safety Josiah Loftis, who was flagged for a pass interference foul on the play.

Wolverines freshman and leading rusher with 87 yards Masyn Wright successfully avoids a tackle by the Bulldogs’ John Washington during the fourth quarter Friday night.

Through the air Cooper completed 5-of-9 passes for 126 yards and a touchdown and Duke was 1-of-2 for three yards. Gore’s receivers were Journey Shells (2 catches for 54 yards), Kirkpatrick (1 for 48 and a TD), Blue Steward (2 for 24) and Liam Edwards (1 for 3).

Gore’s leading tacklers were Wyatt Marrel (8 total tackles), Gabe Dozier, Steward and Bladin McCartney (7 each), Dayne Perryman (6), Garrett Douthit and Duke (5 apiece) and Alex Hallum, Edwards, Cooper and Ayden Cox (4 each).

“Overallweplayedwell.IknowGunnerhad200yards (rushing) and five touchdowns and I think Noah ran for 130-something and a score and threw for another 120-something and a score so offensively we’re playing pretty well right now,” Tyler said. “We’ve just got to get some things cleaned up on the defensive side of the ball.”

The Pirates journey to Savanna Friday night for their final non-district game and Mounds hosts Kellyville