Brett Carnott (6) scores what would be the winning run in the top of the fourth inning Thursday as the Okarche Warriors downed Wright City at the Class A state baseball tournament at Shawnee High School. (Photo by Robert Medley)
SHAWNEE – Behind the stellar pitching performance of Easton Roby, the Okarche Warriors spring baseball team won their first game of the Class A state tournament Thursday at Shawnee High School.
Roby allowed just one run from the Wright City Lumberjacks as the Warriors took a 2-1 opening day victory.
The Warriors will face #1-ranked Tushka at 11 a.m. Friday.
Roby gave up just four hits in the Warrior win.
Ethan Kirby was 2-for-3 at the plate. Luke Hill had two walks at the plate.
Hill stole two of four stolen bases for the Warriors Thursday.
Easton Roby scores on a line drive to center by Jett Mueggenborg Thursday as the Warriors held off Wright City in a 2-1 state championship tournament game in Class A. (Photo by Robert Medley)
It was a line drive to centerfield from Jett Mueggenborg in the top of the fourth that scored Roby as the Warriors scored first. Brett Carnott hit a line drive to center, stole second base and then scored what would be the winning run in the inning.
Wright City scored one run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Roby completed the game on the mound, earning the win with a strikeout of the last Lumberjack batter.
Tushka defeated Canute 8-1 Thursday. The finals will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Shawnee.
Wright City, 25-5, was ranked fourth in the state in Class A. Okarche 23-4, was ranked fifth before the Thursday game.
Easton Roby (8) allowed four hits on the mound and scored a run in the Warriors state tournament win over Wright City Thursday, May 2, 2024 at Shawnee High School. (Photo by Robert Medley)
Read The Okarche Warrior for full coverage of the state tournament.
Larry Johnson and Candice Mueggenborg cheer the Okarche Warriors to victory over Wright City at Shawnee High School Thursday, May 2, 2024 in the opening game of the Class A state baseball tournament. (Photo by Robert Medley)
Okarche fans cheer the Warriors to a Class A state tournament victory over Wright City Thursday, May 2, 2024 at Shawnee High School. (Photo by Robert Medley)
Larry Johnson, whose grandson is Okarche baseball player Jett Mueggenborg, is all smiles as Jett hits a line drive to center and the team takes the lead. The Warriors downed Wright City 2-1 in the Class A baseball tournament game at Shawnee High School, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Photo by Robert Medley)
Okarche Warrior baseball fans cheer the team to a 2-1 victory in the Class A state tournament Thursday at Shawnee High School. (Photo by Robert Medley)
Okarche fans are wowed by the Warriors baseball in a 2-1 victory Thursday, May 2, 2024 at the Class A state tournament game against Wright City at Shawnee High School. (Photo by Robert Medley)
