Jr. Legion comes up on short end — twice

“This is a team that took third in the state last year,” said Coach J.D. Pesch.
The Minneota Jr. Legion fell behind New London Spicer, 5-0 in the first inning and never caught up, losing 11-3 Tuesday in Minneota.
It came on the heels of an 8-5 loss at Madison last Friday night.
Minneota pitcher Tate Walerius couldn’t survive the first inning, gave up all five runs and was relieved by Grady Moorse — who pitched well for five and a third innings, allowing three unearned runs while fanning two and walking four. He also hit a batter. Jacob Hennen finished up and gave up the final two runs.
But Walerius got his revenge with a pair of hits and run batted in.
MINNEOTA (AB-R-H-RBI) Carter Schuelke, c 3-0-1-0; Braeden Panka, 2b-1b-3b 4-0-1-0; Tate Walerius, p-2b 4-1-2-1; Cole Sanow, cf 2-1-0-0; Ben Skorczewski, ss 3-0-1-0; Grady Moorse, 1b-p 3-0-1-0; Trey Gronke, 3b 1-0-0-0; Jacob Hennen, 3b-p 0-1-0-0; Josh Laleman, 3b 1-0-0-0; Thor Fischer, dh 3-0-0-0; Kaden Culver, rf 0-0-0-0; Cooper VanOverbeke, lf 2-0-1-0. Totals 26-3-7-1.
NEW LONDON-SPICER: Totals 30-11-7-4. (Christian Lessman 4-1-2-1; Bennett Bjerke 4-2-1-2; Diego Rojas 2-4-1-0).
Score by Innings
NLS                    510 021 2 — 11 7 2
Minneota            000 200 1 — 3  7  2
LOB-Minneota 6, NLS 9. 2B-Minneota: Grady Moorse.
Pitching                IP    R    ER    H    BB    K
Minneota
Walerius (L)        .2     5    5       1     3       0
Moorse               5.1   3    0       4     4       2
J. Hennen           1      2    2       2     0       1
Montevideo
Winning pitcher Lessman, relieved by Rojas.
Madison 8, Minneota 5
Minneota got eight hits against Madison, but couldn’t hold on after tying the game 4-4 in the third inning.
MINNEOTA (AB-R-H-RBI) Carter Schuelke, c 3-1-1-0; Braeden Panka, 1b 4-1-2-0; Tate Walerius, cf 4-1-0-0; Cole Sanow, p 3-1-1-1; Trey Gronke, dh 3-0-0-0; Thor Fischer, 3b 1-0-1-0; Kaden Culver, 0-0-0-0; Grady Moorse rf-p, 3-1-1-2; Ben Skorczewski, 3-0-1-0; Cooper VanOverbeke, lf 3-0-0-0; Josh Schuelke, 2b 3-0-1-0. Totals 30-5-8-4.
MADISON TOTALS: 32-8-5-5. (One double).
Score by Innings
Minneota               202 010 0 — 5 8 2
Madison                040 301 0 — 8 5 2
(Pitching stats not available)