Beloit (25-7) will play their 1st round state game on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in Marysville against defending state champion, Ottawa (29-5). You can hear the game on KD Country 94 or on www.kdcountry94.com  pregame at approximately 3:15 p.m. 

The Beloit Hornets American Legion Baseball team qualified for the state tournament for the 3rd straight season as they defeated Clifton-Clyde on Sunday afternoon, 13-8, in the zone 6 championship game.  Clifton-Clyde ends their very successful season at 21-8, while Beloit will take a 25-7 record into the State Tournament in Marysville on Wednesday at 3 p.m.

Beloit jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the bottom of the first as Lane Koster delivered a two run triple and Colin Loomis and Kevin Street hit an RBI single and RBI double, respectively. 

Clifton-Clyde scored 3 runs in the 3rd to cut the deficit in half, 6-3. Beloit would answer right back in the bottom of the 3rd with 3 runs of their own to push the lead to 9-3 as Colin Loomis led off the bottom of the 3rd with a home run to centerfield.  It was Loomis' 2nd homer in as many nights against Clifton-Clyde.  Lincoln's CJ Wilson came thru with a big two out, two run single to push the Beloit lead to 9-3.  

Beloit' s lead ballooned to 12-4 in the bottom of the 4th thanks to an RBI single by Koster and then Loomis greeted reliever Zach DeMars with a clutch two run single to give Beloit an eight run cushion. Clifton-Clyde made things interesting with a 4 run 5th to pull within 12-8, but that would be as close as they would get as Beloit added an insurance run in the bottom of the 6th and Lance Wolting closed the game on the mound. Wolting got the win in relief of Zach Brummer, to improve his record to 9-3 on the year.

Offensively, it was a big day for Lane Koster and Colin Loomis.  Koster went 3-4 with 3 runs scored and 3 RBI.  Loomis made his coach look like a genius for moving him to the 5th spot in the batting order as Loomis went 3-4 including a home run, drove in 4 runs and scored 2 times. Casey Smith also went 3-4 with 2 runs scored and CJ Wilson provided a spark at the top of the order, going 2-4 with 2 RBI.  

Tyler Lambert led the Clifton-Clyde offense, going 3-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Kyle Brown went 2-4 with two runs and 2 RBI, Levi Cyphers was 2-4 with 2 runs scored, and Barrett Winter had two hits.

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Beloit led 3-0, but Clifton-Clyde took a short lived 4-3 lead with 4 runs in the 4th. Beloit tied the game in 5th when Josh Hesting walked with the bases loaded.  The game remain tied until the top of the 7th when Casey Smith led off the inning with solo home run to left field.  Smith's homer opened the flood gates as Beloit rattled off 5 of their 6 hits in the game in their 4 run 7th inning to take an 8-4 lead. Clifton-Clyde battled back with 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th and had tying run at 1st and the winning run at the plate, but Barrett Winter lined out to 3rd to end the game.

Lance Wolting improved his record to 8-3 on the season, going the distance, scattering 12 hits and allowing six runs, four which were earned. 

Kevin Street was the only Hornet with a multi-hit game as he went 2-4, including a big two-run single in the 7th to give Beloit the breathing room to win. Despite having only 1 hit thru 6 innings and a total of 6 hits in the game, Beloit had numerous baserunners thanks to 5 walks, 3 hit batters, and a few Clifton-Clyde errors.  Southern Cloud's Zach DeMars went 2-4 with a run scored to pace the Clifton-Clyde offense. Brayden Bloomfield added three hits and scored twice, and Weston Ohlde chipped in with two hits.

The Beloit legion team will continue their season on Saturday, July 24th as they will play in a winner's bracket contest  at 6 p.m. against the winner of the 4 p.m. elimination game between Concordia/Clifton-Clyde in the "AA" Zone 6 Tournament in Beloit.  Concordia won 10-0 over Republic County Friday night thanks to a no-hitter by their pitcher.

The Beloit Legion baseball team has a current record of 23-6 as they defeated Republic County 10-2 in 5 innings in the 1st Round of the Zone Tournament in Beloit on Thursday. 

Republic County took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first only to see Beloit answer with 2 runs in the bottom of the first.  Beloit broke the game open to take a 9-1 lead with a seven run 2nd inning thanks a six run rally with two outs. Lane Koster delivered a two run single and Stanten Krone and Josh Hesting added two run doubles in the inning. 

Krone improved to 3-0 on the season on the mound as he went the full five innings allowing just three hits while striking out 4. The Beloit offense compiled 11 hits in route to their 10 runs.  Garrett Schmidt led the offensive attack going 3 for 3 at the dish, scoring 2 runs and droving in a run.

The Beloit legion team will continue their season on Friday, July 23rd as they will host Clifton-Clyde in a winner's bracket contest in the "AA" Zone 6 Tournament in Beloit.  Clifton-Clyde defeated Concordia 12-6 on Thursday.  Republic County will play in an elimination game at 8 p.m. on Friday versus Concordia.   Fans that can't attend the Beloit vs. Clifton-Clyde game can tune in to KD Country 94.1 and www.kdcountry94.com to hear all the play-by-play action from Beloit beginning at 5:45 p.m.