The Wahpeton Wahppers amateur baseball team posted a strong showing June 27-28 at the Busch Light Invitational in Rosen, Minnesota, taking two of three games.
The defending North Dakota “AA” State Champions defeated Montrose-Waverly and Rosen by scores of 6-5 and 7-4, respectively, and lost 8-6 against Madison.
Jackson Fliflet, Caden Kappes and Tori Uhlich each doubled during the three-game invite, while Sam Ovsak hit a home run. All four Wahppers batted .500 at the weekend showcase. Jake Uhlich added two doubles and Kappes roped a triple.
Ovsak led the scoring effort with a team-high six runs and Tori Uhlich scored five times. Jackson Fliflet produced five RBIs and Ryan Loewe drove in three.
Colton Frankl and Ovsak were winning pitchers on the mound.
Frankl fired four shutout innings of relief while holding Rosen to three hits. Wahpeton scored two runs apiece in the fourth and fifth innings to take the lead.
Ovsak pitched two scoreless innings of relief in the one-run win vs. Montrose-Waverly, allowing two hits and two walks. Kappes swooped in for the save, working around a walk while striking out one in a scoreless seventh.
Kappes went 4-for-4 with a first-inning triple and three runs against Montrose-Waverly. Ovsak plated Kappes with a two-run blast one batter later. Fliflet slashed 3-for-4 with three RBIs, including the go-ahead single in the sixth.
The Wahppers improved to 5-3.
