Neligh Legion Teams Sweep Hartington Tuesday Night

The Neligh Legion dugout is full of the usual items — bats, balls and gloves. But this season, it likely has a broom, too.

​After all, the Juniors and Seniors swept yet another opponent Tuesday night as their incredible season continues to roll forward. The Juniors defeated Hartington 13-5 before the Seniors won 7-4 in what was arguably their first competitive game of the season.

The Seniors moved to 8-0 with the win as Cole Belitz threw a solid game from mound with six strikeouts. He had a no-hitter going into the third inning.

Neligh found the scoreboard with a dominant five-run third inning. Austin Rice, Hunter Reestman and Beau Murray all singled to start the inning and load the bases. An RBI from Belitz started the scoring frenzy. All four, as well as Tyson Belitz, crossed home plate as Neligh’s first five batters of the inning scored.

Up 5-2, Neligh continued to work all phases of the game to get Hartington playing catchup. Reestman, who went 2-for-3 added to the lead in the fourth inning as Jayden Arehart batted him home. Neligh padded its lead with another run in the fifth as Andrew Herley turned his walk into a score.

With a storm approaching, the game was called after the fifth due to lightning.

In the Juniors game, Murray and Reestman started Neligh off with a pair of walks and eventually scored for the early 2-1 lead after the first inning.

The second inning quickly put the game out of reach for the visitors as Neligh batted around its lineup. Brock Kester and Brandon Evans crossed the plate first to start the five-run second inning. Reestman used an RBI single to keep things rolling. Reestman and Pofahl both scored, and Charf hit a two-RBI single to left field. Conor Ramold wrapped up the inning with a single and later scored.

Neligh’s 10-0 run continued with a strong third inning as Reestman, Charf, Ramold and Dawson Kaup all scored. Ramold had a two-RBI double in the mix and Kaup had an RBI.  The fifth inning saw Pofahl, Charf and Ramold all score with RBIs from Kaup and Garret Belitz.

From the mound, Murray had eight strikeouts. The Juniors are now 4-2.

Juniors
Hartington 1 0 0 1 3 - 5
Neligh 2 5 3 0 3  - 13

Seniors
Hartington 0 0 2 0 2 - 4
Neligh 0 0 5 1 1 - 7