ELNORA – Brody Shots two-out, RBI double in the bottom of the eighth inning drove in Henry Holka with the winning run as a young Vincennes Rivet squad ruined the final home game for a veteran North Daviess team, 7-6 in the championship game of Sectional 62 on Monday.

Shots’ double to centerfield made Zane Sample the tough luck loser for North Daviess (14-12-1) after Sample had relieved Cougar starter Caleb Miller with ND trailing Rivet (17-6) 5-3 two outs into the bottom of the third. Miller pitched out of a jam in that frame and allowed just two runs and four hits over the next four and two-thirds innings, but it was the last two hits that gave Rivet its first sectional title since 2014.

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