MITCHELL — Steady offense and stout pitching lifted Renner back to the Class A state amateur baseball championship game with a 6-1 win over the Harrisburg Woodies on Friday afternoon at Cadwell Park.
Renner (14-7) will play at noon Sunday in the Class A championship game at Cadwell Park. The Monarchs will play in the Class A title game for the fourth year in a row. The Woodies won the 2025 state title 4-3 over Renner.
Renner starter Caleb Kranz picked up 11 strikeouts in a six-inning start, allowing three hits and an unearned run. Mitchell native Jed Schmidt threw the final three innings for Renner, allowing four hits but no runs and striking out four batters without a walk.
Harrisburg’s Tyler Mitzel records an out at second base as Renner’s Chaz Palmer slides in during the Class A state amateur baseball tournament on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 at Cadwell Park in Mitchell.
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For the Monarchs, Corey Vasquez had three hits and knocked in a pair of runs. Chaz Palmer had three hits and Dylan Tiede, a pickup player from Brandon, had two hits and scored twice. Seth Miller had a solo home run to left field in the sixth inning for Renner.
Harrisburg tallied its lone run in the fourth inning on a Gus Radel ground ball that resulted in a Renner error, scoring J.T. Miller, tying the game at 1-1 at the time. Renner then answered with three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Harrisburg (25-4), which won the 2025 state title 4-3 over Renner, will play at 1 p.m. Saturday in an elimination game against Tea or Brookings. The Steam and the Cubs will play in Saturday’s first elimination game at 11 a.m. Saturday at Cadwell Park.
Tea’s Dawson Portner slides in safely at home plate, evading the tag of Aberdeen’s Kelly Coates during the Class A state amateur baseball tournament on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 at Drake Field in Mitchell.
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In Class A elimination round action:
Tea Steam 8, Aberdeen Circus 7: Billy Mote had the walkoff RBI single for the Steam to advance at Drake Field on Friday. Dawson Portner had a home run and drove in two runs for Tea, while scoring three times for Tea (12-10). Cameron Jensen had two hits, while earning the win in relief with innings pitched and no runs allowed. Cole McKinney started and pitched six innings, allowing five hits and three earned runs, striking out three. For Aberdeen (12-7), Easton Millar had three hits, Jaiden Smith drove in three runs and had two hits, and Kris Kwak had two hits and drove in two runs. Brock Anderson took the loss on the mound in relief, allowing three hits and two runs in 2 2/3 innings. Chad Ellingson started and threw six innings, allowing four earned runs and striking out six.
Brookings Cubs 2, SF Brewers 1: A Michael Zimmerman RBI single with two outs in the eighth inning broke a 1-all tie and stood up as the game-winning hit at Drake Field on Friday. Brookings (20-3) scored its other run via a bases-loaded walk in the second inning. The Brewers (8-13) managed their lone run by scoring on a Brookings wild pitch in the third. Nolan Krogman pitched five shutout innings, earning the win in relief of starter Arlen Peters, who lasted three innings. Krogman, Peters and Logan Anderson, who hurled the final frame, combined to strike out 10 batters while allowing five hits and five walks. Myles Rees tallied three hits, while Zimmerman and Mitch Olson each had two hits. For the Brewers, Riley Johnson had one hit and one walk and Cody Reil worked two walks. Andrew Glovich took the loss after pitching the final two innings.
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