Rising Sun Little League 9-10 baseball ousted from state tourney

   The Rising Sun Little League 9-10 baseball All-Stars were eliminated from the state tournament with a 5-3 loss to Laurel Sunday in Williamsport.
    Rising Sun missed out on a chance to take the lead in the bottom of the first. Jackson Stickney drew a one-out walk. Daniel Tserkis followed with a shot into the right-center gap to put runners on first and second. The runners moved up on a wild pitch.

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    With two outs, Austin McGrady hit a slow grounder to short. The shortstop bobbled the ball but the baserunner was called for interference after inadvertently making contact with the fielder.
    Trailing 1-0 Rising Sun took the lead in the bottom of the second. Blake Flaugher got things started with a bunt single. Lane Weismiller drew a one-out walk and the runners advanced on a wild pitch. AJ Peterson hit a bloop RBI single to center and Wesimiller scored when the Laurel throw to third was wild and went out of play.

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    Laurel countered quickly, scoring three runs in the top of the third to go ahead 4-2.
    Rising Sun got one run back in the home half when McGrady plated a run on a groundout.
    The score stayed 4-3 until the top of the sixth when Laurel tacked on an insurance run before Rising Sun escaped further damage by turning a 6-3-2 double play (Weismiller to McGrady to the catcher Owen Scott).
    Rising Sun was retired in order in the bottom of the sixth to end its season.
    Rising Sun lost 22-1 to Berlin in their opener Saturday.