The Great Bend Bombers 12-and-under baseball team (19-8) captured a tournament title June 3-4 at the Great Bend Sports Complex. Team members are Kellan Chansler (1), Bryce Burton (2), Kade Thexton (5), Christian Alcala (6), Jacoby Council (7), K.J. Cell (10), Carter Dreiling (19), Gavin Wondra (22), Carter Schmidt (23), Brayden Herrman (24) and Jayden Crawford (35).
BOMBERS 14, SCOTT CITY 0 – Bombers pitcher K.J. Cell retired nine batters for a perfect game no-hitter with four strikeouts.
Schmidt homered and drove home three runs. Burton homered. Herrman, Thexton and Cell drove home runs.
BOMBERS 12, ACES 2 – Alcala struck out five batters in a 4-inning pitching performance.
Alcala drove in three runs. Wondra and Council each drove home two runs. Schmidt drive in a run. Wondra, Thexton, Council and Crawford each delivered two hits.
BOMBERS 4, FINNEY TITANS 3 (1ST) – Wondra yielded no earned runs and Council earned a 2-out save in the championship game.
Thexton scored on Cell's first-inning single. Cell scored on Council's double. Herrman scored on a third-inning wild pitch. Council scored the game-winning run when Cell was thrown out in a fourth-inning rundown.
Scott City 000 – 0 0 0
GB Bombers 680 – 14 6 0
Gradin, Jarrenn (2), Jackson (2) and Carson. Cell and Alcala. W–Cell. L–Gradin. 2B–GB–Thexton. HR–GB–Schmidt, Burton.
Aces 200 0 – 2 3 1
GB Bombers 403 5 – 12 13 1
Bo B and Jones. Alcala and Council. W–Alcala. L–Bo B.
Finney Titans 201 00 – 3 5 1
GB Bombers 201 1x – 4 3 2
Aaren, Ryan (4) and Ryder. Wondra, Council (5) and Alcala. W–Wondra. L–Ryan. 2B–GB–Council.