Friday, July 18, 2025
COLBY – The Beloit American Legion Post 57 Musteez baseball team competed in a Round Robin tournament with Colby, Smith Center and Cambridge, Nebraska, last weekend and went 1-2, along with Smith Center and Cambridge. Colby went undefeated at 3-0.
Beloit are now 5-5-1 and will now face Smith Center a second time on June 25 away. They will travel to play Clifton on July 2 for a double header.
The Musteez lost 10-2 to Colby in their first game.
Colby scored 4-1 in the bottom of the first inning for the early lead. They added three runs in the second inning, for the 7-1 lead. Colby scored 3-1 in the third inning as the last scores and ended the game with the fifth inning 10-2 win.
Beloit stats:
Brodie Schroeder (2B) 3AB, 1R
Ashton Bletscher (3B) 1AB, 1R, 1BB
Joel Rexroat (P) 3AB, 1H
Ryker Clark (C) 2AB, !H, 1RBI
Riley Hilt (1B) 3AB, 1H, 1RBI
Joel Fuller (SS) 2AB, 1SO
Brooks Jones (CF) 2AB, 1SO
Alex Laflen (LF) 1AB, 1BB, 1SO
Christian Mears (RF) 2AB, 1H, 1SO
Beloit totaled 19AB, 2R, 4H, 2RBI, 2BB, 4SO to Colby’s 22AB, 10R, 9H, 9RBI, 4BB, 2SO.
Beloit:
HBP: Bletscher, Fuller
E: Bletscher, Jones
TB: Rexroat 1, Clark, 1, Mears 1, Hilt 2
SF: Clark
SB: Laflen
2B: Hilt
Pitching:
Joel Rexroat 4IP, 8H, 10R, 4ER, 4BB, 2SO
HBP: Rexroat
Pitches-Strikes: Rexroat 88-51
Batters Faced: Rexroat 27
Beloit vs Smith County Blue Raiders:
In game two of the Colby round robin, Beloit won over Smith Center, 7-6, as their only win.
Beloit led 1-0 after the bottom of the second inning, before Smith Center scored in four runs in the top of the third to Beloit’s one run, to take the 4-2 lead. They extended their lead 6-2 with two runs in the fourth inning. But Beloit came back and collected five runs in the fifth inning for the 7-6 seven inning win.
Beloit stats:
Schroeder (C) 4AB, 2H
Bletscher (3B, 2B, 3B) 4AB, 1RBI, 3SO
Rexroat (SS, LF, 3B, 2B) 2AB, 1R, 1H, 1BB
Clark (2B, P) 3AB, 2R, 2H, 2RBI, 1BB
Hilt (1B) 1AB, 1R, 1BB, 1SO
Fuller (P, SS) 3AB, 1R, 2RBI
Wade Gronewoller (CF) 2AB, 1BB
Jackson Weston (LF, P) 2AB, 1SO
Jones (LF) 1AB, 1R, 1H, 1RBI
Mears (RF) 3AB, 1R, 1H, 2SO
Beloit totaled 25AB, 7R, 7H, 6RBI, 4BB, 7SO to Smith Centers 27AB, 6R, 5H, 3RBI, 8BB, 4SO.
Beloit:
Gronewoller, Rexroat, Clark, Schroeder
TB: Rexroat 1, Clark 5, Mears 1, Jones 2, Schroeder 2
HBP: Rexroat, Hilt
CS: Rexroat
E: Rexroat 2, Weston, Hilt
HR: Clark
2B: Jones
Pitching:
WP: Ryker Clark
Pitches-Strikes: Clark 38-21, Weston 36-25, Fuller 64-28
Batters Faced: Clark 8, Weston 11, Fuller 16
Beloit vs. Cambridge, Nebraska:
Beloit fell short to Cambridge, Nebraska, 6-4, to end 1-2 in the Colby round robin.
The game was tied up at 1-1 after the first inning. Beloit took the 4-1 lead after scoring in three runs in the bottom of the second inning. Cambridge scored in one run in the third inning as Beloit held the 4-2 lead. Cambridge bats then came alive with three runs in the fifth, and one in the sixth for the 6-4 seven inning win.
Beloit stats:
Schroeder (P) 4AB, 2SO
Bletscher (3B) 2AB, 2R, 1H, 1RBI, 2BB
Rexroat (2B) 3AB, 1H, 1SO
Clark (C, P) 4AB, 3H, 1RBI
Hilt (1B) 4AB, 1H, 1RBI
Fuller (SS) 4AB, 1H, 3SO
Jones (C) 4AB
Gronewoller (CF) 3AB, 1R, 3H
Laflen (LF) 2AB, 1R, 1H, 1RBI
Mears (RF) 2AB, 1BB, 1SO
Beloit totaled 32AB, 4R, 11H, 4RBI, 3BB, 7SO to the Cambridge 26AB, 6R, 2H, 3RBI, 8BB, 14SO
Beloit:
TB: Bletscher 1, Gronewoller 3, Rexroat 1, Clark 3, Laflen 1, Fuller 1, Hilt 1
SB: Bletscher 2, Gronewoller, Rexroat 2, Mears, Laflen 2
HBP: Rexroat, Laflen
E: Rexroat, Clark, Laflen, Hilt
Pitching:
Schroeder 4IP, 2H, 5R, 1ER, 6BB, 9SO
Clark 2IP, 1R, 2BB, 5SO
WP: Clark, Schroeder
HBP: Clark
Pitches-Strikes: Clark 62-36, Schroeder 89-44
Batters Faced: Clark 15, Schroeder 20
