Big Foot Red Sox take second at championships

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The 2019 12U Quad County Champion Big Foot Red Sox team members show off their second-place medals after the championship game. From the left: (front) Carter Ries, Blake Hernandez, Carson Buchholz, Chase Nitsch, Brady Wojcik, Konnor Glos, Jackson Hirn, Skylar Jacobs, (back row) head coach Jeff Jordan, Owen Smith, Gudmund Mizialko Hnilo, Dakota Nordmeyer, Ben Lavariega, Matthew Bauman and assistant coach Jake Ries. (Bob Mischka photo)
Matthew Bauman, of the 12U Big Foot Red Sox team, pitches in the July championship tournament at the end of the season. (Bob Mischka photo)

The Big Foot Red Sox 12U baseball team finished fourth in the regular season in the seven-team West Division of the Quad County Conference with a record of 8-5-1. Whitewater Burtness Chevrolet was first with a record of 11-3.

The Red Sox then competed in the end-of-season tournament in East Troy July 19 to 21. The tournament was split into two divisions, the Gold and Silver divisions. The Red Sox were seeded sixth in the seven-team Gold division tournament.

The team lost the first game in the tournament against third seeded Whitewater Burtness Chevrolet. But this is a double-loss tournament and it takes two losses to send a team home.

Following the loss, the Red Sox then beat Elkhorn Hudapack, Palmyra, Whitewater Burtness and the East Troy Braves teams to land a spot against the Whitewater Toppers in the championship game on that Sunday.

In the championship game, Big Foot lost to the Whitewater Toppers, ending their season in second place.

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