Atlantic will open up Class 3-A district baseball play tonight as the first game of a doubleheader at Harlan.  The Trojans will face Denison at 5:00 pm.

Atlantic split the two regular season games with the Monarchs, winning 11-1 in five innings on the road and losing a tough 5-4 decision at home.  Trojan coach Gaylord Schelling explained that the main difference in those two games was the pitching.  Denison had Dawson Dorhout throwing in the Monarch victory and despite several chances for Atlantic, he was able to hold them off for the win.  Expect Dorhout to start tonight for Denison.

Atlantic will throw Chase Mullenix tonight.  Injuries limited Chase to just three starts during the regular season, but Schelling feels Mullenix is ready to give his best effort.  He says if he has all three of his pitches, fastball, curve and change-up, working tonight, Chase will be tough for the Monarchs.

Atlantic doesn’t have a lot of power in the line-up, instead they depend on consistency at the plate and stringing hits together.

We’ll have the game for you tonight on KJAN.  Jim Field will have the call with the pre-game at 4:45.

The area 3-A schedule:

District 15 @ Harlan

• 5:00 – Atlantic (15-12) vs. Denison (16-18)
• 7:00 – Harlan (28-3) vs. Carroll (4-21)

District 16 @ Winterset

• 5:00 – Greene County (14-11) vs. Glenwood (10-19)
• 7:00 – Winterset (16-10) vs. Creston (8-22)