The CAM Cougars advanced the the Class 1A District 13 Final with an 11-4 win over the Nodaway Valley Wolverines on Tuesday night in Anita. CAM book-ended the ballgame with stellar offensive innnings. The Cougars scored 5 runs in the 1st and the 6th to secure the win.

Kolby Nelson got the offense cooking with a double and Lane Spieker drove him in with a double of his own to get the Cougars on the board. 3 of the next four batters would drive in runs as well, with Ben Tibken reaching on a walk in between. Cade Ticknor brought in 2 on a sac fly that brought in the 4th and 5th runs. After the game Tibken said it was good to jump on the Wolverines early.

The game was quiet in the middle with only one hit from the 2nd-4th. Nodaway Valley then got on the board with 3 runs in the 5th. Evan Forcht brought in two with a single before getting picked off trying for second base to end the inning. CAM answered with one run in the 5th before piling up 5 on 4 hits in the 6th. After an easy win in the first round CAM Head Coach Dan Daugherty said it wasn’t difficult to get his team focused because they knew they would get a test from the Wolverines.

Lane Spieker got the win on the mound going 5 innings, giving up three runs on 5 hits with 5 strikeouts. Cade Ticknor finished the game and had 2 strikeouts of his own. CAM improves to 14-2 on the season and move on to the District Final on Saturday. Coach Daugherty said they have talked about defending home field.

CAM will face Bedford on Saturday in Anita for the District title and we’ll have that game on KJAN with pregame at 6:45 p.m. and first-pitch at 7:00 p.m. Tibken is part of a Senior class that has won over 20 games the past four seasons and a state tournament appearance. He said they just need to keep it up to advance on.

Nodaway Valley played a fairly solid game outside of those two big innings for the Cougars but their season ends with an 8-9 record.