07/07/25*** - 2025 Post 22 Firecracker Tournament Day 1 (July 2-6)

07/07/25*** - 2025 Post 22 Firecracker Tournament Day 1 (July 2-6)

*Location - Fitzgerald Stadium - 2721 Canyon Lake Drive, Rapid City, SD - https://post22baseball.com/visiting-post-22/fitzgerald-stadium/ (No Pets Allowed, Full Concession Stand)

*Schedule - https://post22baseball.com/Stats/Firecracker_Print.php

Teams -

Rapid City/SD Post 22/Hardhats - Champion - 5-1 / 45-7-1

Missoula/MT Post 27 Mavericks AA Legion - 4-2 / 38-20-1 - 2nd place

Papillion/NE Post 32 (Pinnacle Bank) - 5-1 / 20-15

Omaha/NE Post 374 Skutt (Franchise Sidekicks Seniors) - 3-3 / 16-17-2

Omaha/NE Post 1 Battle Warriors (Bellevue) - 3-3 / 22-15

Napoleon/OH Post 300 (River Bandits) - 2-4 / 16-10-1

Pueblo/CO Aztecas/Gavin - 3-3 / 20-6

Rocky Mountain/CO Lobos (RM Lobos 18U) - 2-4 / 14-9

Premier West Aces/CO - 2-4 / 14-17

Rapid City/SD Post 22/18u - 0-4 / 16-22

Schedule -

*Wednesday, July 02 -

+Napoleon/OH Post 300 8 (1-0 / 15-6-1), Rapid City/SD Post 22/18u 6 (0-1 / 16-19)

*v Napoleon/300: 0-0-2.3-1-1.1 = 8 (8-9-1) SP/WP-Zander Zeiter (5ip/24bf, 4R/4er, 5H, 1BB, 3K, 2-HBP); P2-Ryne Maag (2ip/9bf, 2R/1er, 3H, 2K); 2H (Noah Gomez; Alec Schaublin; Own Espinoza); 2RBI (N Gomez); 3B (N Gomez); 2B (Landon Amstutz; N Gomez; O Espinoza);

*H Rapid City/22-18: 0-0-0.0-4-1.1 = 6 (6-8-2); SP-Taten Gittings (4ip/20bf, 5R/2er, 3H, 3BB, 4K, 1-HBP); P2-Brody Lee (2ip/11bf, 2R/2er, 5H, 1BB, 2K); P3-Ben Hassett (1ip/5bf, 1R/0er, 1H, 1BB, 1K); 2H (B Hassett 3; Jaxon Reeder); 2RBI (Trevor Schlosser); 2B (J Reeder);

+Papillion/NE Pinnacle Bank 6 (1-0 / 15-14), Napoleon/OH Post 300 5 (1-1 / 15-7-1)

*v Napoleon/300: 1-0-2.2-0-0.0 = 5 (5-7-2) SP/nd-Hunter Bostelman (6.1ip/27bf, 5R/5er, 8H, 1BB, 1K); P2/LP-Ryne Maag (4bf, 1R/1er, 3H, 1BB); 2H (Noah Gomez; Kenneth Smeltzer); 2RBI (Landon Amstutz); 2B (K Smeltzer; L Amstutz);

*H Papillion Legion: 0-0-0.1-0-0.5 = 6 (6-11-0); SP-Cayden Miller (2ip/8bf, 1R/1er, 2H, 1K); P2-Will Tiefenthaler (0.2ip/6bf, 2R/2er, 2H, 1BB, 1-HBP); P3-Logan Vodicka (2.1ip/10bf, 2R/2er, 3H, 3K); P4-Jace Watt (1ip/4bf, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 1K); P5-Brett Hoelscher (1ip/4bf, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 1K); 2H (Isaac Pameran 3; Easton Schneider); 2RBI (I Pameran); 3B (Colton Peters; I Pameran); 2B (Evan Eddie; I Pameran);

+Omaha/NE Post 374 Skutt 4 (1-0 / 14-14-2), Pueblo/CO Azteca/Gavin 3 (0-1 / 17-4)

+Omaha/NE Post 374 Skutt 8 (2-0 / 15-14-2), Omaha/NE Post 1 Battle Warriors 3 (0-1 / 19-13)

+Missoula/MT Post 27 10 (1-0 / 33-18-1), Premier West Aces/CO 0 (0-1 / 12-14)

+Rapid City/SD Post 22/Hardhats 6 (1-0 / 41-6-1), Rocky Mountain Lobos 0 (0-1 / 12-5)

*v RM Lobos: 0-0-0.0-0-0.0 = 0 (0-1-1) SP-Ben Coultas (4ip/23bf, 5R/3er, 5H, 3BB, 1K, 3-HBP); P2-Isaiah Pope (1ip/4bf, 1R/1we, 1H, 1BB, 1K); P3-Ty Frank (1ip/4bf, 0R, 1H);

*H Rapid City/22: 0-0-1.3-2-0.x = 6 (6-7-0) SP/WP-Jadon Moreno (6ip/20bf, 0R, 1H, 3BB, 7K); P2-Dawson Inhofer (1ip/5bf, 0R, 0H, 2BB, 2K); 2H (Wyatt Reeder 3); 2RBI (Josh Elder); 3B (J Reeder); 2B (J Reeder);

*Thursday July 3 - Senior Night - First Responder Night, Sponsored by: Bolt Seamless/ Granite Automotive

+Missoula/MT Post 27 Mavericks 12 (2-0 / 34-18-1), Rapid City/SD Post 22-18 8 (0-2 / 16-20)

+Missoula/MT Post 27 Mavericks 3 (2-0 / 35-18-1), Omaha/NE Post 1 Battle Warriors 0 (0-2 / 19-14)

+Rocky Mountain Lobos 9 (1-1 / 13-5), Omaha/NE Post 374 Skutt 0 (2-1 / 15-15-2)

+Pueblo/CO Azteca/Gavin 13 (1-1 / 18-4), Premier West Aces/CO (0-2 / 12-15)

+Papillion/NE Pinnacle Bank 4 (2-0 / 17-14), Pueblo/CO Azteca/Gavin 1 (1-2 / 18-5)

+Rapid City/SD Post 22/Hardhats 5 (2-0 / 42-6-1), Napoleon/OH Post 300 4 (1-2 / 15-8-1) -9in

*v Napoleon/300: 1-0-1.0-2-0.0-0-0 = 4 (4-8-3) SP/nd-Greyson Harder (7ip/33bf, 4R/3er, 12H, 1BB, 3K, 1-HBP); P2/LP-Mason McQuillin (1ip/6bf, 1R/0er, 2BB); 2H (Alec Schaublin 3); 2B (Kenneth Smeltzer);

*H Rapid City/22: 1-0-0.0-1-0.2-0-1 = 5 (5-13-1) SP/nd-Ryan Neugebauer (5ip/24bf, 4R/3er, 7H, 1BB, 6K); P2/WP-Skyler Montgomery (4ip/14bf, 0R, 1H, 2BB, 4K); 2H (Aiden Roberts; Lars Kieffer 3; Wyatt Reeder; Blayn Hunt); 2RBI (L Kieffer; W Reeder); 3B (A Roberts); 2B (B Hunt; L Kieffer; W Reeder);

*Friday, July 04

+Pueblo/CO Azteca/Gavin 8, Omaha/NE Post 1 Battle Warriors 6

+Napoleon/OH Post 300 4, Rocky Mountain Lobos 3

+Premier West Aces/CO 6, Omaha/NE Post 374 Skutt 4

+Papillion/NE Pinnacle Bank 8, Premier West Aces/CO 0

+Papillion/NE Pinnacle Bank 7, Rapid City/SD Post 22/18 4

+Rapid City/SD Post 22 Hardhats 5, Missoula/MT Post 27 Mavericks 1

*Saturday, July 05

+ Rocky Mountain Lobos 8, Premier West Aces/CO 1

+Omaha/NE Post 1 Battle Warriors 3, Rocky Mountain Lobos 1

+Omaha/NE Post 1 Battle Warriors 4, Napoleon/OH Post 300 3

+Missoula/MT Post 27 Mavericks 6, Papillion/NE Pinnacle Bank 2

+Omaha/NE Post 374 Skutt 1, Rapid City/SD Post 22 Hardhats 0

+Rapid City/SD Post 22 Hardhats 3, Pueblo/CO Azteca/Gavin 1

Fireworks

*Sunday, July 06

+Championship - Rapid City/SD Post 22 Hardhats 6, Missoula/MT Post 27 Mavericks 0

+Pueblo/CO Azteca/Gavin 11, Rocky Mountain Lobos 3

+Papillion/NE Pinnacle Bank 9, Omaha/NE Post 374 Skutt 1

+Omaha/NE Post 1 Battle Warriors 8, Napoleon/OH Post 300 7

+Premier West Aces/CO 9, Rapid City/SD Post 22/18 3

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Fitzgerald Stadium - Rapid City, SD

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Web sites:

Rapid City/SD Post 22 Hard Hats roster - https://post22baseball.com/teams/hardhats/

Rapid City/SD Post 22 18U roster - https://post22baseball.com/teams/u18/

Premier West/CO Aces - https://www.premierwestaces.com/general-7

Pueblo/CO Aztecas - https://runyonfieldsportscomplex.org/index.php/teams/rsc-18u-azteca-baseball

Rocky Mountain Lobos? - https://rmbaseball.net/summer-ball.html

Media -

*Bandits drop final two games in South Dakota (staff Crescent News 07/06) https://www.crescent-news.com/push/legion-baseball-bandits-drop-final-two-games-in-south-dakota/article_2e43ccc5-2ffb-48e2-8df6-8bcd59334a32.html

*Legion baseball: Bandits split pair in South Dakota (staff Crescent News 07/04) https://www.crescent-news.com/push/legion-baseball-bandits-split-pair-in-south-dakota/article_e8233219-fe3d-416d-9911-f691e0af5121.html

*Legion baseball: Bandits split opener in South Dakota (staff Crescent News 07/02) https://www.crescent-news.com/push/legion-baseball-bandits-split-opener-in-south-dakota/article_c51e07cc-e613-4034-a9e3-055eb3d5751f.html

*Bandits lose pair of 1-run games (Jeff Ratliff Northwest Signal 07/06) https://www.northwestsignal.net/sports/article_06cca360-eb14-4530-9f14-79fcf4a35876.html

*Bandits split first day in South Dakota (Brandon Shrider Northwest Signal 07/03) https://www.northwestsignal.net/sports/article_a4711031-3a38-49ec-b3d6-40bd608d7964.html

*Post 22 defeats Pueblo in final game of pool play in FIrecracker Tournament (Jackson Reyes Rapid City Journal 07/06) https://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/high-school/baseball/article_c5020127-e2c6-4290-a70b-036ce1319b44.html

*Post 22 defeats Missoula in crucial Firecracker Tournament pool play matchup (Jackson Reyes Rapid City Journal 07/05) https://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/high-school/baseball/article_8363f34f-a2a0-4ea2-bb02-8e678d07731c.html

*Post 22's Lars Kieffer walks it off against Napoleon to complete Hardhats' comeback (Jackson Reyes Rapid City Journal 07/04) https://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/high-school/baseball/article_2086a61a-e8db-4aaa-b88a-d625eb10cae9.html

*Post 22 continues impressive season pitching after latest win against Rocky Mountain (Jackson Reyes Rapid City Journal 07/04) https://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/high-school/article_6f34138d-3b57-4f73-8284-957b52ab367a.html

*Post 22 shuts out the Rocky Mountain Lobos in opening game of Firecracker Tournament (Jackson Reyes Rapid City Journal 07/03) https://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/high-school/baseball/article_4057bdca-6826-48f6-a500-3f2f0c97f36f.html

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