07/05/26 - Post 22 Hardhats Firecracker
Tournament (July 1-5), Rapid City, SD
(5 games - $550)
*Field: Fitzgerald Stadium - 2721
Canyon Lake Drive Rapid City, SD 57702
*GameChanger Tournament site: “2026
FIRECRACKER TOURNAMENT”
*Teams
(all teams except the three Colorado teams are American Legion)
5-0 - Pueblo Azteca Gavin (CO)
4-1 - Rapid City/SD Post 22
Hardhats (Post 22 Hardhats)
4-1 - Rocky Mountain Lobos (CO)
3-2 - Mr. Dell's Warriors
(Omaha/NE West Side)
2-3 - Missoula/MT Post 27
(Missoula Mavericks AA 2026)
2-3 - Peitzmeier Demolition
Seniors (Gross Catholic HS, Bellevue, NE)
2-3 - Griffs/NE Post 216 Seniors
Gold (Gretna/NE Post 216)
1-4 - Napoleon/OH Post 300 (2026
Napoleon River Bandits Post 300)
1-2 - Rapid City/SD Post 22
(Post 22 Expos)
0-5 - ONE6 18u Lambert (CO)
* * *
Selected Highlights (Home
Runs & Complete Games (6innings minimum))
Kenneth Smeltzer (Napoleon/300)
Complete Game - 07/04 G21 vs Peitzmeier/NE (6ip, L, 0-2);
Braydn Satnek (Peitzmeier/NE) Complete
Game - 07/04 G21 vs Napoleon/300 (7ip, W, 2-0);
Cameron Franz (RM Lobos) Complete Game
- 07/04 G22 vs Peitzmeier/NE (7ip, W, 6-1);
Ty Frank (RM Lobos) Home Run - 07/04
G22 vs Peitzmeier/NE;
*
Gunner Jenson (RM Lobos) Complete Game
- 07/03 G14 vs Gretna/216 (7ip, W, 5-2);
Cory Herman (Napoleon/300) Complete
Game - 07/03 G17 vs ONE6 (7ip, W, 9-2);
Easton Shockey (Omaha/Mr Dell) Complete
Game - 07/03 G19 vs Post 22/Hard Hats (7ip, W, 6-0);
Liam Cornican (Omaha/Mr Dell) Home Run
- 07/03 G19 vs Post 22/Hard Hats;
*
Rowan Miculka (Missoula/27) Home Run -
07/02 G8 vs Pueblo Azteca;
Dawson Rodoni (Missoula/27) Complete
Game- 07/02 G8 vs Pueblo Azteca (6ip, L, 2-4);
Caeden Herrera ( Pueblo Azteca)
Complete Game - 07/02 G8 vs Missoula/27 (7ip, Wm 4-2);
Anthony Singer (Napoleon/300) Complete
Game - 07/02 G10 vs Omaha/West Side (6ip, L, 1-2);
*
Andrew Richardson (Missoula/27) Home
Run - 07/01 G6 vs Gross Catholic;
Stellan Ridley (Missoula/27) Home Run -
07/01 G6 vs Gross Catholic;
Cael Biggs-Burger (Gross Catholic) Home
Run - 07/01 G6 vs Missoula/27;
* * *
*Sunday, July 5
(local time) -
9th
place 7:30am - ONE6 Lambert/CO vs Rapid City/SD Post 22 Expos
7th
place 9:30am - Napoleon/OH Post 300 vs Gretna/NE Post 216
(Griffs)
5th place 12:00pm -
Missoula/MT Post 27 vs Gross Catholic/NE Peitzmeier
3rd place
2:30pm - Omaha/NE West Side Mr Dell vs Rocky Nountain
Lobos
Championship 5:00pm - Pueblo/CO Azteca vs Rapids City/SD
Post 22 Hard Hats
* * *
*Saturday, July 4 - Independence
Day
G20
Rapid City/SD Post 22 Expos
11, ONE6/CO 8
*v
ONE6:
8-9-2; SP/LP J Ensley (4.1ip, 8R/7er, 9H, 1BB, 1K, 1-HBP); P2 D
Hawkins (1ip, 3R/3er, 3H, 1BB); P3 #9/Ben Bixby (2/3ip, 0R, 1H, 1K);
*H
Post 22 Expos:
11-13-8; SP/WP S Schroeder (5ip, 5R/1er, 4H, 5K, 1-HBP); P2 T Koskan
(5bf, 3R/3er, 4H, 1BB); P3 M Kraft (2ip, 0R, 2K);
G21
Gross Catholic/NE (Peitzmeier)
2, Napoleon/OH Post 300 0
*v
Napoleon/300:
0-6-0; SP/LP Kenneth Smeltzer (6ip/CG-22bf/80p;
2R/2er, 3H, 3BB, 6K); 2H (Maddox Baker);
*H
Peitzmeier:
2-3-2; SP/WP Braydn Stanek (7ip/CG-28bf/82p;
0R, 6H, 0-BB, 3K, 1-HBP); *1RBI (B Stanek (RBI single); Logan Legner
(Sac Fly));
G22
Rocky Mountain Lobos 6, Gross Catholic/NE (Peitzmeier) 1
*v
Peitzmeier:
1-1-1; SP/LP Owen Rempe (3ip, 2R/2er, 3H, 2BB); P2 Tyler Waring (3ip,
4R/2er, 5H, 4BB, 2K);
*H
Lobos:
6-8-3; SP/WP Cameron Franz (7ip/CG-25bf/90p;
1R/0er, 1H, 3BB, 6K); 2H (Ty Frank; Brady Lay); 2RBI (T Frank 3); HR
(Ty Frank); 2B (Axel West; B
Lay; Kellen Wagner);
G23
Pueblo Azteca/CO 8, Omaha/NE West Side (Mr Dell) 7 - 8innings
*v
Aztecas:
8-13-1: SP Z Hathaway (6ip, 6R/4er, 7H, 1BB, 7K); P2 B Mares (1ip,
1R/0er, 1H, 1BB, 1-HBP); P3 R Schumacher (1ip, 0R); 2H (J Mendoza; L
King; C Herrera; B Swift 3); 2RBI (E Pecoraro); 2B (E Pecoraro);
*H
Omaha/Mr Dell:
7-8-4; SP/nd P Wane (2.2ip, 6R/3er, 6H, 1BB, 2-HBP); P2 A Meyers
(2.1ip, 0R, 3H, 1BB, 1K); P3/LP S Dowse (2.2ip, 2R/1er, 3H, 1BB, 1K);
P4 B Arneson (1/3ip, 0R, 1H); 2H (M Barber); 2RBI (A Tagge; M
Barber); 2B (A Tagge; B Hosey; M Barber);
G24
Rapid City/SD Post 22 Hard Hats 8, Gretna/NE Post 216 5
*v Gretna/216: 5-5-3; SP C
Woodson (2.1ip, 8R/4er, 9H, 2BB, 2K); P2 M Fairbairn (2.2ip, 0R, 3H,
1BB, 2K); P3 C Sillman (1ip, 0R, 1K); 2H (C Herrmann 3); 2RBI (C
Kuhl); 2B (C Kuhl; K Brown);
*H Post 22 Hard Hats: 8-15-1;
SP/WP T Gittings (5ip, 5R/5er, 4H, 3BB, 3K, 1-HBP); P2/SV T Koskan
(2ip, 0R, 2K); 2H (A Roberts 3; J Elder; B Steen; B Stapert; H Burrus
3; H Ogle); 2RBI (A Roberts 3; H Burrus); 3B (H Burrus); 2B (H Ogle);
G25
Rapid City/SD Post 22 Hard Hats
8, Missoula/MT Post 27 5
*v
Missoula/27:
5-6-0; SP S Kane (5ip, 0R, 4H, 2BB, 1K); P2 E Paugh (1ip, 2R/2er, 3H,
1-HBP); P3 S Ridley (2bf, 2R/2er, 2BB); P4 C Nicolarsen (2/3ip,
2R/2er, 3H, 1K); 2H (S Ridley); 2B (A Richardson);
*H
Post 22 Hard Hats:
6-9-0; SP/nd B Lee (5ip, 4R/4er, 4H, 5BB, 3K, 1-HBP); P2 R Koskan
(1ip, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 3K); P3/WP H Ogle (1ip, 1R/1er, 1H, 2BB); 2H (L
Kieffer; R Turnquist; B Steen); 2RBI (B Stapert); 3B (R Turnquist);
2B (B Stapert; L Kieffer);
*
* *
*Friday,
July 3 -
G14 Rocky Mountain Lobos 5,
Gretna/NE Post 216 2
*v Gretna/216: 2-5-2; SP/LP G Hovermale
(1.1ip, 4R/3er, 1H, 3BB, 1K, 1-HBP); P2 D Dowd (3.2ip, 1R/1er, 3H,
1BB, 3K, 1-HBP); P3 C Nicholson (1ip, 0R, 1BB, 1K, 1-HBP);
*H Lobos: 5-4-4; SP/WP Gunner Jensen
(7ip/CG-27bf/94p; 2R/0er, 5H, 1BB, 1K);
G15 Pueblo Azteca/CO
6, Gross Catholic/NE (Peitzmeier) 2
*v Peitzmeier: 2-7-3; SP/LP P Skradski
(3.2ip, 6R/3er, 7H, 2BB, 2K, 1-HBP); P2 M Villamonte (2.1ip, 0R, 2H,
2K);
*H Aztecas: 6-10-2; SP/nd Rocco Montoya
(3ip, 1R/0er, 4H. 2BB, 7K); P2/WP Sol Montoya (4ip, 1R/0er, 3H, 3BB,
4K);
G16 Pueblo Azteca/CO
8, ONE6/CO 1
*v Aztecas: 8-10-1; SP/WP M Molina
(6ip, 1R/0er, 2H, 2BB, 8K); P2 J Barger (1ip, 0R, 1H, 2BB);
*H ONE6: 1-5-1; SP/LP #0/Bo Bixby (4ip,
7R/5er, 8H, 3BB, 1K, 1-HBP); P2 H Judy (3ip, 1R/1er, 1H, 1BB, 1K);
G17 Napoleon/OH Post 300 9,
ONE6/CO 2
*v ONE6: 2-7-1; SP/LP Jake Wolfe
(5.1ip, 9R/7er, 7H, 2BB, 4-HBP); P2 Cooper Rivet (2/3ip, 0R, 1H); 2H
(Dominic Cortez); 2B (D Cortez; Jackson Barrett);
*H Napoleon/300: 9-8-0; SP/WP
Cory Herman (7ip/CG-27bf/77p; 2R/2er, 7H, 1BB, 2K); 2H (Camden
Bukowski; Kaden Kreinbrink 3); 2RBI (K Kreinbrink); 2B (K Kreinbrink
2);
G18 Missoula/MT Post 27 8,
Napoleon/OH Post 300 0 - 5innings (run rule)
*v Missoula/27: 8-10-1; SP/WP
Braxton Rodoni (5ip/cg-21bf/61p; 0R, 3H, 3BB, 2K, 1-HBP); 2H (Kaden
Thennis; Andrew Richardson); 2RBI (A Richardson; Seamus Kane); 3B
(Stellan Ridley); 2B (A Richardson);
*H Napoleon/300: 0-3-1; SP/LP
Logan Stein (2.1ip, 6R/6er, 6H, 2BB, 1K); P2 Owen Reynolds (2.2ip,
2R/1er, 4H, 3BB, 1K); 2H (Elijah Arend);
G19 Omaha/NE West Side (Mr Dell)
6, Rapid City/SD Post 22 Hard Hats 0
*v Omaha/Mr Dell: 6-9-0; SP/WP
Easton Shockey (7ip/CG-24bf/87p; 0R, 3H, 1BB, 4K); 2H (Liam
Cronican 3; E Shockey; Andrew Tagge); 2RBI (L Cronican); HR (Liam
Cronican); 3B (A Tagge); 2B (E Shockey; L Cronican; Payton Wane);
*H Post 22 Hard Hats: 0-3-0;
SP/LP Declan Mickley (5ip, 4R/4er, 5H, 2BB, 8K, 2-HBP); P2 Hadley
Burrus (1ip, 2R/2er, 3H, 2BB); P3 Brixton Steen (1ip, 0R, 1H, 1BB);
* * *
*Thursday, July 2 - from G/C
G8 Pueblo Azteca/CO 4,
Missoula/MT Post 27 2
*v Missoula/27: 2-6-3; SP/LP D Rodoni
(6ip/CG-27bf/96p; 4R/2er, 6H, 2BB, 4K);
*H Aztecas: 4-6-0; SP/WP C Herrera
(7ip/CG-28bf/83p; 2R/2er, 6H, 1BB, 5K);
G9 Gretna/NE Post 216 3,
Missoula/MT Post 27 2
*v Missoula: 2-11-0; SP/nd A Richardson
(5ip, 2R/1er); P2/LP E Paugh (1.1ip, 1R/1er, 3H, 1K);
*H Gretna/216: 3-4-0; SP/nd J Albers
(2.1ip); P2 D Baratta (2.2ip); P3/WP C Kuhl (2ip, 1R/1er, 4H, 1BB);
G10 Omaha/NE West Side (Mr Dell)
2, Napoleon/OH Post 300 1
*v Napoleon/300: 1-7-1; SP
Anthony Singer (6ip/CG-24bf/82p; 2R/2er, 6H, 0-BB, 5K, 1-HBP); 2H
(Camden Bukowski; Kenneth Smeltzer); 2B (C Bukowski);
*H Omaha/Mr Dell: 2-6-2; SP/WP
Ty Hanna (6ip, 1R/0er, 7H, 0-BB, 5K); P2/SV Easton Shockey (1ip, 0R,
1K); 2H (Dom Manganaro); 3B (Liam Cronican); 2B (Payton Wane);
G11 Omaha/NE West Side (Mr Dell)
3, ONE6/CO 2 - 9 innings
*v ONE6: 2-5-1; SP/nd B Pederson
(5.1ip, 1R/1er, 4H, 4BB, 2K, 2-HBP); P2 D Hawkins (2/3ip); P3/LP G
Cannon (2.1ip, 2R/0er, 3H, 1K);
*H Omaha/Mr Dell: 3-9-3; SP G Godfrey
(6ip, 1R/0er, 5H, 4K); P2/WP A Tagge (3ip, 1R/0er, 0-H, 2BB, 2K);
G12 Gross Catholic/NE (Peitzmeier)
6, Rapid City/SD Post 22 Expos 3
*v Peitzmeier: 6-10-2; SP/WP C Capece
(5ip, 3R/2er, 6H, 1BB, 3K); P2/SV O Rempe (2ip, 0R, 1H);
*H Post 22/Expos: 3-7-6; SP/LP T
Riggins (5ip, 4R/0er, 5H, 3BB, 2K, 1-HBP); P2 M Kraft (2ip, 1R/1er,
3H, 1BB, 1K);
G13 Rapid City/SD Post 22 Hard Hats 7, Rocky
Mountain Lobos/CO 1
*v Lobos: 1-3-3; SP/LP J Bullock (3ip,
2R/1er, 2H, 4BB, 5K, 1-HBP); P2 I Pope (1ip, 3R/3er, 0-H, 4BB, 2K,
1-HBP); P3 C Mierzwa (2ip, 2R/0er, 2H, 2K, 1-HBP);
*H Post 22 Hard Hats: 7-7-3; SP/WP B
Sales (6ip, 1R/1er, 3H, 3BB, 8K); P2 R Neugebauer (1ip, 0R, 2K);
*Fireworks!
* * *
*Wednesday, July 1 -
G1 Rocky Mountain Lobos/CO 5, Rapid
City/SD Post 22 Expos 4
G2 Rocky Mountain Lobos/CO 7, Omaha/NE
West Side 4
G3 Pueblo Azteca/CO 11, Gretna/NE Post
216 1
G4 Gretna/NE Post 216 7, ONE6/CO 4
G6 Missoula/MT Post 27 13, Gross
Catholic/NE 4
G7 Rapid City/SD Post 22 Hard Hats
7, Napoleon/OH Post 300 4
*v Napoleon/300: 4-11-1; SP Ryne
Maag (2.1ip, 3R/1er, 4H, 0-BB, 2K, 1-HBP); P2 Camden Bukowski (1.2ip,
2R.2er, 4H,0-BB, 2K, 1-HBP); P3 Jackson Poynter (1ip, 1R/1er, 1H,
1BB, 1-HBP); P4 Kenneth Smeltzer (1ip, 1R/1er, 3H, 0-BB); 2H (Tripp
Langenderfer; C Bukowski; Owen Reynolds; Kaden Kreinbrink); 2RBI (O
Reynolds); 2B (K Kreinbrink);
*H Rapid City/22 HH: 7-12-0
SP/WP Brayden Stapert (4.2ip, 3R/3er, 9H, 2BB, 2K, 1-HBP); P2/SV
Rowan Fredericksen (2.1ip, 1R/1er, 2H, 1BB, 3K, 1-HBP); 2H (Aiden
Roberts; Jaxson Reeder; Josh Elder; Hudson Ogle); 2RBI (A Roberts; J
Elder); 3B (H Ogle; Kain McLeod); 2B (A Roberts);
* * *
Media -
#Rapid City Journal -
*5
things to know about the 2026 Firecracker Tournament (Matt Weiner -
Rapid City Journal)
https://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/high-school/baseball/article_aa37a1f3-6cae-4282-87df-4db23cc6241b.html
*Post 22 opens
51st Firecracker Tournament with win over Napoleon Post 300 (Ohio)
(Matthew Neus)
https://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/high-school/baseball/article_30617ed3-51b8-4cba-a680-f4219543ed5c.html
*Post 22 improves
to 2-0 at Firecracker Tournament with win over Rocky Mountain
(Colorado) (Matthew Neus)
https://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/high-school/baseball/article_c6183c98-e9cc-40a2-9918-674f632be62b.html
(07/02 game)
*Brayden Stapert
hits walk-off double, sends Post 22 to Firecracker Tournament title
game (Matthew Neus)
https://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/high-school/baseball/article_e6855f0a-efea-43c2-b7a8-11e41c234314.html
(07/04 Games)
#Crescent News
(Defiance, OH) -
*Legion baseball: Bandits drop close one vs. Omaha (staff)
https://www.crescent-news.com/push/legion-baseball-bandits-drop-close-one-vs-omaha/article_b8248e44-533b-4e86-872f-94616b7cd4a6.html
(07/02 game)
*Legion baseball: Bandit win streak
snapped at 11 in South Dakota (staff)
https://www.crescent-news.com/push/legion-baseball-bandit-win-streak-snapped-at-11-in-south-dakota/article_bfcc4ab6-7af5-447c-8c50-9066a344ca00.html
(07/01 game)
#Northwest Signal (Napoleon, OH)
-
#Hard
Hats TV (U-Tube) -
*7/02 - Post 22
Hardhats vs Rocky Mountain Lobos Firecracker Tournament (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2NXbzQJ-m4
(includes long rain delay!)
*07/01
- Post 22 Hardhats vs Napoleon River Bandits Post 300
Firecracker Tournament - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq9Egcd52Lc
