Region 1 Baseball Tournament Championship – Central Cass vs Northern Cass

Recap

Central Cass won their fourth straight Region 1 Baseball Tournament championship on Monday night fending off Northern Cass 4-3 in 8-innings.

Carter Maasjo picked up the win with a complete-game performance, giving up 3 runs (all unearned) on 4 hits, 4 walks and 8 strikeouts.

Central Cass tied the game in the bottom of the seventh inning with a Kam Baarstad RBI single.

Northern Cass answered in the top of the 8th inning when Trey Husar scored from a Carter Wadeson RBI double,  giving the Jaguars a 3-2 lead.

The Squirrels answered in the bottom of the eighth with a pair of singles from Brayden Mitchell and Eli Buhr. Buhr stole second base to get into scoring position and with 2 outs Noah Muchow hit a fly ball to right field, which Matthew Metzger lost in the lights allowing Mitchell and Buhr to score on the base hit.

Northern Cass finishes 15-11 overall and Central Cass heads to the State Class B Baseball Tournament in Jamestown on May 30 – June 1.

2024 ALL REGION 1 BASEBALL TEAM

Logan Braaten, Central Cass

Carter Maasjo, Central Cass

Brayden Mitchell, Central Cass

Kale Pearson, Central Cass

Brenden Larson, HFRCTL

Stanley Belaskie, Kindred

Kylan Swenson, Kindred

Jack Wold, Kindred

Michael Hoistad, Oakes

Chris Titus, Oakes

Greyson Dockter, Oak Grove

Jake Ring, Oak Grove

Chris Hoiland, Northern Cass

Trey Husar, Northern Cass

Carter Wadeson, Northern Cass

SENIOR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

Brayden Mitchell, Central Cass

COACH OF THE YEAR

Scott Milbrandt, Kindred