GREAT BEND – The Ellis Railroaders baseball team earned their second top
three state finish in four years Friday with a third place finish at the 2-1A
state baseball tournament in Great Bend.In just the programs second ever state semifinals appearance
the Railroaders fell 3-0 to Valley Falls in their first game Friday but they bounced back to win the third-place
game 14-4 over Spearville.In the third-place game Ellis scored in four of five innings
and cruised to the win in five innings.Ellis opened the game with five runs in the bottom of the first
inning.After three straight singles to load the bases, Easton
Burton walked with the bases loaded to put Ellis up 1-0. Two batters later, George Crawford walked with the bases loaded making
it 2-0.Ellis added runs on a fielder’s choice and error before Sam
Honas made it 5-0 with an RBI single.The Railers made it 6-0 with a run scored on a wild pitch and
7-0 with an RBI groundout in the bottom of the second inning.Spearville got a pair of runs back in the top of the third
inning to make it 7-2 Ellis.Ellis scored six more runs in the bottom of the fourth
inning.They scored on a pair of RBI singles, a pair of errors, a
bases loaded hit by pitch and a ground out to making 13-2 Ellis through
four innings.Spearville two more in the top of the fifth before Ellis
plated a run on an error in the bottom of the inning giving the Railers the
14-4 run-rule victory.Seven of the nine Railers in the lineup drove in a run with
George Crawford driving in a pair of runs.Tegan Cain was three-for-three and scored four times. Konnor
Pfeifer triple and scored three times.Easton Burton earned the win for Ellis.Burton allowed four runs, two earned in five innings with a
pair of strikeouts.Ellis finished the season 21-1.

⚾Ellis finished 3rd at state