Avon Lakers vs Fort Ripley Rebels Region 8C 2023

The Lakers beat the Rebels 6-2 in the 3rd game of the Region 8C Tournament in Avon as Dominic Austing threw a Complete Game with 12 strikeouts. The Rebels scored 2 in the top of the 1st on a ground out by Tom Fairbanks and an rbi double by Eli Roberts but Austing blanked Fort Ripley the rest of the way.  Avon got 1 in the 1st on an rbi single by Elian Mezquita, then Joe Dolan put the Lakers ahead with a 2-run double in the 2nd.  A pair of Fort Ripley errors in the same inning allowed another 3 runs to score to make it 6-2,