BELL BUCKLE — The Cascade Champions got a little bit of everything in a 10-run rule limit win over Pearl Cohn in the Region 4-AA semifinals on Friday night.
Four different Champion pitchers combined for a no-hitter and Noah McGeary went 3-for-3 and drove in three runs as Cascade crushed Pearl Cohn, 12-2 in five innings.
Jayden Hathcock got the nod for the Champs and pitched two innings, striking out five of the six batters he faced before Elijah Wessenburg pitched the following inning.
Wessenburg struck out two and kept the scoreless streak going.
Colton Fannin pitched an inning and gave up two runs, but didn’t give up a hit, while Jordan Childress pitched the fifth inning and struck out the side.
At the plate, the Champs got off to a white-hot start with back-to-back doubles by Chance Brown and Noah McGeary, with the latter scoring Brown from second.
After a walk to Sawyer Lovvorn, Walker Craig doubled to deep center field, scoring two for a 3-0 Cascade lead.
The beat kept on into the second inning with a sac-fly RBI off the bat of Jaxon Sheffield and a two RBI single by Lovvorn.
With the lead well in hand, it was a four-run third that put the pressure on Pearl Cohn to find some offense and make a run at the Champion lead.
In the third, Conner Melson and Logan Pulley were both hit by pitches to lead off the inninga nd Logan Green singled to load the bases for Brown.
Brown lifted a fly ball to let, scoring Melson from third and then McGeary cleared the bases on a double to right.
The final run of the inning came on yet another two-bagger from Jaxon Sheffield who smacked a hit to right, scoring McGeary.
After giving Pearl Cohn back a couple of runs in the fourth, it was a two RBI single by Jordan Childress that reached the 10-run rule limit.
McGeary was the offensive producer against the Firebirds on Friday night, going 3-for-3 with three RBIs.
Four additional Champions registered at least two RBIs in the win.
Friday night’s win advances Cascade to the Region 4-AA championship, with Saturday’s winner, clinching an automatic berth in the Class 2A state sectional.
With the new region format this year, the loser of Saturday’s championship will have to play the winner of the consolation bracket to advance to the sectional.

Pearl Cohn 000 20 — 2 0 0
Cascade 334 02 — 12 13 0

Cascade: Chance Brown 1-for-1, Gage Bowen 1-for-1, Noah McGeary 3-for-3, Jaxon Sheffield 1-for-2, Jordan Childress 1-for-1, Sawyer Lovvorn 1-for-2, Walker Craig 1-for-3, Logan Pulley 1-for-2, Logan Green 2-for-2.
WP: Hathcock
LP: Jackson