VALLEY — Colby Anderson pitched a three-hit shutout to lead the West Point Bombers to a 9-0 victory over the Waterloo/Valley Wingnuts in the first round of the Class B American Legion Juniors state tournament on Saturday.
Anderson struck out five and walked one. He threw 53 strikes and only 24 balls in the six-inning win.
West Point took the lead with two runs in the third and broke things wide open with five in the fourth. Elliot Reeson’s two-run single with the biggest hit of the inning.
Reeson finished 3 for 4 with three RBIs and a run for the Bombers. Buck Steffen drove in two runs.
West Point (17-6) faces Alliance on Sunday at 7 p.m. in a winners bracket semifinal.
West Point 002 502 — 9 11 0
Waterloo/Valley 000 000 — 0 3 1
WP: Colby Anderson. LP: Colton Willmott. 2B: (WP) Mason Toelle, Buck Steffen.
