By By ERIKA PICKLES / Dowagiac Daily News
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The Niles varsity baseball team was once again able to claim the South Bend Adams Tournament title on Saturday.
The Vikings took a 5-0 win over Adams in the first round and a 15-2 win over Wheeler in the championship game.
Niles got two runs in the top of the first, two in the top of the third and one in the top of the seventh to account for its runs in the first game.
Steve Clanton went 3-for-3 with three singles, Lyle Watson went 2-for-3 with a single and a triple and Adrian Davis went 2-for-4 with two singles.
Davis was the winning pitcher for Niles and Clanton picked up the save.
Losing pitcher for Adams was Eric Hekman.
In the championship game the Vikings got three runs in the top of the first, five in the top of the second and seven in the top of the fifth to give them the 15-2 win.
The game was ended in the fifth due to the 10-run rule.
Josh Henry and Clanton both went 3-for-4 with three singles, Watson went 2-for-3 with a single and a double and Rick Storm went 1-for-3 with a double.
Matt Richardson was the winning pitcher for Niles and Doug Ambush was the losing pitcher for Wheeler.
The Vikings, now 4-0 , travel to battle Breek Central on Thursday.
Game time is set to begin at 4 p.m.
Bronson Invitational
BRONSON - The Brandywine baseball team picked up its first win Saturday at the Bronson Invitational.
The Bobcats, now 1-5, lost their first game against Bronson 6-2 and won their second game against Buchanan 4-3.
Matt Wieger had two hits for the Bobcats and scored both of Brandywine's runs in the first game. Kory Bridges also had a run-scoring single.
In the second game, Josh Atwood had a double and two RBIs.
Justin Ely had a complete game win and an RBI double and Bridges knocked in the winning run in the fifth inning.
Brandywine hosts Bridgman tonight at 4 p.m. for its first conference game of the season.