2014 League standings and full schedule -- click here
2014 KNZA & KMZA Legion Baseball broadcast schedule -- click here
2014 McDonald's "Players of the Game" on Kanzaland Radio -- click here

2014 Zone Tournament Pairings --- click here
(Area Zone Tournament Pairings ---
 AA Zone 5 -- Sabetha (host), Marysville, Seneca, Hiawatha, Doniphan County - Bracket (click here)
 AA Zone 4 -- Silver Lake (host), Frankfort, Clay Center, Westmoreland (Rock Creek)
   (1st round matchups (July 21st) -- Clay Center vs. Silver Lake 6pm & Frankfort vs. Rock Creek 8:15pm)
 AAA Zone NE1 --- Emporia (host), Atchison, Osawatomie, Leavenworth Legends, Leavenworth Naturals)

The regular season came to an end for three NEKL legion teams last night with two others already done with their regular season and the other set to wrap up the regular season Thursday night. Sabetha played host to Rock Creek in a non-league doubleheader on Wednesday and came away with the sweep winning 7-3 and 6-2, while Doniphan County continued their winning streak sweeping Hiawatha in a League doubleheader winning 7-3 and 15-8.

Doniphan County Sweeps Hiawatha in Final NEKL Regular Season Matchups of the Season

Doniphan County took advantage of their opportunities and ultimately at the end of the night extended their win streak to eight straight games on the field, 10 if you include two forfeit wins this past Saturday, topping Hiawatha 7-3 and 15-8.

In game one it was Hiawatha getting on the board first using an RBI double by Parker Hasekamp to plate a run in the first inning to take the early 1-0 lead. Doniphan County tied the game in the second inning on four straight two-out hits including an RBI single by Jeffrey Watts. In the bottom of the third, Donipihan County took the lead with a five-run inning, using three Hiawatha errors, a balk call and three-hits to score. Phoenix Keller highlighted the five-run inning with a monster two-run homerun, while Watts added his second RBI single of the game, giving Doniphan County a 6-1 lead through three innings.

Hiawatha looked to get right back into it and worked the bases loaded in the top of the fourth inning but left the bases loaded in the inning, while Doniphan County added another run in the sixth making it 7-1. Down to their final three-outs, Hiawatha got some late offense in the top of the seventh scoring two-runs but Doniphan County held off Hiawatha enough for the 7-3 win.

Watts paced Doniphan County on the night earning the complete game victory on the mound going seven innings, giving up three-runs on five hits, six walks, a hit batter and striking out four, while also going 3-3 offensively with two RBI's earning him McDonald's "Player of the Game" honors on KNZA. Keller and Nathan Gaarder added multi-hit games as Keller finished 2-3 with a two-run homer, two runs scored and two RBI's and Gaarder wrapped up the game 2-3 with a double, two runs scored, RBI and reached on an error.

Hiawatha in the loss was led by Hasenkamp who finished the game 2-3 with a double and two RBI's. While, Shawn Green pitched well but took the loss going six innings, giving up seven runs only three earned on 10 hits, a walk and struck out one.

Just like game one, game two started with Hiawatha getting on the board first as the tallied a pair of runs in the top of the first with a two RBI double by Taylor Jacobsen. Doniphan County got a run back in the bottom of the first making it 2-1 after one inning. Hiawatha kept their scoring going in the second adding four-runs on four-hits, a Doniphan County error and a walk, with Hasenkamp coming up with an RBI double to make it 6-1 Hiawatha.

Next two half innings were scoreless between the two teams and then things broke open for Doniphan County in the bottom of the third as they scored 13 runs to take firm control of the game. Doniphan County used seven-hits, five walks and three hit batters to do the damage in the third, as a Watts three RBI double highlighted the inning. Eight of the 13 runs scored in the third by Doniphan County were tallied with nobody out, while the final five came with two-outs.

Hiawatha got a pair of runs back in the top of the fourth to make it a 14-8 game but Doniphan County added a run in the bottom of the fourth and shut the door in the top of the fifth for the 15-8 win.

Keller led the charge for Doniphan County earning the win in relief going three and one-third giving up two-runs on five hits, a walk and struck out six, while going 2-2 at the plate with two runs scored and three RBI's. Watts added another multi-hit game to his night going 2-3 with a run scored and four RBI's, while Colton Masters was 1-2 with run scored and three RBI's.

Ryker Smith led Hiawatha in the loss going 3-3 with two runs scored, while Jacobsen finished 2-2 with a double, two RBI, a run scored and a walk and Hasenkamp was 2-3 with a double, two runs scored and two RBI.

With the pair of wins Doniphan County wrapped up the regular season with a 21-7 overall record and 14-2 mark in League play, while Hiawatha finished the regular season 7-25 and 3-17 in League play.

Sabetha Sweeps Rock Creek in Non-League Doubleheader to Wrap Up Regular Season

Using strong pitching performances Sabetha wrapped up the regular season with a pair of wins at home against non-league foe, Rock Creek winning 7-3 and 6-2.

Jake Meyer led the Sabetha Raptors on the mound in game one with his second straight complete game giving up three runs on six hits to earn the win. The offense helped Meyer giving him run-support to work with as Sabetha scored five-runs in the fourth inning on five singles and a pair of walks, taking the 5-2 led at that point. The trio of Dustin Boeckman, Gaven Schumann and Blake Popkess opened the fourth with three straight singles with Brandon Poe and Taylor Bauman added singles in the inning, too. In the fifth, Sabetha tacked on two more runs with a Keegan Schumann solo homerun and a sacrifice fly by Tyler Hackney, leading to the 7-3 win.

In game two it was Dustin Gruber and Alec Kirwan making their legion pitching debuts for Sabetha and they combined for the 6-2 Sabetha win in five innings. Gruber got the start and pitching three and two-thirds innings earning the win, while Kirwan finished the game to earn the save. Kirwan took over for Gruber in the fourth with runners at first and second and Alec's first pitched notched an inning-ending double play. Offensively Sabetha plated all six of their runs in the third inning on just two hits and six free passes, with Bauman and Gaven Schumann as the only Raptors to get a hit in the game.

With the doubleheader sweep Sabetha closes out the regular season with a 23-15 record.