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De Pere and Bay Port Capture JV State Championships

     The Fox River Valley American Legion League swept the junior varsity state championships as De Pere won the 17-and-under title and Bay Port clinched the 16-and-under crown on Aug. 2.
     De Pere won its second title in three years by beating the same opponent at the same location with a 4-3 triumph over Eau Claire in Marinette. De Pere, which finished runner-up in the Fox River Valley North Division at the varsity level this season, scored two runs in the top of the seventh to pull out the win and finish 5-0 in the tournament and 28-8 overall.
     Joe Young hit a sacrifice fly to score Evan Turriff to tie the game and Tom Tollefson followed with a two-out, run-scoring single to drive in Gavin Scray with the go-ahead run. Brandon Byrne retired the side in order in the bottom of the seventh to finish off a complete game six-hitter. Tollefson was two-for-four and Scray was two-for-three, while Turriff walked three times and scored each time.
     Bay Port's Chris Wakefield pitched a complete game three-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts in a 9-0 win over host Wisconsin Rapids. Wakefield and Jerrod Jossart were both two-for-three at the plate with a double. Bay Port avenged a loss to Wisconsin Rapids from Monday night and finished 33-5 overall. It was Bay Port's first junior varsity state championship.
     Neenah fell one game short of the title game, losing to Wisconsin Rapids 8-5 earlier on Tuesday. The game was tied 3-3 before Wisconsin Rapids struck for five runs in the bottom of the sixth.