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If Train A leaves Chicago traveling 100 mph and Train B leaves New York traveling 150 mph and the distance between Chicago and New York is 600 miles, how far from New York will the trains be when they meet?
The state tournament is scheduled for Principal Park through the 2013 season. Future tentative dates are: 2011 — July 22-23, 25-30 2012 — July 20-21, 23-28 2013 — July 26-27, 29-August 3 2014 — July 25-26, 28-August 2 2015 — July 24-25, 27-August 1
Carroll Kuemper Catholic took advantage of five Davis County errors, the last of which allowed the winning run to score in the eighth inning, as the Knights walked off with an extra-inning win over the Mustangs 5-4 Thursday night in a Class 2A state tournament semifinal. With the win, Kuemper advances to the Class 2A finals where it will play top-ranked and number one seed Solon. Kuemper was able to take an early 2-0 lead as Davis County starting pitcher Josh Martsching put the leadoff man on in his first three innings of work and Kuemper took advantage in the second and third. Bryce Berg walked to start the bottom of the second inning, took second base on a wild pitch and moved to third on a single from Tyler Naberhaus. Casey Berg walked to load the bases and Martsching issued his fourth walk of the game that forced in Berg and gave the Knights a 1-0 lead. Kuemper added to their lead in the bottom of the third after Ethan Schoeppner reached first on a hit-by-pitch. Schoeppner stole second and advanced to third after the throw from Davis County catcher Kyle Graves bounced over the shortstop. Pitcher Kent Knobbe then hit a ground ball straight to the shortstop Calvin Mathews. Mathews decided to throw home in an attempt to cut down Schoeppner. The throw arrived late and Kuemper took a 2-0 lead. The Mustangs got their offense going in the fifth inning. Josh Martsching singled to lead off the inning and Knights’ pitcher Knobbe walked Zach Fligg to put two men on with no outs. Knobbe was relieved by Chris Halbur who was greeted with a two-run triple from Coleton Mathews. Calvin Mathews then hit a sacrifice fly to left field to give the Mustangs a 3-2 advantage. Davis County looked to be in control of the game, as they added a run in the top of the sixth on back-to-back doubles and had retired eight straight Kuemper batters. A pair of costly errors allowed the Knights to get back in the game in the bottom of the sixth. Naberhaus led off with a single and Casey Berg reached on an error by the second baseman. After the error at second, the pitcher Martsching was relieved by Chris Halbur. Halbur successfully got two outs and appeared to be out of the inning when another error was committed. Cody Williams skied a ball to left field that the Mustang left-fielder appeared to catch but then dropped out of his glove. The error allowed the Knights to score two runs to knot the game a 4-4. It would be Naberhaus again who got the magic going for Kuemper in the bottom of the eighth. He singled to lead off the inning and Casey Berg put a sacrifice bunt down the third base line. It was cleanly fielded by Nic Johnson but the throw sailed over the first baseman's head and allowed Naberhaus to score from first to end the game. Halbur (11-1) got the win in relief for Kuemper. He pitched four innings and gave up two runs on three hits. Halbur struck out five and walked none. Calvin Mathews (15-1) received the loss, his first of the year. He gave up one run (none earned) on one hit in two innings. Davis County ends their season and 34-2.
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