Bulldog Freshman Team Wins Home Tourney in Dramatic Fashion
- RoMoAthletics
- Apr 12
- 3 min read
April 11th, 2026
In the Championship game of the Rolla Freshman/C Team Baseball Tournament, the Bulldogs found themselves trailing Capital City 7 to 12 heading into the bottom of the 7th.
With rally caps in position, the Bulldogs began their comeback capped off by a game winning RBI single by Freshman Ty Jenkins, giving the Bulldogs the title, 13 to 12.
Tournament Format
The C Team / Freshman Tournament featured 8 teams structured in a pool play format played over 2 days. The winners of each pool would then meet in the championship contest.
Pool A consisted of Rolla, New Covenant, Sullivan, Waynesville and host Rolla. Pool B was made up of Cap City, West Plains, Camdenton and Union.
Pool Play games began on Friday at noon with Pool A games being played at FCNB at Rolla High School, while Pool B games were played at Green Acres Park.
Pool Play wrapped up on Saturday morning with all games being played at Rolla High School on FCNB Field with the first game beginning at 9am and the Championship Game scheduled for 5pm.
Bulldogs Take down Waynesville to secure spot in Championship
In the first contest of Saturday, the Bulldogs were able to hang on and defeat Waynesville, 12 to 7 on their way to the Championship Contest later Saturday evening.
Key performances include:
Henry Noellsch. Went 2 for 2, drove in 1 run, stole a base and scored twice.
Ty Jenkins went 2 for 3, including a double while getting an RBI and swiping a base.
Brendaen Bailey went 1 for 2 with 2 RBIs and a stolen base to help his own cause. He was the winning pitcher throwing 2.1 innings and striking out 4.
Bringing home the Championship!
In what has to be the game of the year at all levels of the program, the Freshmen team show a ton of resilience in battling back from a 7 to 12 deficit.
But it wasn’t just the deficit they were facing in the bottom of the 7th inning. They were facing 2 outs with 2 runners on and down 5. The Bulldogs claw and fight their way back into the game. It was a single by Ty Jenkins that drove in the winning run leading to the Championship versus Cap City, 13-12.
Bulldog Performances:
Quentin Girondo: 2 for 4, 3 Runs, 4 RBIs
Ty Jenkins: 2 for 5, 1 Double, 1 RBI
Graham Nickels: 1 for 2, 2 Runs, 2 RBIs
Trenton Wilkins: 1 for 3, 2 Runs, 1 SB. Also the winning pitcher going for 2.1 inning, giving up 4 hits, 2 runs (0 earned runs) and striking out 4.
Westin Richards: Threw for 4.0 innings, gave up 3 hits, 3 Runs (only 1 earned) and fanning 2.
Head Coach Ken Hohe and the Varsity Bulldogs were able to make it back in time to cheer on the freshmen squad. Coach Hohe was excited to see the resiliency, heart and determination from the young Bulldogs.
In the post game Coach Hohe made sure the team understood how he felt. “Too many great plays, great moments, great games to single out 1 or 2, so Game Balls for all of our 9th graders and all 3 of our coaches!”
Coach Hohe went on to thank the Varsity players who took time out of their nights to come and support the team from the dugout and then later storming the field after the win. This is what building a program is about.
Coach Hohe closed with these thoughts that this team probably don’t remember it happening at the time, but has sure to have witnessed it in stories and replays, “The game tonight reminded me of a certain Cardinals game some 15+ years ago with Joe Buck saying,
"See you tomorrow night!"”
Tourament Results
Pool A
Friday Results
Rolla defeated New Covenant, 7-5
Rolla defeated Sullivan, 12-2
Waynesville defeated New Covenant, 12-11
Sullivan defeated Waynesville, 12-4
Saturday Results
Rolla defeats Waynesville, 12-7
Sullivan defeats New Covenant, 6-4
Final Pool A Standings
Rolla (3-0)
Sullivan (2-1)
Waynesville (1-2)
New Covenant (0-3)
Pool B
Friday Results
Cap City defeats West Plains, 16-7
Cap City defeats Camdenton, 9-3
Union defeats West Plains, 12-5
Union defeats Camdenton, 7-6
Saturday Results
Cap City ties Union 8-8, tie breaker goes Cap City on runs scored
Camdenton defeats West Plains, 11-4
Final Pool B Standings
Capital City (2-0-1) via tiebreaker
Union (2-0-1)
Camdenton (1-2)
West Plains (0-3)
Championship Game
Rolla defeats Capital City, 13-12