State Baseball Tournament Opens With Upset In 1A

Des Moines, Iowa — Matthew Christopherson’s sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth inning scored the game winner as eighth ranked Kingsley-Pierson rallied to stun top ranked Martensdale-St. Mary’s 3-2 in a class 1A quarterfinal.

The Panthers tied the game by scoring two runs in the top of the sixth. Kingsley-Pierson coach Taylor Doeschot.

The Panthers committed four errors in the bottom of the second in falling behind 2-0 and started their rally with two outs and nobody on in the sixth.

Martensdale-St. Mary’s managed only four hits is suffering only its second loss of the season. Blue Devils coach Jon Fitzpatrick.

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