On the back nine, Krause tied the match parring the par-4 11th, then took advantage of Storm’s bogey-4 on No. 13 to take a one-hole advantage. Strom put the pressure right back on Krause winning the 14th, but Krause’s birdie on 15th decided the outcome.
It was Krause’s first win over Strom since defeating him in the 2002 City finals.
Krause will face Evan Wartgow, a 4 and 3 winner over Jim Herbst, in the second round.
Schultz, the top seed in the Championship Flight, eliminated Vince Hotter, 4 and 3.
The 2008 Medalist champion already held a three-hole lead over Hotter when he started the back nine with wins on the par-3 10th and par-4 11th.
Hotter began his comeback assault with a birdie-3 on 12 before parring the par-3 13th, but the momentum was short-lived as Schultz parred the 14th while Hotter had a bogey-5, all but ending his day.
Schultz will next take on Marc Wolfram, a 3 and 2 winner over Luke Tessman.
Dan Roloff and Pat Miller will square off in a Championship Flight second-round match.
Roloff earned a 4 and 3 win over Steve Petrosik, while Miller used the same margin to knock Bill Barfknecht out of the Championship Flight.
Rounding out the Championship Flight quarterfinalists are Jim Majewski and Denny Tessman.
Majewski, a four-time City champion, earned a 3 and 2 decision over first-time Championship Flighter Jason Stead, while Tessman had little trouble with Dick Merriett winning 8 and 7.
Majewski and Tessman will face off in the quarterfinals.
More Flight results appear in today's Daily Union.
JEFFERSON — For the first time top drivers from the Jefferson Speedway and the Rockford Speedway will battle in a home and home series for a large purse and even greater bragging rights.
The top overall finishers will share in nearly $3,000 in added bonuses courtesy of Goodyear Racing tires.
The Rockford contingent will be lead by Ricky Bilderback of Rockton, Ill., the seven time Rockford Champion and top contenders Ryan Carlson, Jon Reynolds, Mike Beyer, Tim Sargent, Matt Berger, Michael Bilderback and Leonard Reimer.
The Jefferson regulars will be lead by Steve Dobbratz, Jon Ovadal, Jr., Roger Behlke, Jason Erickson, Dylan Schuyler, Chris Quam, Mike Taylor, Doug Hahn, Jerry Eckhardt, Curt Thompson and Trent Erdman, among others.
Additionally, the Jefferson Sportsman lead by Dave Oswald, Tom Rents, Terry Wngsness, Chris Erhhardt, James Helmer, Tory Bagley and Schaun Scheel will battle the Rockford Grand Nationals lead by Fred Nason, Darrell Garman, Scott Lawer, Chris Gantz and Ron Young.
“This is a great thing, They come up here and race on our home track and we take them on in their house,” stated Steve Dobbratz, the current late model point leader at Jefferson. “It should be a heck of a race,” he added.
“Jefferson takes some getting used to but I’m sure we’ll give them a good run for it,” Bilderback said.
The first round of this “home-and-home” series will begin Thursday night at Jefferson with time trials at 5:30 p.m. and the first race at 8. The main event will be the Old Glory 50, a 50-lap Late Model feature starting 22 cars.
Also on the program that evening are stock car rides for kids, from 7:15-7:45, big wheel races, coin toss and a fireworks display by the Thundercats.
Jefferson Speedway is located halfway between Jefferson and Cambridge on U.S. Highway 18.
For more information contact Jefferson Speedway at 920-648-2705, or go to its website: www.jeffersonspeedway.com.
EVANSVILLE — A 12-strikeout pitching performance from left-handed hurler John Kotz was not enough to propel the Fort Atkinson American Legion baseball team to victory Tuesday evening in State Line League South Division play.
Fort Atkinson (5-3 overall, 3-3 SLL) squandered numerous scoring opportunities throughout the game and wound up on the wrong end of a 1-0 loss to host Evansville in eight innings.
After pitching seven shutout innings, Kotz came to the mound in the bottom of the eighth frame and promptly walked a pair of batters, one which scored the decisive run on FA’s lone fielding error of the day.
Kotz allowed just four hits and one unearned run over his seven-plus innings of work. In addition to striking out 12 batters, he also walked four to take the loss.
Brandon Deuster finished the night 2-for-2 with a double as the only player in the FA lineup to tally an extra-base hit and notch a multi-hit game.
Lucas Smithyman (1x2), John Kotz (1x3), Casey Musgrove (1x2) and Dan Rowley also tallied hits for FA in the loss.
The squad will look to bounce back Saturday with a road doubleheader against Monroe. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m.
EVANSVILLE 1, FORT ATKINSON 0
Fort Atkinson 000 000 00 — 0 6 1
Evansville 000 000 01 — 1 4 1
Fort Atkinson (ab-r-h-rbi) — Smithyman 2-0-1-0, Frankiewicz 1-0-0-0, Kotz 3-0-1-0, Sherratt 3-0-0-0, Mueller 3-0-0-0, Johnson 2-0-0-0, Deuster 2-0-2-0, Ludwig 1-0-0-0, Schoenherr 2-0-0-0, Musgrove 2-0-1-0, Rowley 3-0-1-0, Budlong 2-0-0-0. — Totals — 26-0-6-0.
Evansville (ab-r-h-rbi) — Keister 3-0-1-0, R. Weaver 3-1-0-0, Cashore 3-0-1-0, Koch 3-0-1-0, J. Weaver 2-0-1-0, Johnson 3-0-0-0, Crans 2-0-0-0, Deininger 2-0-0-0, Lunde 2-0-0-0. — Totals — 23-1-4-0.
HR — None. 3B — None. 2B — Deuster.
Pitching HO — Kotz 4 in 7+; Lunde 4 in 4, Deininger 1 in 2, J. Weaver 1 in 2. ER — Kotz 0; Lunde 0, Deininger 0, J. Weaver 0. SO — Kotz 12; Lunde 3, J. Weaver 3. BB — Kotz 4; Lunde 1, Deininger 2. W — J. Weaver. L — Kotz. |
