By John Rittenhouse
Adrian won four straight games to win the Second Division of the Lincoln D. Wacker Foundation American Legion Baseball Tournament in Jackson over the weekend.
The Dragons won all four of its games to take top honors in their five-team pool.
Adrian opened the tournament by beating Jackson II 11-1 and Welcome 13-9 Saturday.
The Dragons nipped Okabena 9-8 Sunday before wrapping up the division title with a 16-1 victory over Minnesota Lake later in the day.
A nine-run first inning by the Dragons set the stage for an easy victory over Jackson II during Saturday's opener.
Adrian went on to outscore the Jackson squad 2-1 the rest of the way to win by 10 runs in four innings.
Tannar Heronimus pitched four innings of three-hit ball to pick up the win.
Levi Bullerman and Dusty Spieker both went two-for-three at the plate, while Dusty Henning, Brandon Wolf, Pete Hohn, Joe Kruger, Cliff Lynn, Matt Eickhoff and Heronimus picked up one hit each.
Adrian opened an 8-0 lead after three and one-half innings during Saturday's second game against Welcome and coasted to a 13-9 victory.
Tyler Wolf pitched four innings to pick up the win, while Hohn and Heronimus worked one inning each in relief.
Bullerman and Eickhoff led the way at the plate with four and three hits respectively, while Spieker, Jake Salter and Heronimus added two safeties each. Kruger and Hohn had one hit each.
After falling behind 2-0 early in Sunday's first game against Okabena, Adrian scored nine consecutive runs before fighting off a late challenge to win 9-8.
Wolf pitched six innings of seven-hit ball to record a victory.
Henning led off the game with a solo homer before slapping a double and a triple during a three-hit performance at the plate.
Derek Vastenhout, Kruger and Spieker clubbed two hits each, while Salter and Glen Kruger added one each.
Adrian fell behind Minnesota Lake 1-0 in the first inning before scoring 16 unanswered runs to win 16-1 in five innings during SundayÕs finale.
Wolf pitched five innings of three-hit ball to gain his second victory of the day.
Bullerman and Salter led the offensive charge with three hits each, while Vastenhout picked up a pair of safeties. Henning, Glen and Joe Kruger, Wolf, Spieker and Nick Weidert had one hit each.
The 6-3 Dragons play a double-header in Worthington Sunday and a twin bill in Luverne Tuesday.