Baseball: Ogallala Juniors defeat Broken Bow on Sunday, May 24th, 2026

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Originally published on Friday, June 5th, 2026, at 4:06 p.m. Mountain Time

By: Evan Troxel

The Ogallala Adams Insurance Advisors Junior Legion Baseball team defeated the Broken Bow Junior Legion Baseball team by a final score of 11 to 3 on Sunday, May 24th, 2026, at the Ogallala American Legion Field in Ogallala, Nebraska.

Ogallala won after four and a half-plus innings because of the eight-run rule.

This was a good win (and a much needed win) for the Ogallala Junior Legion squad to kickoff the season in the very first game of the Legion Baseball season at home in Ogallala and also the Ogallala Junior Legion team didn't win a single game at home at all last season if I am not mistaken.

Queston Young scored two runs for Broken Bow and was hit by a pitch once and also walked once. Owen Hawkins had one run batted in and he got hit by a pitch twice on the helmet!

Keegan Florom pitched three innings for Ogallala, giving up two runs, two earned runs, zero hits, six batters hit by the pitch and three strikeouts.

Ogallala's Evan Heilman pitched two innings allowing one run, zero earned runs, zero hits, four walks and one strikeout.

Keegan Florom, Levi Nolt and Porter Tjaden each scored two runs for Ogallala.

Keegan Florom went 0 for 3, but reached base twice and walked one of those two times he got on-base.

Levi Nolt went 2 for 4 with a double and had one RBI officially but three runs scored because of his hitting.

Porter Tjaden went 2 for 3 with one RBI.

Broken Bow's Cooper Busch pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up eight runs (four earned runs) on five hits, he walked five and struck out two.

Nate Lowry pitched one inning giving up three runs (one earned run for sure and it probably should be two earned runs at least) on three hits, he walked one batter and hit one batter and struck out zero.

In the top of the first inning, Florom struck out the first two batters, Cooper Busch swinging and Queston Young looking and then he got Aiden Page to pop up to him (Keegan Florom).

In the bottom of the first inning, Ogallala's Daniel Dowdy reached base on a fielding error by the right fielder Jake Bumgarner.

Dowdy then was tagged out stealing second base by Broken Bow's shortstop Queston Young from catcher Aiden Page.

Keegan Florom struck out swinging and then right-handed batter Levi Nolt grounded out to pitcher Cooper Busch on a baseball that was in foul territory on the first base side and actually came back into the field of play on a rare, unusual bounce.

In the top of the second inning, Keegan Florom hit back-to-back batters.

Then he got Zakk Miller to pop out to him on a bunt attempt and then Florom threw to shortstop Levi Nolt to complete an unusual double play where Owen Hawkins was doubled off second base!

Jake Bumgarner then grounded out to third to end the inning.

In the bottom of the second inning, Luke Minster grounded out to third baseman Zakk Miller.

Porter Tjaden then made it to second base after a fielding error by the first baseman Owen Hawkins.

After a Joey Kupper walk, a wild pitch allowed Tjaden to go to third base and Kupper to second base.

A single to center field by Jonah Saner allowed Tjaden and Kupper to score and Ogallala took a 2-0 lead as Jonah Saner advanced to second base on the throw home to try to get Kupper out.

Jerzy Wolicki then walked. Jonah Saner then got picked off at second base, catcher Aiden Page to shortstop Queston Young.

Richard Handy then struck out swinging for Ogallala to end the inning.

In the top of the third inning, Isaiah Kinman got hit by a pitch and then advanced to second on a Zach Longellow groundout to first.

Cooper Busch popped out to the second baseman Jonah Saner.

Queston Young then got hit by a pitch, and so did Aiden Page and Owen Hawkins and Kinman scored Broken Bow's first run of the game to make the score Broken Bow one and Ogallala two.

With the bases loaded, a wild pitch by Keegan Florom allowed Queston Young to score and tie the game up two runs apiece!

Nate Lowry then struck out looking to end the inning for Broken Bow.

To start the bottom of the third inning, Daniel Dowdy grounded out to Broken Bow first baseman Owen Hawkins.

Keegan Florom then made it to first base on a fielding error by shortstop Queston Young.

Levi Nolt then singled to center field.

Luke Minster then tripled to left field and Ogallala led 4-1 as Florom and Nolt each scored on the play!

Porter Tjaden then singled home Minster on a hit to center field and Ogallala led 5-1.

Tjaden advanced to second on a wild pitched.

Joey Kupper then walked.

Jonah Saner then was up to bat and he advanced to second base on a throwing error by Broken Bow pitcher Cooper Busch, while Tjaden scored and Kupper advanced to third and was thrown out at home by first baseman Owen Hawkins to catcher Aiden Page and Ogallala led 6 to 1.

After a Jerzy Wolicki walk, Richard Handy hit the ball to third baseman Zakk Miller and Wolicki was forced out at second base by second baseman Zach Longfellow.

To start the fourth inning, Evan Heilman struck out Broken Bow's Zakk Miller swinging and then Ogallala's catcher Keegan Florom threw to first baseman Joey Kupper to complete the strikeout.

Jake Bumgarner then walked, stole second and advanced to third base on a passed ball.

Isaiah Kinman also walked and then stole second.

Zach Longfellow then popped out to Ogallala third baseman Porter Tjaden.

Cooper Busch then grounded out to Ogallala shortstop Levi Nolt and Broken Bow was held scoreless in the fourth inning.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, Daniel Dowdy popped out to catcher Aiden Page.

Then, Keegan Florom walked and advanced to second base on a throwing error by pitcher Cooper Busch.

Levi Nolt doubled to left field and Florom scored on the play.

That was the end of the day for Cooper Busch pitching for Broken Bow and Nate Lowry took over on the mound.

Luke Minster then doubled and Nolt scored and Ogallala led at that point 8 to 2!

Porter Tjaden then singled to the third baseman.

Joey Kupper then popped out to the pitcher Nate Lowry and Jonah Saner grounded out to the shortstop and that ended the fourth inning.

To start the fifth inning, Queston Young walked.

Aiden Page then popped up to third baseman Porter Tjaden. Tjaden then made a throwing error over the pitcher's head and Young took second base as a result.

Young advanced to third on a stolen base attempt and scored as a result on the throwing error by catcher Keegan Florom and Broken Bow trailed 8 to 3.

After a questionable error by Ogallala's catcher Keegan Florom on a pop up in foul territory, Owen Hawkins grounded out to Ogallala first baseman Joey Kupper.

Nate Lowry walked and stole second and then Zakk Miller lined out to left fielder Luke Minster.

To start the bottom of the fifth inning, Ogallala's Jerzy Wolicki walked, Richard Handy singled and then the Broken Bow catcher allowed a passed ball and Wolicki advanced to third base and Handy advanced to second base.

Daniel Dowdy then got hit by a pitch and the bases were loaded for Ogallala.

Keegan Florom then popped out to the Broken Bow shortstop for the first out of the inning.

A wild pitch by Nate Lowry scored Wolicki to give Ogallala a 9 to 3 lead, and Handy advanced to third and Dowdy advanced to second base.

Levi Nolt then hit the ball to right field and a fielding error by the Broken Bow right fielder allowed Richard Handy to score.

Then, on the same play, after the throw to the catcher at home plate, Broken Bow had Ogallala's Daniel Dowdy in a serious pickle and then the Broken Bow catcher throw the ball into left field and Dowdy scored and Ogallala won the game by a final score of 11 to 3 because of the eight-run mercy rule!

Broken Bow scored three runs and had zero hits and left seven people on-base. Ogallala committed three errors on defense.

Ogallala scored 11 runs and had eight hits, and had five people left on-base. Broken Bow committed seven errors on defense.

For Broken Bow, Isaiah Kinman scored a run and also got hit by a pitch once and he also walked once.

Nate Lowry got hit by a pitch and also walked once.

Aiden Page got hit by a pitch once.

Jake Bumgarner walked once.

For Ogallala, Luke Minster went 2 for 3, scored one run and had two RBI's.

Jonah Saner went 1 for 3, he had two RBI's officially and three runs scored because of his hitting.

Joey Kupper went 0 for 1 and he reached base twice because of walks and he also scored once.

Daniel Dowdy went 0 for 3, but he got on-base twice (once by a hit by pitch) and he scored one run.

Richard Handy went 1 for 3, he got on-base once and he scored one run.

Jerzy Wolick went 0 for 0, he walked three times and he scored once.

Broken Bow is 0-3 on the season currently at the Junior Legion level.

Ogallala is 3-4 or 3-5 at the Junior Legion level so far this season before today's games at Lexington on Friday, June 5th, 2026.

Ogallala's next home game will be against Holdrege on Saturday, June 6th, 2026. The Senior Legion game will be after the Junior Legion game which starts at 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time.

The Adams Bank & Trust team will also play again on Sunday, June 7th, 2026, at home against Minden. Again, the Senior Legion game will be after the Junior Legion game which starts at 1:00 p.m. Mountain Time.

Ogallala will also have Senior Legion home games against Kearney at 4:30 p.m. on June 11th and also against Chadron on the same day at 7:00 p.m. Mountain Time (about 20 minutes after the game against Kearney at least).

The Ogallala Junior Legion baseball team's next game will be at Lexington on June 5th, a Junior doubleheader starting at 5:30 p.m. Central Time.

Ogallala will also have a Junior and a Senior Legion game at Loomis with game one starting at 5:30 p.m. Central Time on Tuesday, June 9th.

Ogallala will have two games at Gothenburg on Wednesday, June 10th. Game one will feature the Ogallala Prep team (the team below the Junior Legion level) at 4:30 p.m. Central Time while game two will be a Junior Legion game at 6:30 p.m. Central Time.