Colton loses in first round

Colton opened the 1B District 7/9 baseball tournament with a 15-7 loss to Odessa.

Playing at Northwest Christian in Colbert Tuesday, the Wildcats committed seven errors, three of them in the fourth inning when Odessa scored six runs to go up 11-4.

Cameron Bean pitched for Colton, allowing three earned runs. At the plate for the Wildcats, Bean hit a double and Parker Druffel, Luke Vining, Kian Ankerson, Matt Wolf and Tom Wolf all had base hits.

Colton now drops to an elimination game against Cusick at 9 a.m. Saturday back at Northwest Christian....