Beaver Dam beat Kewaunee County, 5-1, at the Class AA American Legion baseball tournament at Athletic Park in Merrill on Friday. Top ranked Beaver Dam scored a pair of runs in the second inning on RBI singles from Mitch Graff and Zach Beekman but left 9 runners stranded in the first four innings. The Lakers left the bases loaded in the top of the 4th inning and scored their only run in the 5th inning before leaving the bases loaded for the second straight inning. Will Derenne doubled and scored when Austin Tlachac reached on an error. Tlachac and Bryce Tekulve had the other hits for Kewaunee County. Beaver Dam added 3 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to put the game away. Nathan Yagodinski and Noah Lindsley pitched for Kewaunee County. The Lakers finished (1-2) at the State Tournament and (19-3) for the summer.
