Union Bank picked the right time to shed its mid-summer blahs.

In a rematch of the Class B state baseball championship game, Union Bank (Lincoln Pius X) turned the tables on Omaha Gross to earn a 12-4 victory Friday in the Mike Peterson Baseball Tournament at Den Hartog Field.

Gross earned a 4-2 win over Pius X in the high school title game back in May.

Later Friday, Union Bank was leading North Platte 3-1 in the top of the second inning when that game was suspended because of rain.

Tournament games at all four sites were called because of lightning and wet grounds. Tournament officials said games slated for today would be played as scheduled. If the games from Friday night are needed to determine a team's finish in pool play, they will be resumed Sunday morning before the playoffs begin.

"The last week, our enthusiasm level was pretty down," said Union Bank coach Troy Charf. "We took the weekend off, although I'm not certain that helped.

"But the last couple of games, our guys have played with more enjoyment of the game."

Of course, it is easier to enjoy the game when you are having some success.

"I think every team goes through that during the summer with so many games," said Charf. "When you lose during those times of mental grinds, it's disheartening. And when you win, it becomes evident that you can break through.

"The last couple of games, we seemed to enjoy each other's company a bit more."

Union Bank scored six runs in the second inning, sparked by Dylan Oberembt's two-run triple. In a five-run fifth inning, Oberembt had another two-run triple and then scored on a double by Trevon McGill.

Brandon Nickolite struck out four and went the distance for the victory.

At Sherman Field, Pinnacle Bank (Lincoln Southwest) had jumped to a 4-0 lead when the rain and lightning ended play going into the top of the third inning.

Dain Sudik singled and advanced on an error and a hit by Adam Lavelle and then scored on a groundout by Mark Korsakas in the first inning.

Tanner Lubach walked to open the second, Duston Bloch singled and then Rylan Cotton reached on a bunt single. Ryan Haas drove in a run with a sacrifice fly and after Bloch scored on a wild pitch, Taylor Anderson plated another run with a groundout.

"I called for Rylan to drag bunt and try to beat it out and it was a very nice bunt," said Pinnacle coach Doug Kaltenberger. "As strong as Vince (Flynn, starting pitcher) looked, I thought he'd hold them at by and so I wasn't ready to sacrifice bunt."

Flynn had four strikeouts in two innings and two infield groundouts.

"Vince was dominating. He was changing speeds and locating right on the money," said Kaltenberger. "He threw 26 pitches, which is essentially like bullpen work. We're hoping he can come back tomorrow and pitch for us."

Reach Ryly Jane Hambleton at rhambleton@journalstar.com or 473-7314.

Peterson Tournament

American League East

Fremont 2-0

Kearney 1-1

Omaha Burke 1-1

Anoka, Minn. 0-1

Pinnacle Bank (Southwest) 0-1

Friday's results

* game to be played Sunday, if neccesary

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST

Omaha Burke 4, Pinnacle Bank 3

Fremont 10, Omaha Burke 1

Fremont 9, Kearney 6

Kearney 11, Anoka, Minn. 3

*Pinnacle Bank vs. Kearney, rain

Saturday's games

At Densmore Park 1: 9:30 a.m.-Fremont vs. Pinnacle Bank; noon-Anoka, Minn., vs. Fremont; 2:30 p.m.-Omaha Burke vs. Anoka, Minn.; 5 p.m.-Kearney vs. Omaha Burke; 7:30 p.m.-Pinnacle Bank vs. Kearney.

American League West

Millard South 2-0

U-Stop (East) 1-0

JC Brager (Southeast) 1-1

Hastings 0-1

Omaha Central 0-2

Friday's results

U Stop 8, Omaha Central 4

JC Brager 8, Omaha Central 2

Millard South 8, JC Brager 3

Millard South 8, Hastings 1

*U Stop vs. Hastings, rain

Saturday's games

At SHERMAN FIELD: 9:30 a.m.-U-Stop vs. JC Brager; noon-Millard South vs. U-Stop; 2:30 p.m.-Omaha Central vs. Millard South; 5 p.m.-Hastings vs. Omaha Central; 7:30 p.m.-JC Brager vs. Hastings.

National League East

Millard West 2-0

Anderson Ford (North Star) 1-1

Grand Island 1-1

Elkhorn 0-1

Judds Brothers (Northeast) 0-1

Friday's results

Anderson Ford 9, Judds Brothers 1

Millard West 8, Anderson Ford 0

Millard West 12, Grand Island 3

Grand Island 16, Elkhorn 2

*Elkhorn vs. Judds Brothers, rain

Saturday's games

At DEN HARTOG FIELD: 9:30 a.m.-Grand Island vs. Anderson Ford; noon- Judds Brothers vs. Grand Island; 2:30 p.m.-Millard West vs. Judds Brothers; 5 p.m.-Elkhorn vs. Millard West; 7:30 p.m.- Anderson Ford vs. Elkhorn.

National League West

North Platte 1-0

Union Bank (Pius X) 1-0

Beatrice 1-1

Omaha Gross 1-1

Sampson Construction (L. High) 0-2

Friday's results

Union Bank 12, Omaha Gross 4

Omaha Gross 8, Sampson Construction 0

Beatrice 2, Sampson Construction 1

North Platte 5, Beatrice 2

*North Platte vs. Union Bank, rain

Saturday's games

At Densmore Park 2: 9:30 a.m.-Beatrice vs. Union Bank; noon-Omaha Gross vs. Beatrice; 2:30 p.m.-North Platte vs. Omaha Gross; 5 p.m.-Sampson Construction vs. North Platte; 7:30 p.m.-Union Bank vs. Sampson Construction.

PLAYOFFS

Sunday

At Densmore Park 1: 9:30 a.m.-NL East 5th place vs. NL West 5th place; noon-NL East 4th place vs. NL West 4th place.

At Densmore Park 2: 9:30 a.m.-AL East 5th place vs. AL West 5th place; noon-AL East 4th place vs. AL West 4th place.

At DEN HARTOG FIELD: 9:30 a.m.-AL East 3rd place vs. AL West 3rd place; noon-AL East 1st place vs. AL West 1st place; 2:30 p.m.-AL East 2nd place vs. AL West 2nd place.

At Sherman Field: 9:30 a.m.-NL East 3rd place vs. NL West 3rd place; noon-NL East 1st place vs. NL West 1st place; 2:30 p.m.-NL East 2nd place vs. NL West 2nd place; 5 p.m.-AL champion vs. NL champion.

Millard South 8, Hastings 1

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Millard South 004 400 X - 8 13 0

W-Harris. L-Lanaster. 2B-Millard South: Vogt, Headley.

Highlights-John Sorensen and Blake Headley each had two hits and Dylan Vogt drove in three runs for Millard South.

Union Bank 12, Omaha Gross 4

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Omaha Gross 002 020 - 4 8 4

W-Nickolite. L-Dostal. 2B-UB: McGill, Oberembt 2.

Omaha Burke 4, Pinnacle Bank 3

Omaha Burke 100 002 1 - 4 6 1

Pinnacle Bank 000 101 1 - 3 9 1

W-Plath. L-Cotton. 2B-OB: Siwa; PB: Flynn, Lubach.

Highlights-Mike Siwa drove in what proved to be the winning run with an RBI double in the top of the seventh. Vince Flynn was 2-for-3 for Pinnacle and Tanner Lubach was 1-for-1 with a double and two RBIs.

Fremont 10, Omaha Burke 1

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Omaha Burke 000 01 - 1 6 2

W-Drucker. L-Quadhamer. 2B-Fre: Ostrom 3, Patrick; OB: Harris. 3B-Fre: Beranek.

Highlights-Josh Ostrom was 3-for-3 with three doubles and Justin Beranek hit a bases-loaded triple in the eight-run fourth inning. Warren Drucket struck out seven to get the win.

Fremont 9, Kearney 6

Kearney 102 120 0 - 6 14 1

Fremont 002 340 x - 9 8 2

W-Hahn. L-Higgins. S-Beranke. 2B-Kea: Klute, Molina; Fre: Krumweide, Patrick, Ostrom.

Highlights-Josh Ostrom was 2-for-3 and doubled in two runs in the four-run fifth inning for the win. Justin Beranke was 1-for-1 with two RBIs and also got the save for Michael Hahn.

Kearney 11, Anoka, Minn. 3

Anoka 002 10 - 3 6 2

Kearney 030 26 - 11 8 2

W-Follmer. L-Elwood. 2B-Anoka: Jensen, Wicks; Kea: Klute.

Highlights-Chandler Klute was 3-for-3 with an RBI, Tret Nygren scored two runs and drove in two and Wes Knott drove in two runs.

U-Stop 8, Omaha Central 4

Omaha Central 200 200 0 - 4 6 2

U-Stop 140 102 X - 8 11 2

W-Olson. L-Kuhn. S-Lux. 2B-Holmes-Murphy: Hopper. U-Stop: Boswick, Hohensee. HR-U-Stop: Bostwick.

Highlight-Bryce Bostwick had three hits and two RBI for U-Stop.

JC Brager 8, Omaha Central 2

JC Brager 000 512 0 - 8 9 1

Omaha Central 000 011 0 - 2 2 0

W-Jurgensen. L-Kuzelka. 2B-JC Brager: Kirk, DePriest, Tarletsky.

Highlight-Jaydee Jurgensen pitched a complete game two-hitter and struck out nine for JC Brager.

Millard South 8, JC Brager 3

Millard South 015 010 1 - 8 10 2

JC Brager 020 100 0 - 3 7 1

Highlight-Jordan Kirk hit a double for JC Brager.

Anderson Ford 9, Judds Brothers 1

Judds Bros. 000 10 - 1 4 2

Anderson Ford 530 01 - 9 11 1

W-Benne. L-Hoodjer. 2B-Judds Bros: Francis (2). Anderson Ford: Molifua, Bolles (2). HR-Anderson Ford: Molifua, Hartley.

Highlights-Jared Benne pitched a complete game and held Judds Bros. to four hits. Tyler Francis had two doubles for Judds Bros.

Millard West 8, Anderson Ford 0

Anderson Ford 000 00 - 0 4 3

Millard West 012 41 - 8 10 0

W-Niederklein. L-Ruhl. 2B-Anderson Ford: Jackson, Bolles. Millard West: Kruger (20), Smutny. 3B-Millard West: Standish.

Highlight-Tyler Niederklein pitched a complete game shutout.

Millard West 12, Grand Island 3

Millard West 430 14 - 12 15 0

Grand Island 201 00 - 3 3 2

W-Ware. L-Gulzow. 2B-Millard West: Miller (2). HR-Millard West: Miller, Standish. Grand Island: Zook.

Highlights-Aaron Lorraine, Brett Bass and Alex Miller each had three hits for Millard West. Luke Farrar was 2-for-3 and Nate Zook had a home run for Grand Island.

Grand Island 16, Elkhorn 2

Grand Island (10)33 00 - 16 3 2

Elkhorn 000 01 - 2 5 3

W-Fruchtl. L-Johnson. 2B-Grand Island: Wells. 3B-Grand Island: Farrar, Tjaden. HR-Grand Island: Zook, Brown.

Highlight-Nate Zook sparked a 10-run first inning for Grand Island with a grand slam.

Omaha Gross 8, Sampson Construction 0

Sampson Construct. 000 000 0 - 0 3 2

Omaha Gross 000 143 X - 8 8 1

W-Rosales. L-Philippi.

Highlight-Troy Rosales pitched a three-hitter and struck out eight for Omaha Gross.

Beatrice 2, Sampson Construction 1

Beatrice 100 001 0 - 2 6 2

Sampson Construct. 010 000 0 - 1 3 2

W-Rivers. L-Effle. 2B-Sampson Construction: Kingston.

Highlight-Darin Effle pitched a complete game and struck out eight for Sampson Construction.