Humboldt downs Gilbert in 3A district final, 6-4

The Humboldt High baseball team moved within one game of the state tournament by holding off Gilbert, 6-4 Monday night (July 20) in a Class 3A district championship at Wildcat Field. Humboldt, now 24-7 overall on the season, will face 22-10 Boone in a substate final on Wednesday night (July 22) in Boone. Boone defeated Perry, 5-1 in a district final Monday night in Boone. The winner of Wednesday's substate final advances to the state tournament in Des Moines July 28.Humboldt collected seven hits at the plate to back the 8-hit pitching of ChrisWitzke, who struck out 11 with no walks.See full story in this week's Humboldt Independent Newspaper. Subscribe today for full access to the print and/or digital editions of the Independent by clicking the link above.