MITCHELL – The Monarchs continue to rule.

Renner defeated the Sioux Falls Brewers 2-0 in the Class A State Amateur Baseball Tournament championship game Sunday at Cadwell Park for its fifth consecutive title and 20th all-time.

The Monarchs were appearing in their 11th consecutive final – they’ve brought home the first-place hardware nine times during that stretch.

The Brewers – formerly the Brandon Valley Merchants – dropped to 2-5 in title games, with all seven of the appearances coming in the past eight years against the Monarchs. They won in 2010 and 2012.

Renner bounced back from an 8-7 semifinal loss to the Brewers on Friday, riding the arm of Dallas Schneiderman to the championship in the finale.

On Saturday, Renner stayed alive with a 17-13 win over the Vermillion Red Sox, who beat Aberdeen Circus Sports Bar 3-2 in an elimination game earlier in the day.

RENNER MONARCHS

TITLE-GAME APPEARANCES

(one class unless otherwise noted)

Record: 20-7

1939 – Champions, beat Pierre 1-0

1942 – Champions, beat Yankton 6-5

1943 – Champions, beat Gettysburg 6-0

1963 – Champions, beat Larchwood, Iowa, 15-9

1967 – Champions, beat Scotland 4-3

1971 – Runners-up, lost to Canova 8-7

1975 – Class B runners-up, lost to Scotland 7-6

1977 – Runners-up, lost to Aberdeen 14-8

1980 – Champions, beat Hartington, Neb., 11-10

1983 – Champions, beat Scotland 20-17 in 14 innings

(4-hour, 32-minute game)

1993 – Class A runners-up, lost to R.C. Gregs 10-4

1995 – Class B champions, beat Lennox 10-7

** (Lost Class A champions versus Class B champions game to Sioux Falls Silver Bullets 6-3)

2001 – Class A champions, beat Yankton 9-2

2003 – Class A runners-up, lost to Yankton Riverbats 1-0

2004 – Class A champions, beat Brookings 11-0

2005 – Class A champions, beat R.C. Drillers 7-2

2007 – Class A champions, beat Brookings 10-3

2008 – Class A champions, beat R.C. Angels 20-9

2009 – Class A champions, beat Brookings 4-2

2010 – Class A runners-up, lost to B.V. Merchants 5-3

2011 – Class A champions, beat Brandon Valley 7-0

2012 – Class A runners-up, lost to B.V. Merchants 7-6

2013 – Class A champions, beat S.F. Brewers 8-5

2014 – Class A champions, beat Vermillion 11-3

2015 – Class A champions, beat S.F. Brewers 1-0

2016 – Class A champions, beat S.F. Brewers 6-5

2017 – Class A champions, beat S.F. Brewers 2-0

On Saturday, Renner stayed alive with a 17-13 win over the Vermillion Red Sox, who beat Aberdeen Circus Sports Bar 3-2 in an elimination game earlier in the day.

Sunday

Championship

• Renner 2, Sioux Falls Brewers 0

Schneiderman threw his second four-hit shutout of the tournament, and the Monarchs scored single runs in each of the final two frames to secure the title.

He struck out seven batters and walked one, throwing 110 pitches.

Chaz Palmer went 3-for-4 t the plate and had a hand in both of Renner’s runs.

He led off the top of the eighth with a single and moved to second on Grant Hieb’s sacrifice. Brian McGuire reached on an error and, with two outs, David Brochardt walked.

Tim Huber then drew an eight-pitch base on balls to force in Palmer and open the scoring.

Corey Vasquez opened the ninth with a single and quickly advanced on Jason Nyhus’ sacrifice.

Palmer came through with an RBI single to provide the Monarchs with an insurance run.

Sioux Falls had a few two-out scoring opportunities throughout the game, but couldn’t capitalize.

Tom Hill singled in the third, and TJ Miller and Ian Strum were both hit by pitches to load the bases. However, Charlie Dubanoski grounded out to end the threat.

Jose Martinez doubled in the fourth but was stranded after Chris Kessinger lined out to right.

Miller walked and Strum singled in the fifth, before Schneiderman struck out Dubanoski to get out of the inning.

Schneiderman retired 13 of the final 14 batters he faced.

Hieb ended up 3-for-4, Borchardt 2-for-3 and Vasquez 2-for-4 for Renner. Eric DeJong had the team’s other hit.

Bryce Ahrendt took the loss on the mound after allowing two runs – one earned – on 11 hits with nine strikeouts and a walk.

Also collecting a hit for the Brewers was Miller.

Note: Schneiderman’s other four-hit shutout came on just 74 pitches during Renner’s 1-0 defeat of the Castlewood Ravens in the first round on Friday, Aug. 4, in Pierre.

RENNER 2, SIOUX FALLS BREWERS 0

Renner             000 000 011 – 2 11 0

S.F. Brewers     000 000 000 – 0   4 2

Dallas Schneiderman and Corey Vasquez; Bryce Ahrendt and Charlie Dubanoski. W – Schneiderman. L – Ahrendt. 2B: SFB, Jose Martinez.

Saturday

Elimination Games

• Renner 17, Vermillion Red Sox 13

The Monarchs scored the game’s final nine runs to turn a five-run deficit into a four-run victory.

The Red Sox led 5-4 after an inning and eventually took a 13-8 lead after 5 1/2 innings.

In the bottom of the sixth, Renner’s Chaz Palmer plated Nate Hewes, who singled, with a sacrifice fly. Grant Hieb’s two-out RBI single pulled Renner within 13-10.

Two walks and a hit batsmen loaded the bases with one away in the bottom of the seventh.

Jason Nyhus drew a walk off reliever Kendall Hazel to force in Eric DeJong. Palmer’s two-run hit with two outs knotted the score at 13-all.

Brian McGuire was hit by a pitch to open the bottom of the eighth. He moved to third on DeJong’s single and scored on a David Brochardt hit to give the Monarchs their first lead of the game at 14-13.

Hewes tacked on a two-run single and Kevin Knetsch provided for the final margin with an RBI hit.

Renner finished with 18 hits.

Grant Hieb went 3-for-6 with a home run and two RBIs.

Hewes totaled four RBIs and three runs scored while going 3-for-5. Palmer ended up 2-for-3 with a double and four RBIs. Nyhus was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.

Brochardt finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs and three runs. DeJong was 3-for-5 with an RBI and three runs.

Derek Quame earned the pitching win after giving up two runs on three hits and three walks with three strikeouts over the final five innings.

Renner starter Dalton Homeier lasted just one-plus innings, surrendering eight runs on six hits and four walks. Matt Wilber allowed three runs on six hits and a walk in three innings.

Vermillion’s Jake Lamoreux homered, doubled and drove in three runs.

Sam O’Brien was 3-for-4 with an RBI. Tylor Candor totaled two hits and three RBIs. Blake Meechum doubled twice, drove in a run and scored three times.

Dan Hanson had a double, a single and two RBIs. Robin Chute contributed two hits and an RBI. Billy Meechum doubled.

Hazel took the loss after surrendering four runs on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings. Starter Jared Novotny allowed 13 runs – nine earned – on 13 hits and seven walks with three strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.

RENNER 17, VERMILLION RED SOX 13

Vermillion         531 211 000 – 13 15 2

Renner             411 112 34x – 17 18 1

Jared Novotny, Kendall Hazel (7) and Sam O’Brien; Dalton Homeier, Matt Wilber (2), Derek Quame (5) and David Brochardt. W – Quame. L – Hazel. 2B: V, Jake Lamoreux, Blake Meechum 2, Dan Hanson, Billy Meechum; R, Chaz Palmer, Jason Nyhus. HR: V, Lamoreux; R, Grant Hieb.

• Vermillion Red Sox 3, Aberdeen Circus Sports Bar 2

Colin Borchers tossed a six-hitter and Jake Lamoreux homered as the Red Sox eliminated Aberdeen.

Borchers struck out six batters and did not issue a walk.

Lamoreux went yard to open the bottom of the third.

Aberdeen took a 2-1 lead in the fourth as Tyler Newman’s groundout plated Jesse Spangler, who was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, and Christian Cox added an RBI single.

Back-to-back one-out doubles by Billy Meechum and Blake Meechum pulled Vermillion even at 2-2 in the fifth.

Kendall Candor’s run-scoring single put the Red Sox on top for good. He finished the game 2-for-3 with a double.

Aberdeen’s Evan Jordre, who doubled, and Michael Babcock both went 2-for-4.

Joey Wollman took the loss after allowing three runs on eight hits and two walks in five innings. Lucas Heiser pitched three scoreless innings in relief, allowing one hit with a strikeout.

VERMILLION RED SOX 3,

ABERDEEN CIRCUS BAR 2

Aberdeen                   000 200 000 – 2 6 0

Vermillion                   001 020 00x – 3 9 3

Jay Wollman, Lucas Heiser (6) and Kelly Coates; Colin Borchers and Sam O’Brien. W – Borchers. L – Wollman. 2B: A, Evan Jordre; V, Blake Meechum, Kendall Candor, Billy Meechum. HR: V, Jake Lamoreux.