YANKTON – The Bobcats and Bucks split a high school baseball doubleheader Sunday.

Brookings (15-6) takes on O’Gorman today at 5 p.m. at Harmodon in Sioux Falls.

Game 1

• Yankton 2, Brookings 1

(9 inn.)

Nathan Hein was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to force in the winning run as the Bucks beat the Bobcats despite managing just one hit in the game.

Ethan Wishon drew a walk to open the ninth. He moved to second on Jordan Kathol’s sacrifice bunt. Mason Townsend walked and Michael Drotzman singled to load the bases.

Wishon scored after Hein was hit by the pitch.

Yankton scored in the second frame as Drotzman reached on an error, took second on Hein’s sacrifice, moved to third on Caid Koletzky’s groundout and later scored on a wild pitch.

Brandin Heesch, who went 2-for-4, pulled the Bobcats even with an RBI single in the seventh.

Kieren Luellman earned the pitching win in relief, giving up one run on eight hits with four strikeouts over the final four frames. Starter Trey Bakke threw five innings of two-hit ball, striking out three batters and walking three.

Jameson Meyer led Brookings’ 10-hit attack with a 3-for-4 performance.

Schoon, who entered in the ninth, took the loss on the mound.

Bobcat starter Cody Niklason did not allow a hit in eight innings of action. He struck out five and walked a pair, and the only run he allowed was unearned.

YANKTON 2, BROOKINGS 1 (9 inn.)

Brookings                    000 000 100 – 1 10 1

Yankton                      010 000 001 – 2   1 0

Cody Niklason, Jacob Schoon (9) and Schoon, Niklason (9); Trey Bakke, Kieren Luellman (6) and Michael Drotzman. W – Luellman. L – Schoon.

Game 2

• Brookings 9, Yankton 7

The Bobcats built a 7-0 lead and then held off the Bucks to salvage a split.

Akren Prodoehl went 3-for-3 with a triple, a walk, four RBIs and three runs scored.

Tyler Kreutner and Brandin Heesch added two hits and two runs scored apiece. Cody Niklason also tallied a pair of hits.

Jacob Devine earned the pitching win after giving up two runs on five hits and three walks with seven strikeouts in five innings.

The Bobcats scored one run in the first and three in the second. Prodoehl’s two-RBI single highlighted a three-run third inning as Brookings moved ahead 7-0.

Yankton’s five runs in the sixth frame were unearned, as Brookings committed five errors in the game.

BROOKINGS 9, YANKTON 7

Brookings                    133 020 0 – 9 10 5

Yankton                      002 005 0 – 7   7 2

Jacob Devine, Akren Prodoehl (6) and Cody Niklason; Kellen Franzen, Cole Brummer (2), Jake Schoenfelder (4), Caid Koletzky (7) and Garrett Tennant. W – Devine. L – Franzen. 2B: Y, Levi Wiersma, Ben Wold, Mason Townsend. 3B: B, Prodoehl.