Back in 1999, Scott used his lefthanded power to hit six home runs in the Class C tournament and was the MVP for that Billygoats championship team. He played center field; son Noah, also a lefty hitter, was in left on Sunday.
Noah ripped a hit. “Goat Nation,” as these northern interlopers call themselves, erupted. There were beer cans in their hands and there was Brewers blood in the water.
Tommy Thompson, the Jordan pitcher, kept it at 2-0. And then in the bottom of the sixth, Joe Lucas came up and pulled a two-run no-doubter to left field, and it was tied. Later, Afton Koch scored two more with a single against a drawn-in field.
Made it 4-2 for the favored Brewers, then they added four more in the eighth. Jordan won 8-2, and then Young America won 1-0 and the semifinal beer bonanza was set.
One of the hits for Jordan as it blew open the Buckman game was a double by Scott Hollingsworth.
Scott is 48. He had started and pitched seven innings in a victory over Sauk Centre on Friday. The gray is about the only giveaway for age. This man keeps himself in shape.