CANOVA – Howard scored a pair of runs on an error in the bottom of the seventh inning to rally for a 4-3 win over Groton in high school baseball action Wednesday.

Howard struck first in the contest when Griffin Clubb doubled in a run in the opening frame.

Groton answered back in the top of the third on Ryan Groeblinghoff’s solo home run. The Tigers scored two more runs in the fourth inning on a two-run single by Groeblinghoff to jump in front 3-1. However, Howard closed the gap in the bottom half of the frame and eventually grabbed the victory in its final at-bat.

Groeblinghoff finished with a pair of hits and drove in three runs to pace Groton.

Starting pitcher Dillon Abeln struck out five batters for Tigers before Groeblinghoff came on in relief and also fanned five.

Groton 001 200 0 – 3 5 2

Howard 100 100 2 – 4 5 0

Dillon Abeln, Ryan Groeblinghoff (5) and Cade Larson; Jack Neises, L. Koepsell (5) and Kade Shumaker. 2B – Howard, K. Koepsell, Shumaker, Griffin Clubb. HR – Groton, Groeblinghoff.