NORTHVILLE – Warner-Ipswich-Northwestern and Groton picked up victories during the opening day of the Northville Tournament in American Legion baseball action on Saturday.

W-I-N stopped Hamlin-Castlewood 9-2, while Groton defeated Claremont 11-1 and blanked Hamlin-Castlewood 9-0.

Warner-Ipswich-Northwestern pulled away from a 4-2 lead with five runs in the fourth inning of its victory. Sam Vetter, Alec Mikkelson, and Dawson Ward each had RBI singles in the frame.

Mikkelson also had a two-run double in a three-run third inning.

Groton scored early and often in its two victories.

Brevin Fliehs had two hits and knocked in three runs against Claremont, while Bradin Althoff had two hits and plated two. Althoff had a two-run double in the first inning, while Fliehs has a bases-loaded triple in the third.

Groton had three three-run innings against Hamlin-Castlewood. Althoff had a bases-loaded double in the second, Teylor Diegel added a two-run single in the third, and Fliehs delivered a two-run single in the fourth.

Dillon Abeln struck out six batters and did not allow a walk in five innings on the mound for Groton.

The tournament continues today.

Hamlin-Castlewood 000 20 – 2 3 0

Warner-Ipswich-Northwestern 013 5x – 9 7 1

Talen Olson, R. Prouty (4) and Jyler Tharaldsen; Logan Fischbach, Noah Fischbach (5) and Chays Mansfield. 2B – Warner-Ipswich-Northwestern, Alec Mikkelson, Drew Bakeberg.

Claremont 000 1 – 1 3 4

Groton 324 2 – 11 6 2

Tristan Leidholt, Kassen Keough (3) and Jesse Keough; Teylor Diegel, Bradin Althoff (4) and Karsten Fliehs. 2B – Groton, Althoff. 3B – Groton, Brevin Fliehs.

Groton 033 30 – 9 10 0

Hamlin-Castlewood 000 00 – 0 2 1

Dillon Abeln and Karsten Fliehs; Brody Bass, T. Smith (5) and Jyler Tharaldsen. 2B – Groton, Bradin Althoff.