Paul Ragatz picked up his first victories since 1995 as a baseball coach Saturday for the Alden-Conger baseball team at the Lyle/Pacelli Tournament as the Knights went 2-0 to win the tournament.

Ragatz, the activities director at Alden-Conger filled in for head coach Bret Sindelir, who had a previous commitment on the day, and the Knights finally got in the win column.

Alden-Conger (2-9) got its first victories of the season and both came in thrilling fashion. The Knights rallied from behind against Lyle/Pacelli for a 7-5 victory and rallied again against Martin Luther/Granada-Huntley-East Chain for a 6-5 victory in eight innings.

Jordan Johnson threw seven innings against Lyle/Pacelli and gave up six hits while Spencer Niebuhr went 3-for-4 with four RBIs.

Matt Jensen went eight innings against ML/GHEC in the second game to help lead Alden-Conger to its second victory.

The Knights rallied from a 3-0 deficit and a 5-4 deficit in the seventh inning to force extra innings.

Dom Opsdahl scored the game-tying run on a wild pitch and Tony Behnke hit a single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth for the walk-off victory.

Alden-Conger 7, Lyle/Pacelli 5

Lyle/Pacelli 014 000 0 — 5 6 0

Alden-Conger 122 011 x — 7 9 4

WP—Jordan Johnson 7 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

LP—Matt Kasel 4 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 5 ER,

3 BB, 4 K

Alden-Conger 6, ML/GHEC 5, 8 innings

ML/GHEC 003 000 20 — 5 7 1

Alden-Conger 000 220 11 — 6 7 4

WP—Matt Jensen 8 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 8 K

LP—Garrett Schock 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K