Cubs’ state dreams dashed in 5-4 defeat

High School Baseball: Falcons 5, Cubs 4

MANHATTAN — The ecstasy of battling all the way back to erase a four-run deficit ebbed into agony an hour later for Humboldt High’s baseball team.

A ninth-inning fielding error allowed Riley County to plate the winning run in a 5-4 win over Humboldt in the Class 3A State Baseball Playoffs.

The loss ends Humboldt’s season at 20-4.