Despite winning once in six playoff games, Mustang Boomers head coach Shannon Enfield felt his team got the one thing it needed the most from the American Legion postseason — experience.

“It was valuable experience,” Enfield said. “We were building for next year. We knew it was going to be rugged, but I felt like at the end of the season we had positive team chemistry.”

After dropping three games to the Oklahoma Outlaws in a tune-up for state, Mustang was defeated 9-4 in the first round of the Oklahoma State Championship tourney in Enid. Rogers County would go on to the title game before losing to Enid.

“I thought we played good in that first game, we just had one bad inning,” Enfield said.

Mustang bounced back with a 7-0 blanking of the Midwest City Bandits, before being eliminated by Durant 10-4.

“We made six errors in that third game and I really felt like we came apart on defense,” Enfield said. “At this level, that is hard to overcome.”

In the loss to Rogers, Mustang southpaw Zac Tidholm threw four strong innings — but had to leave the game with arm troubles.

“He had some soreness in his elbow and we pulled him out and I think that had an impact on the outcome,” Enfield said. “If he had been able to stay in the game the score would have been closer.”

Tidholm allowed only two runs over four innings, striking out three with no walks. He issued five hits. Mustang’s Josh Crossley threw 2 1/3 innings in relief, giving up a home run and two hits total. Steven Teter tossed an inning in relief without a hit.

At the plate, Chase Ashley went 1-for-4 with a run scored. James Madison had a hit and drove in one run, while Brooks McMurphy went 1-for-4 with a walk and a run scored.

In the win over Midwest City, McMurphy had one hit and two RBIs. Trey Hunter went 1-for-2 with two walks and an RBI. Madison was hitless, but drew a walk, scored a run and drove in another.

Ashley had a key hit in the Durant loss, scoring three times and drawing two free passes. McMurphy and Madison both had a hit.

The Boomers season ended with a 22-26 record, which Enfield said is encouraging since his squad started the summer 1-10.

“It was hard to compete at state with teams that were put together for that specific reason,” Enfield said. “We wanted to win more at state, but got only one and we did play well. We finished in the top six.”