<p>David has officially morphed into Goliath.</p><p>Two unbeaten Class 4A teams came into the final four of the Johnson County baseball tournament on Saturday, but it was a school roughly one-third their size that carried the day.</p><p>Wyatt Phillips went 2 for 2 with three runs batted in, and Indian Creek rode an early lead and the power pitching of aces Trevor Ankney and Dustin Sprong to a 7-2 victory over Whiteland in the championship game.</p><p>It marked the second consecutive championship for the Braves (6-1), who outscored their three tournament opponents by a combined 41-4 margin.</p>[sc:text-divider text-divider-title="Story continues below gallery" ]Click here to purchase photos from this gallery<p>"It’s even a little bit sweeter when you’re the small school in the tournament," Indian Creek coach Steve Mirizzi said. We wanted to defend our title, and it was good coming in here with a little chip on our shoulder and just proving to people that we still belong here."</p><p>Whiteland (5-1) jumped on Indian Creek starter Ankney right away, taking a 1-0 lead on doubles by Ryan Glithero and Iyan Pelfree. The Warriors left the bases loaded, though, and the Braves wasted little time making them rue the missed opportunity.</p><p>Xavier Ferris led off the bottom of the first with an infield single, and Mason Britt and Sprong then drew back-to-back walks, loading the bases with nobody out. Phillips knocked in a pair of runs with a single to put Indian Creek in front, and after a catcher’s interference call filled the bases again, Jacob Fending delivered an RBI base hit to left field. A two-out balk scored Cody Grider from third to make it 4-1.</p><p>Braden Reed singled in a run in the third for the Warriors, but Indian Creek answered back again, this time with three runs in the fourth. A bases-loaded double by Sprong pushed two across, and Phillips followed with a sacrifice fly to make it 7-2.</p><p>"We didn’t throw enough strikes today," Whiteland coach Scott Sherry said. "We walked (two) guys in the first inning and gave up four runs, we walked three guys in the (fourth) inning, and they took advantage."</p><p>The Warriors’ best shot at mounting a comeback came in the fifth, when they chased Ankney and had the bases loaded with one out. But Sprong came on in relief and got Reed to ground into a double play to end the inning.</p><p>A walk put Whiteland’s leadoff man on base in the seventh, but Indian Creek finished the game off with a strikeout and another twin killing.</p><p>Ankney and Sprong combined on a five-hitter, striking out six.</p><p>"It’s definitely a luxury to have Dustin and Trevor," Mirizzi said.</p><p>Both teams had little difficulty advancing into the championship game. The Warriors cruised to a 14-4 victory over Franklin in one semifinal game, while the Braves bludgeoned Edinburgh in the other, 23-0.</p><p>Despite the championship game defeat, Sherry was pretty pleased with his team’s overall play on Saturday.</p><p>"We adjusted to Indian Creek’s two good arms," he said. "We saw their best two arms, and we just needed a hit or two at a certain time."</p><p>Indian Creek, which reached the Class 3A semistate a year ago, hopes to again use victory in this tournament as a springboard to bigger things later on this season.</p><p>"It gives us a lot of momentum, a lot of steam, and it boosts our self-confidence winning it back to back," Phillips said. "By winning regionals and sectionals and being county champs last year, we have that momentum, and then we just build on it this year and try to get to state."</p>