SWEA CITY – Something had to change. North Union softball’s two-game slate in the Newell-Fonda Softball Tournament on June 6 resulted in the team’s first losing streak of the 2026 season. Both contests against Sioux Central and Newell-Fonda saw the Warriors take leads in the fourth ...
BANCROFT – Six runs in the second and seven more in the fourth helped the North Union baseball team win Wednesday night’s contest against Belmond-Klemme 14-0 at Bancroft Memorial Park. Max Merrill led the Warriors with three hits that churned three RBIs. Casey Rezac, Cole Nicoson, and Dyson Wikert each had two hits. North Union finished the contest with 10 hits as a team. Wikert pitched all five innings in the mercy rule victory. The junior allowed two hits and struck out eight batters. North Union travels to Bishop Garrigan on Friday night for its third-to-last contest of the ...
SWEA CITY – Ainsley Ulrich’s first strikeout of Thursday night came at just the right time. With runners on second and third, Central Springs was looking to cut into North Union’s 4-1 lead at the top of the third with two outs on the board. Libby Bratturd came up to the plate already ...
SWEA CITY – Getting a home run is a challenge in itself. An individual must hit the softball with such precision and power that it carries past the furthest boundary in fair territory. But to do it on five occasions in a single contest? Seems almost impossible. Shallie Walders said ...
BANCROFT – Casey Rezac could do no wrong. The final pitch of Tuesday night’s start against Garner-Hayfield-Ventura ended with a routine groundball to his defense. Wiley Stevens’ underhand toss to Dyson Wikert not only sent North Union to the home half of the sixth, but preluded a grand ...
FAIRMONT – Team Hoot has made its way to Fairmont. Shawn Francis, the owner of Team Hoot Pole Vault, turned Bob Bonk Track into the latest of many pole vault camps he runs across the country, giving interested individuals a chance to enhance multiple aspects of the sport. This week’s ...
