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North Union baseball levels Broncos

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 ...

Five home runs fuel Warriors’ dominance

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 ...

Bob Bonk Track hosts Team Hoot

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 ...

Rezac’s gem guides North Union to victory

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 ...

WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Walk-off hit secures split for Post 36

PREP BASEBALL MAPLE RIVER – Preston Geerdes’ bases-clearing double during game two of last Saturday’s two-game set against Maple RiverJunior Legion secured a split for Fairmont Post 36 Junior Legion, moving their record to 3-2 on the summer. Game one Post 36’s late-game rally wasn’t enough to secure a game one victory, ultimately falling to Maple River 12-9 despite scoring three runs in the top of the sixth. Brock Rodning had three of Fairmont’s 10 total hits to bring in two runs. Caden Wickert also had two RBIs off a pair of singles. Mac Larson was the final Cardinal with ...

Meade, Perkins complete NON in Oregon

EUGENE (ORE) – Fairmont Track and Field athletes Jase Meade and Ellie Perkins completed their participation in this year’s Nike Outdoor Nationals and USATF U20 Championships on Friday and Saturday in Eugene, Oregon’s Hayward Field. Both athletes were in the Pole Vault Emerging Elite ...