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North Union baseball levels Broncos

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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 ...

Steady offense pushes Warriors to victory

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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 ...

Five home runs fuel Warriors' dominance

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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 ...

Rezac's gem guides North Union to victory

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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 ...

Bob Bonk Track hosts Team Hoot

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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 ...

Meade, Perkins complete NON in Oregon

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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 ...