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RIVERSIDE ? It was a promising first inning for the New London baseball team on Saturday night, but a big defensive play and an early run by Highland set the tone for what would be a 7-0 Husky win. The Tigers loaded the bases in the top of the first inning against Highland starting pitcher Brody Bender, but the Husky infield made a big play to get out of the inning with a double play on a hard-hit ball by Reno ...

RIVERSIDE ? The Highland Huskies baseball team won its first regional match-up against Holy Trinity Tuesday evening.The game started swiftly. Highland pitcher Josh Michel would only allow Holy Trinity's Kyle Bredemeyer to get on first base because he hit him with the ball.At the bottom of the first inning, Highland scored fives runs and Holy Trinity would be scoreless.In the second inning, Michel struck out ...

The Washington baseball team opened its postseason on Friday night, but a few errors put them in an early hole they were unable to climb out of. The Demons fell in the district opener to Solon, in a 6-1 contest that featured three Demon errors, despite multiple offensive opportunities. ?We battled,? Washington baseball head coach Nathan Miller said. ?Offensively, we had bases loaded twice in the game, second ...

RIVERSIDE ? The Highland Huskies baseball team ended the Lone Tree Lions? season in a dominating fashion Thursday evening.The final score was 10 - 0, with Highland advancing to play New London at 7 p.m., Saturday evening, at the Highland baseball field.In the first inning Chase Rath took to the mound to pitch for the Huskies. Three batters had hits but didn?t make it to first base because of the team?s strong ...

The Washington softball team got off to a fast start on Thursday night, and that speed helped the Demons move on in the Class 4A regional tournament. An early 7-1 lead quickly diminished with the help of a Maquoketa four-run fifth inning, but the Demons hung on for the regional quarterfinal win, 8-6, over the Cardinals. ?We were really the aggressor early on in that game,? Washington softball head coach Ben ...

It seemed as if a storybook ending was in store for Friday night. The Highland softball team was stuck in an extra-inning battle during their regional semifinal against Louisa-Muscatine, and their lone senior set the table. Cheyann Adamson notched a double to lead off the top of the ninth inning, and a two-out double from eighth-grader Haley Sweeting send Adamson home, putting Highland up top. But L-M wrote ...

Karson Gingerich notched four RBIs on Saturday, as the Mid-Prairie baseball team opened up district play in Class 2A. The Golden Hawks took on West Liberty in a first-round game in Louisa-Muscatine, and came away with a 13-9 victory in a high-scoring affair, led by Gingerich?s big night at the plate. The win advances Mid-Prairie to face Wilton, at Wilton, on Tuesday night. Mid-Prairie had eight hits in the ...

The Washington baseball team learned their postseason fate a few days ago, when the Class 3A district and substate brackets were released. Substate 5 contains all five members of the Southeast Conference, but for the Demons to see any of those familiar opponents, they first have to get out of District 9, which features Clear Creek Amana and Mount Vernon. However, Washington will open up its district semifinal ...