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Southwest rises to must-win challenge to reach Little League state quarterfinals
And Bay City Southwest was enjoying the ride far too much to turn around now. With an emphatic first-inning outburst, Southwest downed Norway 15-5 in the must-win final round of pool play, earning a berth in the quarterfinals of the Little League Major Baseball state tournament. “When we first started,...
Swan Valley baseball coach let go after TVC, district championships
Craig Leddy, who coached Swan Valley baseball during one of its strongest stretches in Vikings’ history, learned Thursday that he is out of a job. The Swan Valley Board of Education voted not to rehire Leddy after the Swan Valley coach led the Vikings to Tri-Valley Conference and district titles in 2024.
RESULTS: Merritt Speedway, Saturday, July 20, 2024
A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 50-Greg Gokey[2]; 2. 27-Eric Spangler[1]; 3. 4-Travis Stemler[5]; 4. 69-Brandon Thirlby[8]; 5. 9R-Curtis Roberts[11]; 6. 69R-Dave Bowen[9]; 7. 18S-Jacob Stuhr[7]; 8. 07-Rylee Knoll[3]; 9. 1*-Wyatt Baker[10]; 10. 29-Jerry Kent[15]; 11. 33-Bob Timmer[19]; 12. 00-Robert Lewis[12]; 13. 29H-Dan Hersey[16]; 14. 20-Kevin Miller[6]; 15. 73-Steve Nieuwenhuis[17]; 16. (DNF) 25JB-Jim Billett[14]; 17. (DNF) 21D-David Hilliker[4]; 18. (DNF) 44-Chad Hunt[20]; 19. (DNF) 06-Josh Hendershott[13]; 20. (DNF) 02-Will Stanley[18]
In first 12-inning game since 2021, Lugs fall to Loons
LANSING, Mich. – In their first 12-inning game in over three years, the Lansing Lugnuts (10-13, 42-46) gave up four runs in the top of the 12th inning and lost to the Great Lakes Loons (10-12, 44-44), 6-2, in front of 6,946 on Saturday night at Jackson® Field™.
Nuts fan nine straight, blank Loons 1-0
LANSING, Mich. – Jacob Watters, Garrett Irvin and Will Johnston combined to strike out nine consecutive batters en route to a five-hit shutout, and Jonny Butler’s RBI double in the eighth inning supplied the only scoring in a Lansing Lugnuts (11-13, 43-46) 1-0 victory over the Great Lakes Loons (10-13, 44-45) in front of 6,021 on Sunday afternoon at Jackson® Field™.
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