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Walk-off home run gives GI district title over North Platte Seniors
Broxton Barrientos hit a walk-off home run to win the district title for Grand Island over the North Platte FNBO Seniors in the Area 7 district finals Tuesday in Scottsbluff. Going into the finals, Grand Island needed to defeat North Platte twice. They won the first game handily, 20-4, and they also took the second, 6-5. It was a hard-fought game that Barrientos ended with a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh.
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