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SCORES
- Games played Saturday, March
21 |
| Millard West 11 |
Tyler Niederklein
earned his first win of the year with offensive help
from Brett Bass who was 4-for-4 with a HR. Alex
Miller had a two-run bomb and earned the save.
LSW's Mark Korsakas also homered for the SilverHawks who
were 0-2 on the day. |
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Lincoln Southwest 9 |
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Millard West 11 |
Brandon Bass had 2 home runs, Alex Miller
had his 2nd of the day, Chase Saxton took one deep and
Tyler Ware had a walk-off to go along with a double and
a triple as the Wildcats pounded out 8 extra base
hits to finally get rid of LNE in 9 innings. |
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L. Northeast 10 (9 innings) |
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Westside 10 |
Dylan Flott was 3 for 3 and Andrew Dahir
was 2 for 2 with 2 RBIs for Westside. Peter Thomas threw
a complete game five-hitter. |
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Lincoln Northeast 0 (5 inn.) |
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Westside 7 |
Chris Williams threw a complete game
shutout and struck out six for Westside. Bear Opitz and
Kyle Hartman each had 2 RBIs for the Warriors. |
| Lincoln Southwest 0 |
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Omaha Bryan 14 |
Cody Kottich and Aaron Beil each had a
two run homer for the Bears. Brandon Herring threw five
innings for his first win of the season. Six Bear
players had two hits. |
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Yutan 4 |
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Papio LaVista 9 |
Papio
improves to 2-0 as the Monarchs prevail in their home
opener. Papio scored 3 runs on 4 hits in the first
inning, added 2 more in the 2nd on a Joey Jones double,
2 unearned in the 3rd and two more in the 6th on a Jacob
Krska base hit. Three Monarch pitchers combined
for a 3 hitter as John Sorenson earned the win, allowing
only one hit in 4 innings. |
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Omaha Northwest 1 |
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Ralston 7 |
Millard North jumped on top with three
runs in the bottom of the first but was held scoreless
the rest of the way. Ralston put up three runs in
the fifth and four more in the sixth. Tyler
Grashorn earned the win, throwing three innings of
scoreless relief. Andy Smolinski had a double and
2 RBI's to lead Ralston offensively. |
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Millard North 3 |
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Beatrice 7 |
Sam Busboom went six innings for the win,
striking out three and walking none. Mitch Randel and
Justin Coleman each hit two-runs singles in the sixth
for Beatrice. |
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Omaha Gross 3 |
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Bellevue West 16 |
Zach Weeks had five RBIs and Cory
Ridenour had 13 strikeouts for Bellevue West in five
innings. |
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Omaha South 1 (5 inn.) |
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Elkhorn 10 |
Elkhorn spoils Blair's season opener
while improving to 2-0. Jake Long went 2 for 3
with two runs, three RBIs and a home run for the
Antlers. Rob Wheeler got the win. |
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Blair 0 (6 innings) |
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Lincoln East 10 |
Wilson Hinze hit a three-run home run in
the first inning for East. A.J. Spanel doubled and
tripled for Norfolk. Alex Lux earned the win for
the Spartans in the first game of the double-header at
Den Hartog. |
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Norfolk 3 |
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Lincoln East 9 |
In the second game, Lux cleared the bases
with a three-run triple, and Jacob Thompson had a
two-run homer. Metzger earned the win as the
Spartans take two wins into Monday's contest against
Lincoln Southeast (0-0). |
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Norfolk 4 |
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Wahoo 9 |
Wahoo overcame a 7-3 deficit by scoring
six in the bottom of the sixth and held Norris scoreless
in the top of the 7th for the win in the Wahoo
Triangular. |
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Norris 7 |
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Norris 6 |
A South Sioux rally in the top of the 7th
fell short as Norris improves to 3-1 on the season.
Evan Ehmen pitched a four-hitter, striking out seven for
Norris. |
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South Sioux City 5 |
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South Sioux City 14 |
All three teams in the Wahoo Triangular
post 1-1 records on the day as South Sioux runs away
from the home team. |
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Wahoo 3 (6 innings) |
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Millard South 15 |
Millard South pounded
out an 8-0 lead in the first 3 innings against 3-0
Central to back a strong pitching performance by Dylan
Vogt. Ty Kildow returned to action with a lead-off
double to start the game. Colton Thomas and Brad
McKewon each had 3 hits, including a HR for Thomas, a
recent Bellevue University signee. Josh Samuelson
homered for Central, his 2nd in two games. Brad
Benes picked up his twelfth RBI of the season for the
Eagles. |
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Omaha Central 3 |
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Papillion LaVista South 11 |
Beau Suponchick had a double and a
triple. Ethan Schroeder picked up his first Varsity win
in 3 innings of relief as the Titans go to 2 -0. Stephen
Bougher pitched the 7th inning to earn the save. |
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Bellevue East 8 |
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Columbus 11 |
Justin VanDyke was 4-for-4 with 2 dbls
and 3 RBI's and sparked a late rally as the Discovers
overcame an early 4 run deficit. James Landholm
threw 3 2/3 innings shutout innings in relief for the
win. Feldhous took the loss for Roncalli (not
Alex Terry as was earlier reported).
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Omaha Roncalli 4 |
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Omaha Roncalli 12 |
In the second game, Kurt Farmer was
3-for-3 with a HR, but Roncalli scored 4 in the 1st, 1
in the second and 7 in the 3rd to jump out to a big lead
early behind a fine pitching performance by Dylan Badura,
who went the distance for a 5-hitter with 4 K's. |
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Columbus 1 (5 innings) |
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Crete 4 |
Crete improved to 2-0 with a home-opener
win over Seward. Robbie Sattler earned the win for
the Cardinals. Connor Steward doubled for Seward.
The win by the 2nd year Crete programequals last year's
win total. |
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Seward 1 |
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Current
Wild Card Points Standings |
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TODAY'S
SCHEDULE
- Games scheduled for
Saturday, March 21 |
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10:00
Norris at Wahoo (Wahoo Triangular) 11:00 Norfolk vs. Lincoln East at Den Hartog (season opener for
East) 12:00
Lincoln Northeast at Westside
12:00 Lincoln Southwest at Millard West
12:00
Columbus at Omaha Roncalli (Game One of double-header)
12:00 Papillion LaVista at Omaha Northwest
12:00 South Sioux City vs. Norris (at Wahoo Triangular) 1:00 Blair at Elkhorn (season opener for
Blair)
1:00 Papillion-LaVista South at Bellevue East
1:00 Norfolk vs. Lincoln East at Den Hartog (Game Two of
double-header)
1:00 Beatrice at Omaha Gross Catholic (Game One of
double-header)
1:30 Ralston at Millard North
1:30 Yutan at Omaha Bryan
2:00 Columbus at Omaha Roncalli (Game Two of double-header)
2:00 South Sioux City at Wahoo (Wahoo Triangular) 2:30 Seward at Crete (season opener for Seward)
2:30 Lincoln Northeast at Millard West 3:00 Millard South at Central (season opener for Millard South) 3:00 Beatrice at Omaha Gross Catholic (season opener for Beatrice)
3:00 Lincoln Southwest at Westside
3:00 Beatrice at Omaha Gross (Game Two of double-header) |
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SCORES
- Games played Friday, March
20 |
| Papillion LaVista South 7 |
Papillion LaVista
South scored 6 unearned runs to win 7-2. Stephen Bougher,
Bob Greco, & Josh Homme each pitched 2 innings for the
1- 0 Titans. |
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Gretna 2 |
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Norris 13 |
Spencer Evans and Ben Oltman led Norris
to a 2-0 start on the season with three hits apiece.
Sophomore Zach Tebo struck out 8 in five innings to earn
the win over newcomer Waverly. |
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Waverly 12 (9 innings) |
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Omaha Central 24 |
The Eagles come
back from an 11-3 deficit to win their home opener.
Brad Benes and Josh Samuelson hit back-to-back HR's,
one of two on the night for Benes who had six RBI's
and has 11 on the season. Conor Kingsbury also
went deep for the Bulldogs.
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| Burke 14 |
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Elkhorn 3 |
In a dandy at
Skutt between the Class B State Champ and Runner-Up,
Andrew Simpson scored the go ahead run in the top of
the 8th on Zach Hoock's double, then earned the win
on the mound by retiring the SkyHawks in his second
inning of relief.
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Skutt 2 (8 innings) |
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Omaha Bryan 8 |
Jesse Glasgow pitched four innings of
relief to earn the win in the Bears' season opener.
Glasgow, Juan Rodriguez and JD Urban had two hits apiece
for Bryan. |
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Omaha Northwest 4 |
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Nebraska City 1 |
Logan Ehlers threw a
PERFECT GAME, striking out 15.
Alex Heideman pitched 6 innings for Pius, allowing 2
hits and 1 run, striking out 7 in a losing effort. |
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Lincoln Pius 0 |
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Millard North 7 |
Matt Klein, a junior catcher, and Dawson
Porter, a sophomore third-baseman, each homered and
drove in three runs for the Mustangs. Jacob Swift
earned the win and Jaxkson Hultman got the save. |
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Grand Island 3 |
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Grand Island 14 |
GI's Nathan Zook got a birthday win in
relief and hit a double after hitting a HR and a triple
in Game 1. A.J. Scheetz, younger brother of
Ryan, took the loss in relief. |
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Millard North 12 |
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Omaha Gross 9 |
North jumped out for two runs in the top
of the first, prompting a call to the bullpen for senior
Eric Brooner who went the rest of the way, allowing only
one more run and striking out five for the win.
Chris Lewis and Tom Jurgensen doubled for the Cougars. |
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Omaha North 3 |
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Fremont Bergan 10 |
Bergan's Warren
Drucker threw a complete 5-inning, one-hitter, striking
out 7. Benson committed 5 errors in the game and allowed
8 runs in the bottom of the 5th. The Bergan
offense was led by Taylor Patrick, Alex Kortan and Manes
- all of whom doubled for the Knights. |
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Omaha Benson 0 (5 inn.) |
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Late Score: |
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South Sioux City 4 |
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Ralston 3 |
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Current
Wild Card Points Standings |
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TODAY'S
SCHEDULE
- Games scheduled for
Friday, March 20 |
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2:00 Grand Island at Millard North (season opener for both, game 1
of double-header) 4:00 Grand Island at Millard North (game 2 of double-header) 4:30 Omaha North at Omaha Gross Catholic (season opener for both) 4:30 Gretna at Papillion LaVista South (season opener for both) 4:30 Elkhorn at Skutt (season opener for Elkhorn) 5:00 Omaha Bryan at Omaha Northwest (season opener for both) 5:00 Omaha Burke at Central (season opener for Burke)
5:00 Nebraska City at Lincoln Pius (Densmore) (season opener for
Nebraska City) 6:30 South Sioux City at Ralston (season opener for both)
6:30 Omaha Benson at Fremont Bergan (season opener for Bergan)
6:30 Waverly at Norris
Note: Bellevue West at Omaha South previously scheduled
for 4:30 today has been rescheduled to Saturday at 3:30 |
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SCORES
- Games played Thursday, March 19 |
| Papillion LaVista 6 |
Papio jumped out to an
early 6-0 lead and held the Warriors hitless through
four innings behind a strong pitching performance by
Monarch senior right-hander Nick Yost. After Yost
came out, the Warriors fought their way back, but fell
short. |
| Westside 4 |
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Omaha Benson 11 |
Corban Williams and Paul Morrow homered
for the Bunnies who follow up a 15-win summer with a
season-opening win. |
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Gretna 10 |
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Omaha Central 9 |
Jimmy
Kuzelka earned his first
Varsity Win on the mound. Brad Benes had 2
hits and 3
rbi’s and Brian
Tabler had 1 hit and 1
rbi
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| Wahoo 3 |
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Omaha Central 13 |
Steve Tatum picked
up the victory and added 3 K’s.
Carter Cahill had 3 hits and 1 RBI and Brad Benes
added 2 more hits and 2
rbi’s.
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| Wahoo 1 |
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Lincoln Southwest 4 |
ADAM PETERS PICKED UP THE WIN PITCHING 6
INNINGS WITH 7 STRIKE OUTS. TAYLOR ANDERSON HAD 2 RBI'S
FOR LSW. ALEX HEIDEMAN WENT 3-3 W/ A DOUBLE FOR PIUS X. |
| Lincoln Pius 3 |
| Creighton Prep 9 |
Creighton Prep scores 9 runs in the first
2 innings and hold on to win. TC Manning picks up his
first varsity save throwing 2 scoreless innings |
| Millard West 6 |
| Bellevue East 13 |
Matt Tew struckout 12, Tyler
Splichal had two hits and 5 Rbi's and Ryan Owens had 3 hits and
2 Rbi's |
| Skutt 3 (5 innings) |
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Crete 9 |
The Chieftains fall to the 2nd year
Cardinals in the first-ever game for their new program.
Crete scored 6 runs in the top of the 7th to overcome a
4-3 deficit. Brandyn Smith had a 3 -run triple and Tyler
Peitzmeier pitched 5 innings of 3 hit ball for Yutan. He
walked 3 and struck out 6 while giving up no earned
runs. Sattler had 2 doubles and 2 RBI's for Crete and
Mach had a triple and an RBI. Walker had 2 hits. Mach,
Sattler, and McGinnis all scored twice for the
Cardinals. |
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Yutan 4 |
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Lincoln Northeast 11 |
The Vikings kept it close in their
program-opener until Northeast blew it open in the 5th &
6th innings.
LJS Story |
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Waverly 1 (6 innings) |
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Columbus 18 |
Michael Blatchford led the way for the
Discovers with 4 RBI's, including a 3 run HR.
Columbus played error-free defense.
Story |
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Norfolk 6 |
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Norris 13 |
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Lincoln High 3 |
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Bellevue West vs. Roncalli was postponed
due to BW DECA conflict. |
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Current
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NEWS
(click "Archives" link at left to
view previous stories) |
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Upcoming Season Openers:
Saturday, March 21 11:00 and 1:00 Norfolk vs. Lincoln East at Den Hartog (season opener for
East) 1:00 Blair at Elkhorn (season opener for both) 2:30 Seward at Crete (season opener for Seward) 3:00 Millard South at Central (season opener for Millard South) 3:00 Beatrice at Omaha Gross Catholic (season opener for Beatrice)
Monday, March 23 5:00 Lincoln Southeast vs. Lincoln East at Sherman (season opener for
Southeast)
Tuesday, March 24 5:00 Lincoln North Star vs. Fremont Bergan at Sherman (season opener for
North Star)
Thursday, March 26 6:30 Douglas County West at Elkhorn (season opener for Douglas County
West) Look for our Spring Season Edition to premier on Sunday, the 22nd with
Top Ten rankings and Season Previews of each team.
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Skutt Alum Walz Gets Win Over #4 Arizona State
 University
of Kansas righthander T.J. Walz earned a big win Saturday over the #4
team in the nation as the Jayhawks defeated Arizona State, 3-2, on
the road. The former Omaha Skutt standout threw 6 1/3 innings and
allowed two runs on six hits with just one walk and six strikeouts.
During one stretch, he retired ten of twelve batters faced. It was
the second win of the season for Walz as the Jayhawks improved to 10-4.
It was only the third loss of the season for the Sun Devils against
thirteen wins. |
Game Summary |
T.J. Walz Roster Page | |
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Seeking Teams for Senior Legion Tournament:
Nehawka
Post 157 is looking for 3-5 teams to complete the field of
their Wood Bat Ttournament over Memorial Day Weekend.
Cost is $225 per team with wood bats supplied. Three
games are guaranteed with the possibility of a fourth for
teams that finish 1st or 2nd in pool. If interested contact Head Coach Tim Winters at
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Seeking Senior Legion Games:
Judds Bros.
Construction (Lincoln Northeast) would like to pick up a
couple more games for its summer schedule and has the
following dates available: May 31, June 1, June 2,
June 21, June 26, June 27 and June 28. Single game or
double-header. If interested contact Jerry Dittenber at
jditten2@lps.org.
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Seeking Teams for Junior Legion Tournament:
Columbus
American Legion Baseball is looking for teams to play in the
Columbus Juniors Tournament on June 19, 20 & 21st.
If interested contact Scott Schmidt at 402-910-1339
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Seeking Tournament Games:
Stanton Junior and Senior Legion teams (Class C) are looking
for Junior / Senior tournaments in any class for 2009
season. Please contact David Stoddard at
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Seeking Teams for Class B Junior Legion Tournament:
Grand
Island Home Federal Head Coach Tino Martinez is looking for
teams to play in the Class B Junior Legion Five Points
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Seeking Teams for Senior Legion Tournaments:
Grand
Island Home Federal Head Coach Tino Martinez is looking for
one team for the Home Federal Classic, June 5-7, and
one team to play in the Kernal Classic (wood bat),
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Seeking Teams (2) for Summer Tournament:
24th Annual Ernie Hladky Memorial Tournament in Gillette, Wyoming, June
25 - 28, has two openings in eight-team tourney.
Each team guaranteed five games, possibly six. Pool
play the first two days, then two days of bracket play.
Trophies for top two teams. Last year's field included
teams from 7 different states.
Teams in tournament include Gillette Roughriders (2008 WY
state champs) and Minot Vistas (2006/2007 ND state champs).
$300 entry fee. Contact Nate Perlberg, (307) 689-4542.
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Seeking Teams for Junior Legion Tournament:
NP
Dodge Wildcats Junior Legion is looking
for teams to play in their eight-team Millard West Invite
Junior Legion Tournament
May 22-25, 2009. Format: two pools of four teams
each with first-place pool finishers advancing to
championship on 25th. Contact Tom Giles at
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Seeking Teams for Junior
Legion Summer Tournament:
Lincoln Southwest is looking for a
couple more Junior Legion teams to complete the field of its
June 19-21, 2009 Baylor Test Prep Invite at Den Hartog Field
in Lincoln. The entry fee is $325 with a four game
guarantee. If interested, contact Nick Schieffer at
(402) 890-1147 or nschief@lps.org.
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Waverly High School, a new Class B
baseball program, is looking to add a few more games to
its spring 2009 schedule. If interested, contact WHS
Activities Director Jack Guggenmos at (402) 786-3011 or
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Seeking Games:
Yutan High School, a new Class
B baseball program, is looking to add a few more games
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If interested, contact YHS Activities Director Dan
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