The Marion High School softball put 10 runs on the board over the course of their makeup doubleheader at Sterling on Friday, but it wasn’t enough to secure a win.
Above: Grant Schneider outpaces the competition to win Friday’s 300-meter hurdles race. Below: Dakota Kaufman takes off on a top-flight triple jump. Free Press photos by Phyllis Richert. Click images to enlarge.
During a spring season in which weather has played havoc on so many other events, Mother Nature smiled on the weather-plagued James Thomas Invitational on Friday.
For the first time in four years, Hillsboro High’s premiere home track meet played out on schedule and without a weather-related hitch.
For the Trojans, the wait was worth it, as both the girls’ and boys’ teams claimed their respective division titles.
With eight first-place performances, the Trojan girls rolled up 129 points to outdistance Hesston (110), Remington (100) and Berean Academy (98) and the rest of the 10-team field.
JuliAnne Chisholm and Hannah Marsh led the assault with three individual gold medals apiece.
Daniel Jost brings the heat out of the bullpen. Jost threw six innings in relief, and allowed only one run in a 7-6 extra-innings win on Friday. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press. Click image to enlarge.
Hillsboro High claimed a pair of dramatic one-run wins over Lyons Friday at Memorial Field.
The Trojans (6-6) scored a run in the bottom of the seventh to walk off with a 5-4 victory in Game 1, then scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth to take a 7-6 decision in Game 2.
