Brian Fruechting hustles down the line as the throw sails wide of HHS first baseman Tyler Ediger. Isaac Leihy trails the play from his pitchers spot. Leihy took the loss in the first game—an 11-10 Marion win decided on a 9th inning RBI single by Fruechting. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press
Brian Freuchting’s run-scoring base hit in the top of the ninth inning propelled Marion to an 11-10 win over Hillsboro in the first game of their doubleheader on Thursday.
Marion came back to sweep the twinbill with a 9-6 victory over the Trojans in Game 2 at Memorial Field.
Coach Mike Gottsch inked six players besides American Samoa-born cousins Buddy Tuamasaga (6-4, 325 pounds) and Rodney Finau (6-2, 325 pounds) in April. But adding 650 pounds of muscle to the defensive line is some big news for the Bluejays.
Zac Rembolt and Justin Ball make their move around the pack at the beginning of the 800. Amber Wiens heads down the home stretch during her all-conference honorable mention 1,500 meter run. Andrew Ottoson/Free Press
The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference outdoor track and field championship meet record in the women’s 4x800 relay wasn’t broken at Friends University Friday.
It was demolished.
The dynamite foursome of Liz Kleinsasser, Amber Wiens, Shelby Miller and Heidi Schmidt blew the old record away, stopping the clock at 9:26.79—26 full seconds earlier than the previous meet record of 9:53.
