An errant throw gets away from Zan Fine as Jacob Fish dives into third base in the fourth inning of Hillsboro’s 6-4 win in the first round of regional play Monday. Fish scored one of two Trojan runs in the half-inning as Hillsboro rallied from a 3-1 deficit to extend its season into Tuesday. Andrew Ottoson
The Hillsboro High School baseball team advanced to the second day of regional play by defeating host Marion 6-4 late on Monday.
The contest started late on account of the preceeding Lyons-SE of Saline game, but the Warriors got started early.
Hillsboro’s regional championship golf team: (from left) Coach Scott O’Hare, Jake Kenney, Jared King, Justin Kent, Gavin Serene, Daniel Dick and Daniel Kunantaev. The Trojans will compete at the Class 3A state meet in Salina on Monday. Phyllis Richert photo
Justin Kent and Daniel Kunantaev finished 1-2 as Hillsboro played host and placed first at its 3A regional golf tournament.
Kent and Kunantaev both shot 76 and led their 4-man team to a score of 347, a baker’s dozen ahead of second-place Beloit (360).
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.
Daniel Kunantaev hammers a drive during the Hillsboro half of Friday’s 36-hole Marion County Golf Tournament. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press
Marion finished fifth and Hillsboro eighth in a strong 17-school field at the fifth annual Marion County Invitational Golf Tournament on a beastly windy and cool Friday.
The Hillsboro tennis season ended Thursday at the regional tournament it hosted at the Sports Complex.
The two Trojan entries in singles, Clay Shewey and Mark Prieb, fell one victory short of qualifying for state, losing in the quarterfinals. The top four finishers move on.
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