Religa wins green vest at Pine Edge

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Wednesday, 11 July 2007 08:46

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Mark Religa (left), Goessel, won the Pine Edge green vest at the third annual $25,000 putting contest at Pine Edge Golf Course near Goessel on Saturday. Although no one earned the $25,000 prize, the top five people who qualified for a chance to win it were (from left) Religa; Ron Spillman, Hutchinson; Wayne Neufeld, Inman; Jacob Benson, McPherson; and Andrew Hedrich, Hutchinson. The tournament was sponsored by Hustler Turf Equipment, Hesston. Click image to enlarge.

Hillsboro teams 1st, 3rd at tournament

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Wednesday, 11 July 2007 08:31

cvlsoftball10uchamps2.jpg Hillsboro teams 1st, 3rd at tournament<p><p>The Hillsboro 10-&-Under softball team coached by Eddie Weber and Steph Sinclair defeated Chase County in a two-game Cotton­wood Valley League championship series by a score of 2-1 on June 28. Hillsboro lost the first game of the series 1-0. The team finished with a 7-2 season record and a 3-1 record in the tournament. Shelley Arnold was chosen as most valuable player. Pictured are: back row (from left) coach Eddie Weber, Madeline Brown, Allison Weber, Taylor Vogt, Shayla Hannah, Ali Blazek, coach Steph Sinclair; front row, Kennedy Lucero, Julie Sinclair, Patience Salas, Shelley Arnold, Karyn Leihy, Hannah Bostic. The Hillsboro 10-&-Under team, coached by Chad...

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Legion season ends with heartbreak loss at Lyons

Written by Andrew Ottoson Wednesday, 11 July 2007 08:12

legionp70600082.jpg Hillsboro pitcher Jake Liles (right) and Daniel Jost talk about the nice catch Jost made on a short pop-up that cut short a Lyons rally early Friday night. The catch preserved a 3-2 Hillsboro lead. Post 366 built the lead to 12-3 but fell one play short of salting away the win, losing 13-12.
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With the hope of playing for a berth in the state tournament, a shorthanded Hillsboro team traveled to Lyons for the first night of this weekend’s Babe Ruth District IV baseball tournament.

The Peabody also made the trip, and finished as tournament runner-up.

“We were missing a number of important guys coming in, but we thought that if we were still in it on Sunday, we’d have a...

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Peabody third, Hillsboro fourth at CVL swim meet in Council Grove

Written by Andrew Ottoson Wednesday, 11 July 2007 08:05

The 2007 Mid-Kansas League championship swim meet was held Saturday in Council Grove. Peabody finished second among nine teams with 332 1⁄2 points and Hillsboro was fourth with 175 1⁄2 points. Lindsborg won the title with a score of 352.

Hillsboro Results

Girls 8 & Under

Fly: 10. Abby Sechrist 38.90, 11. Sonja Jost 39.07. Backstroke: 9. A. Sechrist 39.67. Breaststroke: 9. A. 39.85, 20. S. Jost 51.94. Freestyle: 9. S. Jost 29.57, 18. A. Sechrist 37.40.

Boys 8 & Under

Fly: 1. Braden Vogt 27.53. Backstroke: 1. B. Vogt 28.96, 6. Joe Knoll 37.14. Breaststroke: 1. B. Vogt 29.16. Freestyle: 2. B. Vogt 21.21, 5. J. Knoll 27.97.

Girls 9-10

Medley Relay: 1. Hillsboro A (Shayla Hanna, Darcy Heinrichs, Maddie Duerksen...

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Post 366 enters Babe Ruth tourney with 12-6 record

Written by Andrew Ottoson Thursday, 05 July 2007 05:52

LegionTeamP7020062.JPG Despite the cancellation of Monday’s game against Hesston, Legion Post 366 gathered at Memorial Field to swap its regular season garb for the uniforms of the Babe Ruth District 4 wildcard tournament and to snap a team photo. The tournament, to be played at Lyons, begins Friday. Back row: (from left) coach Bill Fish, Alfonse Klenda, Alex Nuss, Dan Jost, Aaron Stepanek, coach Tim Hein. Front row: Tyler Ediger, Dan Berg, Jacob Edwards, Mitchell Koop, Jake Liles. Not pictured: coach Joe Alvarez, Jacob Fish, Travis Riesen, Dustin Strunk and JD Tippin. Andrew Ottoson / Free Press. Click image to enlarge.


The Hillsboro American Legion Post 366 baseball team added a pair of losses to its record last week, and then had its...

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