Hillsboro?s Alex Nuss dives back into first base an instant too late. Nuss was called out on the tag during Game 1. Hillsboro went on to win the contest, though, 5-4. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press. Click image to enlarge.

The Hillsboro High baseball team completed its regular season May 8 with a doubleheader split against Haven at Memorial Field.

The Trojans held off a Haven rally in Game 1 to post a 5-4 win, but the Wildcats claimed a 6-3 decision in Game 2.

In the opener, Hillsboro staked starter Travis Riesen to a 5-0 lead after two innings.

The Trojans took advantage of two Haven errors in the first inning to score two runs on only one hit. In the second inning, Troy Frick walked with two outs, then scored on a double by Lucas Hamm.

The Goessel High boys team totaled 95 points and finished second to Berean at the Heart of America league track meet Friday.

Hannah Marsh extends herself to clear 9 feet in the pole vault event at Hesston. The Hillsboro girls topped their counterparts from Marion by five points on Thursday to set the stage for the upcoming league title showdown at Nickerson on Friday. Phyllis Richert / Free Press. Click image to enlarge.

Sean Leihy of Hillsboro leads the back into the home stretch of the second lap during the 1,600-meter race at Hesston. Leihy led to the finish line, winning in a time of 4:50. Behind him are Justin Heidebrecht and Ryan Jones of Marion. Heidebrecht placed second in 4:52.4 and Jones third in 4:57.1. Phyllis Richert / Free Press. Click image to enlarge.

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For the second week in a row, the Hillsboro High girls and boys swept the top prize at an invitational track meet.

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Coming off a double win at the James Thomas Invitational on April 27, the Trojan girls scored 109 points Thursday to edge Marion by five points for first place at the nine-school Hess?ton Invitational.

Hillsboro?s Daniel Kunantaev watches his drive off of the tee at Hole 3. Kunantaev placed fourth on Friday. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press. Click on image to enlarge.

Led by the top two individual finishers, Topeka Hayden claimed a 31-stroke team win over runner-up Marion at the Marion County Invitational on Friday.

Isaac Leihy rocks and fires during the second game of Moanday's double-header against MHS.

Marion High erupted for six runs in the top of the sixth inning to carry the Warriors to a 7-5 come-from-behind win over Hillsboro on Monday, April 30, at Memorial Field.

Hillsboro won the opener, 8-3.

The Hillsboro softball team found its offense late in the game to claim a 7-1 win at Hess?ton last Tuesday. The second game of the schedule doubleheader was rained out.

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.

Sterling claimed victories of 4-3 and 10-7.

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The Goessel Bluebirds boys? track and field team took third place at the Remington Invitational. The girls took eighth among 13 teams.

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 Invita?tional 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.