Sport

HARTINGTON – It is time to see if the Hartington softball girls have learned from previous state tournament appearances.

OMAHA – The Omaha World Herald honored Cedar Catholic last week as the Class C All-Sports grand champion.

WYNOT – The Wynot Expos scored 16 runs in the first five frames to run away with a decisive 16-4 win over the Freeman Blacksox at Terry Foxhoven Field July 9 in South Central Amateur Baseball League action.

LINCOLN – Dan Griffith is just scraping by.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington Navy Pony League team used a great pitching performance from Grady Haberer to sink Creighton 2-1 in a game played on June 29 in Hartington.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington American Legion Senior baseball team is set to host the Area 1 Tournament at Felber Park this month.

Big Swing

WYNOT – After defeating the Yankton Tappers just under two weeks ago, the Wynot Expos dropped a 14-5 South Central South Dakota League contest Thursday with the visitors from the north.

WAKEFIELD – The Hartington Post 4 Junior American Legion baseball team dropped the title game on July 1 in the Ralph Bishop League finals for its second loss of the entire summer in a well-played game fitting of a finals match-up at Eaton Field in Wakefield.

HARTINGTON – With an additional week to prepare for the Class D part of the 2023 USA Softball of Nebraska 18U State Tournament, the Hartington 18s softball team has done the best it can to prepare for its second straight trip to the most important tournament of the year.

LINCOLN – Hunters may begin purchasing unlimited quota Nebraska deer and antelope permits on July 10.

LINCOLN – Two Nebraska efforts aimed at grassland and wildlife conservation through conservation assistance for farmers, ranchers and tribes will benefit from a financial boost recently announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

HARTINGTON – With a few weeks to ready themselves for the Class D state tournament, the Hartington Penguins 18U softball team has plenty of data to look at in preparation for the big show.

LINCOLN – Laney Kathol, Jaxson Bernecker and Makenna Noecker were all selected to play in the Nebraska Coaches Association All-Star games next month in their respective sports.

HARTINGTON - After seemingly cruising along with five straight wins over the previous week, the Hartington Post 4 Senior American Legion baseball team lost a couple of games including the opening round of the Ralph Bishop League Tournament.

Pony action

HARTINGTON – The Hartington Post 4 American Legion Juniors baseball team posted a couple of wins last week and now move on to the North Division finals of the Ralph Bishop League Tournament against Wayne June 29 in Hartington, with the first pitch set for 7 p.m.

WAKEFIELD/WAYNE – The Hartington Pony League tournament baseball team rolled to a title in the Mid-Summer Classic over this past weekend with wins over the Wayne tournament team 11-5 on June 23; the UBA Gladiators 6-5 on June 24; the Lincoln Cyclones 11-10 on June 25; and Ponca 9-1 on June 25.

MENNO, S.D. – The Wynot Expos scored early and often to take care of the Menno Mad Frogs 9-1 on June 25 to improve to 4-5 in South Central South Dakota League action.

Off to a great start