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Penguin Play

PLAINVIEW - The Hartington 14U baseball team used two big wins last week to take the Quad County League regular season title and the No. 1 seed into the league tournament.

WYNOT - For the third time this season, the Wynot Expos were defeated by the Yankton Tappers in South Central League action, dropping a 13-12 decision here on July 1.

BATTLE CREEK - Jesse Lundahl has become more than a thorn in the side of the Hartington Post 4 Senior American Legion baseball team this summer.

LINCOLN – A warning to boaters operating impaired during the Fourth of July weekend: Nebraska conservation officers will be watching.

CROFTON - The Hartington 18U Penguin softball team finished a busy week in its league tournament here June 30 where the Penguins went 1-2 with a pair of losses to Crofton and Verdigre sandwiched around a win over Wausa in the second round.

LINCOLN – The public is invited to participate in the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s annual summer turkey brood survey July 1-Aug. 31.

WEST POINT – After swimming away from the competition in its first two meets of the summer campaign, the Hartington Dolphins swim team found itself a little short-handed at its meet in West Point.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington Post 4 American Legion Senior baseball team found itself down 8-0 after the first two innings and spent the rest of the night climbing back into the game before eventually falling, 9-7 to Battle Creek in Ralph Bishop League action here at Felber Park June 19.

Last week Brooks Heine, 11, became one of the youngest golfers to ever record a hole-in-one at the Hartington golf course. He recorded the ace on the third hole on June 18 using a three wood. Miller Heine, and Trey Leise witnessed the shot. This marks the second hole-in-one of the season at the local golf course. Riley Sudbeck earned an ace earlier this year. Sudbeck also earned his ace on the third hole when he nailed the shot on May 12. Brooks is the son of Scott and Jennifer Heine.

HARTINGTON – After getting a forfeit from Arlington, the Hartington Post 4 Junior American Legion baseball team traveled to Plainview for the Plainview roundrobin wooden bat baseball tournament.

HARTINGTON - It’s been a long wait, but Hartington will finally host the State American Legion baseball tournament.

HARTINGTON - What the Hartington 14U Penguin softball team lacks in quantity it more than makes up for in quality.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington Penguin 18U softball team continued to prepare for the upcoming Class D State Tournament with a couple of wins in regular season action over the past week.

HARTINGTON - The Hartington Post 4 American Legion baseball team played a couple of Ralph Bishop League games this past week and won them both to improve to 6-1 on the season.

WAYNE - The Hartington Dolphins swim team opened the 2024 summer campaign with a splash taking the team titles in West Point on June 12 and Wayne on June 15.

WYNOT – The Wynot Expos broke a four-game losing streak by taking a game from Crofton here June 16, 2-1.

BRANDON, S.D. – After rattling off 10 straight wins to open the 2024 baseball season, the Hartington Pony League team traveled north here for the Brandon Valley Tournament and came away with a 2-2 record.

HARTINGTON - The Hartington Post 4 American Legion Seniors ran into some quality pitching in dropping a couple of games over the past week. The two losses, both on the road, followed a win over Wisner-Pilger/Dodge-Howells here at Felber Park.

LINCOLN – Applications for paddlefish snagging permits will be accepted by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission from July 1-14.