Jerry Giese

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HAWARDEN – Lawton-Bronson’s baseball team snapped a 2-2 tie with four runs in the fourth inning and held on for a 6-4 non-conference win over West Sioux last Thursday. Coach Simon Denney’s Eagles scored two runs with no outs on the scoreboard. Lane Mitchell led off with a single, stole second base and broke the deadlock when he scored on Max Harman’s single. Harman stole second base and teammate Brayden Neumann continued Lawton-Bronson’s hit parade with a single and stole second base.

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SPIRIT LAKE – The later innings of games continued to be kind to the Panthers during Saturday’s Spirit Lake Tournament. The Panthers had won Western Valley Conference games against Woodbury Central and Westwood in their final at-bat last Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. Saturday’s 6-4 win over Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and 11-5 triumph over Spirit Lake were both, extra-inning contests. “It’s not good for our hearts and our stomachs,” said Kingsley-Pierson co-head coach Haylee Halbur.

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SLOAN – Timber Forch had two hits and scored the game-winning run on a passed ball in the top of the eighth inning as Kingsley-Pierson clinched the Western Valley Conference regular season championship following last Thursday’s 5-4 win over Westwood. Forch and Emma Dye each recorded two hits while Kaidynce Hill drove in three runs for Kingsley-Pierson (12-4, 8-1 WVC), which last won the WVC regular-season championship in 2022. The Panthers were the No. 1 seed in the WVC Tournament.

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KINGSLEY – Blakely Goodwin was told by Kingsley-Pierson co-head coach Michelle Seglem it was her time to shine. Goodwin and Seglem were there for the gentle smile and words from another co-head coach, Haylee Halbur, who told the entire team to keep believing, their squad trailing Woodbury Central 4-1 going into the bottom of the seventh inning.

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KINGSLEY – Easton Nissen feels a baseball game isn’t complete if his jersey isn’t dirty. The Kingsley-Pierson junior shortstop slid headfirst to home plate on a passed ball in the bottom of the fifth inning last Wednesday (June 18) — his uniform top stained in brownish orange — to snap a tie and scored both runs for his squad during a 2-1 Western Valley Conference win over Woodbury Central.