Jim Leitner

1 week ago | telegraphherald.com | Jim Leitner

The River Ridge/Scales Mound baseball team came within about five feet of continuing their magical postseason run and winning the third sectional title in program history. But Fulton centerfielder Jacob Voss hauled in a deep drive to the warning track by Sam Rife for the final out with the potential tying run on third base. And the fourth-seeded Steamers edged the eighth-seeded Wildcats, 3-2, in an Illinois Class 1A regional championship game that took just 1 hour, 34 minutes in Lena.

1 week ago | telegraphherald.com | Jim Leitner

BELLEVUE, Iowa - Blake Bussan didn't exactly start the way he wanted on Saturday night. But, as soon as the University of Wisconsin-Platteville senior-to-be from Cuba City, Wis., figured things out, he pitched lights-out ball.

1 week ago | telegraphherald.com | Jim Leitner

BELLEVUE, Iowa – Blake Bussan didn’t exactly start the way he wanted on Saturday night. But, as soon as the University of Wisconsin-Platteville senior-to-be from Cuba City figured things out, he pitched lights-out ball. Bussan overcame a rocky first inning to pitch six innings of two-hit ball to lead Worthington to a 5-2 victory over Key West in the championship game of the Bellevue Semi-pro Tournament at Cole Park.

1 week ago | telegraphherald.com | Jim Leitner

The River Ridge/Scales Mound baseball team came within about five feet of continuing their magical postseason run and winning the third sectional title in program history. But Fulton centerfielder Jacob Voss hauled in a deep drive to the warning track by Sam Rife for the final out with the potential tying run on third base. And the fourth-seeded Steamers edged the eighth-seeded Wildcats, 3-2, in an Illinois Class 1A regional championship game that took just 1 hour, 34 minutes in Lena.

1 week ago | telegraphherald.com | Jim Leitner

It usually takes a little while for a high school baseball offense to settle into a groove, and Western Dubuque found itself behind the curve after rain wiped out its entire first week of the season. But the Bobcats picked up a pair of eight-inning character Mississippi Valley Conference wins at Dubuque Senior on Friday night. They won the opener, 8-3, and completed the sweep, 7-6, in waning daylight to improve to 4-1. The Rams moved to 5-5.