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All three of Washington’s coach pitch teams gathered for swimming and a barbecue on July 3. The teams, which are Washington Red, Washington White and Washington Blue, dressed in their team shirts in honor of the Fourth of July holiday. Attending were, front row, from left, Lyle Milam, Carter Cole, Rylan Willbrant and Charlie Bruna. Second row: Lincoln Baker, Owen McClure, Chayse Gross, Christopher Kern, Gatlin Willbrant and Skyler Lafl en. Third row: Eli Finlayson, Gavin McClellan, Cayden Meadows, Hayden Lohse and Kane Scheer. Fourth row: Tanner Baker, Kale Miller, Easton Finlayson, Brode Applegarth, Michael Peterson and Jacob Elliott. Fifth row: Tristan Bonar, Konnor Chandler, Preston Bonar, Braylen Meier, Witt Keesecker, Eli Crome, Blake Novak, Braytton Zenger and Dawson Strunk. Coaches are Mark Novak, Dusty Bonar, Jason Crome, Don McClellan, Jerry Baker, Barry Finlayson, Jamie Cole, Ryan Bruna and Justin Gross.

BY DAN THALMANN Publisher

In many T-ball games, with fundamental skills still at their very novice level, one of the tricks in winning is to hold the opposing team to less than the six runs per inning max. In some games, that might not happen often, with teams unable to get three outs and trading the six run limit back and forth. In last Monday’s girls T-ball championship game in Hanover, both Hanover Red and Washington 1 only maxed out the run rule in one inning each. Hanover was the #2 seed coming into the game and got blanked by the defense of #1 seed Washington to start the game.

Members of the the 2018 Hanover Red T-ball team are, front row, from left to right, Wyatt Steinfort, Carter Jueneman, Weston Sedlacek, Lake Kiekafer, Parker Bruna, Nick Jueneman, and Ben Jueneman; second row, Isaac White, Davis Becker, Blake Jueneman, Will Holle, Kendon Jueneman, and Tyson Jueneman; back row, Clint Holle, Alan Steinfort, Ty Becker, Jo Sedlacek, and Tyler Bruna.

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BY DAN THALMANN

The boys T-ball league championship game on Friday at Hanover was a nail-biter, with the Hanover Blue and Linn Blue teams both holding leads during the first three innings. But the score evened up into a 15-15 tie after four innings, and in what was supposed to be the fifth and final innings, both teams scored the maximum-allowed six runs each and the tie moved to 21-21.

Hanover Blue, which was the only undefeated team during the regular season (Linn Blue had one loss, against Hanover Blue) stepped up their defense in the top of the sixth. They got the first two Linn batters out, but then allowed a double and a single before getting the third out, making it a shutout inning. Hanover only had to score one run to win.

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BY MARCIA HUBBARD
Sports writer

Hanover and Clifton-Clyde will be well-represented at this weekend’s Kansas State High School Track and Field Championships Friday and Saturday at Wichita.

After placing in the top four in their events last week in regional, seven girls from HHS will vie for medals at the state level. Qualifying for the HHS ladies were Claire Zarybnicky in the 800, 1,600, 4x400 and 4x800 relays; Bailey Liby, 300 hurdles; MaKenna Jueneman, 4x100 and 4x800 relays; Tianna Lohse, 4x100, 4x400, 4x800 relays and the javelin; Taeghan Zabokrtsky, 4x100 relay and triple jump; Macy Doebele, 4x100 and 4x400 relays, long jump and triple jump; and Taylor Klipp, 4x400 and 4x800 relays. William Peters will represent the HHS boys after qualifying in the high jump and shot put.