April 2022

Calumet blanks Lomega; Okarche spoils UC rally

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Calumet High School’s baseball team jumped back into the win column last week with a 16-0 shutout of Lomega.

The Chieftains improved to 6-2 on the year with the shutout and 3-1 in road games this spring.

Okarche 9, Union City 6

The Warriors fielded a hard-hit ball off the bat of Braydon Armstrong with outs in the bottom of the seventh and the bases loaded to secure the three-run road win over Union City High School’s baseball team.

Braydon Armstrong had a potential game-tying hit spoiled by Okarche

Redlands battling long losing streak

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An 11-game losing steak has sent Redlands Community College’s baseball team to the bottom of the NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 standings with a 13-21 overall record.

The Cougars are 2-10 in the divisional standings after dropping a four-game set to second-place Western Oklahoma State College by scores of 8-0, 11-1, 12-4 and 9-7.

Redlands went 32-of-116 from the plate in the four-game set for a .276 batting average but scored just 12 runs. The team had eight extra base hits including a triple by Reece Burke and home runs from Nico Kuplik and Colton Clinesmith.