Youth
Wood River Post 314 Seniors’ season ends at district tourney
The Wood River Seniors Legion baseball team battled some familiar teams, and the summer heat, at the C5 district baseball tournament in Albion over the weekend.
Dannebrog/Cairo/Boelus Ponies win LouPlatte Pony Tournament
The Dannebrog/Cairo/Boelus (DCB) Pony team won the Lou-Platte Pony Tournament held in Gibbon on Wednesday, July 2. DCB made it to the championship game by defeating Loup City, 11-8; Central Valley/Palmer, 24-9; and Gibbon, 8-5. DCB then faced Ravenna in the championship game and won by a score of 11-2. The DCB team is, front row, left to right, Lane Dvorak, Joel Johnson, Macon Bonsack, Korbyn Stange, Braxtyn Young, Laura Piersol for brother Jack, Konnor Knopik, and Mark Loveday; and back row, coaches Mark Johnson and Heath Hadenfeldt, Daxton Fries, Jax Campbell, Beau Simons, Jayden Molczyk, Colt Hadenfeldt, and coach Kevin Dvorak. Not pictured are Jack Piersol and coach Dan Piersol. (–courtesy photo)
Gibbon Blue Little League team finishes LP Tournament in third place
The Gibbon Blue Little League team went 12-3 this year and closed the season with a third place finish in the LouPlatte Little League Tournament. The team is, front row, left to right, Carson Yendra and Kamryn Heikkinen; second row, Yoel Lopez, Adrian Abiles, Jordan Clevenger, Jaxton Swarm, Tuff Steele, and Kamden Baxter, third row, Bentley Samuelson, Alejandro Corona, DaRay Aldaba, German Mozqueda, and Juan Murillo; and back row, coaches Tom Baxter, Derrick Clevenger, Jace Bombeck, and Matt Heikkinen. (–courtesy photo)
Wood River Post 314 Juniors get two late season wins
The Wood River Juniors found the win column twice over the last series of games with wins over Hi-Line Post 290 to end the regular season, and Doniphan-Trumbull-Giltner Post 300, in the first round of the C-6 Juniors district tournament. The win over Doniphan avenged a loss to them just four days prior.