Junior High
The United Red Storm junior high baseball team hosted Ridgewood in Alexis. Ridgewood exploded for seven runs in the top of the 2nd inning to take a big early lead. The Red Storm scored three runs in the bottom of the 3rd to cut into the lead but a six-run top of the 5th put the game away for the Spartans, who win the ballgame 15-4 in five innings. Leading the United offense was Derrick Sargeant and Elliott Copeland with two hits apiece. United falls to (0-2) on the season.
The West Central Heat junior high baseball team was also in action last night and traveled to Southeastern for a non-conference matchup. The Heat gave up six runs in the bottom of the 1st and eight runs in the bottom of the 2nd and would not recover in a 17-2 loss to the Suns. Hayden Eisnicher had the lone hit for West Central, who also start their season at (0-2).
