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LEOPOLD – Perry Central’s eighth-grade baseball team got the better of their seventh-grade counterparts Monday, sweeping a doubleheader.

Nine different eighth-graders got hits in game one, helping them earn a 10-5 win.

Dakota Brewster drove in two runs while throwing three shutout innings from the mound.

Aaron Lutgring and Kyle Goldman also added RBIs for the eighth grade.

Dylan Seibert had the best showing at the plate for the seventh grade in game one, blasting a two-run double in the fourth inning.

ROCKPORT —  Rockport scored in seven of their eight at-bats, easily sweeping the Hoosier Express in a Junior Legion doubleheader Tuesday.

Rockport’s first eight batters reached base safely in a seven-run second inning in game one, helping them pull away early in a 13-1 victory.

Chandler Roberts, Tyler Schneider and Ryan Wilkinson all blasted two-run singles in the inning while finishing the game with three hits. Wilkinson finished with four RBIs while Schneider had three.

By LARRY GOFFINET
Sports Editor

Major League Baseball keeps track of records for almost everything. I believe Jim Murray once wrote there’s even an official record for most home runs hit by a third baseman against a left-handed pitcher from Yugoslavia.

But Washington Nationals rookie Bryce Harper has a chance to break a record that I consider pretty significant, even though a lot of people may not know about it.

ITHACA, N.Y.—Perry Central graduate Nick Huber was earlier named a second-team NCAA Division I track All-American after finishing 11th in the nation in the decathlon as a senior for Cornell University this spring.

Now he has been named a third-team academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

He compiled a 3.42 grade-point average as he earned a degree in industrial and labor relations.

His point total in the decathlon made him an alternate for the U.S. Olympic trials.