Jacket baseball topples Spurger in regional quarterfinal

  • YELLOWJACKETS SWARM after their regional quarterfinal win over Spurger last week. Next up is Fayetteville in a three game series to determine the regional semifinal champion. We'll have details in next week's newspaper, or check News Facebook page for more timely score and results updates. Nora Davis, photo.
    YELLOWJACKETS SWARM after their regional quarterfinal win over Spurger last week. Next up is Fayetteville in a three game series to determine the regional semifinal champion. We'll have details in next week's newspaper, or check News Facebook page for more timely score and results updates. Nora Davis, photo.
    The Yellowjacket baseball team is riding high after Menard’s decisive 13-7 win over Spurger in the regional quarterfinal round of Class A state baseball playoffs last week. Friday’s victory was the first baseball playoff win in 20 years for Menard. “It was a huge win for our program,” said head coach Will Barker, who took on the task of reviving the baseball program 4 years ago.O...

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