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Evening With The Arts
April 22, 2023
6:00 p.m.
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Free Art Exhibit in the High School Commons
The High School and Middle School bands and choirs have been working diligently this year and are ready to deliver an evening of beautiful music.
Tickets are $15.00 per adult and $5.00 per child. Reserved tables are available at the following prices:
6-person table $120; 8-person table $160
Wishes
Gabe Garber
Bass Guitar
Baritone
Saxophone
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Midgets Defeat Wolverines, 7-4
en hits and they also left four runners stranded. Both teams were error free.
This win brought the Midgets’ record to 8-2.
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Tigers Hand Midgets a Loss
one hit to lead the team. Kooper Hornaday recorded the team’s RBI.
McReynolds led the team in stolen bases with a pair. Jones, Owen Ream and Mason Morris each recorded a stolen base as well.
The Tigers eight runs came on 11 hits and they left seven runners stranded. The Midgets one run came on two hits and they left three on base.
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Midgets Fight to the End at Plattsburg
On Wednesday, April 5, the Midgets were on the road at Maysville, where they handed the Wolverines a 7-4 defeat.
Maysville got things started in the first inning when Sobotka singled on a 1-0 count, scoring one run. The Midgets pulled away for good with four runs in the third inning.
In the third Mason Morris singled on a 1-0 count, scoring one run, Kooper Hornaday singled on a 3-2 count, scoring two runs, and Vincent Jones doubled on a 1-1 count, scoring one run.
Morris led things off on the mound for Putnam County. The pitcher allowed seven hits and four runs over seven innings, striking out 11.
The Wolverine starting pitcher lasted three and a third innings, allowing six hits and five runs while striking out six. Willis threw three and two-thirds innings in relief.
The Midgets tallied one home run on the day when Jones went deep in the fifth inning.
Putnam collected nine hits on the day. Morris and Jones all collected multiple hits with two hits each to lead the Midgets. Jones also led the team in RBIs with three. Other RBIs came from Hornaday with a pair and Morris and Owen Ream with one each.
Morris led the team in stolen bases with two. Reise Brundage and Hornaday each stole a base as well.
The Midgets seven runs came on nine hits and they left four runners on base. The Wolverines four runs came on sev-
After reaching on a walk and stealing a base, Owen Ream gets a big jump off second.
On Thursday, April 6, the Midgets hosted the Princeton Tigers. The first run of the game came in the top of the third, when Princeton put one on the board.
The Tigers added an additional four in the top of the fifth, while the Midgets remained scoreless.
In the top of the sixth, the Tigers were able to score three more runs and the Midgets got on the board with one of their own. After a scoreless seventh inning for both teams, the Tigers took the 8-1 victory and the Midgets record moved to 8-3.
Vincent Jones led things off on the mound for the Midgets, throwing 55 strikes in 85 pitches. Jones lasted five innings, allowing seven hits and five runs while striking out five. Owen Ream and Brock Munden entered the game as relief, each throwing one inning and each striking out three.
Jones and Brayden McReynolds all had
Michael Christian pitched one and one-third innings as the closer in the match with Plattsburg.
On Tuesday, April 11, the Midgets traveled to Plattsburg to face the Tigers. The Midgets opened the scoring in the first inning when Vincent Jones doubled to drove in the run. The Midgets added another run in the top of the second. The Tigers added a run in the bottom of the third and fourth innings to tie the score at two all.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Tigers brought two runners home to in- crease their lead to 4-2. An additional run by Plattsburg in the sixth brought the score to 5-2. The Midgets rallied with a pair of runs in the top of the seventh, for a final score of PC 4, Plattsburg 5.
Mason Morris started the game for the Midgets. Morris lasted two and two-thirds innings, allowing one hit and one run while striking out four. Kooper Hornaday and Michael Chris- tian entered the game as relief, throwing two innings and one and one-third innings respectively.
Jones went 3-for-4 at the plate to lead the team in hits and RBIs with three. Brayden McReynolds posted a hit and recorded the team’s other RBI. Morris and Riley Ayers recorded the team’s other hits.
Morris, Jones and Ayers led the team with two stolen bases, as the Midgets ran wild on the base paths with nine stolen bases. Other Midgets grabbing stolen bases were Reise Brundage, Kooper Hornaday and McReynolds.
The Midgets’ four runs came on six hits and they left eight runners stranded. The Tigers’ five runs came off of five hits and they left seven on base.
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Midgets Prevail at North Harrison, 12-1
An eight-run third inning led the Midgets to a 12-1 victory over North Harrison on Wednesday at Eagleville. The offensive firepower by the Midgets was led by Mason Morris, Riley Ayers, and Reise Brundage, all sending runners across the plate with RBIs in the inning.
Putnam County got things started in the first inning when Morris singled on a 1-0 count, scoring one run.
The Midgets put up eight runs in the third inning led by home runs by Morris and Brundage and a double by Ayers. In total the Midgets racked up nine hits in the game. Morris and Brayden McReynolds led the team in hits with a pair each. Morris also posted three RBIs.
The team’s other hits came from Kooper Hornaday, Gavin Kirklin, Vincent Jones, Brundage and Ayers. Brundage contributed three RBIs and Ayers led the team in RBIs with four.
Owen Ream was on the hill for Putnam County. The ace lasted three innings, allowing two hits and one run while striking out six and walking one.
Jerry Gilpatrick was on the pitcher’s mound for North Harrison. The bulldog allowed seven hits and nine runs over two and two-thirds innings, striking out four and walking one. Evan Scheiber, Andrew Craig, and Kyler Kimbrough each contributed in relief for North Harrison.
The Midgets’ 12 runs came on nine hits and they left seven runners stranded. North Harrison’s run came on two hits and they left five on base.
This win brings the Midgets’ record to 9-4.
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On Thursday, April 13, the Midgets hosted the Trenton Bulldogs. Leading 9-0, with bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth, Mason Morris connected for hit that drove home the winning run. This win improved the Midgets’ record to 10-4.
Three pitchers combined to throw a shutout. Mason Morris led things off on the hill for the Midgets. The hurler went two innings, allowing zero runs on one hit and striking out four. Vincent Jones came in and pitched two and twothirds innings striking out seven. Trace Halley came in as the closer and induced a fly out from Gavin Cagle for Trenton’s last out.
Brodie Burgess was on the mound for Trenton. Burgess allowed five hits and seven runs over four innings, striking out two. Elijah Miller threw one-third of an inning in relief.
The Midget offense got things moving in the first inning. Kooper Hornaday singled on a 2-1 count, scoring one run.
Morris went 2-for-4 at the plate to lead the team in hits. Morris led the team in RBIs with three.
Other Midget hits came from Brayden McReynolds, Hornaday, Jones and Riley Ayers who each also posted an RBI
The Midgets stole 14 bases during the game as six players stole more than one. McReynolds led the way with three. Reise Brundage, Jones, Morris, Ream and Brayden Walter each posted two stolen bases and Hornady captured one.
Putnam County was sure-handed in the field and didn’t commit a single error
The Midgets’ 10 runs came on six hits and they left four on base.
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PC Track Competes at South Shelby Invitational
On Monday, April 10, Putnam County track teams traveled to Shelbina to participate in the South Shelby Invitational. In addition to South Shelby and Putnam County, teams from Clark County, Westran, Milan, Macon, Marceline, Monroe City, Missouri Military Academy, Atlanta, Knox County, Silex, Marion County, Northeast (Cairo) and North Shelby competed. In the men’s division, South Shelby placed first with a score of 111. Putnam County placed third with a score of 84. In the women’s division, Clark County placed first with a score of 97. Putnam County placed fifth with a score of 71.5.
Midget athletes placing in the top eight and scoring team points were as follows:
Men’s Division
100M Dash
Blaine Perkins, first, 11.16; Chase Tomlin, third, 11.35
200M Dash
Blaine Perkins, second, 22.85
400M Dash
Chase Tomlin, sixth, 56.06
800M Run
Avery Campbell-Johnson, third, 2:11.23; Jude Watt, sixth, 2:17.53
110M Hurdles
Lucas Hendee, fourth, 18.21
300M Hurdles
Lucas Hendee, third, 46.43
4x100M Relay
Putnam County [N. Lopez, Tomlin,, Ream, Perkins], first, 44.38
4x200M Relay
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