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Redskins get to experience Major League ball park for last game of the year May 27, 2015 by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com The Mattoon Green Wave might have avenged a season opening loss by defeating Sullivan 6-3 on Sunday afternoon, but win or no win, nothing was going to take away from the experience of a lifetime that the Redskins were able to receive by playing ball in the St. Louis Cardinals’ Busch Stadium. “It’s awesome. Playing on a field like this makes every ground ball easier,” said head coach Troy Rogers. “It makes pitching easier. You throw quicker.  The adrenaline … Read More

Defeat Windsor/Stew-Stras 9-0 May 27, 2015 by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com Okaw Valley head coach Andrew Hagerman sort of knew how Saturday’s regional championship was going to go. More than just predicting or hoping for a win, the OV coach actually dreamed of how the final out would come. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, the Hatchets’ Devon Deremiah took an 0-2 count to third baseman Taylor Coleman, who promptly fielded the grounder and shot it to first base for the winner. Like Hagerman foresaw. “I actually had a premonition Taylor would get the last putout,” he said. … Read More

Knock Lady Comets out at home Thursday May 21, 2015 by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com It took just one inning Thursday for Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond’s softball team to put enough runs on the board to advance past regional host Windsor/Stew-Stras in the semi-final. After four innings of shut-out ball by both teams, the Lady Comets struck first in the top of the fifth thanks to back-to-back hits, the first, a double by senior Kendall Knop, followed by a triple by Bayleigh Tabor. But the Knights, who had just one hit up until that point, strung together six hits following two immediate outs en … Read More