Sports

The Sutton Senior Legion baseball team claimed two of three wins this past week, taking care of business against Fairbury and Geneva, before being handed a six-run loss to Grand Island Sunday afternoon.

In action at DLD Park June 19, Sutton scored three runs in each of the first, second, fourth and sixth innings, to post a 12-4 win over Fairbury.

Nathan Drudik, Garrett Nuss and Will Reeson pounded out two hits each in the eight-run win, as Drudik was 2-2, while Nuss and Reeson were both 2-4 with a single and a double each to lead Sutton.

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About 25 youth joined in a community kickball game on June 20 at Glenvil’s ballfield, cooling off later with root beer floats. Here, Caillee League tosses the ball in during an inning of kickball.

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Sutton Community Home will host a “Run/Walk For a Resident,” as a fundraiser for the proposed new Sutton Community Home facility as a benefit to the Sutton Community Home Foundation.

The race, which begins at 7:45 a.m., this Saturday, starting at the home.

The fees are $20 for a onemile fun run/walk and $25 to participate in the 5k. All paid entries will receive a T-shirt and goodie bag.

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The Sutton Senior Legion baseball team took a double header sweep from the Silver Creek Seniors at DLD Park, Wednesday, June 12, winning the opening game in a big way, 11-4, before having to battle to sweep the visitors with a narrow 1-0 victory in the nightcap.

Ty Skalka manned the pitchers mound in game one of the double header, throwing a strong complete game in seven innings on the mound.

Skalka recorded six strikeouts and walked just three, while allowing two hits and the four Silver Creek runs in the top of the third inning.

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In a wild outing Sunday afternoon, the York Junior Legion baseball team broke an 8-8 tie in the top half of the seventh inning to outlast the Fairfield Juniors 11-9 with a 3-1 edge in the final inning.

The high scoring affair was equally as impressive in the batters box, as the two teams combined for 31 total hits, with York gaining 18 hits, including four doubles and 12 singles. Fairfield tagged the York pitching for 13 singles and nine runs batted in.

In the first, after York took a 2-0 lead, Wynn Wilmot scored on a Toby Turman single to set the game at a 2-1 score.

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Sutton Community Home will host a Run/Walk For a Resident, as a fundraiser for the future new facility.

The race, which begins at 7:45 a.m., will take place Saturday, June 29, starting at the home.

The fees are $20 for a onemile fun run/walk and $25 to participate in the 5k. All paid entries will receive a T-shirt, a goodie bag, and refreshments.

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Sutton’s Lee Carlson will be a part of the 2019 Nebraska Scholastic Wrestling Coaches Association All-Star duals this Saturday morning at Grand Island Senior High.

The duals are set to begin at 11 a.m., with Carlson joining 32 other wrestlers in the annual event.

Four other Southern Nebraska Conference wrestlers will join Carlson in the action, including Keegan Casey and Damian Steward of Thayer Central, Ace York of Fairbury and Noah Styskal of David City. Cole Ulmer of Broken Bow, the son of Sutton Alumni Paul and Connie Ulmer will also be a part of the dual action.

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Garrett Nuss, a 2019 graduate from Sutton High School, was the ninth Mustang in the 61-year history of the Nebraska Shrine Bowl to play in the game. Nuss played as a center on the offensive line, as well as a blocker on punts for the South team. Above, Nuss moves in to block Hunter Jones of Omaha Burke during the annual contest, held in Kearney this past Saturday. The North earned a 32-10 win over the South squad.

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