May 2022

Railers rally for split at Campus

HAYSVILLE – It was not your ordinary day of baseball for the Newton Railers Tuesday in an AV-CTL I twinbill against Campus at Plagens Carpenter Park in Haysville, but it was a split. Newton lost the first game 5-0, but rallied in the second game with an 11-run fifth inning to win 17-7 in five innings on the 10-run rule.

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Area softball/baseball roundup

Baseball Central Kansas League Halstead 16, Nickerson 4 Halstead 14, Nickerson 4 NICKERSON — The Halstead Dragons claimed a Central Kansas League sweep of Nickerson Friday in Nickerson, winning 16-4 and 14-4. The both games ended after six innings on the 10-run rule.

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Keith Sprunger

Keith Sprunger, 87, of North Newton, Kansas, died on April 24, 2022, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas, following a winter of declining physical health. Keith LaVerne Sprunger was born March 16, 1935, in Berne, Indiana, to Arley and Lillian (Mettler) Sprunger.

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