Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

Taming the Tigers

Hawks top Trinity Christian for 1st WEC win

Trinity Christian took a quick lead, but Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn scored multiple runs in four of the first five innings to earn a 9-6 win. The Hawks' first victory in War Eagle Conference play came on June 26 in Hartley.

The Tigers led 4-0 after the first inning and scored another run in the second. H-M-S answered with two runs in the first inning and three in the second to tie the score, and scored twice in the third to take the lead for good.

The Hawks extended their advantage to four runs in the fifth inning. The Tigers loaded the bases in the sixth but failed to score, and an unassisted dou...