ACAC Champions ----- stepping it up when it counts! + Busy Saturday scores

After being away from my computer last evening, I have to share in the Golf excitement at GHS.  The Railroader golf team had lost twice previously to Woodlan, but not on Saturday.............when it counted. After 9 holes on Saturday, the railroaders trailed Woodlan by 4 strokes and led Heritage by 2, Leo by 6. Coach Kleeman told Jacob Stafford to "Keep playing, it was going to be close. Don't think your score is not important." While it didn't come down to a tie, it was very close and when Number 4 golfer, Noah Getts turned in his card, everyone knew he was going to have to shoot under 95 to beat the Warriors. NO PROBLEM! After shooting a 165 on the front nine. The Railroaders stepped it up and shot 158 on the back 9 and won their first ever ACAC Golf Championship.

Bennett Rieke shot a great 70 for the day to take medalist honors. Cam Stockdale shot 79 to earn 4th place. Karsten Cooper shot 84 to earn 2nd team all-conference honors and Noah shot 90. The good news is, none of these great golfers are seniors, so everyone is back next season. We aren't done this year and have a shot at a sectional championship. Now all focus is making it to regionals. Good Job Golfers. Make sure you get your Steak Dinner!

The other news of the day was the Garrett Baseball Invitational and the girls softball double header. Both teams split for the day.  The girls took the first one from Snider 6-2 . Kourtney Holliday only gave up 1 earned run and 5 strike outs. Jessica LaTurner had 2 hits and 2 RBI's to lead the offense.

In game 2 the Railroaders fell 3-1. Sturges, Holliday, and McCoy all pitched but the offense was quiet.

The Lady Railroaders play on Tuesday Night in the bye game of the sectional. The game will start at approximately 7pm and they will face Fremont!

The Boys Baseball Team dominated the first game of the day in the Baseball Invite, defeating Prairie Heights 13-2. Kylan LaMotte got the win with 4 strong innings. but, Noah Follett and Che Fuentes also pitched. Logan Lee was 3 for 3 and scored 3 runs. Lucas Bobay had 2 hits, 3 runs, and an impressive 4 RBI's to lead the offense. In game 2 the team fell for the second time to ACAC Conference Champions Heritage, 10-1. Brett Schendel was strapped with the loss giving up 8 hits and 6 runs in 3 innings of work. The Railroader offense was quiet getting just 2 hits and scoring one run throughout the game.

The Boys will prepare for Prairie Heights and the sectional tournament on Thursday night. 

Good Luck teams in the tournament! Bring home the Hardware!