NRHEG Star Eagle

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QCBA 14U team takes year-end title

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The QCBA 14U team, after an up-and-down season, pulled together and won the year-end South Central Youth Baseball league tournament in Lake Crystal the weekend of July 19-21. Front from left: Jerret Utpadel, Brennan Kelly, Coach Bruce Nielsen, Sam Prigge, Noah Nielsen, Bryce Okland. Back: Braden Thompson, Jason Jongbloedt, Oakley Baker, Jack Schultz, Chad Agrimson.

QCBA 12-and-under team wins league tournament

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The Quad Cities Baseball Association 12-and-under team won the league tournament held Saturday in New Richland. They will also be playing this weekend in the state baseball tournament for 12-and-under teams. Front from left: Louis Wagner, Devin Buendorf, Mason Oakland and Andre Hill. Back: Coach Steve VanMaldeghem, Carter Hagen, Quinten Arndt, Alex Buckmeier, Sawyer VanMaldeghem, Lucas Bailey, Jacob Schuller and Coach Andy Buckmeier.

Baseball team to wear commemorative shirts

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The Quad Cities Baseball Association 12-and-under team had special shirts made in honor and memory of fallen teammate Markus Misgen. The team will wear the shirts in this weekend’s tournament. Front from left: Tyler Jacobson, Carter Hagen, Spencer Tufte, Mason Okland, Quinten Arndt, Jordan Cornelius, Hunter Bauman, Louis Wagner, Peyton Castle and Jake Stork. Back: Bonnie Klemmensen, Missy Tufte, Dean Hogstad, Alan Zimmerman, Devin Buendorf, Sawyer VanMaldeghem, Andre Hill, Brady Agrimson, Hunter Tufte, Dylan Mosher, Alex Buckmeier, Jacob Schuller, Louis Bailey, coach Steve VanMaldeghem and coach Andy Buckmeier. Missing from photo: Jack Hogstad. Markus’s baseball glove lies on second base. (Star Eagle photo by Kathy Paulsen)