Dennis Clayton

MYRTLE – After falling in an intense battle during Thursday’s Game 1 against Myrtle, the Smithville Seminoles had their season come to an end on Saturday in a shutout loss.

Gazette coverage area coaches recently selected the 2024 Softball All-Union County Team. A total of 12 players were named to the team. East Union, winners of the county tournament and Myrtle, the runner-up had three players each named to the team while West Union, Ingomar and New Albany had two.

ELLISTOWN - Landon Harmon threw a no-hitter over five innings and Tristan Baldwyn crushed two home runs to lead East Union to the 14-0 game one win over Ingomar.

NEW ALBANY - New Albany utilized some late inning drama to beat Kosciusko 3-2 and even their series 1-1 in Class 4A baseball. Game three is set for Kosciusko on

Kaden Whitlock scores the first run of the game for TCPS after he led off with a double and Brewer Bailey brought him home with a RBI groundout in the first.

DUMAS - West Union and Pine Grove fought it out for eight innings before Trevor Shinall's walk-off solo home run produced the final verdict of 4-3. Shinall came in the

EUPORA - East Union was finally able to play their series game two at Eupora after a weather-related hiatus and the Lady Urchins (26-3) secured a berth in the 2A north championship series with their 10-0 win in five innings.

MYRTLE - Cora Kelly and Emma Mayer provided Myrtle with the walk-off win with their heroics in the bottom of the seventh for the 2-1 game one victory.

Hamilton's Suede Shows throws to first for an out. Shows also hit a triple for the Lions on Saturday. Deon Blanchard/Monroe Journal

UNION - East Union used a second inning flurry of runs to come back to tie their series with Union at 1-1 with their 5-3 win on Friday. The Lady