Pros take down Burns/Crane 8-3

A six-run fifth inning powered the Grant Union/Prairie City/Monument baseball team to an 8-3 win over Burns/Crane Thursday, May 16, in Burns in the Prospectors’ final game of the regular season.

Kingdon Kirby led the Pros offensively, finishing 3-5 at bat with a pair of RBIs. Ryland Beil, Talon Van Cleave and Mason Benge each chipped in an RBI for the Pros.

Sheldon Lenz picked up the win on the mound for the Pros, surrendering four hits and two runs while striking out eight batters over five innings.

The win was the seventh in a row for the Pros and has them at 19-6 headed into the postseason. The Pros will be in action next on Wednesday, May 22, when they host the Kennedy Trojans in the second round of the 2A/1A 2024 OSAA Baseball Championships at Malone Field.

Start time for the game is scheduled for 2 p.m.

Lady Pros get slim win over Burns/Crane

Grant Union/Prairie City pitcher Drew Williams allowed just three hits and struck out 14 Lady Hilander batters as the Grant Union/Prairie City softball team got a slim 1-0 road win over Burns/Crane on Thursday, May 16, in the final game of the regular season.

The Lady Prospectors’ lone run came in the top of the fourth inning as a result of some opportunistic base running by catcher Addy Northway, who stole home following a passed ball for a Lady Pro 1-0 lead that would hold through the remainder of the game.

The win leaves the Lady Pros at 21-4 on the season with the No. 1 ranking in the state among class 1A/2A softball teams.

The Lady Pros enter the 2A/1A 2024 OSAA State Championships, which were scheduled to get underway on Monday, May 20, as the tournament’s No. 1 seed and defending champion.

The Lady Pros will be in action next at home on Wednesday, May 22, in a second-round matchup against the winner of 16th-ranked Myrtle Point and 17th-ranked Illinois Valley, who were scheduled to face off on Monday, May 20.