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Rylan Mills’ walk-off grand slam seals Senior Night win for Oran (4/18/24)ORAN, Mo. — Oran’s Senior Night fireworks came late, but they were worth the wait as Rylan Mills crushed a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the fifth inning, blasting the Eagles (8-4) to a 10-0 run-rule win over the Advance Hornets (2-11) on Wednesday, April 17...
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Advance native, TRC alum Lane Below named head coach at Gulf Coast State (4/18/24)PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Ten years ago, Lane Below was named the Southeast Missourian Player of the Year in boys basketball and helped the Advance Hornets make it to the Class 2 quarterfinals. Wednesday, Below got his first head coaching job in the college ranks when he was named the coach at Gulf Coast State College in Panama City...
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Young Advance catcher providing bright spot in long spring season (4/9/24)There hasn’t been an overwhelming amount of positivity surrounding the Advance High School varsity baseball season this spring, as the (very) young Hornes have labored to a 2-8 mark, and Tuesday’s outing against Bloomfield was no different. The Wildcats took advantage of seven Advance defensive mistakes and earned a 13-4 win, which was the team’s fourth consecutive victory. However, if Advance can feel good about anything this season, thus far, it certainly can be the play of sophomore catcher Jameson Hamlin.
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Athletic, talented Cline to ink with Mineral Area SB (4/3/24)Today will certainly be a better day for Advance High School senior softball player Kaylee Cline than Tuesday was. Having said that, as good as Cline has been for the Class 1 No. 5-ranked Hornets this spring, Tuesday’s tough day in a 13-3 loss at Class 1 No. 7-ranked Holcomb will certainly be an outlier for Cline and her teammates.
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Bernie BB makes 'routine plays' in rout of Advance (4/2/24)BERNIE – The Bernie High School varsity baseball program hasn’t had a losing season in over 15 spring seasons (perhaps even longer, but that is as far back as MSHSAA publishes records), so making a mistake against it will prove costly. Advance learned that on Monday, as it committed four errors, and stuck out 15 times in a 10-3 loss at Bernie High School.
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Carlton, Hornets hold off hard-charging Mules to stay perfect (4/2/24)BERNIE – Over the past four varsity softball seasons, the Advance/Bell City program has won 54 games and advanced to the MSHSAA Class 1 State Semifinal, where the Hornets finished fourth in 2021. So, this is a program that is accustomed to playing in high-pressure situations.
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Pitching to be focus in scintillating Bernie-Advance SB match-up (4/1/24)Veteran Bernie High School softball coach Brad Botsch has a bit of a luxury on his hands, as compared to many softball coaches. The Mules have a solid one-two punch in sophomores Mikalyn Kirkwood and Blair Pleimling on the mound that they can unleash on opponents, and Botsch may need to do just that today when his team takes on unbeaten Advance/Bell City (5-0) at 4:30 p.m. in Bernie. “(Mikalyn and Blair) have both been pretty solid,” Botsch said of his two arms this season.