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Arrows end Wysong's LHS baseball career

By John RittenhouseThe high school baseball career of Hills-Beaver Creek senior Zach Wysong came to an end Thursday in Granite Falls.Wysong, a member of the Luverne High School team, and his Cardinals bowed out of the Section 3AA Tournament with a loss to Pipestone in the championship series.Luverne needed to beat Pipestone twice in order to advance to the state tournament in St. Cloud. The Arrows, however, ended Luverne’s 15-10 season by defeating the Cardinals 8-2 in the first and only game of the evening.Wysong played an active role in both of Luverne’s run-producing innings during the contest.Trailing 5-0 in the top of the fourth, Wysong recorded an infield single before scoring the team’s first run on Derek Johnson’s RBI single.Wysong was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the fifth, helping the Cards trim Pipestone’s lead to three runs at 5-2.Pipestone capped the scoring by plating one run in the bottom of the fifth before adding two more in the sixth.Along with playing the shortstop position during the game, Wysong also recorded some outs as a relief pitcher.

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