Kirt Manion

Kirt Manion

  • Joined: September 27, 2023
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It’s Derby Time

Every July, I celebrate another trip around the sun and then watch MLB players hit baseballs towards the moon.This year’s no different.My birthday happens this week and, on Monday, July 15, the Major Leaguers will be in action for the derby live from Globe Life Field, home of the 2023 World Series Champion Texas Rangers.On Tuesday, July 16, the players from the National League and American League will do battle in their annual exhibition.As a Atlanta Braves fan, I am happy to see that the team will have solid representation in that contest.The MLB All Star game is fun.

NC Legion Juniors get clutch hits, stellar pitching versus Tecumseh

Clutch late-game hitting and a stellar pitching performance powered the Nebraska City American Legion Juniors baseball team to a 2-0 win over Tecumseh at Clemmy Holmes Field on Friday, July 5.The game sped through scoreless innings with Nebraska City’s Kaiden Klassen silencing the Tecumseh batters and spinning a web gem that eventually concluded with a complete game of excellence.Klassen pitched seven frames, struck out 13 and walked none.

UNMC announces spring 2024 dean’s list

Brianna Fulton of Nebraska City, a nursing student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Omaha Division, has been named to the spring 2024 UNMC dean’s list.To qualify for the dean’s list, nursing and the allied health students must be enrolled for 12 or more hours during the semester and have a grade point average of 3.75 or above.