Aurora Coop Juniors closing in on 1st win

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  • Aurora Coop shortstop Jack Spiehs stops a grounder up the middle during a reserve game at Mitchell Field last week.
    Aurora Coop shortstop Jack Spiehs stops a grounder up the middle during a reserve game at Mitchell Field last week.

    While the Aurora Cooperative Juniors are still searching for its first win of the season, coach Jeremy Burgener knows it isn’t far away. 
    There were a couple close calls over the weekend as the Aurora Cooperative Juniors competed at a York tournament, losing a pair of contests. 
    Aurora started the tournament with a 10-1 loss to Twin River before a close 4-3 loss to Lincoln Chick-Fil-A in extra innings. Those two game came after a walk-off loss to Twin River earlier in the week, May 31. 
    “The Juniors are getting a lot better but we were really proud of game two vs Lincoln Chick-Fil-A,” Burgener pointed out. “We lost in extras but put together a really solid nine inning game.”
    In the loss to Lincoln Saturday, Aurora took a 3-1 lead in the bottom half of the first with RBI hits from Booker Scheierman and Evan Hermanson. 

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