Aurora Cooperative Juniors set for district competition

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Despite losses, Aurora offense tallies 18 runs in two games

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  • Evan Hermanson had three RBIs and a pair of hits against Wood River last week.
    Evan Hermanson had three RBIs and a pair of hits against Wood River last week.
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The Aurora Cooperative Post 42 Juniors team scored a lot of runs last week, but couldn’t add any to the win column. 
In all, the Aurora Cooperative Juniors tallied 18 runs in two games, but lost 15-10 to Wood River June 27 and 14-8 to Kearney June 28. 
Aurora took the lead early against Wood River with an RBI double from Evan Hermanson in the top of the first before Wood River added a pair to go up 2-1 after the opening frame. 
The Aurora Cooperative Juniors got the lead back in the third with six runs, starting with back to back RBI singles from Hermanson and Colin Stolpe. 
With the bases loaded, Keelan Phillips drew a walk to bring home a run while Briggs Winfrey and Lucas Gautier added their own back to back RBI singles to give Aurora a 7-2 lead. 

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