The Blacksox are hot. Two nights after putting up 21 hits and 17 runs in a Fourth of July thrashing of Menno, Freeman’s amateur team took down Tabor 14-4 Sunday night, July 6 as part of Freeman’s Independence Day celebration. Jake Weier, who serves as manager of the team, led the way with a 5-for-5...

The only team to beat the Post 152 Junior Legion team so far this season — Tabor — saw what the 79ers are capable of Friday afternoon, July 4, as they ran away with a 12-0 win at the Lily Pad in Menno as part of that community’s Independence Day celebration. It was the third time in the past four ga...

One night after blasting Alexandria 19-1, the Post 152 Junior Legion won twice more at Crofton, Neb., sweeping a doubleheader against Post 128 with 12-0 and 2-0 victories. The 79ers improve to 13-1 on the season while Crofton drops to 9-7. In the first game, Post 152 was led at the plate by Logun Pa...

The Post 152 Senior Legion split a pair of games in Vermillion on Saturday, falling 10-5 to Post 206 out of Colton before taking down Post 1 of Vermillion 9-1. Colton In their game against Colton, the 79ers held a narrow 5-4 advantage after three innings, but Post 206 plated four in the fourth and f...

The Post 152 Junior Legion and Senior Legion teams won Thursday night in Freeman, both taking down Lennox by the mercy rule. The juniors won 11-1 to improve to 6-1 while the seniors won 14-2 to improve to 4-4. In the Junior Legion game, Tannen Auch and Trey Maske both drove in four runs, with Auch g...

Oliver Waltner pitched three scoreless innings in relief and the bats finally came alive as the Post 152 Juniors rallied from an early 7-1 deficit to come away with a 13-7 win over Wagner in Wagner Tuesday night, June 10. The win moved the 79ers to 4-0 on the season. Wagner took advantage of early p...

The Scotland/Menno/Freeman/Canistota Junior Legion (16u) improved to 3-0 with another mercy-rule win, stamping out Elk Point-Jefferson 11-0 in Scotland Sunday evening, June 8. Post 152 used good plate discipline and timely hitting to built a 9-0 lead in the first inning and tacked on two more runs i...

Editor's Note: The Post 152 79ers are an American Legion baseball team made up primarily of players from Freeman, Menno and Scotland and includes two squads: Senior Legion (19-under) and Junior Legion (16-under). The name 79ers is a nod to the year 1879, when the railroad established stops in Freema...

Marion senior medals twice; Preheim returns to podium; relays finish strong Not only was it the end of an era for Freeman Academy/Marion’s top two runners — seniors Finley McConniel and Keaton Preheim — it was also the end of an era for a sports partnership of nine years. Last week’s South Dakota St...

STATE TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS Flyers finish strong —  with lots of momentum Peters, Scharberg make podium; six of nine relays earn medals JEREMY WALTNER  -  PUBLISHER On Monday morning, June 2, less than two days following the conclusion of the 2025 State Track and Field Championships, Freeman H...