Men's slow-pitch softball 2017
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Team members are, front, from left, Trever Heining, Josh Iverson, Mike Spreiter, Dion Sussner, Derek Koll, Dylan Koll and Josh Cunningham; back, Shane Gutormson, Darin Sussner, Brad Hopp, Tyler Puckett, Rich Koll, Nathan Nelson, Zack Piepenburg and Josh Goebel.

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The B&G Plumbing and Heating/Pest Pro II men’s slow-pitch softball team went 6-2 and placed fourth out of 52 teams at the ASA Class “D” Northern National Tournament Sept. 1-3 in Prairie Island, Minnesota.

They defeated teams from Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Its fourth-place finish qualified the team to compete in the ASA Class “D” Super National Tournament Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at the USA Softball Hall of Fame complex in Oklahoma City, where they will face off against top teams from the southern, eastern and western regions.

The team is sponsored by B&G Plumbing and Heating, Pest Pro II Exterminators, KR Rockets, Nu-Telecom, Litchfield Chiropractic, Home State Bank, Tavern on Main and Poly Tank.

Ellarry Prentice is editor of the Independent Review.