Stars top Regal in home opener, 6-1 - Pope County Tribune

Stars top Regal in home opener, 6-1 - Pope County Tribune

The Starbuck Stars amateur baseball team topped Regal in the home opener, Sunday, 6-1.  The Stars had opened up the season with a loss at Elrosa, Saturday, April 26, but results of that game were not available to the Pope County Tribune. Regal won last year’s County Line League title with an 8-2 record, while the Stars were second with a 7-3 mark in the six-team league which also includes NLS, Norway Lake-Sunburg, Paynesville and Atwater. Starbu…

Amateur baseball: Paynesville shines in opener

PAYNESVILLE — Opening day, sunny and mild enough for shorts and t-shirts, even included an impromptu flyover from a private plane Sunday just after the National Anthem at Paynesville Baseball Park. “Mike (Kingery) congratulated me for getting the fly-over,” said a grinning Ron Fuchs, manager of the Paynesville Pirates. Note to readers: It was a coincidence. Paynesville beat Kingery’s Atwater Chuckers 5-1 in the County Line League opener. The Pir…