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After defeating Crete and Fairbury in the early rounds of the Nebraska American Legion Juniors Baseball Area Tournament and falling to Nebraska City on July 10, the Auburn Airstream Juniors dropped to the losers’ bracket to face Hickman. A win over Hickman would have advanced the Juniors to the championship round, instead, a loss would put an end to one of the more successful seasons in recent history.

The Legion Seniors baseball team out of Auburn struggled this past week with a road loss over Sabetha followed by a 1-3 finish in the Roncalli tournament over the weekend. The Seniors are 12-16 as the area tournament approaches on July 22.

The Auburn Airstream Juniors picked up two wins over Ashland and Nebraska City before the area tournament in Auburn began. Despite the victory early in the week, the #1 seeded Juniors fell to Nebraska City and ended their winning streak at 23 games. The top seeded Auburn Airstream Juniors started the area tournament with victories over Crete and Fairbury.