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Alex Grau is to have surgery next Thursday at Children's Hospital. They are putting a plate above his eyelid and one below his eye. The docs are still concerned about his vision and he is seeing an Opthamologist at Children's, daily. Keep Alex in your prayers.

he Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds baseball team shut out the Bellevue Tigers, 4-0 in the 36th District semifinals Monday. Josh Cain pitched the first six innings and threw a masterpiece striking out 11 and walking one for the Thoroughbreds (20-12). Teammate Colin DuPont pitched the seventh as the two allowed just six hits. The Thoroughbreds did not score until the fourth inning. They scored one in each of the fourth and fifth innings before adding two insurance runs in the sixth. NewCath managed nine hits against Bellevue pitcher Briley Seiter. Cain, Connor Bartels and Kevin Hoffstedder all managed two hits each for the Thoroughbreds. Cain, Bartels and Alex Grau had doubles for NewCath and DuPont tripled. The Thoroughbreds also displayed their aggressive base running. Cain swiped tw bases with Bartels and Hoffstedder nabbing one each. The Tigers did not record any extra-base hits. Zack Poinsette and Tate Grainger both went 2-for-3 to lead them offensively. The second-seeded Thoroughbreds receive two days off before playing host to the district championship at Morscher Field on Thursday. Game time is 5 p.m.

Congratulations. That is now 2 from Newport Central Catholic that have signed. Senior 3rd Basemen Alex Grau signed in April to play Baseball at Shawnee State University, next season!

You should have seen them play Saint Henry. Hard to watch? Obviously you have not been to many of their games. Have you seen Conner Bartels, Alex Grau, Pete Collopy and Josh Cain? The only thing New Cath needs is more pitching.

Jake Yeager did pitch for the Breds.