The Emporia High baseball team was swept by Topeka Seaman in a doubleheader Thursday night.

Seaman won the first game 9-1. The Spartans scored the games 1st run in the 2nd inning. John Miller scored on an Eric Hertlein sacrifice fly. The big inning for Seaman was a 5 run 5th inning. Seaman won the 2nd game 7-4. Again Emporia High scored first. They scored 2 runs in the first inning. Hayden Baumwart scored on an error and Beau Baumgardner scored on a Jace Stewart single. Seaman would score 4 runs in the 3rd inning and 3 runs in the 4th inning. The Spartans scored a single run in the 3rd inning, Sawyer Slayden scoring on a Skyler Douglas single. The Spartans added a single run in the 4th inning, Skyler Beatty scoring on a Beau Baumgardner double. Despite losing both games Emporia High Coach Anthony Markowitz said they took steps forward, especially in the 2nd game.

  
The Spartans fall to 1-5 for the season. They are scheduled to play at Washburn Rural Tuesday

Two Emporia High students will continue their track careers at Emporia State University in the fall.

EHS seniors Kaitlyn Karjala and Brent Hastert will be the newest additions to the ESU track team after signing their letters of intent to attend ESU Thursday afternoon.

During high school, Karjala has competed in both cross country and track and was a member of the 2017 all-area girls cross country team. She says she is excited to continue her career on her home turf.

 

Hastert was a three-sport athlete for EHS competing in football, basketball and track where he has been a multi-time state qualifier. He says running at the college level is a dream come true.

 

Karjala and Hastert are the 81st and 82nd signees for the EHS track program.