Strong performance for H-D, North Butler in extra-inning affair

By: 
Kristi Nixon

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ALLISON – Talk about your high drama.
North Butler was one pitch away from possibly walking off with the bases loaded against Hampton-Dumont on Thursday, July 7 at Allison.
Instead, eighth grade pitcher Drew Uhlenhopp got a called third strike on a full-count pitch to send this non-conference regular season finale to extra innings where the Bulldogs took control in an eventual 9-2 win for H-D.
“I just thought to myself to just keep positive and all and just do what I could do and strike him out,” Uhlenhopp said of keeping composed on the strikeout pitch...
Read more on this story in the July 13 print and online editions of the Hampton Chronicle.

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