When Kingsley Pierson completed its 7-4 comeback victory against North Linn in the Class 1A state baseball quarterfinals, it marked the end of Austin Hilmer’s prep career and the conclusion of an eight-year stretch of a Hilmer leading the Lynx.
North Linn’s baseball team qualified for the state tournament for the sixth time in eight years via a 13-3, six-inning win over Lynnville-Sully in a Class 1A substate final Tuesday night.
Austin Hilmer of North Linn is the 2022 Gazette Male Athlete of the Year.
Virtually everyone back for a North Linn boys’ basketball program that has played in five straight state tournaments and four straight championship games.
After a slow start, North Linn sprinted past Nashua-Plainfield, 46-16, in the first round of the Class A playoffs.
Austin Hilmer went from quarterback to receiver, while Tate Haughenbury took over as signal-caller for undefeated North Linn.
Parts of the Lynx big picture are coming into focus after a 6-0 start. Three Gazette-area players are among the state leaders in home runs. Ed-Co’s Cael Funk records 18-strikeout no-hitter
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