On Friday, South Holt’s Drew Quinlin hit two home runs in the Knights’ 12-2 win over North Nodaway. One was an “ordinary” shot around 375 feet from home plate, landing in the football bleachers. The other was a shot that completely cleared the creek, around 500 feet away. It was one of the longest home runs ever hit since baseball started up in this area.
A few years ago, Blake Farnan (West Nodaway) hit one close to the intersection behind center field at Burlington Junction, about 400 feet away. In 2019, Spencer Weir (Northeast Nodaway) hit one down the line and over the fence around 400 feet away. Austin Welch (Northeast Nodaway) hit one 425 feet in a junior varsity game against East Atchison.
For North Harrison, Logan Craig hit one out to the big tree behind left field at North Harrison. This year, Brett Emig hit one well over the left field fence off the shed beyond at Maysville. He hit another well over the trees in center field at North Harrison against Green City. And against Tri-County earlier in his career, Emig hit one into the wind, well over the huge fence, and off the shed. Cole Kampman hit one off the scoreboard in King City.
Before the fence was put up, North Nodaway’s ground rule was that you had to hit it to the creek for it to be a home run. Ron Cross would hit it in the creek all the time during his playing days in the 1950’s.
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