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Cape Legion sweeps pair at Paducah tournament

The Cape Girardeau Ford & Sons Senior American Legion baseball team swept a pair of games at the Paducah, Ky., tournament Saturday.

Mark Himmelberg struck out six to earn the six-inning victory over Newburgh, Ind. Cape pounded out 12 hits in the 10-1 victory.

Brad LaBruyere collected three hits and Alex Shell had two.

In its second game, Cape beat Columbia, Tenn., 5-1.

La Bruyere struck out six in the seven-inning game.

Dave Sanders had two hits and drove in three runs in the second game.

Cape improved to 3-0 in pool play and advanced to the semifinals today.

-- From staff reports