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40 Thursday, July 25, 2024 BATTLE CREEK SHOPPER NEWS http://www.thebattlecreekshopper.com

The first

team to win

two games

in the city

league play-

offs advanc-

es to play in

a National

Amateur

Baseball

Federation

Major

Division

regional

series in

Manistee,

which is

scheduled

for today

through Sunday. The champion

of the regional series advances to

the 2024 NABF World Series in

Lombard, IL, Aug. 1-4.

Both the Merchants (host team)

and the Shamrocks (at-large bid)

played in the 2023 NABF World

Series in Battle Creek – the last year

See SWIM on 41

H Maintains & cleans approximately 50-75 miles of drain each year.

H Working with EGLE for installation of new wells to maintain the

legal lake level for Duck Lake & Lyon Lake

H In the process of establishing a legal lake level for Emerald &

Laird Lake that will be incorporated into Goguac Lake

H With newly added technology, we monitor 5 lake levels and are in

the process of adding an additional 4 lakes (www.hydrovu.com)

H Conscientious, hardworking, and honorable work ethics

H Discusses water related issues with property owners

H MAEAP verified farm & farmer for over 40 years

H Endorsed by Farm Bureau

Paid for by the Committee to Elect Ron Smith • [email protected] • (269) 781-6780

Re-Elect RON SMITH Water Resources Commissioner

WILL KOWALSKI
Sports Editor/Asst. Editor

The 97th annual Goguac Lake

Swim, sponsored by the Battle Creek

Family YMCA, will take place

Saturday, Aug. 10 – with the start

and finish lines located at the Willard

Beach area.

Three distances are again offered

for Michigan’s longest running open

water swim: The historic 1.15-mile

full event, a 750-meter swim and a

200-yard short course swim race.

Online registration is at

RunSignUp.com via the link The

97th YMCA Goguac Lake Swim; and

those with questions should email

race director Audriana Hampton at

[email protected] or

call (269) 788-9107.

Participants will swim in open

water, with their times being recorded

for overall age and bracket winners.

All proceeds go to help teach kids

to swim at the Battle Creek Family

YMCA.

97th Goguac Lake swim scheduled for Aug. 10

WILL KOWALSKI

Sports Editor/Asst. Editor

The Battle Creek Shamrocks and

the Battle Creek Merchants started

battling for the adult city league

baseball playoff championship this

past Monday in the opening game of

a best-of-three series at B.C.’s Bailey

Park.

The Shamrocks – with only one

loss on its record this summer – are

managed again this season by Kevin

Kemerling.

And the Merchants – last year’s

playoff champ – are again man-

aged by Jack McCulley, who is also

league commissioner and director.

This past Monday’s city league

playoff action involved two games

at Bailey Park’s Morrison Field. If

the Shamrocks or the Merchants

won two games on Monday, they’re

city champs. Or, if the teams split

Monday’s doubleheader, a third and

deciding 7-inning game was set for

Tuesday at Bailey Park’s Nichols

Field.

Shamrocks, Merchants go for city league baseball playoff title

Kevin Kemerling is

manager of the Battle

Creek Shamrocks adult

city league baseball

team. (Shopper News file

photo by Will Kowalski)

Manager Jack McCulley (coaching third base) and the Battle Creek Merchants

adult city league baseball team are shown in action versus the Kalamazoo

Maroons last week. McCulley is also director and commissioner of the league.

(Shopper News photo by Will Kowalski)

for the Series to be played in the

Cereal City.

More coverage on the city league

playoffs and the NABF regionals

and World Series will appear in next

week’s edition.

Following is event information

about the Goguac Lake Swim, as

provided by the Y:

• First, please check out your lake
  swim shirt after registering. You’ll
  be receiving a high-performance,
  light-weight, long- sleeve shirt.


• The Y will provide and it is man-
  datory for the 750-meter and 1.15-
  mile swimmers to wear our swim
  caps. We do have latex-free options
  that will be available when you
  arrive on race day. Please notify our
  staff during your shirt and swim cap
  pick up.


• Race shirts and swim caps can be
  picked up on race day – Saturday,
  Aug. 10 – between 6:30 and 7:30
  a.m. at Willard Beach (600 Jennings
  Landing, Battle Creek, MI, 49015).


• All participants must attend the
  mandatory race safety meeting at
  7:45 a.m. under the pavilion on race
  day.


• We will accept day-of registration
  from 6:30 to 7:15 a.m. As a remind-
  er, race shirts are not guaranteed if
  you do not register by July 21.


• Medals will be given to first-,
  second- and third-place division
  age winners, so please stick around
  under the pavilion to celebrate your
  success. We anticipate awards to be
  announced between 9:15 and 9:30
  a.m., but we will adjust this time
  frame should participants finish
  faster or slower.
  We ask for your patience during
  this time as we best accommodate

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• Fully Insured


• Tree Felling • Trimming


• Land Clearing


• Other Bucket Truck Work

Call Hunter

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