Big third inning lifts Falcon boys past HMS 5-3

The OABCIG baseball club kicked off its season in fine fashion, defeating Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 5-3 in Hartley last Monday. The HMS Hawks struck first, scoring a first inning run and taking a 1-0 lead into the third inning. That’s when the Falcons struck, scoring five runs to grab a 5-2 lead after three innings. The only other scoring in the game came in the fifth inning, when HMS plated a run to trim the lead to 5-3. That was as close as they would get, however, as OABCIG moved to 1-0 on the young season.