The Rails came back from a 5-1 third-inning deficit to win a home game.

Luke Wargin, Aaron Slattengren and Jack Hom homered for Proctor (3-4). Slattengren picked up the win with a complete game.

Scott Tanski hit a solo homer in the second for the Hawks. Teammate Jesse Stokke was 2-for-3 and scored two runs.

(Duluth News Tribune, May 3, 2000)

Rails' sluggers rally up upend Hawks

Things looked tough for the Proctor Rails baseball team last Tuesday, as they faced arch-rival Hermantown on the baseball field.

Heading into the bottom half of the third inning, the Rails were trailing 5-1 and things looked bleak. However, the Rails did manage to rally to come back to notch the huge 9-5 thumping of the visiting Hawks.

The Proctor trio of Luke Wargin, Aaron Slattengren, and Jack Hom all did their Sammy Sosa impersonations as they lofted the red-stitched orb over the outfield fence.

In addition, Slattengren turned in the winning effort from the mound with a complete game under his belt.

The win moved the Rails to within one game of the .500 mark, as Proctor came away sporting the 3-4 Lake Superior Conference mark.

Proctor is slated to take on Esko in a home game May 16, Tues. afternoon in the only scheduled action of the week.

(Proctor Journal, May 11, 2000)