Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Photo from Associated Press

Marion Local High School graduate Cory Luebke has been impressive in the first half of the Major League Baseball season as a pitcher for the San Diego Padres. Luebke makes his first start of the second half of the season on Saturday against San Francisco.

Related online story:
It didn't matter to Cory Luebke if he was starting or in the bullpen this season, as long as he was going to be in the big leagues.
As it turned out, he has excelled no matter which role he has had on the San Diego Padres' pitching staff. [More]
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