After three years of struggling with surgery and injuries as well as recovering from both, Shenandoah’s Collin Osenbaugh was finally able to play a high school baseball season free from any concern over physical issues.

That newfound freedom certainly showed up on the diamonds on which the Raiders played as their top bat put together a historic season for himself and his team.

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