OSKALOOSA — Kacer Kirkland has been putting in the miles this week.

Some of them have been put in on the road to the Lacey Sports Complex to join the rest of his Appanoose County 10-year-old teammates to compete in the Iowa State Little League Tournament. Some of them have been put in on tracks around the state of Iowa, where Kirkland spent the night before Friday’s tournament opener against Grandview in northern Iowa picking up his first career outlaw mini-modified win at the Webster County Speedway just outside of Fort Dodge.

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