No. 1-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy beat Pleasant Valley 6-3 in a Class 4A Iowa high school baseball state quarterfinal game Tuesday at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids.

Kennedy’s Nolan Grawe (2) beats the tag at second base during the IHSAA baseball 4A quarterfinal between Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Pleasant Valley on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Kennedy’s Grant Mather (5) celebrates a double during the IHSAA baseball 4A quarterfinal between Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Pleasant Valley on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Kennedy pitcher Grant Mather (5) delivers a pitch during the IHSAA baseball 4A quarterfinal between Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Pleasant Valley on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Pleasant Valley’s Kai Valleroy (22) tries to beat the tag during the IHSAA baseball 4A quarterfinal between Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Pleasant Valley on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Kennedy’s Trevor Scott (15) makes the play at the plate on Pleasant Valley’s Kai Valleroy (22) during the IHSAA baseball 4A quarterfinal between Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Pleasant Valley on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Pleasant Valley’s Harrison Fierce (8) celebrates scoring during the IHSAA baseball 4A quarterfinal between Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Pleasant Valley on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Kennedy’s Colton Duerling (3) celebrates scoring and taking the lead during the IHSAA baseball 4A quarterfinal between Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Pleasant Valley on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Kennedy’s Nolan Grawe (2) rounds third before scoring during the IHSAA baseball 4A quarterfinal between Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Pleasant Valley on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Kennedy’s Colton Duerling (3) beats the tag at second base during the IHSAA baseball 4A quarterfinal between Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Pleasant Valley on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

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