Iowa City High grad Cade Obermueller was taken Tuesday by the Texas Rangers in the 19th round of the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft. He was a unique draft-eligible sophomore from the University of Iowa. Five Hawkeyes players went this year in the 20-round draft.
Sixth-ranked Linn-Mar hosts No. 8 Waukee Northwest in the Class 4A Substate 6 baseball final Wednesday night at Oak Ridge Middle School. The winner advances to the state tournament July 22-26 at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids.
Iowa high school baseball state tournament berths are on the line during Tuesday’s Class 2A and 1A substate finals. Here’s a closer look at five substate finals involving Gazette area teams.
A look at Tuesday’s 5A, 4A and 3A Iowa high school softball regional finals. Nine games involve area teams, including a Prairie-Kennedy matchup that guarantees the Metro a 5A state qualifier.
Iowa City West grad and 2021 Gazette Male Athlete of the Year Marcus Morgan was taken Monday afternoon by the Philadelphia Phillies in the ninth round of the Major League Baseball Draft. The junior pitcher was one of three Iowa Hawkeyes drafted Monday and one of four selected overall thus far in the 20-round draft.
A look at Monday’s 2A and 1A Iowa high school softball regional finals. Edgewood-Colesburg seeks a state-tournament breakthrough, but must beat defending-champion North Linn to get there.
The Class 2A and 1A Iowa high school baseball district finals were held Saturday. Cascade produced the most notable upset to reach the substate finals on Tuesday.
Cole Griffith tossed six shutout innings in North Linn’s 1-0 win over East Buchanan in a Class 1A prep baseball district final Saturday night.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy defeated Linn-Mar 3-0 in a Class 5A Iowa high school softball regional semifinal game Saturday night in Cedar Rapids.
Two big moments in the seventh inning — Lily Knutson’s great escape and Cara Crock’s three-run home run — sent No. 7 Cedar Rapids Kennedy past Linn-Mar, 3-0, in a Class 5A regional softball semifinal.
Here are five Gazette-area 5A, 4A and 3A Iowa high school softball regional-semifinal games to watch Saturday.
Iowa City West junior left-hander Kyle Cherry is unassuming off the field. When he took the mound Friday night, he took command of the game stifling Cedar Rapids Prairie in a 3-0 victory for the Trojans.
The Linn-Mar baseball team needed a bit of a reset. The Lions were back in the groove Friday, taking control early and never looking back in a 6-0 win over Cedar Rapids Jefferson to open Class 4A substate play.
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