The Alburnett High School baseball team has hit one home run in 36 games this season. These Pirates score by getting guys on base, getting them over and getting them in, including by squeeze bunting, which they did Tuesday night in a 4-3 Class 2A district semifinal win over Jesup.
Freshman Tanner Topping was an unlikely hero. He came to the plate in the top of the eighth and smacked an RBI single, sparking a three-run inning and helping Cascade to a 6-4 victory over Iowa City Regina in a Class 2A district semifinal baseball game Tuesday night.
Alburnett beat Jesup 4-3 in a Class 2A Iowa high school baseball district tournament semifinal game Wednesday night at Alburnett.
The 2024 Gazette Athlete of the Year finalists, in photos.
Class 4A fourth-ranked Johnston beat No. 3 Iowa City High 6-3 in an Iowa high school baseball game Monday night at Mercer Park in Iowa City.
Class 4A No. 4 Johnston scored five runs in the middle innings and prevented a late rally to hold on for a 6-3 victory over No. 3 Iowa City High Monday night at Mercer Park in a game that mimicked a postseason atmosphere.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy closed the regular season as the No. 1 team in the final Class 4A poll by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association poll released Monday. Here is a look at the 3A and 4A rankings going into the postseason.
South Winneshiek takes an Upper Iowa Conference title and a hot streak into Monday’s Class 2A regional softball battle with Postville.
This week transitions from the end of the regular season for Class 3A and 4A to the postseason for all four classes. Class 1A and 2A will continue district play Tuesday and Saturday. Some intriguing matchups close the regular season with 3A and 4A substates beginning Friday.
A look at The Gazette’s final regular-season softball Super Ten and conference standings. Cedar Rapids Xavier climbs to second, behind MVC Valley Division champion Western Dubuque.
Gazette Female Athlete of the Year 2024 finalists: Bliss Beck of Clear Creek Amana, Skylar Benesh of North Linn, Michaela Goad of Marion, Carly Goodwin of Sigourney and Callie Levin of Solon.
Gazette Male Athlete of the Year 2024 finalists: Lance McShane of Maquoketa Valley, Jack Miller of Jesup, Preston Ries of Monticello, Derek Weisskopf of Williamsburg and Brett White of Solon.
East Buchanan beat Clinton Prince of Peace 2-1 in eight innings in a Class 1A Iowa high school baseball substate tournament first-round game Saturday at East Buchanan High School in Winthrop.
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