Prep softball notes: Iowa City Liberty’s sweep of Dubuque Wahlert on Tuesday further tightens the anybody’s-race MVC Mississippi Division; all seven teams are within 1 1/2 games.
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Prep softball notes: Iowa City Liberty’s sweep of Dubuque Wahlert on Tuesday further tightens the anybody’s-race MVC Mississippi Division; all seven teams are within 1 1/2 games.
Area softball Super Ten and standings (June 5): Western Dubuque holds onto the top spot; the Bobcats are 8-0 in MVC play.
Lucee Howe has stuck with softball for a variety of reasons. Mostly, however, she just wants to make those around her proud and leave a positive mark.
It was all Cedar Rapids Kennedy in the first game of Monday night’s big Mississippi Valley Conference baseball doubleheader at Kennedy, 11-1 in six innings. But the Cougars had to rally in Game 2 to post an 8-7 win and a sweep.
Class 4A No. 2-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy swept No. 3 Iowa City High by scores of 11-1 in six innings and 8-7 in an Iowa high school baseball doubleheader Monday night at Kennedy’s Herkelman Field.
CPU opened the season 9-0 and cracked the third installment of the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 3A rankings released Monday. The Stormin’ Pointers debut at No. 10 after receiving votes last week.
Monday is filled with high-profile high school baseball matchups in Eastern Iowa. Successful small-class programs battle Tuesday. Solon hosts the annual Fight With Flash Foundation Crosstown Classic on Saturday. Here’s a look at Gazette-area Iowa high school baseball games to watch.
Here’s a look at how players from Eastern Iowa and the University of Iowa are doing in affiliated professional baseball, including major leaguers Mitch Keller, Colin Rea and A.J. Puk.
The Alburnett Pirates exude an aura. Call it a “their-year” vibe. The Class 2A third-ranked Pirates earned a Tri-Rivers Conference softball doubleheader sweep of Maquoketa Valley — 12-2 and 4-1 — Thursday at the Martin Sports Complex.
When Class 3A top-ranked Williamsburg lost its first game of Wednesday’s Wamac Conference doubleheader to 3A No. 5 Benton Community — its third consecutive setback after a 5-0 start — it was met more with shrugs than shudders.
Iowa City Liberty made an impressive postseason run to reach last year’s state baseball tournament. The Lightning seem to have picked up where they left off from last season.
Area softball Super Ten and standings (May 29): Western Dubuque climbs to the top spot; Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Cedar Rapids Jefferson make swift jumps.
In a meeting of two highly-ranked teams, Class 3A No. 1 Western Dubuque and 4A second-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy split a Mississippi Valley Conference baseball doubleheader Tuesday night at Herkelman Field in Cedar Rapids.
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