High school softball: A series of doubles puts No. 8 Lisbon in front, then Emma Pleasant’s grand slam puts it to bed. Lions dust Northeast, 11-4, in a 2A regional quarterfinal.
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High school softball: A series of doubles puts No. 8 Lisbon in front, then Emma Pleasant’s grand slam puts it to bed. Lions dust Northeast, 11-4, in a 2A regional quarterfinal.
You all know about Mason Bechen, Cole Griffith and Cael Benesh, three senior multi-year starters for the North Linn baseball team. But those three didn’t shine as much in a 13-13, six-inning Class 1A district win Tuesday night over Midland as some of these young buck: freshmen, sophomores and eighth-graders that seem certain to keep the Lynx on the winning track in the future.
See photos as the North Linn Lynx hosted the Midland Eagles in an Iowa High School Baseball Substate game.
Here are five Gazette-area 2A and 1A high school softball regional-quarterfinal games to watch Wednesday.
Action from boys’ baseball action with Dubuque Wahlert at Cedar Rapids Kennedy Monday, July 7, 2025
Iowa City High was the preseason No. 1 in the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 4A rankings. The Little Hawks closed the regular season at No. 4. They are joined by No. 6 Iowa City Liberty in the final poll released Monday.
High school softball: Despite an 8-14 regular-season record, it would be foolish as always to discount Iowa City Regina.
Postseason starts up for Class 3A and 4A and continues for 1A and 2A. Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Dubuque Wahlert play in a key Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader. Independence and West Delaware are scheduled to play three times this week. Here are our final 5 Games to Watch.
Hummel pitched six solid innings and got on base three times, helping Cascade defeat West Branch, 5-3, in a Class 2A District 5 high school baseball game Saturday, July 5, 2025 at Alburnett
South Winneshiek focused on progress throughout the season with the hopes of peaking for the postseason. The Warriors open Class 1A District 5 play as the No. 2 seed Saturday, hosting Edgewood-Colesburg.
A big birthday bash being planned for one of Eastern Iowa’s most iconic mascots will be both corny and conical.
Softball notes: Tracking the conference softball races, and saluting the champions. The MVC Mississippi Division race should become more clear tonight. Meanwhile, Lisbon, Williamsburg, Mount Vernon and Sigourney have extended lengthy title strings.
Area softball Super Ten and standings (July 3): Linn-Mar has narrowed the gap, but Cedar Rapids Xavier remains at No. 1.
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