Rylee Vercande lit the fuse with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first inning, pitcher Peyton Driscoll spun a 13-strikeout, two-hit shutout and third-ranked Williamsburg hit the ball hard all game in a 7-0 Class 3A regional softball final rout of Atlantic.
North Linn’s baseball team qualified for the state tournament for the sixth time in eight years via a 13-3, six-inning win over Lynnville-Sully in a Class 1A substate final Tuesday night.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy survived a rough start to the baseball season that included injuries to key players, a tough slate and a 3-8 mark when May concluded. Now, Kennedy is 26-14 with an opportunity to claim a state tournament spot Wednesday night.
Class 3A fifth-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Drew Proskovec tossed a three-hit shutout in an 8-0 victory over No. 10 North Polk.
The third-ranked Lisbon Lions softball team scored four unearned runs in the third inning, which were enough to win a Class 1A regional final Monday over Clarksville, 4-1. It’s the fifth state tournament berth in a row for the school.
Linn-Mar’s Dylan Muszynski made big plays at the plate and in the field in the Lions’ 7-2 substate baseball semifinal win over Iowa City West.
Here’s a look at the 2022 Iowa high school state softball pairings and schedule, with the brackets set in Class 1A and 2A.
Top-ranked North Linn held off Central City in a Class 1A regional final to return to the state softball tournament for the fourth straight year.
West Liberty defeated Cascade, 10-4, on June 28. The two teams meet again Tuesday in a Class 2A substate baseball final in Clinton. The Comets have not reached state since 2002, while the Cougars’ last trip was in 2015.
Linn-Mar at Ankeny Centennial highlights 11 area Iowa high school softball regional finals Tuesday in 5A, 4A and 3A.
A closer look at the area regional finals as the Class 1A and 2A Iowa high school state softball field is set to be determined Monday.
Austin Hilmer of North Linn is the 2022 Gazette Male Athlete of the Year.
Seventh-ranked Clear Creek Amana dodged a multitude of scoring opportunities by Marion, capitalized on three errors in the fourth inning and prevailed, 3-1, in a Class 4A softball regional semifinal.
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