Cedar Rapids Kennedy will look to return to the substate final. Marion and Mount Vernon face off in a battle of Wamac Conference programs. Benton Community looks to continue banner season against Oskaloosa. Here are five Class 4A and 3A substate semifinals to watch.
Here are five Gazette-area 2A and 1A high school softball regional-semifinal games to watch Friday and why.
Postseason play will be at full throttle, starting Friday. Class 4A and 3A opens substate play. Cedar Rapids Prairie, Iowa City High and Iowa City Liberty are all No. 1 seeds in 4A. Marion is a top seed in 3A.
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.
Iowa City Regina has had a solid season under first-year Regals head coach Mark Roering. Regina is No. 8 in the final Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 2A rankings released Monday.
Carson Nolan was down to his final strike and stayed alive by fouling off three straight pitches before belting a three-run triple in the top of the seventh. He helped Benton Community beat host Mount Vernon, 4-3 , Thursday night.
North Linn has won 13 straight games and remains a staple in the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 1A rankings. The Lynx are 17-2 and ranked No. 7, entering Week 6 of the season.
Photo gallery: Marion vs. Benton Community High School Baseball Monday, June 16, 2025
Marion’s Austin Goodrich produced a game-winning hit for a 4-3 victory in Game 1. He worked two perfect innings of relief in the 5-3 win in Game 2, sweeping Benton Community Monday at Les Hipple Athletic Complex.
Iowa City High started the season as the preseason No. 1. The Little Hawks faced a tough early schedule that dropped them to No. 5. This week, they climbed two spots to third in Class 4A.
Benton Community visits Marion in a Wamac Conference clash. Sigourney comes to North Linn for a battle of ranked Class 1A teams, Dyersville Beckman heads to Cascade in one of Iowa’s top high school baseball rivalries and more games to watch in Week 5.
Benton won 26 games each of the last two summers and is working on its third straight winning season. It would be the longest streak since five in a row from 2012-16.
Prep softball: Williamsburg bangs out 23 hits in nine offensive innings, and sweeps Benton Community, 11-0 and 10-2.
Teams enter Week 3 of the Iowa high school baseball season, Conference games are in full swing, including an early-week Wamac contest and a Friday doubleheader between the preseason No. 1 teams in Class 4A and 3A. Here is a look at some notable games this week.
Linn-Mar’s Morgan Rupp shot even-par 72 in the second round for a 141 total, winning third title at the Class 4A state golf meet Friday at Pleasant Valley Golf Course in Iowa City.
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