High school softball: Seniors play with urgency, and Cedar Rapids Jefferson topples Cedar Rapids Prairie in a 5A regional semifinal.
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High school softball: Seniors play with urgency, and Cedar Rapids Jefferson topples Cedar Rapids Prairie in a 5A regional semifinal.
Here are five Gazette-area 2A and 1A high school softball regional-semifinal games to watch Friday and why.
The Cougars’ junior left-hander pitched an inning of relief for his state-leading eighth save of the season, securing a 9-8 victory over Cedar Rapids Washington in the Class 4A Substate 3 first-round game at Mount Mercy’s Plaster Athletic Complex.
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.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the Class 3A and 4A substate pairings that begin July 11. The 1A and 2A districts and substates have already been released and start July 5. Here’s some matchups to of Gazette area Iowa High School Baseball teams.
Prep softball: Katie Pilcher matches school slugging record (34 career home runs and counting); Cedar Rapids Xavier sweeps Cedar Rapids Jefferson to reach 15-0.
Girls’ basketball: Martez Creighton hired to coach at Cedar Rapids Jefferson. He inherits a program that last experienced a winning season in 2009-10, and returns three of its top five scorers.
Xavier Cedar Rapids’ Gabi Fleming repeats as Class 1A singles tennis state champion in dominant fashion.
“I wanted to try to get into the finals again,” Holland said. “So that was pretty motivating.”
He knows them, loves them, is one of them. RoyShawn Webb grew up on the west side of Cedar Rapids, graduated from Jefferson High School and has been picked to take over its boys’ basketball program, the school announced Tuesday. He’s just 25 years old.
They spent their summer days, winter mornings and spring evenings working on their golf games and the Solon Spartans have parlayed it into another successful golf season.
Cedar Rapids Washington finished second in the final divisional round but claimed the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division team title and Warriors senior Jane Petersen tied for Athlete of the Year honors.
List of Gazette-area teams who start their postseason play on Monday and Tuesday to reach the boys state tournament in Des Moines June 4-6
Hawkeyes haven’t lost to the Illini at home since 2007.
Girls basketball: 2A and 1A regional finals are Wednesday, and Iowa City Regina has
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