The Gazette’s class-by-class, round-by-round predictions for the 2024 Iowa high school state baseball tournament.
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The Gazette’s class-by-class, round-by-round predictions for the 2024 Iowa high school state baseball tournament.
Here’s a look at the 32 Iowa high school state baseball tournament qualifiers.
Cedar Rapids Prairie advanced to the Class 5A Iowa high school state softball tournament with a 3-2 win over No. 9 Cedar Rapids Kennedy in a regional final Tuesday night.
The Class 4A and Class 3A Iowa high school baseball state tournaments come to Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids this year. Here is a look at the brackets and schedule released by the Iowa High School Athletic Association.
Top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy advanced to the state baseball tournament with a 5-1 win over North Scott in a Class 4A substate final Wednesday night in Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s top-ranked baseball team gave up a run in the top of the first inning but countered with four in the bottom half and went on to beat North Scott, 5-1, Wednesday night in a Class 4A substate final. The Cougars have qualified for the state tournament for the first time since 2015.
Riley Redig’s three-run homer with two outs in the seventh inning sent Cedar Rapids Prairie past Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 3-2, and into the state softball tournament.
A look at Tuesday’s 5A, 4A and 3A Iowa high school softball regional finals. Nine games involve area teams, including a Prairie-Kennedy matchup that guarantees the Metro a 5A state qualifier.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy defeated Linn-Mar 3-0 in a Class 5A Iowa high school softball regional semifinal game Saturday night in Cedar Rapids.
Two big moments in the seventh inning — Lily Knutson’s great escape and Cara Crock’s three-run home run — sent No. 7 Cedar Rapids Kennedy past Linn-Mar, 3-0, in a Class 5A regional softball semifinal.
Here are five Gazette-area 5A, 4A and 3A Iowa high school softball regional-semifinal games to watch Saturday.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy closed the regular season as the No. 1 team in the final Class 4A poll by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association poll released Monday. Here is a look at the 3A and 4A rankings going into the postseason.
This week transitions from the end of the regular season for Class 3A and 4A to the postseason for all four classes. Class 1A and 2A will continue district play Tuesday and Saturday. Some intriguing matchups close the regular season with 3A and 4A substates beginning Friday.
The Hawkeyes’ freshman Harlee Hiller capped off a perfect debut with two wins on her birthday, while Nyla Valencia, Reese Larramendy and the rest of the team didn’t concede a point in the first-ever All-Iowa Dual.
The Hawkeyes beat both Central College and Cornell.
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