Marion advanced to the Class 3A Iowa high school state baseball tournament with a 4-2 win over Cedar Rapids Xavier in a substate final on Wednesday.
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Marion advanced to the Class 3A Iowa high school state baseball tournament with a 4-2 win over Cedar Rapids Xavier in a substate final on Wednesday.
North Scott senior Maddy McDermott was intentionally walked her first three at-bats of Tuesday night’s Class 4A regional final softball game, Cedar Rapids Xavier choosing not to deal with her offensive prolificy. The Saints did have to deal with her pitching, which was good enough for a 6-0 North Scott win.
Cedar Rapids Xavier started the baseball season ranked No. 3 in Class 3A. Inconsistencies and a tough schedule left the Saints at 16-19 before two dominant substate wins put them a win away from the state tournament.
Cedar Rapids Xavier graduate Mitch Keller has seen the lowest of the lows in his professional baseball career. As a first-time all-star, the Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher and his family are now enjoying some of the highest of the highs.
The Iowa high school state softball tournament brackets will be filled to completion after Tuesday’s 3A, 4A and 5A regional finals.
A look at how former Eastern Iowa high school and University of Iowa baseball players are doing in affiliated professional baseball.
Here’s a look at five noteworthy games involving Gazette area teams as the Iowa high school baseball postseason begins for Class 4A and 3A teams Friday night.
Linn-Mar swept Cedar Rapids Xavier by scores of 3-2 and 8-4 in an Iowa high school baseball regular-season doubleheader on Monday.
Cedar Rapids Xavier graduate Mitch Keller was named Sunday to the National League team playing in July 11th’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Seattle. The Pittsburgh Pirates right-handed pitcher is the first C.R. native to be an all-star and is Iowa’s first all-star since 2014.
The five Male finalists for Gazette Athlete of the Year 2023: Ben Kueter of Iowa City High, Aidan McDermott of Cedar Rapids Xavier, Alex Mota of Marion, Tate Petersen of Monticello and Miles Thompson of Cedar Rapids Washington.
Prep softball: Cedar Rapids Xavier pushes the MVC Mississippi Division race to the final game before Dubuque Wahlert claims the title solo.
Prep softball conference and divisional championships are still up for grabs in some cases, clinched in others. Here’s a look around the area.
Henry Reicks is no stranger to Cedar Rapids Xavier wrestling. He has been an assistant coach at the school since 2006. Reicks will take on a new role, becoming the first head coach for the girls’ wrestling team.
Women’s basketball: After three games out with injury, Kylie Feuerbach returns, and her lockdown ability triggers a second-half comeback for No. 14 Iowa.
The Cyclones — who will be without Brown and Jackson for a while — simply couldn’t handle West Virginia’s always-tough pressure as they tumbled to their third straight loss, 83-70, Sunday before a crowd of 10,009 at Hilton Coliseum.
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