Articles Tagged: Dyersville Beckman High School

Three-time defending state champion Van Meter broke open a tight contest with an eight-run sixth to beat fourth-seeded Dyersville Beckman, 9-4, in the Class 2A state baseball semifinals

Scores, stats and more coverage from Thursday’s Iowa high school state baseball tournament games.

Photos from Dyersville Beckman’s 7-4 win over Dike-New Hartford in a Class 2A Iowa high school state baseball quarterfinal game.

Dyersville Beckman scored in the first two innings and posted a 7-4 victory over Dike-New Hartford in the Class 2A state quarterfinals.

Tuesday’s Iowa high school state baseball updated scores, stats and more coverage.

Cascade and Dyersville Beckman share a love for baseball and one of the top rivalries in the state. This year marks the second time and the first in 40 years that both reached the state tournament.

Iowa City High and Iowa City Liberty will compete in their own backyard for the Class 4A state baseball tournament, while Lisbon returns to the Class 1A state quarterfinals in Carroll.

Dyersville Beckman topped Jesup to earn the program’s 19th state baseball tournament appearance and first since winning the Class 2A crown in 2017 in head coach Fred Martin’s last season.

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.

Class 2A fifth-ranked Dyersville Beckman jumped to an early lead, but 3A No. 5 Cedar Rapids Xavier battled back to force extra innings. The Blazers plated a run in the ninth for an 8-7 victory.

See photos from 2A No. 5 Dyersville Beckman’s 8-7 win over 3A No. 5 Cedar Rapids Xavier in Iowa high school baseball.

Iowa City High and Cedar Rapids Prairie combined to go 10-0 last week and each moved up four spots in the latest Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 4A rankings.

Cascade has won four straight games, including three against Class 2A teams that have been ranked by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association. The Cougars are 10-2 and No. 3 in this week’s Class 2A poll.

Cascade received a solid outing from sophomore D.J. Soper and scored four runs in the first inning for a 6-3 victory over rival Dyersville Beckman.

Western Dubuque is 14-1 and has steadily climbed to its highest spot in the third installment of the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association rankings.