The Class 2A and 1A Iowa high school baseball district finals were held Saturday. Cascade produced the most notable upset to reach the substate finals on Tuesday.
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The Class 2A and 1A Iowa high school baseball district finals were held Saturday. Cascade produced the most notable upset to reach the substate finals on Tuesday.
Bliss Beck of Clear Creek Amana is The Gazette’s 2024 Female Athlete of the Year. The school’s first recipient of the award, the Drake volleyball recruit was a four-sport athlete and helped lead the Clippers to the 4A girls’ state basketball championship
Derek Weisskopf of Williamsburg is The Gazette’s 2024 Male Athlete of the Year. Team oriented is a virtually unanimous description of the soon-to-be Iowa Hawkeyes linebacker.
His football camp for the central Iowa town’s youngsters had just ended on a sultry and breezy Saturday afternoon — and Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht needed to give back one last time, in the form of a $7,500 check to benefit Perry Youth Football, Inc.
Cole Griffith tossed six shutout innings in North Linn’s 1-0 win over East Buchanan in a Class 1A prep baseball district final Saturday night.
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.
Iowa City West junior left-hander Kyle Cherry is unassuming off the field. When he took the mound Friday night, he took command of the game stifling Cedar Rapids Prairie in a 3-0 victory for the Trojans.
The Linn-Mar baseball team needed a bit of a reset. The Lions were back in the groove Friday, taking control early and never looking back in a 6-0 win over Cedar Rapids Jefferson to open Class 4A substate play.
Lisbon’s ‘whole different team’ is on the brink of a seventh straight state softball tournament berth. Tied with Jesup after three innings, Lions break it open and win 12-1 in six innings.
All-conference baseball teams from Gazette-area conferences in 2024.
Prep softball: The portal for 2024 area all-conference teams. Received so far: MVC Mississippi & Valley, Wamac East & West, River Valley North & South, Tri-Rivers East & West, Northeast Iowa, South Iowa Cedar, Upper Iowa, plus all-Metro.
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