Dyersville Beckman fought through the overlap with spring sports and a tough schedule. The Class 2A No. 5 Blazers are starting to hit their stride, winning four straight with a new head coach and a switch to the River Valley Conference.
Area softball Super Ten and standings (June 7): Top three remain the same, Western Dubuque continues to climb, unbeaten Sigourney enters for the first time this season.
Prep softball notes: Rested and relaxed, Sigourney’s Carly Goodwin has notched 87 strikeouts and no walks in a 7-0 start.
Prep softball: Jordyn Beck’s 5-inning perfect game leads Linn-Mar to a sweep of Cedar Rapids Washington.
Cael Bridgewater pitched 6 1/3 innings, had two hits and a run in Class 1A No. 6 North Linn’s 8-3 high school baseball win over 2A No. 7 Cascade Tuesday afternoon at Mount Mercy’s Plaster Athletic Complex.
Iowa’s Austin West among leaders in decathlon and also won Iowa 1,600 relay team as meet kicks off Wednesday in Austin, Texas
The Spartans rebounded from an opening game rout for a 7-5 victory over the sixth-ranked Wolves. Solon received a strong start from Jackson Link and Blake Timmons and Brett White combined to score five runs in the win.
Solon and Marion split a baseball doubleheader, with Solon winning 13-3 and Marion 7-5 on Monday.
Iowa high school baseball season is heating up. This week includes top-10 battles, evenly matched opponents and a noteworthy charity event with a baseball backdrop. Here is a look ahead to some noteworthy contests this week.
Iowa City High notched wins over Class 3A No. 1 Western Dubuque, previously ranked Waukee Northwest and Linn-Mar, which received votes. The Little Hawks returned to the rankings in the No. 9 spot in 4A.
Johnston scored in the second overtime to beat Iowa City West 3-2 in the 2023 Class 4A Iowa high school boys’ state soccer championship game on Saturday.
Johnston freshman Cael Leach headed in a double-overtime golden goal, bringing the third-ranked Dragons back from a 2-0 second-half deficit to win their first boys’ state soccer championship in the first Class 4A final, 3-2 over No. 6 Iowa City West.
Ninth-ranked Iowa City Liberty claimed the school’s first state championship in any boys’ sport Saturday by routing No. 6 Norwalk, 5-0, the most-lopsided boys’ soccer championship game in history.
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