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Iowa City Liberty’s Mason Waterbury has been nearly untouchable this season. He pitched a complete-game, one-hitter in a shutout victory over Class 4A No. 3 Iowa City High on Monday night, improving to 8-0 this year.
Class 4A eighth-ranked Iowa City Liberty and No. 3 Iowa City High split an Iowa high school baseball doubleheader Monday night in North Liberty. The host Lightning won the opener, 5-0, then the Little Hawks took the nightcap, 10-0.
North Linn baseball coach Travis Griffith said this is the youngest Lynx team he has coached. After a two-week hiatus, North Linn returned to the top 10 of the Class 1A rankings released Sunday night by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association.
This marks the last full week of the Iowa high school baseball season for all four classes. The postseason for Class 1A and 2A begins next week. An Iowa City clash and another battle between Upper Iowa Conference leaders highlight our five games to watch this week.
Down four runs, the Cedar Rapids Kennedy softball team fought back and topped Iowa City Liberty 7-5 behind sixth-inning home runs by Dylan Amling and Cara Crock.
Area softball Super Ten and standings: Western Dubuque remains No. 1 in the area by a slim margin over Williamsburg and Benton Community.
Mason Waterbury pitched six strong innings in an 8-5 Iowa City Liberty win, raising his record to 7-0. Another southpaw took center stage in the nightcap. Linn-Mar senior Caleb Mossman threw five innings as the Lions secured a split with a 10-3 victory.
Marion supplanted Western Dubuque atop the latest Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 3A rankings. The Wolves opened this week 21-1 and moved up two spots from last week’s poll.
Conference races heat up in the Upper Iowa and River Valley. Iowa City Liberty and Linn-Mar face off in Mississippi Valley Conference action. Western Dubuque comes to Mount Mercy for two midweek games. Here are five Iowa high school baseball games to watch this week.
North Fayette Valley’s first boys’ state soccer championship was naturally followed by a bevy of individual awards. Four of the 13 Class 1A all-state selections are TigerHawks. The Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association released the all-state teams Monday.
Iowa City High defender Maclayne Menzel, Cedar Rapids Xavier forward Macie Herting and Iowa City Liberty defender Eno Ituk garnered first-team recognition when the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association released the girls’ soccer all-state teams Monday.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy began this week with a 20-1 record, propelling it to the top of the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 4A rankings released Monday. Kennedy has made a steady climb after starting at fifth in the preseason poll.
Saturday was the Crosstown Classic in Solon, an event featuring three prep baseball games and youth baseball and softball games. It’s a fundraiser for The Fight With Flash Foundation in honor of Austin “Flash” Schroeder of Iowa City, who died of lymphoma at the age of 15 in 2015. Flash’s favorite sport was baseball
Iowa high school football playoffs 2025: Round of 16 pairings for all seven classes.
Iowa high school football 2025: How the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason poll fared in Week 9. Clear Lake blanks West Delaware in battle of 3A unbeatens, 28-0.
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