Class 5A 11th-ranked Iowa City Liberty swept Cedar Rapids Jefferson in an Iowa high school softball doubleheader Thursday night in North Liberty.
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Class 5A 11th-ranked Iowa City Liberty swept Cedar Rapids Jefferson in an Iowa high school softball doubleheader Thursday night in North Liberty.
The pairings and paths for high school baseball teams have been set by the Iowa High School Athletic Association. Small classes open postseason next week.
The majority of Gazette area conference softball champions will be determined Wednesday and Thursday. Here is how the races look at the moment.
The Gazette’s area softball Super Ten, through games played Tuesday, June 25: Western Dubuque, Williamsburg, Benton Community continue their ride as the top three.
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.
Girls basketball: Lillie Spicer posts 24 points and 17 rebounds (nine and nine in the fourth quarter) to lead Cedar Rapids Jefferson past Linn-Mar, 50-43.
University of Northern Iowa dumped Missouri, proving that the McLeod Center is becoming a tough place for visitors to win. Upper Iowa’s Ethan Doty placed at the Midwest Classic. Seven Kohawks place at the North Central Invitational and high school results in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
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