Jeff Johnson

Defenseman Joe Fleming was supposed to return to the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders and junior hockey for this coming season. Instead a glowing recent showing at Vegas Golden Knights development camp has led to a contract offer he will accept.

Cedar Rapids Prairie grad, former Kirkwood Community College and now former University of Louisville outfielder Levi Usher has signed a contract with the Kansas City Royals, after being picked by them Monday in the 10th round of the MLB Draft.

Iowa City High’s baseball team took care of business early, scoring five runs in the first inning and dropping Indianola, 10-0, in a five-inning Class 4A state baseball tournament quarterfinal Tuesday night.

West Des Moines Dowling scored a pair of runs each in the first two innings and led from start to finish in an 8-2 victory over Cedar Rapids Prairie in a Class 4A state baseball tournament quarterfinal Tuesday night. It avenged a loss to Prairie in last year’s quarterfinals.

Lisbon High School graduate and former Kirkwood Community College pitcher Austin Krob was selected Tuesday in the 12th round of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft by the San Diego Padres.

The Iowa City Liberty baseball team was a decided underdog Tuesday in its Class 4A state baseball tournament quarterfinal against top-ranked Johnston. But the Lightning have overcome this season and proved they belonged despite a 6-3 loss

Garrett Kadolph drove a two-out, two-run double off the center fielder’s glove in the seventh inning as Western Dubuque rallied past Winterset, 4-3, in a Class 3A state baseball quarterfinal thriller late Monday night.

Cedar Rapids Prairie graduate and former Kirkwood Community College outfielder Levi Usher was taken by the Kansas City Royals in the 10th round of the Major League Baseball Draft on Monday. Usher has one more season of college eligibility remaining at the University of Louisville but is expected to turn pro.

Independence and West Delaware won their respective Wamac Conference divisions in baseball this summer and split their regular-season doubleheader. Indee won the “deciding” game between the rivals, 8-7, in a Class 3A state tournament quarterfinal.

Iowa Hawkeyes junior pitcher Adam Mazur was taken in the second round of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft on Sunday night by the San Diego Padres, the 53rd-overall pick.

The Iowa City Liberty baseball team is a first-time qualifier for the state tournament in Class 4A. Players and coaches have had to deal with the loss of sophomore Owen Skelley to suicide.

Cedar Rapids Prairie grad and former Kirkwood Community College outfielder Levi Usher is ready to begin his professional baseball career, looking forward to seeing if and when he gets picked in the 2022 MLB Draft that begins Sunday.

Here’s a look at local, area and former University of Iowa players and how they are doing in affiliated minor league and major league baseball.

Second-ranked Iowa City High beat Bettendorf, 8-0, in a Class 4A substate baseball final Tuesday to advance to the state tournament at home in Iowa City.

The Mid-Prairie baseball team scored three times in the top of the first inning, overcame an immediate injury to its starting pitcher and beat West Marshall, 3-1, in a Class 2A substate final Tuesday night.