Jeff Johnson

Carroll native Bryce Berg is in his first go around in the minor leagues with the Cedar Rapids Kernels.

Checking in with former area preps and Iowa Hawkeyes in Minor League Baseball.

Former Cedar Rapids Reds outfielder and 17-year MLB player Reggie Sanders has been in town as an employee of the Kansas City Royals.

Pitcher Louie Varland helped the Kernels beat Quad Cities 4-2.

The Quad Cities River Bandits continued their offensive assault with an 8-2 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels.

Quad Cities handed Cedar Rapids an 8-5 defeat as Matt Wallner continued to adjust since returning from a broken hamate bone.

The Quad Cities River Bandits beat the Cedar Rapids Kernels again Tuesday night. The teams could end up meeting in the High-A Central League Playoffs.

A walk-off single allowed top-ranked Pleasant Valley to beat Cedar Rapids Prairie in the Class 4A state baseball semifinals.

Dubuque Wahlert broke a 5-5 tie with five runs in the sixth inning to beat Cedar Rapids Xavier in the Class 3A state baseball semifinals.

Marion will play in the Class 3A state baseball championship game after a 9-2 win over DeWitt Central.

Cedar Rapids Prairie is advancing to the Class 4A state baseball semifinals after scoring six times in the seventh inning for an 8-4 win over West Des Moines Dowling.

Xavier scored 13 runs in a monstrous third inning en route to an 18-3, four-inning romp past MOC-Floyd Valley.

Marion bounced ADM, 11-2, in the Class 3A quarterfinals to get to the final four for the third-straight year.

If you wonder in what sport Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Bronx Lewis and Maddux Frese excel, just read their first names. Really both their first and last names give you the clue.

Gerry Fleming played briefly in NHL and has head coaching experience in AHL, ECHL. He was named inaugural head coach of the new Coralville hockey club.