K.J. Pilcher

Postseason play will be at full throttle, starting Friday. Class 4A and 3A opens substate play. Cedar Rapids Prairie, Iowa City High and Iowa City Liberty are all No. 1 seeds in 4A. Marion is a top seed in 3A.

Iowa City High was the preseason No. 1 in the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 4A rankings. The Little Hawks closed the regular season at No. 4. They are joined by No. 6 Iowa City Liberty in the final poll released Monday.

Postseason starts up for Class 3A and 4A and continues for 1A and 2A. Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Dubuque Wahlert play in a key Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader. Independence and West Delaware are scheduled to play three times this week. Here are our final 5 Games to Watch.

Hummel pitched six solid innings and got on base three times, helping Cascade defeat West Branch, 5-3, in a Class 2A District 5 high school baseball game Saturday, July 5, 2025 at Alburnett

South Winneshiek focused on progress throughout the season with the hopes of peaking for the postseason. The Warriors open Class 1A District 5 play as the No. 2 seed Saturday, hosting Edgewood-Colesburg.

Norway has a storied baseball tradition that has yielded Major League Baseball players and was even depicted in the 2007 film, “The Final Season.” Iowa City Liberty and Linn-Mar played a non-conference varsity game at the hallowed field Tuesday night.

Andrew Rottinghaus pitched six innings and earned a victory in the nightcap, helping Independence salvage a split with Class 3A No. 3 Marion. The Wolves won the opener, 6-3, and the Mustangs won the nightcap, which was also 6-3.

Justin Basch, of the award-winning Baschamania Wrestling Podcast, reported that Gabe Arnold said that he has been dismissed from the University of Iowa men’s wrestling team Monday. Iowa Sports Information Department confirmed Arnold is no longer on the roster.

Iowa City Regina has had a solid season under first-year Regals head coach Mark Roering. Regina is No. 8 in the final Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 2A rankings released Monday.

Conference divisions could be determined. Linn-Mar and Iowa City Liberty travels to tradition-rich Norway. Class 1A and 2A postseason begins Saturday. Here are 5 Games to Watch for Week 7.

Linn-Mar’s Tavian Soppe spent most of the season injured. He was cleared about a week ago and has made an impact in the Lions’ batting order. He had two hits and two RBIs in a sweep over Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

Carson Nolan was down to his final strike and stayed alive by fouling off three straight pitches before belting a three-run triple in the top of the seventh. He helped Benton Community beat host Mount Vernon, 4-3 , Thursday night.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the Class 3A and 4A substate pairings that begin July 11. The 1A and 2A districts and substates have already been released and start July 5. Here’s some matchups to of Gazette area Iowa High School Baseball teams.

North Linn has won 13 straight games and remains a staple in the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 1A rankings. The Lynx are 17-2 and ranked No. 7, entering Week 6 of the season.

Flowrestling’s No. 2 prospect in the 2026 recruiting class, Bo Bassett, announced Sunday that he is reopening up his recruitment via social media. The senior from Bishiop McCort High School in Johnstown, Pa., originally committed in February, choosing Iowa over Oklahoma State, Penn State and Virginia Tech.