East Buchanan’s first state baseball appearance was memorable. The Buccaneers had posted one upset and their bid for a second just missed in an 8-5 loss to No. 3 Saint Ansgar in the Class 1A semifinals Wednesday night in Carroll.
Hillcrest Academy was on fire, scoring runs in 2 consecutive innings, before giving up an 11 run fourth inning to Martensdale-St Marys in the state baseball semifinal Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
State softball: Locked in a 1-1 deadlock through 3 1/2 innings, Williamsburg explodes late. Six-inning win over Albia sets up a 1-vs.-2 showdown Friday with Dubuque Wahlert.
“Iowa 42” was a phrase drummed in Badger players’ heads in offseason conditioning workouts, thanks to the Hawkeyes’ 42-10 rout of the Badgers at Kinnick Stadium last November.
Samuel Perez threw two shutout innings Wednesday afternoon for the Cedar Rapids Kernels to pick up the win as his team walked off Fort Wayne, 5-4, at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The left-hander has allowed just two earned runs the past three months despite a fastball that’s generally just 86 to 87 miles per hour.
Penn State is a popular pick to win the conference. Oregon won it last year and says it wants to “Double down.” Indiana, so good last year, has plenty of talent in 2025.
State softball: Linn-Mar blanks Cedar Falls, and the Lions will face Waukee Northwest for the 5A championship at 7:30 Thursday, July 24, 2025.
Photos from the class 5A high school state softball semifinal game between the Linn-Mar Lions and the Cedar Falls Tigers on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Linn-Mar won 8-0.
Iowa City Liberty’s baseball team scored a run in the top of the first inning in its Class 4A state tournament quarterfinal Tuesday night against Waukee Northwest. But the Wolves couldn’t dent Northwest pitcher Chuck Berdovich the rest of the way, and Northwest went on to a 4-1 victory.
State softball: Only three of Highland’s 16 varsity players have a driver’s license, but the Huskies hang around with No. 1 Wayne before bowing in a Class 1A quarterfinal.
Waukee scored three runs in the top of the first inning to take an immediate lead on Iowa City High in a Class 4A state baseball tournament quarterfinal Tuesday afternoon. But the Little Hawks scored the final five runs, including three in the sixth to win, 5-3.
Photos from softball Class 2A quarterfinals Cascade vs. West Lyon Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
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