Articles Tagged: Lisbon High School

The Gazette’s predictions on the top four teams in each class at the 2023 Iowa high school state softball tournament.

The Iowa high school state baseball tournament descends on Iowa City (4A and 3A) and Carroll (2A and 1A) this week. Nine Gazette area teams have qualified in the four classes. Here is a glance at the qualifying teams.

Class 1A No. 9 Lisbon is powered by a senior class that has played together since T-ball. The Lions are making their third straight state baseball tournament appearance, which is a first for the program.

GMG’s remarkable baseball postseason run ended in a 7-0 loss to Lisbon, whose seven seniors accounted for 11 of 12 hits and all the runs

Iowa City Regina, Lisbon, North Linn and Sigourney advanced to the state softball tournament with Monday victories.

The six seniors on the Lisbon High School softball team have combined to play 842 games in their careers. Most of those games have been successful, including Monday night’s 11-1, five-inning regional final win over South Winneshiek that sent the Lions to the state tournament for a sixth-straight year

The Lisbon Lions defeated the South Winneshiek Warriors 11-1 in a 2A regional final to advance to the Iowa high school state softball tournament.

Prep softball: Dramatic comeback (but really, who was surprised?) has Iowa City Regina on the doorstep of another state tournament.

Iowa high school baseball takeaways: GMG has been the Cinderella story, winning a district title despite an 11-14 record. Williamsburg has overcome midseason woes to reach the substate final for the first time since 2015. MFL MarMac rallied to beat New Hampton. Dubuque County rivals are a win from state returns.

The Gazette’s 2023 Female Athlete of the Year is Peyton Robinson of Lisbon. She captured 16 varsity letters, won a state track and field relay title and has played in (at least) four state softball tournaments. She will play volleyball at Wartburg College.

Even The Gazette’s Athlete of the Year candidates who are honorable mention seem pretty amazing. You’d be making a safe wager betting on their futures.

A look at how former Eastern Iowa high school and University of Iowa baseball players are doing in affiliated professional baseball.

Lisbon managed only three hits, but got the clutch one late in a 4-3 Class 2A regional softball semifinal win over Alburnett.

Here are five Gazette-area games to watch in Class 2A and 1A Iowa high school softball semifinals.

Lisbon’s Hunter Clark serves as his toughest critic. He wasn’t satisfied with his performance but he powered Lisbon to a 7-3 win over Belle Plaine in a district semifinal, striking out 10 in six innings.