Articles Tagged: Marion High School

The Class 4A and Class 3A Iowa high school baseball state tournaments come to Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids this year. Here is a look at the brackets and schedule released by the Iowa High School Athletic Association.

Kaiden Griffith homered for Marion’s first run and then delivered a walk-off RBI single to score Trey Franck for a 3-2 win in nine innings over Cedar Rapids Xavier in a Class 3A Substate 6 semifinal Tuesday night.

Here are five Gazette area 5A, 4A and 3A Iowa high school softball regional-quarterfinal games to watch Thursday.

The 2024 Gazette Athlete of the Year finalists, in photos.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy closed the regular season as the No. 1 team in the final Class 4A poll by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association poll released Monday. Here is a look at the 3A and 4A rankings going into the postseason.

This week transitions from the end of the regular season for Class 3A and 4A to the postseason for all four classes. Class 1A and 2A will continue district play Tuesday and Saturday. Some intriguing matchups close the regular season with 3A and 4A substates beginning Friday.

Gazette Female Athlete of the Year 2024 finalists: Bliss Beck of Clear Creek Amana, Skylar Benesh of North Linn, Michaela Goad of Marion, Carly Goodwin of Sigourney and Callie Levin of Solon.

Class 3A No. 2-ranked Marion beat North Scott 7-0 in an Iowa high school baseball game Wednesday at Marion High School.

Marion’s Grayson Kirsch was expected to be near the top of the pitching rotation this season. A knee injury prevented that from happening but he did make a return to the mound, getting a win in the Wolves’ doubleheader sweep of Williamsburg.

The weekly Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association statewide rankings has contained a large contingent of Mississippi Valley Conference teams. As the regular season winds, the MVC maintains a strong presence in the poll.

The postseason begins at the end of this week for Class 1A and 2A schools. The bigger schools still have conference and some playoff primers on the slate. Dubuque Wahlert at Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Marion at Central DeWitt are among the highlighted Iowa high school baseball games in Week 8.

The pairings and paths for high school baseball teams have been set by the Iowa High School Athletic Association. Small classes open postseason next week.

The majority of Gazette area conference softball champions will be determined Wednesday and Thursday. Here is how the races look at the moment.

North Linn baseball coach Travis Griffith said this is the youngest Lynx team he has coached. After a two-week hiatus, North Linn returned to the top 10 of the Class 1A rankings released Sunday night by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association.

This marks the last full week of the Iowa high school baseball season for all four classes. The postseason for Class 1A and 2A begins next week. An Iowa City clash and another battle between Upper Iowa Conference leaders highlight our five games to watch this week.