Eighth-grader Layna DeMoss walloped a three-run home run in the first inning, fueling sixth-ranked Benton Community in an 8-2 Class 3A softball regional-final conquest of No. 7 Mount Vernon.
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Eighth-grader Layna DeMoss walloped a three-run home run in the first inning, fueling sixth-ranked Benton Community in an 8-2 Class 3A softball regional-final conquest of No. 7 Mount Vernon.
The Iowa high school state softball tournament brackets will be filled to completion after Tuesday’s 3A, 4A and 5A regional finals.
Prep softball conference and divisional championships are still up for grabs in some cases, clinched in others. Here’s a look around the area.
Peyton Driscoll pitched a 12-strikeout, one-hit shutout for 3A top-ranked Williamsburg, then No. 6 Mount Vernon took the nightcap, 6-2, in a Wamac softball split.
Prep softball 2023: Eight area teams to watch for this season.
Prep softball 2023: 17 area players to watch for this season.
Sure, the Cedar Rapids Xavier boys’ shuttle hurdle relay team would have preferred a different path to victory. But, as Grayson Hartman said, “That’s the way track goes.”
Mount Vernon came out of the second heat and won the Class 3A boys’ distance medley relay at the state track and field meet Friday afternoon at Drake Stadium.
State track and field, 3A boys: His legs ‘jump-started’ after an earlier race, Mount Vernon’s Zach Fall races to 400-meter championship.
Girls’ track and field: Area Super Ten and area leaders (May 8).
Boys’ track and field: Area Super Ten and area leaders (May 8).
Gracie Federspiel earned girls’ athlete-of-the-year honors, winning four events to lead Solon to the Wamac Conference girls’ track and field championship. Solon’s boys also dominated, racking up 157 points
Track and field: MVC, Wamac, River Valley and Tri-Rivers will hold their track and field championships Thursday.
The Gazette athlete of the year award is presented to outstanding athletes in Eastern Iowa who represent the best in high school sports. Chloe Meester is The Gazette’s 2025 Female Athlete of the Year
Iowa plays Saturday afternoon against Bucknell at Casey’s Center in Des Moines, formerly known as Wells Fargo Arena. Hawkeye head coach Ben McCollum said this week he’d like to continue playing games in the state’s capital city, against a power-five conference opponent.
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