Mitchell Eckardt of Coe College tore the ACL in his knee late in the Kohawks’ 2024 football season. But he held off surgery so he could play one final baseball season as a fifth-year senior. Coe was eliminated from the American Rivers Conference tournament Saturday afternoon by Nebraska Wesleyan with a ninth-inning rally, 6-5.
Lueth, a 6-foot-7 guard from Ames, is going to the Ivy League from the Cedar Rapids community college. That’s after he speaks at Kirkwood’s commencement ceremony later this week.
Buena Vista’s baseball team beat Coe three times last weekend to win the American Rivers Conference regular-season championship. The Beavers made it a four-game win streak against the Kohawks via a 3-0 victory Friday afternoon at the ARC tournament at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Starting pitcher Mark Eddie threw a complete-game four-hitter.
Sophomore starter Jack Walsh pitched a complete game five-hitter with a season-high 13 strikeouts, helping second-seeded Coe to a 7-2 victory over No. 3 Luther in the American Rivers Conference baseball tournament Thursday at Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids.
The American Rivers Conference baseball tournament has been held at Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids since 2004. The plan is to keep it here but use Riverfront Stadium in Waterloo for seasons a scheduling conflict occurs with the Cedar Rapids Kernels.
Coe is the defending American Rivers Confernce baseball tournament champions. The Kohawks are the No. 2 seed in what promises to be a highly competitive tournament this season.
The Eagles won three elimination games, including back-to-back 11-9 and 15-9 victories over Iowa Central on Sunday to win the Region 11-B softball tournament title.
Kirkwood Coach Eric Frese has seen the progress made by freshman Jessa DeMoss. He had confidence in her to open the postseason and she responded with a complete game two-hitter in a 5-1 win over Northeast.
Tyler Nagelbach pitched eight shutout innings and Jaden Hackbarth delivered a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 10th in Mount Mercy’s 1-0 win over Heart of America Athletic Conference leader Grand View Friday at Plaster Athletic Complex. Grand View earned the split with a 9-6 win in the nightcap.
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