Photos: Dyersville Beckman vs. Mount Ayr in Class 2A state softball quarterfinals
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Beckman Catholic’s Emily Wulfekuhle (left) slides for home plate ahead of the tag by Mount Ayr catcher Abigail Barnes during the fourth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Beckman Catholic’s Sydney Steffen pitches during the third inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game against the Mount Ayr Raiders at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Beckman Catholic’s Lauren Osterhaus scores a run during the fourth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game against the Mount Ayr Raiders at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Beckman Catholic’s Lauren Osterhaus (right) celebrates scoring runs with Emily Wulfekuhle during the fourth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game against the Mount Ayr Raiders at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Mount Ayr’s Halsie Barnes stretches to get out Beckman Catholic’s Heather Boeckenstedt at first base during the fifth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Beckman Catholic’s Sydney Steffen swings during the sixth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game against the Mount Ayr Raiders at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Beckman Catholic’s Shea Steffen swings during the sixth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game against the Mount Ayr Raiders at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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\XXXX during the XX inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Mount Ayr’s Sam Stewart tags out Beckman Catholic’s Kamryn Klas on the base path between first and second during the sixth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Beckman Catholic head coach Ryan Meissner talks to home plate umpire that a run should be credited to the Trailblazers during the sixth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game against the Mount Ayr Raiders at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Beckman Catholic head coach Ryan Meissner looks toward the conference of field officials about his protest that a run should be credited to the Trailblazers during the sixth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game against the Mount Ayr Raiders at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Beckman Catholic head coach Ryan Meissner smiles after a run was credited to the Trailblazers following his protest with the home plate umpire during the sixth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game against the Mount Ayr Raiders at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Mount Ayr Raiders co-head coach Bret Ruggles (left) and Mount Ayr Raiders co-head coach Brandie Ruggles (right) plead their case for why a run should not be credited to the Beckman Catholic Trailblazers to home plate umpire during the sixth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game against the Beckman Catholic Trailblazers at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Home plate umpire talks to Beckman Catholic head coach Ryan Meissner about the decision to remove a run that was credited earlier to the Trailblazers during the sixth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game against the Mount Ayr Raiders at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Beckman Catholic’s Jadyn Welling makes a catch in the outfield during the sixth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game against the Mount Ayr Raiders at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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\XXXX during the XX inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Beckman Catholic’s Nell McDermott is tagged out by Mount Ayr’s Halsie Barnes on a sacrifice bunt during the seventh inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Mount Ayr’s Sam Stewart (tries for the tag at third base on Beckman Catholic’s Lauren Osterhaus during the seventh inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. Osterhaus was safe. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Mount Ayr catcher Abigail Barnes (right) collides with Beckman Catholic’s Lauren Osterhaus for an out at the plate during the seventh inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Mount Ayr catcher Abigail Barnes (right) collides with Beckman Catholic’s Lauren Osterhaus for an out at the plate during the seventh inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Mount Ayr catcher Abigail Barnes makes an out after catches a foul ball against the backstop during the seventh inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game against the Beckman Catholic Trailblazers at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Mount Ayr’s Channler Henle makes a catch during the eighth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game against the Beckman Catholic Trailblazers at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Mount Ayr’s Rachel Sobotka scores the winning run during the eighth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game against the Beckman Catholic Trailblazers at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Mount Ayr’s Rachel Sobotka scores the winning run during the eighth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game against the Beckman Catholic Trailblazers at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Teammates crowd around Mount Ayr’s Rachel Sobotka after she scored the winning run during the eighth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game against the Beckman Catholic Trailblazers at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Mount Ayr pitcher Mount Ayr’s Caroline McAlexander (left) hugs Rachel Sobotka (center) after Sobotka scored the winning run during the eighth inning of their class 2A quarterfinal game against the Beckman Catholic Trailblazers at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Beckman Catholic’s Jadyn Welling (center) walks to the dugout with teammates after their class 2A quarterfinal loss to the Mount Ayr Raiders at the 2019 Iowa Girls’ High School State Softball Championships at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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