Defending champion Western Dubuque keeps defending, advancing to the Class 3A state baseball tournament championship game with a 7-4 win Wednesday night over Dubuque Wahlert in a semifinal at Banks Field in Iowa City. WD and North Polk play Friday for it all.
The 2023 Iowa high school state baseball tournament moves to the semifinal round Wednesday with Class 1A games at Carroll’s Merchants Park and Class 3A games at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City. Follow The Gazette’s live blog here for scores and updates throughout the day.
Western Dubuque’s top-ranked and top-seeded baseball team scored three runs each in the second and third innings and two each in the fourth and five to whack Harlan, 10-0, in Monday night’s Class 3A state tournament quarterfinals.
Fourth-ranked Norwalk tallied four times in the bottom of the first inning, tacked on six in the second and thumped No. 8 Western Dubuque, 12-2, in a five-inning Class 4A quarterfinal at the state softball tournament Monday night at the Rogers Sports Complex.
See photos from Norwalk’s 12-2 win over Western Dubuque in an Iowa high school softball Class 4A state quarterfinal game Monday at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge.
Photos from the Class 3A Iowa high school state baseball quarterfinal game between Western Dubuque and Harlan at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City on Monday.
It’s the first day of the 2023 Iowa high school state baseball tournament. Merchants Park in Carroll hosts four quarterfinal games in Class 1A, while Class 3A quarterfinal games are at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City. Follow our live blog for scores and updates throughout the day.
The 2023 Iowa high school state softball tournament begins Monday at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge with 10 quarterfinal games. Follow our live blog for scores and updates throughout the day.
Capsules on the seven Gazette area teams that have qualified for the Iowa high school state softball tournament, which runs Monday through Friday at the Rogers Sports Complex.
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.
Marion won the Class 3A state baseball tournament in 2021. Western Dubuque won it all last year. They both are part of the 2023 3A field and in opposite ends of the bracket. Could they meet in the final? Stay tuned.
Benton Community, Williamsburg and Western Dubuque advanced to the state softball tournament with Tuesday victories.
Western Dubuque graduate and Ole Miss catcher Calvin Harris was taken by the Chicago White Sox in the fourth round of Monday’s Major League Baseball Draft. Iowa Hawkeyes pitcher Jared Simpson also was drafted.
The Iowa high school state softball tournament brackets will be filled to completion after Tuesday’s 3A, 4A and 5A regional finals.
Less than a day after getting swept by Cedar Falls, Class 4A No. 2 Cedar Rapids Prairie rebounded to sweep 3A No. 1 Western Dubuque in a battle of Mississippi Valley Conference division leaders.
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