Tessa Dillinger has grown up around the game of softball. On Monday at the state tournament, Dillinger got her moment to shine. The North Polk junior, who is the granddaughter of legendary coach Rick Dillinger, plated the game-winning run in the ninth to defeat Western Dubuque at Rogers ...
Madi James understands the pressure of playing at Rogers Park and the state softball tournament. The fifth-year senior for ADM has been here each summer since making the roster as an eighth-grader, including a pair of runner-up finishes during that time. On Monday, she made a big impact, ...
After Monday’s Class 3A quarterfinal victory, Dubuque Wahlert has now advanced to three consecutive semifinal contests. The top-ranked Golden Eagles (36-7 overall) held off a valiant effort from eighth-seeded Center Point-Urbana (25-13) at Rogers Park, scoring the lone run in the contest in the fourth inning and holding off the Stormin’ Pointers for a 1-0 victory. The Golden Eagles will now face No. 4 PCM on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. on Channel Seeds Field. PCM outlasted West Liberty with some late dramatics on Monday in the quarterfinals, 5-4. In the last two seasons, the Golden ...
Libby Winters capped off a 4-for-4 day with a triple as PCM completed an improbable comeback to edge West Liberty here Monday night in a Class 3A quarterfinal at Rogers Park, 5-4. Down 4-1 entering the seventh, the Mustangs worked runners on before Winters cleared them with a shot to center. PCM (26-4 overall) will now take on top-ranked Dubuque Wahlert (35-7) in the Class 3A semifinals on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. on Channel Seeds Field. “I was just thinking we’d try to get a hit here and move the runners along,” PCM head coach Shaun Hudnut said. “Once I saw it get by, I knew ...
Emily Koranda and Emma Barnes have made their respective senior seasons ones to remember. The Linn-Mar duo missed the entire campaign last year, but in Monday’s Class 5A opener, the long rehab trek back from injury made it all worth the while. Koranda was out for her junior season ...
There may be a target on the Waukee Northwest softball team’s back, but they wear it with pride. The top-ranked Wolves (38-5 overall) rode the arm of freshman Sophia Schlader in a match-up against eighth-seed and CIML counterpart West Des Moines Dowling (15-19) in a Class 5A quarterfinal on Monday. Northwest advanced to the semis with a 4-0 victory, and will now face fourth-seed Ankeny Centennial (33-9) on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. on Iowa Central Field. The Jaguars blanked West Des Moines Valley 9-0. Schlader (27-1), who got a taste of state last season as an eighth-grader, was ...
