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State Softball

West Fork on to semifinals

After getting their feet wet here last season, the West Fork softball team is looking to make some noise. The Warhawks did just that on Tuesday at Rogers Park, advancing to the Class 2A semifinals while winning their first state game, 7-1 over Durant. West Fork (23-6 overall) will now play ...

Indians walk off in dramatic fashion

A wild ending to a dramatic game advanced Clarksville to the Class 1A semifinal round on Tuesday night at Rogers Park. What began as a relatively innocuous two-out single up the middle by No. 9 hitter Cate Lodge ended in elation for the second-seeded Indians, who prevailed by a 5-4 final in ...

SURPRISE!

It doesn’t seem to matter what seed North Scott is at the state softball tournament. It’s not even a factor that the Lancers have faced the same opponent three times in as many consecutive trips to Fort Dodge. North Scott just finds a way. On Monday, the seventh-seeded Lancers did it ...

Dutch stun top seed Cedar Rapids Xavier

Win or lose, Pella softball coach Katie Banowetz knew everything would be OK. The Dutch (23-12 overall) had a daunting task in the Class 4A state quarterfinal round on Monday at Rogers Park, facing top-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier (37-6). “Our attitude coming in was, ‘what’s the worst ...

Newell-Fonda back in 1A title hunt

Earlier this season, the Newell-Fonda softball team made the short drive over to Rogers Park to compete in the Fort Dodge Invitational. Two days of competing against several ranked — and bigger — opponents only fueled the fire for the Mustangs to return for the state ...

North Polk pulls through

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 ...