The longest day in the history of Fort Dodge softball ended with tears, hugs and an extended ovation from fans anxiously waiting to greet their Dodgers on the other side of the fence to the field at the state tournament. Their team hadn’t lost. They’d been outlasted. In the first year of ...
Fort Dodge is down, but not out. The third-seeded Dodgers were backed into a corner by an 8-3 loss to No. 2 seed Carlisle on Tuesday evening at Rogers Park. Head coach Andi Adams’ squad now must go on a run to remember starting Wednesday morning against North Polk at 10:15 a.m., as Fort ...
Mount Vernon used a big fifth-inning rally to build enough of a lead and the Mustangs held on from there, posting a 5-4 upset win over top-seeded and three-time defending state champion Williamsburg on Tuesday at the state softball tournament. The No. 4 seed in Class 3A handed the Raiders ...
Cedar Rapids Kennedy 7, Pleasant Valley 1 Peyton Stineman homered and both Lily Knutson and Natalie Hora each ahd two hits and two RBI to lead Cedar Rapids Kennedy to a 7-1 victory over Pleasant Valley in an elimination game in Class 5A. Knutson dominated the Spartrans on the mound, striking out 13 with just six hits allowed. The one run scored was unearned, as she also swiped a pair of bases and scored two runs. For Pleasant Valley, Maggie Bowman had an RBI and Paetyn Peterson added two hits with a run scored. West Des Moines Valley 6, West Des Moines Dowling 5 Valley prevailed ...
Dubuque Wahlert set the tone early and never looked back as it took care of Van Meter in a Class 3A second-round contest on Tuesday at Rogers Park, 7-2. Seven different batters had hits and six scored runs for the second-seeded Golden Eagles, who are in Fort Dodge for the fifth consecutive season. They were simply too much for the Bulldogs, who made the move up to 3A this year after capturing back-to-back 2A championships. Wahlert (37-6 overall) plated three runs right out of the gate, and when Van Meter clawed back within 3-2 in the fourth, the Golden Eagles responded by flying ...
The big inning didn’t come until the sixth for Ankeny Centennial, but the Jaguars did enough before that to put Southeast Polk away here Tuesday night, 8-0 in six innings. The second-ranked Jaguars (40-3 overall) are now just one win away from reaching the Class 5A title game where they will face either Southeast Polk or West Des Moines Valley, who would need to earn two wins over them to advance. Mady Ott added to the record-breaking team home run total for Ankeny Centennial, as Kori Lincium was 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI. Jordyn Kennedy had two hits and scored ...
