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Ed-Co stuns No. 1 EHK

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Addi Schmelzer blasted two home runs and Rachel Egleseder struck out 15 batters to carry Edgewood-Colesburg to a 6-3 victory over top-seed and No. 1 Exira-EHK/Audubon here Monday. Schmelzer, a sophomore who had not hit a homer entering state, went deep in the sixth to break a 3-3 tie with a two-run shot on Farm Bureau Field in Class 1A action. She finished 2-for-2 with three RBI and two runs scored. No. 15 Edgewood-Colesburg (28-10 overall) will take on fourth-ranked West Monona (26-6) at 12:45 p.m. Meanwhile, Egleseder, who overcame Stage 2 Hodgkin Lymphoma and is headed to ...

SE Warren explodes

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Nothing could slow down the Southeast Warren offense here Monday afternoon. With temperatures rising, the seventh-ranked Warhawks matched the heat index, overwhelming No. 4 West Monona in a Class 1A contest at Rogers Park by a 21-8 count in four innings. Southeast Warren (23-4 overall) ...

Cardinal lands upset punch

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One of four seniors, Summer LaRue perfectly summed up the feelings of her Cardinal softball teammates after the Comets knocked off top-seed Grand View Christian Monday. Cardinal (17-10 overall) upset fifth-ranked Interstate 35 in a Class 2A regional final, ending a 21-year hiatus from Rogers ...

SE Polk out-slugs rival Valley

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Jadyn Woods and Reese Curphy each went deep to lead Southeast Polk to a 13-8 victory over West Des Moines Valley here Monday night at Rogers Park. The sixth-seeded Rams will face No. 2 Ankeny Centennial in a Class 5A contest on Triton Field Tuesday at 5:45 p.m. Curphy drove in four runs, as Halle Clark had three hits. Woods also finished with three hits, scoring twice and driving in two more. During the regular season, Southeast Polk lost all three games to Valley. For the No. 3 Tigers, Ilsa Hervey, Lily Finn and Isla Brower all went deep, as Hervey and Finn each drove in three. ...

Wapsie Valley defeats Logan-Magnolia

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A year removed from ending a near five-decade state softball drought, Wapsie Valley posted a 7-2 victory over Logan-Magnolia on Monday in Class 2A action. The eighth-ranked Warriors (19-7 overall) will meet unranked Ridge View on Tuesday at 4:45 p.m. Wapsie Valley qualified in 1A a year ago, moving up to 2A this summer. Espyn Decker, Maddie Ladeberg and Layla Armstrong each drove in two runs, as Lola Destival scored twice. Taylor Buhr struck out nine. No. 11 Logan-Magnolia (20-9) faces elimination against sixth-ranked Durant at 2:30 p.m. Maria Kiger had three hits and Abyagail ...

Ridge View knocks off Durant

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Zoey Aschinger hit a two-run homer in the top of the seventh to lift unranked Ridge View to a 2-0 upset over No. 6 Durant in Class 2A state softball action at Rogers Park on Monday. Aschinger and the Raptors (26-7 overall) will face eighth-ranked Wapsie Valley on Tuesday at 4:45 p.m. on Hy-Vee Field. Nora Todd pitched a three-hitter for Ridge View inside the circle, striking out six. Aschinger and Brynlee Grieme each finished with two hits, as Cora Tesch scored on the Aschinger homer. The Raptors last made the state tournament in 2020, placing in a tie for fourth. They have reeled ...