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Triton softball squad rallies twice to sweep

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Twice on Wednesday, the 21st-ranked Iowa Central softball team found themselves facing a deficit against Iowa Lakes. And in both games, the Tritons rallied, sweeping the Lakers at Rogers Park. Scores were 3-2 and 10-5. Following a Monday split with Northeast Iowa at home, the focus for Iowa Central (27-9 overall, 12-6 in the league) was to get back on track. “This conference is a grind each time we step on the diamond,” ICCC head coach Bo Tjebben said. “Iowa Lakes just swept NIACC on Tuesday, so they were coming in with a lot of momentum. “We were down early, but these ...

Bennett and Myers go deep but ISU fights off Hawks

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IOWA CITY — Tory Bennett and Mariah Myers both hit home runs, but it wasn’t enough to get Iowa past rival Iowa State on the softball diamond here on Wednesday. The Cyclones scored two runs in the seventh to secure a 9-7 victory over the Hawkeyes from Pearl Field. Bennett, a 2022 ...

THE EXTRA MILE

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The No. 16 Iowa Central baseball team remained unbeaten in the month of April here Wednesday, sweeping Northeast at Rogers Park. Scores were 14-4 in five innings and 22-7 in seven. The Tritons (31-4 overall, 10-3 in the ICCAC) have won six straight since the calendar flipped from March, ...

Tritons fare well on the track in two locations

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The Iowa Central track and field squad saw action in two different meets last weekend. The Tritons sent athletes to both the Husker Spring Kick Off in Lincoln, Neb. and the Emporia State Midwest Classic in Kansas. Abbigail Hutchinson qualified for nationals in the 1,500. Osmond Holt secured spots in the Decathlon and Eden Brouwers and Ella Homawoo in the Heptathlon. “In Nebraska, the conditions were very tough being cold, windy and rainy; a midwest trifecta of bad weather,” said ICCC Director of Track and Field, Dee Brown. “While it is hard to get a lot accomplished on a day ...

No. 16 Tritons plate 67 runs in three-game sweep

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MARSHALLTOWN — The No. 16 Iowa Central baseball team secured a three-game sweep of Marshalltown here Monday by scoring 67 total runs. After besting the Tigers this past Saturday, 29-14, the Tritons claimed a doubleheader by scores of 8-1 and 30-7. In the series opener, Sawyer Stein was 6-for-7 with 10 RBI and four runs scored, belting a pair of home runs with two doubles. Will Specht drove in four, as George McIntyre, Parker Studtmann and Brayden Mayer each hit a home run. Wyatt Myers was 3-for-4 with three RBI, recording a double and a triple, in the first game on Monday. Studtmann ...

Dodger girls rout Hoover on the road

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DES MOINES — The Fort Dodge girls soccer team gave head coach G Myers an early present on Monday night. The night before her birthday, Myers saw her club come together in an 8-2 rout of Des Moines Hoover on the road. “Our offense really turned it on and did the things I know they can ...