Bill Shirbroun had as honest of an assessment following a loss as a high school coach can provide. Clarksville stunned St. Edmond in front of a packed Rogers Sports Complex here Wednesday night, walking off with an 11-3 win in five after a grand slam by Claire Lodge. With the win, the ...
Emma Eekhoff isn’t sure if it was fate or just a fortunate accident. Either way, Mother Nature may have provided the turning point in Pella’s magical postseason run. Eekhoff was brilliant again in the Class 4A semifinal round here Wednesday, doing it all as the eighth-seeded Dutch kept ...
After being denied an early lead on perhaps the best catch in state softball tournament history, top-seed Dubuque Wahlert exploded for a 7-1 win over Prairie City-Monroe to reach the Class 3A championship game for the first time ever. Wahlert looked like it was going to jump ahead 3-1 in the bottom of the third inning on a blast to center field by Anna Roling, but PCM’s Libby Winters made an incredible catch, reaching over the fence to deny Roling and keep the Mustangs ahead 1-0. It was short lived. Wahlert, now 36-7, plated four runs in the bottom of the fourth, getting a no-doubt ...
For the first time since 2022, the Waukee Northwest softball team will play for a state championship. The Wolves dominated CIML rival Ankeny Centennial here Wednesday at Rogers Park, 11-3 in five innings, advancing to the finals where they will meet Linn-Mar. That game takes place Thursday ...
Emily Koranda wasn’t ever sure she would make it back to the softball diamond. Now, she is one more win away from calling herself a state champion. Koranda pitched a one-hitter to lead Linn-Mar to the Class 5A finals with a convincing 8-0 win in six over Cedar Falls here Wednesday ...
Needing something to happen, the West Lyon softball team took matters into their own hands. The Wildcats plated five runs in the sixth on their way to a 9-5 victory over Louisa-Muscatine at Rogers Park Wednesday evening in the Class 2A semifinals. With the win, West Lyon (30-1 overall) earned a spot in the finals Friday night on Channel Seeds Field to play defending champion Van Meter at 5 p.m. Making a return to state after 21 years, the Wildcats once again showed the kind of perseverance that has helped them to a one-loss season. In the quarterfinals, they survived vs. Cascade, ...
